Ponytail to Shushu
"Ponytail to Shushu" | ||||
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Single by AKB48 | ||||
from the album Koko ni Ita Koto | ||||
B-side |
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Released | May 26, 2010 | |||
Genre | J-pop | |||
Length | 4:29:00 | |||
Label | You, Be Cool! / King | |||
Songwriter(s) | Yasushi Akimoto, Shin'ya Tada | |||
Producer(s) | Mashin Ikuta | |||
AKB48 singles chronology | ||||
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Music videos | ||||
Ponytail to Shushu on YouTube | ||||
Nusumareta Kuchibiru on YouTube | ||||
Boku no YELL on YouTube | ||||
Majijo Teppen Blues on YouTube | ||||
Alternative cover | ||||
Alternative cover | ||||
"Ponytail to Shushu" (ポニーテールとシュシュ, Ponītēru to Shushu, "Ponytail and Scrunchie")[note 1] is the 16th single by Japanese idol group AKB48, released on May 26, 2010.[1][2]
Promotion
[edit]The covers and music videos of the single were shot in Guam.[3]
The first editions of the single came with a ticket to vote for the featuring members of AKB48's 17th single, "Heavy Rotation", released in August 2010.[4][5] The b-side, "Majijo Teppen Blues", is the theme song of Majisuka Gakuen 2
Chart performance
[edit]The single sold 354,000 copies on its first day of release.[6] It sold 513,000 copies on its first week of sale, making it the biggest first week for a female idol group since Morning Musume's "Ren'ai Revolution 21" in 2000, and the biggest first week sales for a female artist since Hikaru Utada's "Can You Keep a Secret?" in 2001.[4] It also became the biggest selling AKB48 single on the week it was released, beating the group's previous single "Sakura no Shiori"'s first week sales of 318,000 copies (and its total sales of 404,000).[4][7]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Arranger | Length |
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1. | "Ponytail to Shushu" | Yasushi Akimoto, Shinya Tada | Mashin Ikuta | 4:29 |
2. | "Nusumareta Kuchibiru" ( | Akimoto, Yoshimasa Inoue | Inoue | 4:00 |
3. | "Boku no Yell" ( | Akimoto, Takafumi Fujino | Ikuta | 5:03 |
4. | "Ponytail to Shushu (Off Vocal Ver.)" | Akimoto, Tada | Ikuta | 4:29 |
5. | "Nusumareta Kuchibiru (Off Vocal Ver.)" | Akimoto, Inoue | Inoue | 4:00 |
6. | "Boku no Yell (Off Vocal Ver.)" | Akimoto, Fujino | Ikuta | 5:05 |
Total length: | 27:17 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Arranger | Length |
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1. | "Ponytail to Shushu" | Akimoto, Tada | Ikuta | 4:29 |
2. | "Nusumareta Kuchibiru" (Under Girls) | Akimoto, Inoue | Inoue | 4:00 |
3. | "Majijo Teppen Blues" (マジジョテッペンブルース) | Akimoto, Yūichi Ichikawa | Ichikawa | 3:46 |
4. | "Ponytail to Shushu (Off Vocal Ver.)" | Akimoto, Tada | Ikuta | 4:29 |
5. | "Nusumareta Kuchibiru (Off Vocal Ver.)" | Akimoto, Inoue | Inoue | 4:00 |
6. | "Majijo Teppen Blues (Off Vocal Ver.)" | Akimoto, Ichikawa | Ichikawa | 3:46 |
Total length: | 24:38 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Arranger | Length |
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1. | "Ponytail to Shushu" | Akimoto, Tada | Ikuta | 4:29 |
2. | "Nusumareta Kuchibiru" (Under Girls) | Akimoto, Inoue | Inoue | 4:00 |
3. | "Boku no Yell" (Theater Girls) | Akimoto, Fujino | Ikuta | 5:03 |
4. | "Majijo Teppen Blues" | Akimoto, Ichikawa | Ichikawa | 3:46 |
Personnel
[edit]Ponytail to Shushu
[edit]Centers: Atsuko Maeda and Minami Takahashi
- Team A: Haruna Kojima, Atsuko Maeda, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takajō, Minami Takahashi
- Team K: Tomomi Itano, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Erena Ono, Yuko Oshima
- Team B: Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Miho Miyazaki, Mayu Watanabe.
- SKE48 Team S: Jurina Matsui
Nusumareta Kuchibiru
[edit]- Performed by Under Girls.
