Kimi wa Melody

"Kimi wa Melody"
"Kimi wa Melody"
Single by AKB48
from the album Thumbnail
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
Recorded	2015-16
Genre	J-pop
Length	4:43
Label	You, Be Cool! / King; Genie Music; Stone Music Entertainment;
Songwriter(s)	Title Track; Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto; Music: you-me; Arrangement: Yuuichi Nonaka
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology

"Kimi wa Melody" (君はメロディー, Kimi wa Merodī, 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, as well as Karen Iwata.

The main song from this single, Kimi wa Melody has been redone in Bahasa Indonesia by JKT48 and in Thai by BNK48 in 2018, and in Filipino by MNL48 in 2019.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Background[]

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 (2016-07-18), Brazilian channel PlayTV aired the music video from "Kimi wa Melody" on a J-Pop segmented music video program Interferência Ichiban.

Track listing[]

Type-A[]

CD^[6]^[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.	"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

DVD^[7]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディー)"
2.	"LALALALALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ)"
3.	"Gonna Jump"

Type-B[]

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)"	5:13
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

DVD^[8]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディー)"
2.	"LALALALALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ)"
3.	"Shigamitsuita Seishun"

Type-C[]

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.	"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

DVD^[9]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディー)"
2.	"LALALALALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ)"
3.	"Make noise"

Type-D[]

CD^[10]
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

DVD^[10]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディー)"
2.	"LALALALALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ)"
3.	"Max Toki 315 Gou"

Type-E[]

CD^[11]
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

DVD^[11]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディー)"
2.	"LALALALALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ)"
3.	"Mazariau Mono"

Theater Edition[]

CD^[12]
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.)"

Senbatsu[]

"Kimi wa Melody"

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"Kimi wa Melody"[]

The lineup for the A-side single consists of 21 members including 4 graduates.,^[13] the first time since Flying Get back in 2011. The senbatsu also is still the same senbatsu from the previous single, Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby, but this time, it included Mion Mukaichi and the graduated members Atsuko Maeda, Yūko Ōshima, Mariko Shinoda and Tomomi Itano. The center for this song is Sakura Miyawaki.^[14]

Team A: Anna Iriyama, Haruna Kojima, Haruka Shimazaki, Minami Takahashi (Last Single), Yui Yokoyama
Team K: Minami Minegishi, Mion Mukaichi
Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Rena Katō, Yuria Kizaki, Mayu Watanabe
SKE48 Team S: Jurina Matsui
NMB48 Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto
HKT48 Team H: Rino Sashihara
HKT48 Team KIV: Sakura Miyawaki (Center)
NGT48: Rie Kitahara
SNH48 Team SII: Sae Miyazawa (Last Single)
Graduated members: Atsuko Maeda, Yūko Ōshima, Mariko Shinoda, Tomomi Itano

"LALALA Message"[]

The "Next Generation Senbatsu" (member selection/lineup) for the song consists of 16 Members.^[13] Mion Mukaichi serve as center for this song.

AKB48 Team A: Anna Iriyama, Nana Owada, Megu Taniguchi
AKB48 Team K: Yūka Tano, Mion Mukaichi (Center), Tomu Muto
AKB48 Team B: Ryōka Ōshima, Rena Katō, Yuria Kizaki, Moe Goto
AKB48 Team 4: Nana Okada, Saya Kawamoto, Mako Kojima, Haruka Komiyama, Juri Takahashi, Yuiri Murayama

"Gonna Jump"[]

SKE48's song.^[13] Rara Goto serve as center for this song.

SKE48 Team S: Rion Azuma, Masana Ōya, Ryoha Kitagawa, Jurina Matsui
SKE48 Team KII: Yuna Ego, Mina Ōba, Sarina Sōda, Akane Takayanagi, Nao Furuhata
SKE48 Team E: Kanon Kimoto, Haruka Kumazaki, Rara Goto (Center), Aya Shibata, Maya Sugawara, Akari Suda, Marika Tani

"Shigamitsuita Seishun"[]

NMB48's song.^[15] Sayaka Yamamoto serve as center for this song.

