Everyday, Katyusha

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"Everyday, Katyusha"

Regular Edition cover featuring Atsuko Maeda and Tomomi Itano
Single by AKB48
from the album 1830m
B-side "Kore Kara Wonderland"
"Yankee Soul"
"Hito no Chikara"
"Anti"
Released May 25, 2011 (2011-05-25)
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2011
Genre J-pop
Length 5:14
Label You, Be Cool! / King
Writer(s) Yasushi Akimoto
Producer(s) Yasushi Akimoto
Certification Million (RIAJ)
AKB48 singles chronology

"Sakura no Ki ni Narō"
(2011)

"Dareka no Tame ni (What Can I Do for Someone?)"
(2011)
"Everyday, Katyusha"
(2011)
"Flying Get"
(2011)


Music videos
"Everyday, Katyusha" on YouTube
"Kore kara Wonderland" (preview) on YouTube

"Everyday, Katyusha" (Everyday、カチューシャ Eburidei, Kachūsha) is the 21st single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48, released on May 25, 2011.[1]

Release information

"Everyday, Katyusha" was used as the theme song for the film Moshidora, which stars AKB48 members Atsuko Maeda and Minami Minegishi,[2] and the song "Yankee Soul" will be the title track for the television drama Majisuka Gakuen 2 by TV Tokyo.[3] It was announced that part of the proceeds from this album will be donated to help the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[4] "Everyday, Katyusha" sold a total of 942,475 copies on its release day alone,[5] and it set a new sales record with sales of 1.33 million albums on its debut week.[6]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. 
Type-A CD
No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Everyday, Katyusha (Everyday、カチューシャ Everyday, Kachūsha)"  Yoshimasa Inoue 5:14
2. "Korekara Wonderland (これからWonderland)"  Inoue 4:27
3. "Yankee Soul (ヤンキーソウル Yankī Sōru)"  TJMixx 3:32
4. "Everyday, Katyusha" (off vocal version)Inoue 5:14
5. "Korekara Wonderland" (off vocal version)Inoue 4:27
6. "Yankee Soul" (off vocal version)TJMixx 3:32
All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, except credited below. 
Type-B CD
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Everyday, Katyusha"   Yoshimasa Inoue 5:14
2. "Korekara Wonderland"   Inoue 4:27
3. "Hito no Chikara (人の力, Power of the People)"  Junjiro SekiSeki 4:28
4. "Everyday, Katyusha" (off vocal version) Inoue 5:14
5. "Korekara Wonderland" (off vocal version) Inoue 4:27
6. "Hito no Chikara" (off vocal version)SekiSeki 4:28
All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, except listed below. 
Theater Edition CD
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Everyday, Katyusha"   Yoshimasa Inoue 5:14
2. "Korekara Wonderland"   Inoue 4:27
3. "Anti (アンチ Anchi)"  Tadashi TsukidaTsukida 4:11
4. "Everyday, Katyusha" (off vocal version) Inoue 5:14
5. "Korekara Wonderland" (off vocal version) Inoue 4:27
6. "Anti" (off vocal version) Tsukida 4:11

Contributing members

"Everyday, Katyusha"

Center: Atsuko Maeda

"Korekara Wonderland"

"Yankee Soul"

"Hito no Chikara"

Credited as "Undergirls"

Center: Amina Sato, Haruka Nakagawa.

  • Team A: Misaki Iwasa, Shizuka Ooya, Haruka Katayama, Haruka Nakagawa, Chisato Nakata, Sayaka Nakaya, Natsumi Matsubara
  • Team K: Mayumi Uchida, Ayaka Umeda, Miku Tanabe, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Reina Fujie, Sakiko Matsui, Rumi Yonezawa
  • Team B: Haruka Ishida, Kana Kobayashi, Amina Sato, Natsuki Sato, Mariya Suzuki, Rina Chikano, Natsumi Hirajima
  • Team Kenkyuusei: Miyu Takeuchi, Mariko Nakamura, Anna Mori, Shiori Nakamata
  • Team S (SKE48): Kumi Yagami
  • Team KII (SKE48): Akane Takayanagi, Manatsu Mukaida
  • Team N (NMB48): Nana Yamada

"Anti"

Credited as "Team Kenkyūsei"
  • 9th Generation: Mina Oba, Haruka Shimazaki, Haruka Shimada, Miyu Takeuchi, Mariya Nagao, Mariko Nakamura, Anna Mori, Suzuran Yamauchi
  • 10th Generation: Maria Abe, Rina Izuta, Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Rena Kato, Yuki Kanazawa, Kobayashi Marina, Nakamata Shiori, Fujita Nana
  • 11th Generation: Sara Ushikubo, Rina Kawaei, Natsuki Kojima, Shihori Suzuki, Wakana Natori, Ayaka Morikawa, Nau Yamaguchi

Reception

"Everyday, Katyusha" set a new sales record for singles in Japan, selling a total of 1.334 million singles on its debut week and beating the previous record set by Mr. Children in February 1996.[6] The single is also the third million-selling single by the band AKB48, together with their previous singles "Sakura no Ki ni Narō" with sales of 1.15 million album and "Beginner" with sales of 1.07 million albums.[5] The single also crossed the 1.5 million album sales mark, becoming the fifth single by a female group to cross that mark.[7] It also achieved that mark at a record pace, and it also became the first single since 2005 to achieve that mark.[7]

Charts

Weekly charts Peak
position
Billboard Japan Hot 100 1
Oricon daily singles 1
Oricon weekly singles 1
Oricon monthly singles 1
Oricon yearly singles (2011) 2
Oricon yearly singles (2012) 330
RIAJ Digital Track Chart weekly top 100 1
Year-end charts Peak
position
Billboard Japan Hot 100 1[8]

Awards

Year Ceremony Award Nominated work Result
2011 Billboard Japan Music Awards[9] Hot 100 of the Year "Everyday, Katyusha"[10] Won
Hot 100 Single Sales of the Year "Everyday, Katyusha"[10] Won

References

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