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| Single by AKB48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Dakishimecha Ikenai" "Seishun to Kizukanai Mama" "Ice no Kuchizuke" |
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| Released | August 24, 2011 (Japan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD Single, digital download | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | J-pop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 30:09 (Type A) 28:11 (Type B) |
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| Label | You! Be Cool/King Records | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Yasushi Akimoto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Flying Get" (フライングゲット Furaingu Getto) is the 22nd single by the Japanese girl idol group AKB48, released on August 24, 2011.[1][2]
*Flying get (フライングゲット, lit. "flying score", "flying win", "flying target") is the Japanese Internet slang word for buying a computer game, a music CD, etc. more than a day earlier than its official release date specified by manufacturer.
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The participating members were chosen by the 3rd General Election.[2] "Everyday, Kachusha", AKB48's 21st single, came with a 3rd senbatsu election ticket allowing to register a vote for a girl of voter's choice. The girls who claimed the top 21 positions would perform the A-side,[1] and the top 12 would be so-called "media senbatsu" (メディア選抜, "media selection"), or front members, who would promote the single in the media. The girls ranked 22 to 40 would form the "Under Girls", and will perform the B-side.
The title song, "Flying Get", is the theme song for the Fuji TV drama series Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 'Ikemen Paradise' 2011, starring AKB48's Atsuko Maeda.[2] It is also used for a TV commercial of Peach John's lingerie brand "Heart Bra", starring Yuko Oshima, Haruna Kojima & Tomomi Kasai.[3] The music video for "Flying Get", directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi, lasts over 18 minutes and features a plot similar those of action films.
"Flying Get" sold 1,025,952 copies on the first day of its release, becoming the first single in Oricon history to sell over 1 million copies on its first day of release.[4][5]
Flying Get has managed to outsell Everyday, Katyusha on the last week of sales in 2011 making it the #1 selling single of 2011.[6] In the 53rd Annual Japan Record Awards on December 30th, 2011, "Flying Get" is one of the ten songs that competed in the awards and won.
| Type-A CD | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Flying Get" (フライングゲット Furaingu Getto) | ||||||||
| 2. | "Dakishimecha Ikenai" (抱きしめちゃいけない) | ||||||||
| 3. | "Seishun to Kizukanai Mama" (青春と気づかないまま) | ||||||||
| 4. | "Flying Get" (Off Vocal Ver.) | ||||||||
| 5. | "Dakishimecha Ikenai" (Off Vocal Ver.) | ||||||||
| 6. | "Seishun to Kizukanai Mama" ((Off Vocal Ver.) | ||||||||
| Type-A DVD | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Flying Get" (Music Video) | ||||||||
| 2. | "Dakishimecha Ikenai" (Music Video) | ||||||||
| 3. | "Seishun to Kizukanai Mama" (Music Video) | ||||||||
| 4. | "Butō Eiga 'Kurenai Hachigatsu ~ Chōjō Kessen-hen'" (武闘映画「紅い八月〜頂上決戦篇」) | ||||||||
| 5. | "Flying Get" (Dancing Version) | ||||||||
| Type-B CD | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Flying Get" | ||||||||
| 2. | "Dakishimecha Ikenai" | ||||||||
| 3. | "Ice no Kuchizuke" (アイスのくちづけ Aisu no Kuchizuke) | ||||||||
| 4. | "Flying Get" (Off Vocal Ver.) | ||||||||
| 5. | "Dakishimecha Ikenai" (Off Vocal Ver.) | ||||||||
| 6. | "Ice no Kuchizuke" (Off Vocal Ver.) | ||||||||
| Type-B DVD | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Flying Get" (Music Video) | ||||||||
| 2. | "Dakishimecha Ikenai" (Music Video) | ||||||||
| 3. | "Ice no Kuchizuke" (Music Video) | ||||||||
| 4. | "Dai 3kai AKB48 Sōsenkyo Document Eizō" (第3回AKB48総選挙 ドキュメント映像) | ||||||||
| 5. | "Butō Eiga 'Kurenai Hachigatsu ~ Chōjō Kessen-hen - Yokoku'" (武闘映画「紅い八月～頂上決戦篇・予告」) | ||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Flying Get" | ||||||||
| 2. | "Dakishimecha Ikenai" | ||||||||
| 3. | "Yasai Uranai" (野菜占い) | ||||||||
| 4. | "Flying Get" (Off Vocal Ver.) | ||||||||
| 5. | "Dakishimecha Ikenai" (Off Vocal Ver.) | ||||||||
| 6. | "Yasai Uranai" (Off Vocal Ver.) | ||||||||
The participating members were chosen by general election. Top 21 voted members will sing the A-side, "Flying Get".
(The 12 media senbatsu members are in bold. The number to the right of each name indicates the rank in the 3rd senbatsu election.)
Performed by the members ranked 22 to 40 under the name of Under Girls. Ayaka Umeda claimed the center position by placing 22nd in the election.
Performed by a special unit formed to promote Ezaki Glico's Ice no Mi, a bite-sized frozen candy. Gained worldwide headlines after the promotional campaign announced it would 'debut' a new member in the form of Aimi Eguchi, later be revealed to the shock of many to be an advanced, CG-created amalgamation of six of the most popular members of the group voiced by 12th-generation kenkyūsei Yukari Sasaki.
| Release | Oricon Singles Chart | Peak position | Debut sales (copies) | Sales total (copies) |
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| 24 August 2011 | Daily Chart | 1[5] | 1,025,952 | 1,587,229 |
| Weekly Chart | 1 | 1,354,492 | ||
| Monthly Chart | 1 | 1,354,492 |
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