Blaze Emotion

First added in Pump It Up NX ABSOLUTE, "Blaze Emotion" pairs YAHPP's quick, upbeat writing with a clear female vocal, a real rarity among the series' original tracks. The in-game cut is trimmed to fit play time, and a much less familiar full version exists that opens with a piano intro never heard on the machines. Despite the song's strong reputation and popularity, that longer cut was never included in the game.

At 170 BPM most of the charts play out fairly comfortably, but the two that made the song's name are the level 17 Single (Crazy mode) and the level 18 Double, both high-speed twist charts that earned high praise. The S17 has an unusual shape: its opening stretch reads like an entry-level 17, while the closing section jumps to a top-end 17. An Another Crazy and the Double charts also exist, but they are flatter and never caught on the same way. Pump It Up 2011 FIESTA EX added several beginner charts to round out the lineup.

The BGA reflects the rising visual standard of its era and looks sharp, even if it tells a low-key story of a girl traveling abroad to visit a friend. The series later released a Band Version, which debuted in Pump It Up 2015 PRIME, credited to Park Hyanglim VS Yahpp with visuals by YSJ and still running at 170 BPM. In PHOENIX several of its charts were rerated, including a Single that had previously sat at level 8 and a beginner Double that moved up a step.