Octo Eight-Step
Octo Eight-Step
| Artist | Turquoise October |
| Vocals | keity.pop Callie (in-game) |
| Game | Splatoon 2 |
| Heard in Splatoon 2 | Return of the Octarians Welcome to Octopia Back-Alley Cleanup The Floating Garden Octocommander Fortress Paradise Lanes |
| Featured in |  Squid Beatz 2 – track 11Splatune 2 - disc 2, track 15  Nintendo Music –link |
| BPM | 150 |
| Length | 2:45 |
| Sample | https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/File:OC_Octo_Eight-Step.mp3 |
Octo Eight-Step is asong performed byTurquoise October.
Description
Octo Eight-Step is essentially an extensive remix ofEight-Legged Advance, but with a very different song structure. The production remains very similar, but instead of the prominent guitar track, it is replaced by reversed samples of theSquid Sisters'City of Color.[1]
It was first heard in theSplatoon 2 - Single Player Trailer, and can also be heard inSquid Beatz 2, with a maximum score of 112 and 225 in Normal and Hard modes, respectively.
Other versions
Octo Eight-Step (Kettle)
This is just the beginning bit with the flute motifs, but much more muffled and echoey, making it sound like it is being played in the distance. It plays when the camera is near akettle containing a level with the main track.
Samples and interpolations
Inkopolis Memorial Mixtape
- Main article:Inkopolis Memorial Mixtape
Octo Eight-Step can be heard near the beginning of theInkopolis Memorial Mixtape linking the songsShooting Starfish andEight-Legged Advance together. It mostly remains the same, except for the added record scratches being played in the background throughout.
Etymology
Octo Eight-Step could be implying a march likeEight-Legged Advance, but it could also be implying a dance.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese | Eighteen-Legged Concerto | Eighteen references the amount of limbs a squid and octopus have added together, being eighteen. The squid in question is Callie, as she was kidnapped by the Octarians. |
