Pump Me Amadeus

The song takes Mozart's well-known Symphony No. 25 and turns it into a fast, darker 170 BPM arrangement, very much in BanYa's tradition of reworking classical pieces. The name is almost certainly a play on "Rock Me Amadeus," and the same arrangement was later carried over into StepManiaX under the title "Step Up Amadeus." Its BGA is among the strangest in the series: torrential rain that suddenly stops, a boy running through the downpour, and close-ups of his face add up to a chaotic, memorable sequence. It tends to be overshadowed only because the hidden songs of the same era pushed their visuals even further.

The S13 is the song's teaching centerpiece. For years it has been the single most recommended chart for learning the twist (허리틀기). It runs long stretches of 8th-note twisting at 170 BPM and includes nearly every variant of the move, so clearing it cleanly—without dragging your feet—builds the footwork needed for level 15 to 20 twist songs. The 8th-note run that begins around the 186-combo mark needs to start on the right foot, or your steps fall out of sync. It launched as level 7 in EXCEED 1 and crept upward each version to S11 in XX; many still felt it was underrated, so PHOENIX bumped it two more levels to S13. The S18, the former Crazy chart, packs twists, gallops, trills, and triple notes into unconventional patterns that make it tough; it was briefly removed in NX2 and NXA. The S16, added in PHOENIX (Ver 2.01.0), feels like a blend of the S13 and S18.

On Double, the D15 spreads the S13 across the full pad, easing the twisting but adding lateral movement. The D19 is a gentler take on today's D21, with a big staircase and a mid-song gallop best handled as a double-tap. The D21 (the old Nightmare chart) is defined by sharp, awkward weight shifts; PHOENIX slightly relaxed the twisting passage near the 1:16 mark. The D24 is a heavily watered-down derivative of the mission charts EXC ME AMADEUS and IQ 430 EXC. The mission family includes the S20 (clear with five misses or fewer, set to Rush 180), the D25 "IQ 430 EXC," and the D24 "EXC ME AMADEUS," all noticeably harsher than their standard counterparts.