Bad Apple!!

For other uses, see Bad Apple.

"Bad Apple!!"
Song by ZUN
Released	14 August 1998 (1998-08-14)
Genre	Electronic chiptune
Length	1:22
Label	ZUN Soft
Composer	ZUN

"'Bad Apple!!" is a soundtrack from the 1998 bullet hell video game Lotus Land Story, the fourth entry in the Touhou Project series created by ZUN. In 2007, a cover version by Alstroemeria Records was released which rose to prominence on the Japanese video sharing site Niconico. In 2009, the Niconico user Anira produced an animated shadow art video for the song based on a previous user's story board, which quickly amassed millions of views on the site. The video went on to become an internet meme and to has been used as graphical test for various esoteric media. The song itself has since received numerous remixes and appearances in other video game titles.

Song and music video

1. "Alstroemeria Records » ARCD0018 / Lovelight". Alstroemeria Records. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
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3. "Bad Apple!!". Toho Music database (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019. 出来るだけ昔っぽい曲をめざしたんですけど[I was aiming for a song that sounds as old-fashioned as possible]
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6. Μμ (8 June 2008). 【Uploader want to watch】Bad Apple!!　PV【Please someone picturize it】 (Video). Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2021– via Niconico.
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8. kasidid2 (26 October 2009). 【東方】Bad Apple!! ＰＶ【影絵】 . Retrieved 17 November 2025– via YouTube.
9. "ARCD0056 – 10th Anniversary Bad Apple!!". Alstroemeria Records. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
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11. "ARCD0065 / 10th Anniversary Bad Apple!! feat.nomico PHASE 3". Alstroemeria Records. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
12. Minoshima, Masayoshi (21 May 2020). [Alstroemeria Records]Bad Apple!! feat.nomico(Shadow Animation Version)[ACVS.008_Tr.00] (Video). Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024– via YouTube.
13. Liu, Stephanie (27 March 2024). "Touhou Project Tracks Will Appear in Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage". Siliconera . Retrieved 13 November 2023.
14. Lada, Jenni (13 November 2018). "Taiko No Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun Handles Unlocking Well". Siliconera . Retrieved 13 November 2018.
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16. Lawton, Tilly (30 September 2021). "Muse Dash X Touhou collaboration - there's no bad apple spoiling this bunch". Pocket Tactics . Retrieved 13 November 2025.
17. Glaze, Virginia (24 July 2023). "r/place recreates iconic Bad Apple music video with jaw-dropping timelapse". Dexerto. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
18. Verdin, Guillaume (29 December 2017). "La célèbre vidéo Bad Apple!! débarque sur Atari Jaguar !". mag.mo5.com (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
19. Pardo, Lisandro (23 June 2014). "8088 Domination: Vídeo full motion en una IBM PC" [8088 Domination: Full motion video on an IBM PC]. Neoteo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
20. Benchoff, Brian (21 June 2014). "(Better) Full Motion Video on the First PC". Hackaday. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019. display video at 640×200 resolution at 30 frames per second on a 30-year-old computer. … playing the 'Bad Apple' animation on an 8088.
21. "Bad Apple 64 – A mighty impressive C64 demo!". 30 June 2014. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020. over 2000 frames packed to a single disk, with each frame packed to around 70 bytes and running at 12fps streaming fully from disk
22. Williams, Carl (16 July 2015). "Bad Apple Ported to the Vectrex, Something that Should Technically not be Possible". Retro Gaming Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2019. Bad Apple has also hit the Sega Genesis … Bad Apple hitting the Atari 2600? The Nintendo Entertainment System? Texas Instruments 84+? … Bad Apple has been ported to all of those platforms
23. "Touhou's Lotus Land Story 'Bad Apple' AMV Ported To Vectrex". Retro Collect. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
24. Day, Lewin (8 January 2019). "Bad Apple!! Via The Arduino Mega". Hackaday . Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
25. Stanley, Alyse (7 September 2020). "Yes, You Can Run Doom on an Electronic Pregnancy Test—But There's One Big Catch". Gizmodo. Retrieved 14 November 2025.

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"Bad Apple!! feat.nomico"
Album cover for Lovelight
Song by Alstroemeria Records
from the album Lovelight
Released	20 May 2007 (2007-05-20)
Genre	J-pop electronic
Length	5:17 3:40 (music video edit)
Lyricist	Haruka [1]
Producer	Masayoshi Minoshima
Music video
"Bad Apple!! feat.nomico" on YouTube

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