Kimi wa Melody

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"Kimi wa Melody"
Single by AKB48
A-side "Kimi wa Melody"
B-side "LALALA Message"
"Shigamitsuita Seishun" (Type A)
"Gonna Jump" (Type B)
"Make Noise" (Type C)
"Max toki 315-go" (Type D)
"Mazari au mono" (Type E)
"M.T. ni Sasagu" (Theater)
Released March 9, 2016 (2016-03-09)
Format
Recorded 2015-16
Genre J-pop
Length 4:43
Label You, Be Cool! / King
Writer(s) Title Track
Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto
Music: you-me
Arrangement: Yuuichi Nonaka
Producer(s) Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby"
(2015)
"Kimi wa Melody"
(2016)
"Tsubasa wa Iranai"
(2016)

Music videos on YouTube
Kimi wa Melody ~Short ver.~
"Kimi wa Melody" ~Full ver.~
Delayed (May not be available in all regions)

"Kimi wa Melody" (君はメロディー?, You Are Melody) is the 43rd single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It marks the 10th annual anniversary of the group, and was released in Japan on March 9, 2016.[1] It sold 1,133,179 copies on release day, topping the weekly sales of the previous single. This makes it the 30th single to reach 1st place in the Oricon Single Charts, and the 24th single to sell over a million copies in a week.[2] It is the last single featuring founding members Sae Miyazawa and Minami Takahashi.

Trivia

The music video of the title song is directed by Mika Ninagawa, who worked previously on "Heavy Rotation", "Sayonara Crawl" and "Sugar Rush". It was first performed live on January 24, on the last day of AKB48 Group Request Hour 2016, and its first TV performance was broadcast on February 22, on Music Japan. The title track is performed by a group of 21 active members, supported by four former members (Atsuko Maeda, Yuko Oshima, Mariko Shinoda, Tomomi Itano), and centered (choreography center) by Sakura Miyawaki.

This single also marked the final appearance of two popular members, general manager Minami Takahashi and SKE48 Team S leader Sae Miyazawa. Both left the AKB48 Group shortly after this release, after having appeared in the promoting line up of 41 and 33 AKB48 singles, respectively.


Personnel

"Kimi wa Melody"

The lineup for the A-side single consists of 21 members including 4 graduates. The center performer was Sakura Miyawaki.

"LALALA Message"

The "Next Generation Senbatsu" (member selection/lineup) for the song consists of 16 Members. Mion Mukaichi serve as center for this song.

"Gonna Jump"

SKE48's song. Rara Goto serve as center for this song.

"Shigamitsuita Seishun"

NMB48's song. Sayaka Yamamoto serve as center for this song.

"Make Noise"

HKT48's song. Rino Sashihara serve as center for this song.

"Max Toki 315 Gou"

NGT48's debut song (excluding Yuki Kashiwagi). Moeka Takahura serve as center for this song.

"Mazariau Mono"

NogizakaAKB's song. Haruna Kojima serve as center for this song.

"M.T ni Sasagu"

Team A's song (excluding Minami Takahashi). Yui Yokoyama serve as center for this song. It is also a name from current stage from Team A.

References

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