NMB48 Team N: Yuuri Ōta, Yuuka Kato, Kei Jonishi, Ririka Sutō, Sayaka Yamamoto, Akari Yoshida
NMB48 Team M: Azusa Uemura, Miru Shiroma, Airi Tanigawa, Reina Fujie, Sae Murase, Fuuko Yagura
NMB48 Team BII: Konomi Kusaka, Nagisa Shibuya, Shu Yabushita, Miyuki Watanabe

"Make Noise"[]

HKT48's song.^[16] Rino Sashihara serve as center for this song.

HKT48 Team H: Chihiro Anai, Mashiro Ui, Yui Kōjina, Haruka Kodama, Riko Sakaguchi, Rino Sashihara, Meru Tashima, Miku Tanaka, Natsumi Matsuoka, Nako Yabuki
HKT48 Team KIV: Aika Ōta, Serina Kumazawa, Mio Tomonaga, Sakura Miyawaki, Aoi Motomura, Madoka Moriyasu

"Max Toki 315 Gou"[]

NGT48's debut song (excluding Yuki Kashiwagi).^[17] Moeka Takakura serve as center for this song.

NGT48 Team NIII: Yuka Ogino, Tsugumi Oguma, Minami Katō, Rie Kitahara, Anju Satō, Riko Sugahara, Moeka Takakura, Ayaka Tano, Rika Nakai, Marina Nishigata, Rena Hasegawa, Hinata Honma, Fūka Murakumo, Maho Yamaguchi, Noe Yamada
NGT48 Kenkyūsei: Yuria Ōtaki, Yuria Kado, Aina Kusakabe, Reina Seiji, Mau Takahashi, Ayuka Nakamura, Miharu Nara, Nanako Nishimura, Ayaka Mizusawa, Aya Miyajima

"Mazariau Mono"[]

NogizakaAKB's song.^[18] Haruna Kojima serve as center for this song.

AKB48 Team A: Anna Iriyama, Haruna Kojima, Haruka Shimazaki, Nana Ōwada, Yui Yokoyama
AKB48 Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Rena Katō
SKE48 Team S: Jurina Matsui
HKT48 Team H: Rino Sashihara
HKT48 Team KIV: Sakura Miyawaki
Nogizaka46: Erika Ikuta, Reika Sakurai, Mai Shiraishi, Nanase Nishino, Mai Fukagawa, Sayuri Matsumura

"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.

AKB48 Team A: Anna Iriyama, Karen Iwata (Last Single), Shizuka Ōya, Nana Owada, Mayu Ogasawara, Natsuki Kojima, Haruna Kojima, Yukari Sasaki, Haruka Shimazaki, Miru Shiroma, Kayoko Takita, Megu Taniguchi, Chiyori Nakanishi, Mariko Nakamura, Rena Nishiyama, Rina Hirata, Yui Hiwatashi, Ami Maeda, Miho Miyazaki, Sakura Miyawaki, Yui Yokoyama

Charts[]

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart)	1^[19]
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100)	1^[20]

Release history[]

Region	Date	Format	Label
Japan	March 9, 2016	CD digital download streaming	King Records (YOU BE COOL division)
Hong Kong, Taiwan	March 9, 2016	CD digital download streaming	King Records
South Korea	October 26, 2018	digital download streaming	Stone Music Entertainment Genie Music King

References[]

^ "AKB48 Releases Colorful "Kimi wa Melody" Short PV". ARAMA! JAPAN. 12 February 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
^ "On top, once again, with Kimi wa Melody". Blasting News (Brasil).
^ "JKT48 Kimi wa Melody line up". JKT48 Kimi wa Melody Special Page (in Indonesian).
^ "เธอคือเมโลดี้ ซิงเกิ้ลที่ 4 ของ BNK48 ยอดสั่งจองซีดีจำนวน 340,000 แผ่น". โดดเด่นดอทคอม (in Thai). 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
^ "MNL48 announce 4th single "Ikaw ang Melody", Tease new music video". MNL48 News and Updates. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
^ 君はメロディー AKB48 10周年記念シングル (King Record) (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b AKB48 2016a.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b AKB48 2016b.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b AKB48 2016c.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b AKB48 2016d.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b AKB48 2016e.
^ AKB48 2016t.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c 君はメロディー＜Type A＞ (in Japanese). King Record Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
^ AKB新曲センター宮脇咲良、インフルでダウン (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
^ 君はメロディー＜Type B＞ (in Japanese). King Record Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
^ 君はメロディー＜Type C＞ (in Japanese). King Record Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
^ 君はメロディー＜Type D＞ (in Japanese). King Record Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
^ 君はメロディー＜Type E＞ (in Japanese). King Record Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
^ 君はメロディー(初回限定盤/Type A) AKB48 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2016/3/21". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved September 25, 2016.

