Games with original vocal tracks

Okay so here's the rules:
-Songs must have lyrics that were written and recorded specifically for the game (sampled vocals don't count, no straight covers of existing songs, no songs from other sources, etc)
-If the song is a remix of another song, that remix MUST have new lyrics
-Songs must be accessible or at least present within the game, preferably with the vocals in tact (some exceptions will be made)
-Made-up languages and gibberish is fine as long as it sounds like it's supposed to be words

And that's about it! The main purpose of this list is to introduce people to music and games they may not have heard of, so I highly recommend you look up some of the songs listed if any of them catch your eye!

Not in database:
Children's Musical Theater (phillips cd-i)
mambo a go go (arcade)
beatmania append gottamix2 ~going global~ (playstation)
pachislot akumajo dracula (arcade)

Hades
Hades
Lament of Orpheus
Hymn to Zagreus
On the Coast
In the Blood (feat. Ashley Barrett)
Good Riddance (feat. Ashley Barrett)
Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2
Unshaken
Persona 5 Royal
Persona 5 Royal
Colors Flying High
Take Over
He's a Trickster☆
I Believe
No More What Ifs
Throw Away Your Mask
Our Light
Portal 2
Portal 2
Exile Vilify
Cara Mia
Want You Gone
NieR: Automata
NieR: Automata
City Ruins / Rays of Light
Peaceful Sleep
Memories of Dust
Birth of a Wish
Amusement Park
A Beautiful Song
Voice of no Return / Guitar
Grandma / Destruction
Faltering Prayer / Dawn Breeze
Emil's Shop
Vague Hope / Cold Rain
Weight of the World (English ver.)
City Ruins / Shade
Pascal
Forest Kingdom
Dark Colossus / Kaiju
Copied City
Wretched Weaponry: Medium / Dynamic
Possessed by Disease
Wretched Weaponry: Quiet
Mourning
Dependent Weakling
Weight of the World (Kowaretasekainouta)
War & War
Crumbling Lies / Front
Fortress of Lies
Vague Hope / Spring Rain
Song of the Ancients / Atonement
Blissful Death
Emil / Despair
Faltering Prayer / Starry Sky
Alien Manifestation
The Tower
Bipolar Nightmare
The Sound of the End
Weight of the World (Nouveau / FR Ver.)
Weight of the World / The End of YoRHA
Hi-Fi Rush
Hi-Fi Rush
The Beacon
I Got This
Too Big To Fail
Captive Normals (A Fever Dream)
Buzzsaw
My Heart Feels No Pain
Surfacing
In a Blink
Synesthesia
Secret Song (Making Things Is Hard)
Yakuza 0
Yakuza 0
Bubble
Reign
Cabaret Sunshine - Fake Love
As You Like
Judgement -Shinpan-
24-hour Cinderella
x3 SHINE
Heartbreak Mermaid
I wanna take you home
Friday Night
Queen of Passion
I'm Gonna Make Her Mine
Koi no Disco Queen
Portal
Portal
Still Alive
Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey
Jump Up, Super Star!
Break Free (Lead the Way)

--NOTES--
English and Japanese versions of these songs are accessible in all versions of the game.
Final Fantasy XVI
Final Fantasy XVI
Tsuki Wo Miteita – Moongazing
On the Wind Borne - The Rosarian Ducal Anthem
Away
Control
Fanfare
Away (Refrain)
Find the Flame
To Sail Forbidden Seas
Do or Die
Titan Lost
Heart of Stone
Ascension
The Riddle
Bow
Hymn of the Penitent
All as One
My Star

Cuphead
Cuphead
Don't Deal With The Devil
Die House
A Quick Break
Closing Credits
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Rules of Nature
The Only Thing I Know For Real
Dark Skies
I'm My Own Master Now
A Stranger I Remain
Return to Ashes
The Stains of Time
Red Sun
A Soul Can't Be Cut
Collective Consciousness
It Has to be This Way
The War Still Rages Within
The Hot Wind Blowing
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Wolven Storm
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Lifelight
F-Zero Medley

