Kimi wa Melody

"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
Certification Million[1] (RIAJ)
AKB48 singles chronology
"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby"
(2015)
"Kimi wa Melody"
(2016)
"Tsubasa wa Iranai"
(2016)

"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.[2] 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.[3] It is the last single featuring founding members Sae Miyazawa and Minami Takahashi.

Track listing

Type-A

CD[4][5]
No. Title Length
1. "Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディー)"   4:45
2. "LALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ)"   5:12
3. "Gonna Jump (SKE48)"   4:59
4. "Kimi wa Melody (off vocal ver.)"   4:44
5. "LALALA Message (off vocal ver.)"   5:12
6. "Gonna Jump (off vocal ver.)"   4:57

Type-B

CD[6]
No. Title Length
1. "Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディー)"   4:45
2. "LALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ)"   5:13
3. "Shigamitsuita Seishun (しがみついた青春) (NMB48)"   4:19
4. "Kimi wa Melody (off vocal ver.)"   4:44
5. "LALALA Message (off vocal ver.)"   5:13
6. "Shigamitsuita Seishun (off vocal ver.)"   4:17

Type-C

CD[7]
No. Title Length
1. "Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディー)"   4:45
2. "LALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ)"   5:12
3. "Make noise (HKT48)"   4:27
4. "Kimi wa Melody (off vocal ver.)"   4:44
5. "LALALA Message (off vocal ver.)"   5:12
6. "Make noise (off vocal ver.)"   4:24

Type-D

CD[8]
No. Title Length
1. "Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディー)"   4:45
2. "LALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ)"   5:12
3. "Max Toki 315 Gou (Maxとき315号) (NGT48)"   4:45
4. "Kimi wa Melody (off vocal ver.)"   4:44
5. "LALALA Message (off vocal ver.)"   5:12
6. "Max Toki 315 Gou (off vocal ver.)"   4:43

Type-E

CD[9]
No. Title Length
1. "Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディー)"   4:45
2. "LALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ)"   5:12
3. "Mazariau Mono (混ざり合うもの) (NogizakaAKB)"   4:58
4. "Kimi wa Melody (off vocal ver.)"   4:44
5. "LALALA Message (off vocal ver.)"   5:12
6. "Mazariau Mono (off vocal ver.)"   4:56

Theater Edition

CD[10]
No. Title Length
1. "Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディー)"    
2. "LALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ)"    
3. "M.T. ni Sasagu (M.T.に捧ぐ) (Team A)"    
4. "Kimi wa Melody (off vocal ver.)"    
5. "LALALA Message (off vocal ver.)"    
6. "M.T. ni Sasagu (off vocal ver.)"    

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, Yūko Ōshima, 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. The music video was released on AKB48's official YouTube Channel on May 31, 2016.

On July 18, 2016, Brazilian channel PlayTV aired the music video from "Kimi wa Melody" on a J-Pop segmented music video program Interferência Ichiban.

Personnel

"Kimi wa Melody"
Excerpt from "Kimi wa Melody"

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"Kimi wa Melody"

The lineup for the A-side single consists of 21 members including 4 graduates.[11] The center performer was Sakura Miyawaki.[12]

"LALALA Message"

The "Next Generation Senbatsu" (member selection/lineup) for the song consists of 16 Members.[11] Mion Mukaichi serve as center for this song.

"Gonna Jump"

SKE48's song.[11] Rara Gotō serve as center for this song.

"Shigamitsuita Seishun"

NMB48's song.[13] Sayaka Yamamoto serve as center for this song.

"Make Noise"

HKT48's song.[14] Rino Sashihara serve as center for this song.

"Max Toki 315 Gou"

NGT48's debut song (excluding Yuki Kashiwagi).[15] Moeka Takakura serve as center for this song.

"Mazariau Mono"

NogizakaAKB's song.[16] 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.

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart) 1[17]
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100) 1[18]

Further reading

References

  1. ゴールドディスク認定 2016年3月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  2. "AKB48 Releases Colorful "Kimi wa Melody" Short PV". ARAMA! JAPAN. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  3. "On top, once again, with Kimi wa Melody". Blasting News (Brasil).
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  13. 君はメロディー<Type B> (in Japanese). King Record Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  14. 君はメロディー<Type C> (in Japanese). King Record Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  15. 君はメロディー<Type D> (in Japanese). King Record Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  16. 君はメロディー<Type E> (in Japanese). King Record Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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  18. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2016/3/21". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved September 25, 2016.
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