External links[]

Type A Limited Edition — AKB48 discography on the official website

[1] "AKB48 Releases Colorful "Kimi wa Melody" Short PV". ARAMA! JAPAN. 12 February 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2016.

[2] "On top, once again, with Kimi wa Melody". Blasting News (Brasil).

[3] "JKT48 Kimi wa Melody line up". JKT48 Kimi wa Melody Special Page (in Indonesian).

[4] "เธอคือเมโลดี้ ซิงเกิ้ลที่ 4 ของ BNK48 ยอดสั่งจองซีดีจำนวน 340,000 แผ่น". โดดเด่นดอทคอม (in Thai). 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2018-10-20.

[5] "MNL48 announce 4th single "Ikaw ang Melody", Tease new music video". MNL48 News and Updates. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

[6] 君はメロディー AKB48 10周年記念シングル (King Record) (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-25.

[FOOTNOTEAKB482016a-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b AKB48 2016a.

[FOOTNOTEAKB482016b-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b AKB48 2016b.

[FOOTNOTEAKB482016c-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b AKB48 2016c.

[FOOTNOTEAKB482016d-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b AKB48 2016d.

[FOOTNOTEAKB482016e-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b AKB48 2016e.

[FOOTNOTEAKB482016t-12] AKB48 2016t.

[kingrecords_typeA-13] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c 君はメロディー＜Type A＞ (in Japanese). King Record Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-25.

[14] AKB新曲センター宮脇咲良、インフルでダウン (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-09-25.

[15] 君はメロディー＜Type B＞ (in Japanese). King Record Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-25.

[16] 君はメロディー＜Type C＞ (in Japanese). King Record Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-25.

[17] 君はメロディー＜Type D＞ (in Japanese). King Record Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-25.

[18] 君はメロディー＜Type E＞ (in Japanese). King Record Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-25.

[19] 君はメロディー(初回限定盤/Type A) AKB48 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-09-25.

[billboard-20] "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2016/3/21". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved September 25, 2016.

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Kamikyokutachi	"Ōgoe Diamond" "10nen Sakura" "Namida Surprise!" "Iiwake Maybe" "River" "Sakura no Shiori"
Koko ni Ita Koto	"Ponytail to Shushu" "Heavy Rotation" "Beginner" "Chance no Junban"
1830m	"Sakura no Ki ni Narō" "Everyday, Katyusha" "Flying Get" "Kaze wa Fuite Iru" "Ue kara Mariko" "Give Me Five!"
Tsugi no Ashiato	"Manatsu no Sounds Good!" "Gingham Check" "Uza" "Eien Pressure" "So Long!" "Sayonara Crawl" "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie"
Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!	"Heart Electric" "Suzukake Nanchara" "Mae shika Mukanee" "Labrador Retriever" "Kokoro no Placard" "Kibōteki Refrain"
0 to 1 no Aida	"Green Flash" "Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai" "Halloween Night"
Thumbnail	"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby" "Kimi wa Melody" "Tsubasa wa Iranai" "Love Trip / Shiawase o Wakenasai" "High Tension"
Bokutachi wa, Ano Hi no Yoake wo Shitteiru	"Shoot Sign" "Negaigoto no Mochigusare" "#Sukinanda" "11gatsu no Anklet"
Non-album singles	"Jabaja" "Teacher Teacher" "Sentimental Train" "No Way Man" "Jiwaru Days" "Sustainable" "Shitsuren, Arigatō" "Nemohamo Rumor"
Other singles	"Kibō ni Tsuite" "Nekkoya (Pick Me)"
Other songs	"Sugar Rush" "Hanarete Ite mo"
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