--NOTES--
The F-Zero Medley's lyrics (whatever the hell they are) were written specifically for this game so it counts
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII
One-Winged Angel
Fortnite
Fortnite
Chapter 2, Season 1
Stand and Fight
Chapter 2, Season 2
I'm A Cat
Chapter 2, Season 4
Battle Breakers
Chapter 2, Season 5
Flip Reset
Frosty Serenade
Click Pow Get Down
Orbital Overload
Butter Barn Hoedown
Chapter 2, Season 6
Drop In
Chapter 2, Season 7
Sunny's Song
Axe 2 Grind
Mecha Power
Chapter 2, Season 8
Space Chimp
Flake That
Queen's Anthem
In Btwn
Chapter 3, Season 1
Redline Cruise
Chewer's Choice
Loot in the Mountains
Infinite Hype
Chapter 3, Season 2
Origin's Anthem
I Just Wanna Fight
Crashed In and Lights Out
Take Me Higher
Chapter 3, Season 3
Pop It
Lil' Whip (Mmm!)
Show Them Who We Are
Say It Proud
The Loveless Bandit
Chapter 3, Season 4
Call it Bad Luck
The Ballad of Lil Grriz
Dark Nights/Red Lights
Chapter 4, Season 1
High Stakes Club
Batter Up, Buddies
Way Too Fast
Run It
Chapter 4, Season 2
Thunder
Vital
Meet Me in the Sticks
Brace for Chaos
Chapter 4, Season 3
Seize the Future
The Underfox
Not Without a Fight
Chapter 4, Season 4
Race to the Horizon
Hungry for the Chase
Stars are Born
Break Through
Season OG
Welcome to the Split Show
Chapter 5, Season 1
You Don't Know Me
Return of the Tiger
Winterfest Wish
Make It Known
Streets Ignite
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Dragonborn
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Hollow
Stamp
Scarlet's Theme
The Midgar Blues
RUN RUN RUN
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid
The Best Has Yet To Come
Devil May Cry 5
Devil May Cry 5
Legacy
Devil Trigger
Crimson Cloud
Subhuman
Silver Bullet
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
A Step Away
Persona 4 Golden
Persona 4 Golden
Shadow World
Time to Make History
True Story
SNOWFLAKES
Pizza Tower
Pizza Tower
Unearthly Blues
It's Pizza Time!
Pizza Mayhem (unused)

--NOTES:--
Many of the songs in this game use stock vocal samples, including the first two listed here. However, there are a couple vocal samples that were recorded specifically for the game to replace samples that were removed due to copyright concerns:
"Monkey!" in Unearthly Blues was originally a sound clip from the Super Mario Bros. movie (the 1993 one)
"Hello there!" in It's Pizza Time! was originally taken from Medamayaki from Wario Land 4
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Ichibanka
Hell Stew
Spring Breeze
The Future I Dreamed Of

--NOTES--
New English versions of "Bakamitai (I've Been a Fool)", "Machine Gun Kiss", and "Like a Butterfly" are also in the game. Aside from "Ichibanka", all of these songs have English and Japanese versions.
Bayonetta
Bayonetta
Theme of Bayonetta - Mysterious Destiny
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Welcome to the New World!
Death Stranding
Death Stranding
Death Stranding
BB's Theme
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Sins of the Father
Quiet's Theme
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday
Persona 5
Persona 5
Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There
Life Will Change
Beneath the Mask
Last Surprise
Rivers in the Desert
The Whims of Fate
Tokyo Daylight
Hoshi To Bokura To
Batman: Arkham Knight
Batman: Arkham Knight
Look Who's Laughing Now
Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry
Dante & Trish ~ Seeds of Love
Yakuza Kiwami
Yakuza Kiwami
Tonight -restart from this night-
Ideal for Violence
Sonic Frontiers
Sonic Frontiers
I’m Here (feat. Merry Kirk-Holmes)
Cyber Space 1-1: Database
Cyber Space 1-2: Flowing
Undefeatable (feat. Kellin Quinn)
Cyber Space 2-5: Déjà vu
Break Through It All (feat. Kellin Quinn)
Cyber Space 3-1: Escape the Loop
Cyber Space 3-6: Enjoy this World
Cyber Space 3-7: All Reality
Find Your Flame (feat. Kellin Quinn & Tyler Smyth)
Cyber Space 4-2: Ephemeral
Cyber Space 4-5: Arrow of Time
Cyber Space 4-8: No Pain, No Gain
Dear Father (feat. Quinn Barnitt)
One Way Dream (feat. Nathan Sharp)
Vandalize
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Your Reality
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
The Edge of Dawn (Seasons of Warfare)
God-Shattering Star
The Spirit Dais
Persona 3 FES
Persona 3 FES
P3 FES
Brand New Days
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Snake Eater
Don't Be Afraid
Journey
Journey
I Was Born for This
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X
Suteki Da Ne
Otherworld
Sonic Mania
Sonic Mania
Metallic Madness Act 1
Metallic Madness Act 2
Street Fighter 6
Street Fighter 6
NOT ON THE SIDELINES
Stage Select
Character Select
Bushin NinjaStar Cypher (Vocal Ver.)
All Over the World (World Map)
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Main Theme
Mike's Song (English)