Centers: Ami Maeda and Rena Matsui
- Team A: Haruka Katayama, Asuka Kuramochi, Misaki Iwasa, Ami Maeda, Aika Ōta, Rino Sashihara
- Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Reina Fujie, Ayaka Kikuchi, Moeno Nitō
- Team B: Mika Komori, Manami Oku, Amina Satō, Sumire Satō
- SKE48 team S: Rena Matsui, Kumi Yagami
Boku no Yell
[edit]- Team A: Natsumi Matsubara, Haruka Nakagawa, Chisato Nakata, Sayaka Nakaya, Shizuka Ōya
- Team K: Sakiko Matsui, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Misato Nonaka, Miku Tanabe, Mayumi Uchida, Ayaka Umeda, Rumi Yonezawa
- Team B: Rina Chikano, Natsumi Hirajima, Haruka Ishida, Kana Kobayashi, Yuka Masuda, Natsuki Sato, Mariya Suzuki
- Team Research Students: Sara Fujimoto, Atsuki Ishiguro, Momoko Kinumoto, Anna Mori, Mariya Nagao, Mariko Nakamura, Mina Ōba, Yuriko Sano, Haruka Shimazaki, Haruka Shimada, Eri Takamatsu, Miyu Takeuchi, Asaka Ueki, Suzuran Yamauchi, Yui Yokoyama
Majijo Teppen Blues
[edit]- Team A: Haruna Kojima, Asuka Kuramochi, Atsuko Maeda, Ami Maeda, Aika Ōta, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takajō, Minami Takahashi
- Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Tomomi Itano, Sae Miyazawa, Moeno Nitō, Yūko Ōshima, Erena Ono
- Team B: Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Komori, Miho Miyazaki, Manami Oku, Mayu Watanabe.
- SKE48 team S: Jurina Matsui, Rena Matsui
- SDN48: Nachu
Charts
[edit]Chart | Peak position |
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Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay[8] | 24 |
Billboard Japan Hot 100[9] | 1 |
Billboard yearly Japan Hot 100[10] | 13 |
Oricon Daily Singles[6] | 1 |
Oricon Weekly Singles[7] | 1 |
Oricon Monthly Singles | 2 |
Oricon Yearly singles[11] | 5 |
RIAJ Digital Track Chart weekly top 100[12] | 11 |
RIAJ Digital Track Chart yearly top 100[13] | 16 |
Sales and certifications
[edit]Chart | Amount |
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Oricon physical sales[7] | 720,000 |
RIAJ physical shipping certification[14] | Triple platinum (750,000+) |
RIAJ full-length cellphone/PC downloads[15] | Million (1,000,000+) |
Notes
[edit]References
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新曲 初回 出荷 50万 枚 …「ポニーテールとシュシュ」". Sports Hochi. May 21, 2010. Archived from the original on May 23, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-01. - ^ a b c "AKB48が
初 週 50万 枚 超 で首位 モ ー娘。 以来 9年 半 ぶり快挙 " (in Japanese). Oricon. 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2010-06-01. - ^ "[CD]
未定 [CD+DVD/Type-A] / AKB48" (in Japanese). Neowing. Retrieved 2010-06-01. - ^ a b "デイリーランキング". Oricon. May 25, 2010. Archived from the original on April 18, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
- ^ a b c "オリコンランキング
情報 サービス「you大樹 」". Oricon. Retrieved February 9, 2011. (subscription only) - ^ "Adult Contemporary Airplay". Billboard (in Japanese). 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100". Billboard Japan. May 24, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. December 10, 2010. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ 2010
年 オリコン年間 ランキング シングル (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2010-12-20. - ^ "RIAJ Digital Track Chart: Chart issue May 25, 2010" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
- ^ "レコード
協会 調 べ 2009年 12月16日 ~2010年 12月14日 「着 うたフル(R)」 2010年 有料 音楽 配信 「年間 チャート」(通称 :レコ協 チャート)" [Record Association Analysis: December 16, 2009—December 14, 2010 Full-length Cellphone Download 2010 paid digital sales "Yearly Chart" (Abbreviated: RIAJ Chart)] (PDF). RIAJ. December 20, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010. - ^ ゴールド
等 認定 作品 一覧 2011年 2月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (February 2011)]. RIAJ (in Japanese). March 10, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2011. - ^ レコード
協会 調 べ 1月 度 有料 音楽 配信 認定 <略称 :1月 度 認定 > [Record Association report: February 2014 digital music download certifications (Abbreviation: 2013 Certifications)]. RIAJ (in Japanese). February 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2014.