Eight-Legged Advance
| Artist | Turquoise October |
| Game | Splatoon |
| Heard in Splatoon |
Octotrooper Hideout Lair of the Octoballs Floating Sponge Garden Spreader Splatfest Propeller-Lift Fortress Octosniper Ramparts Far-Flung Flooders Squid Beatz |
| Album | Splatune |
| Track list no. | 11 (Squid Beatz) 9 (Splatune Disc 2) |
| Genre | Electronic |
| BPM | 150 |
| Key signature | C♯ Minor |
| Length | 2:52 |
| Audio file |
Eight-Legged Advance is a song performed by Turquoise October.
Description
Eight-Legged Advance, like many Turquoise October songs, is an electronic song, featuring many chiptune influences, unorthodox production and Octarian-sounding vocals. It features a prominent guitar line. Just before the minute mark the beat slightly switches. The intro is an interpolation of the Onward! jingle heard after beating a mission, which is also sampled in I am Octavio. It is heard throughout various Octo Valley missions, and can also be heard in Squid Beatz.
Remixes and covers
Octo Eight-Step
- Main article: Octo Eight-Step
Octo Eight-Step is an extensive rework of Eight-Legged Advance, sampling the beat, but with a brand new structure.
Crater Eighters Routine
- Main article: Crater Eighters Routine
Crater Eighters Routine is a remake of Eight-Legged Advance, following the same general structure of Eight-Legged Advance, but with a somewhat more irreverant tone.
Other Versions
Eight-Legged Advance (Kettle)
This version is simply just the beat, but muffled and echoey, making it sound like it's being played from a distance. It plays when the camera is near a kettle containing a level with the main track.
Samples and interpolations
Ebb & Flow (Demo)
- Main article: Ebb & Flow#Ebb & Flow (Demo)
Marina's original version of Ebb & Flow samples the beat of Eight-Legged Advance, hinting at her Octarian origins.
Inkopolis Memorial Mixtape
- Main article: Inkopolis Memorial Mixtape
In the Inkopolis Memorial Mixtape, the eerie, ghostlike set of notes that plays during Eight-Legged Advance is heard right after Octo Eight-Step plays. After the Onward! jingle from the track, it transitions into The Girl from Inkopolis.
Etymology
Eight-Legged Advance implies a march of the Octarians, which, as octopuses, have eight legs.