--NOTES--
The remix of "Mike's Song" features new lyrics so I'm gonna count it
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts
Simple and Clean
Destati
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Drifting Souls
One Last You
Indoline Praetorian
Shadows of the Lowlands
Plants vs. Zombies
Plants vs. Zombies
There's a Zombie on your Lawn
Pokémon Violet
Pokémon Violet
Celestial
Alan Wake
Alan Wake
The Poet and the Muse
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Yakuza Kiwami 2
As Long As You're Happy
Pride From Despair
Majima Construction Anthem
Psychonauts 2
Psychonauts 2
Cosmic I/Smell the Universe
Mirror's Edge
Mirror's Edge
Still Alive
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Big City Life ft OV
Condensed Milk
Deltarune: Chapter 2
Deltarune: Chapter 2
NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A
BIG SHOT
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 3
You're Not Here
Letter - From the Lost Days
Hometown
I Want Love
Silent Hill No Uta

--NOTES--
"Silent Hill no Uta" is a song from a secret ending and, to my knowledge, has never been officially released
No More Heroes
No More Heroes
The virgin child makes her wish without feeling anything
Guilty Gear: Strive
Guilty Gear: Strive
Smell of the Game
Find Your One Way
The Roar of the Spark
Armor-clad Faith
Alone Infection
The Name of Heaven
Love the Subhuman Self
Play the Hero
The Disaster of Passion
Out of the Box
Let Me Carve Your Way
Necessary Discrepancy
Crawl
What do you fight for
Perfection Can't Please Me
Requiem
The Kiss of Death
Like a Weed, Naturally, as a Matter of Course
Drift
Trigger
Hellfire
Rock Parade
Mirror of the World
Talk About You
The Town Inside Me
The Hourglass
The Circle
The Gravity
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy IX
Melodies of Life
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Love Theme
Here's to You
Killer7
Killer7
Handsomemen Theme
Street Performer's Song

--NOTE--
Neither of these songs are featured on the OST, nor do they have official names.
Splatoon 3
Splatoon 3
Clickbait
Headhammer
Triple Dip
Paintscraper
Rinse/Repeat
Learning Curve
Sea Me Now
Sandy Side Up
Candy-Coated Rocks
Tentacle to the Metal
Calamari Inkantation 3MIX
Wave Goodbye
Anarchy Poisons (Bird Mix)
Anarchy Poisons (Snake Mix)
Anarchy Poisons (Boar Mix)
Anarchy Rainbow
Daybreaker Anthem
Fins in the Air
Till Depth Do Us Part
Liquid Sunshine
Tomorrow's Nostalgia Today
Big Betrayal
Ska-BLAM
Rockagilly Blues
Ripstop & Go
Aquasonic
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Mutants over Broadway!
Panic in the Sky!
We Ain't Came to Lose
It's a Pizza Party!
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Join Me At The Top
Persona 5 Strikers
Persona 5 Strikers
You Are Stronger
Daredevil
What You Wish For
Axe to Grind
Counter Strike
Towards a Dream
Bayonetta 3
Bayonetta 3
Theme of Bayonetta 3 - Al Fine
Lost Judgment
Lost Judgment
Rasen
Pokémon Scarlet
Pokémon Scarlet
Celestial
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Good Job. You've Made It To the Bottom of the Mind Control Facility. Well Done.
Kingdom Hearts III
Kingdom Hearts III
Face My Fears
Don't Think Twice
Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts II
Sanctuary
Swim This Way
Ursula's Revenge
A New Day is Dawning
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
BRAND NEW STAGE
Fork in the Road
hands
Like A Butterfly
Today is a Diamond
Bayonetta 2
Bayonetta 2
Tomorrow Is Mine (Bayonetta 2 Theme)
Deltarune: Chapter 1
Deltarune: Chapter 1
Don't Forget
NEO: The World Ends with You
NEO: The World Ends with You
NEW GAME
Your Ocean
Storm
unconscious
Kill the Itch
Breaking Free
Insomnia
We're Losing You
CHASE
Rockin' Rockin'
Shibuya Survivor
SCRAMBLE
DIVIDE
LAST CALL
Unpainted
World Is Yours
LITTLE THINGS - JP
LITTLE THINGS
The World Ends with You
The World Ends with You
Twister
Underground
Long Dream
Calling
Hybrid
Ooparts
Give Me All Your Love
Someday
Owari-Hajimari
Game Over
Detonation
Make or Break
Emptiness and
Déjà Vu
Transformation
Three Minutes Clapping
The One Star

--NOTES--
Many of these songs were recorded in both English and Japanese, and some of them (mainly "Twister") have remixes that play in certain scenarios. Also, the Japanese and English soundtracks both have exclusive songs, and the places where certain songs play is different between the two versions. It's really confusing.
Persona 3 Portable
Persona 3 Portable
Soul Phrase
A Way of Life
Time
Wiping All Out
The Stanley Parable
The Stanley Parable
There Once Was A Man Named Stanley
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Good King Moogle Mog XII
Fallen Angel
Rise of the White Raven
Answers
A Realm Reborn:
Under the Weight
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
Taste The Blood
Suffer
Divine Hate
M-8 Start
Devils Never Cry
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy XIII
Kimi ga Iru Kara
Eternal Love
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure
Open Your Heart
It Doesn't Matter ver.1
Believe in Myself ver.1
Unknown from M.E. ver.1
My Sweet Passion
Lazy Days ~Livin' in Paradise~
Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course
Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course
The Delicious Last Course
Recipe For Ms. Chalice
King of Games’ Castle
A Chef's Coda
Pikmin
Pikmin
Ai no Uta

--NOTES--
This song doesn't appear in-game but I'm gonna make an exception because it's so notable
Sonic Heroes
Sonic Heroes
Sonic Heroes
We Can
This Machine
Follow Me
Team Chaotix
What I'm Made of...
Devil May Cry 4
Devil May Cry 4
Out of Darkness
The Man in Red
The Hell Gate
Sworn Through Swords
Blackened Angel
Forza Del Destino
Nero And Kyrie
Lock and Load -Blackened Angel mix-
The Time Has Come
Standard Daytime
Shall Never Surrender
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy VIII
Eyes on Me
Bastion
Bastion
Build That Wall (Zia's Theme)
Mother, I'm Here (Zulf's Theme)
Setting Sail, Coming Home (End Theme)
The Pantheon (Ain't Gonna Catch You)
Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Unbreakable Tie
JOKER
Kimi no Tonari
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure 2
Live and Learn
It Doesn't Matter ver.2
Believe In Myself ver.2
Unknown from M.E. ver.2
Throw It All Away
E.G.G.M.A.N.
Fly in the Freedom
Escape from the City
Kick the Rock!
A Ghost's Pumpkin Soup
Dive into the Mellow
Deeper
Space Trip Steps
Rhythm And Balance
The Supernatural
For True Story
Supporting Me
Sonic Unleashed
Sonic Unleashed
Endless Possibility
Dear My Friend
To the Moon
To the Moon
Everything's Alright
DmC: Devil May Cry
DmC: Devil May Cry
Age of Mutation
Zombie Fistfight
Feed the Fire
Gimme Deathrace
Clouds of War
Buried Alive
Empty
I Know What I Am Doing (Planet Treason)
No Redemption
Falling Apart
Gotta Go
How Old is Your Soul?
Pull the Pin
What The Fuck Is Wrong With You
Get Your Body Beat
Never Surrender
Deathbed
Follow the Trail of Blood
Sent to Destroy
Throat Full of Glass
Electrohead
All Pain is Gone
Sequential One
Media Riot
Pokémon Black Version 2
Pokémon Black Version 2
Virbank City Gym (Performed by Koffing and the Toxics)

--NOTES--
This song has different "lyrics" in the English and Japanese versions. Yes they count as lyrics. Shut up
Transistor
Transistor
The Spine
In Circles
Signals
Paper Boats
She Shines
No More Heroes III
No More Heroes III
ITADAKIMASU
Awesome Holiday in the Sky
Night in Prague
Rayman Origins
Rayman Origins
Lums of the Water ~Glou Glou~
The Lums' Dream ~Glou Glou~
Splatoon 2
Splatoon 2
Inkoming!
Color Pulse
Ebb & Flow
Acid Hues
Muck Warfare
Tidal Rush
Spicy Calamari Inkantation
Fresh Start
Rip Entry
Undertow
Don't Slip
Endolphin Surge
Shipwreckin'
Fins & Fiddles
Seafoam Shanty
Seasick
Kinetosis
Chopscrewey
Entropical
Slime Rancher
Slime Rancher
1,000 Light Years Away
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Tender Sugar
Cradle of Forest
Your Rain
Room of Angel
Persona 4
Persona 4
Pursuing My True Self
Signs of Love
Your Affection
Reach Out to the Truth
Studio Backlot/Backside of the TV
Someone Else's Man
Belongings
Reach Out to the Truth
Heartbeat, Heartbreak
Heaven
Never More

21 Comments


1 year ago

Final Fantasy VII Remake "Hollow" as well as literally everything from Nier and Nier: Automata

1 year ago

Final Fantasy XI Chains of Promathia - Distant Worlds
Xanadu Next - White Lie in Black

1 year ago

From FFX i think Otherworld is another vocal track.

1 year ago

Great list. Very comprehensive. A few I can think of:
Klonoa 2 has a song in their fake language sung by him, Crash Nitro Kart's Japanese version has one in the title screen, Flower Sun and Rain has F.S.R.; No More Heroes 2, 3 and Travis Strikes Again have at least three each, TSA has the most of these.

1 year ago

Oh yeah, Bayonetta 3 just came out. It has at least two original vocal songs.
I'm pretty sure Re: Your Brains wasn't made for Left 4 Dead 2

1 year ago

"Ideal for Violence" from Yakuza Kiwami also has vocal bits in it

1 year ago

great list! I always love when games throw in original vocals. a few Im familiar with:

-Limbus Company is still releasing, but so far has "In Hell We Live, Lament", "Between Two Worlds", and "Pass On".
-Library of Ruina has "String Theocracy", "From a Place of Love", "And Then is Heard No More", "Iron Lotus", "Children of the City", "Gone Angels", and "Poems of a Machine". I probably missed a few even with all those
-Sayonara Wild Hearts has "Sayonara Wild Heart", "Begin Again", "Dead of Night", "Mine", "The World We Knew", "Inside", "Wild Hearts Never Die", and "A Place I Don't Know"
-Paradise Killer has "Paradise (Stay Forever)"
-Slime Rancher has "1,000 Light Years Away"
-I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1NIT!!!!1 has the game's theme (and only song), generally referred to with the same name
-Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3!? has "It's Dangerous to Go Alone", "Apocalypse View", and a few written in pig-latin-spanish ("A La Idavay!", "Mufuchofo Gufustofo!", "Chakalaka")

1 year ago

If I'm not mistaken, the parts where they say "good eatin'" in the Golf theme in Pizza Tower were uniquely made for that song and could partially count also. Unless they're existing samples in which case, just ignore me.

9 months ago

Sludge Life has Bubble Up and Sludge Life
Sludge Life 2 has No Sequel, Git Dum, Sky Scrape, Eat The Rich, and Double Bubble

9 months ago

popslinger. i dont know which tracks beyond the one used in the trailer

also, industrial rage from wild woody is another track from that game with lyrics. there may be others that i dont remember but i know that one has some vocal parts

i'd also hesitate to include destati from kh - that opens an enormous avenue for songs with epic latin chanting and the like. if you're including that you'd probably want to include shit like "guardiano nel buio" too

9 months ago

I included Destati because it has an official lyrics sheet readily available. The main sources I use treat Guardando Nel Buio as an instrumental track

2 months ago

For Persona 3 FES Heartful Cry doesn't have any lyrics btw. (Also you don't have regular Persona 3 there either)
Also amazing job lots of effort put into this list and it's super impressive

1 month ago

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1 month ago

Higurashi When They Cry Kai, Umineko When They Cry, Umineko When They Cry Chiru, Ciconia When They Cry, Hanachirasu, Fullmetal Daemon Muramasa and all Science Adventure Series have several original songs

Also, Yakuza 5 have one more original song called "Dream"

1 month ago

And the most recents Like a Dragon games's releases

1 month ago

@TheFred kinda irrelvent but I swear ever since I've started playing Higurashi it's everywhere, I can't escape

1 month ago

Oh and since I commented a irrelvent thing I'll make it up by saying:
FF7 Remake also has: Stamp (both in EN & JP), Scarlets theme, The Midgar Blues (JP & English), RUN RUN RUN (and maybe more I think but it's a big OST)
& Also Persona 3's Iwatodai Dorm only features stock lyrics, so I don't think it counts
Also Death Stranding has BB's Theme

1 month ago

@Ollchops The peak its inevitable, hope you like since its my favorite work (principally Higurashi Kai)

1 month ago

@TheFred I'm really enjoying, and as my first real VN experiance it's so good. It is indeed peak (And I'm only on like chapter 3)

1 month ago

Tatarigoshi its the first Kino arc, and its even better With Kai's Arc. Enjoy one of my favs generes/medias with THE goat!


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