Iiwake Maybe

"Iiwake Maybe" (言い訳Maybe, "An Excuse, Maybe") is the 13th major single by the Japanese idol group AKB48, released on August 26, 2009.^[1] It was the first AKB48's single which participating members were chosen by election. The single surprisingly outsold SMAP on its first day, taking the 1st place in the daily chart,^[2] but eventually placed 2nd in the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.^[3]

Track listing

The single was released in two versions: Regular Edition (通常盤) (CD+DVD, catalog number KIZM-37/8) and Theater Edition (劇場盤) (CD only, catalog number NMAX-1086).

Regular Edition

CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Iiwake Maybe" (言い訳Maybe)	Yasushi Akimoto, Shunryū	4:09
2.	"Tobenai Agehachō" (飛べないアゲハチョウ)	Yasushi Akimoto, Yoshimasa Inoue	3:41
3.	"Iiwake Maybe (off vocal ver.)"	Akimoto, Shunryū
4.	"Tobenai Agehachō (off vocal ver.)"	Akimoto, Inoue
Total length:			15:49

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Iiwake Maybe (music video)" (「言い訳Maybe」ビデオクリップ)
2.	"Tobenai Agehachō (music video)" (「飛べないアゲハチョウ」ビデオクリップ)
3.	"AKB48 General Election documentary" (AKB48総選挙ドキュメント)

Bonus (First press limited edition only)

Handshake event ticket

Theater Edition

CD

See Regular Edition CD

Members

Participating members were chosen by election.^[4] Top 21 members sang the A-side "Iiwake Maybe". Those, who were voted 22nd to 30th, sang the B-side "Tobenai Agehachō" under the name of Under Girls.

"Iiwake Maybe"

Atsuko Maeda (Team A) (4630 votes)
Yūko Ōshima (Team K) (3345)
Mariko Shinoda (Team A) (2852)
Mayu Watanabe (Team B) (2625)
Minami Takahashi (Team A) (2614)
Haruna Kojima (Team A) (2543)
Tomomi Itano (Team A) (2281)
Amina Satō (Team A) (2117)
Yuki Kashiwagi (Team B) (1920)
Tomomi Kasai (Team K) (1890)
Erena Ono (Team K) (1838)
Sayaka Akimoto (Team K) (1599)
Rie Kitahara (Team A) (1578)
Sae Miyazawa (Team K) (1547)
Yukari Satō (Team A) (1539)
Minami Minegishi (Team A) (1414)
Kazumi Urano (Team B) (1395)
Miho Miyazaki (Team A) (1373)
Jurina Matsui (SKE48) (1371)
Aika Ōta (Team B) (1365)
Asuka Kuramochi (Team K) (1355)

"Tobenai Agehachō"

Under Girls

Rumi Yonezawa (Team B) (1352)
Aki Takajō (Team A) (1322)
Megumi Ohori (Team K) (1316)
Yuka Masuda (Team K) (1247)
Natsumi Hirajima (Team B) (1216)
Rino Sashihara (Team B) (1170)
Haruka Katayama (Team B) (1089)
Rena Matsui (SKE48) (1073)
Natsumi Matsubara (Team K) (1050)

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart)	2
Japan (Japan Hot 100)^{[ 1]}	2
Japan (RIAJ Digital Track Chart)	11

Sales and certifications

Chart	Amount
Oricon physical sales	145,776
RIAJ full-length cellphone downloads	Platinum (250,000+)

References

↑ "KING RECORDS OFFICIAL SITE 言い訳Ｍａｙｂｅ（マキシ＋ＤＶＤ複合）音楽" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
↑ "止めたAKB48、再開したモー娘。"政権交代"が進むアイドル界の「握手会狂想曲」" (in Japanese). Excite Japan Co., Ltd. 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
↑ "言い訳Ｍａｙｂｅ/ＡＫＢ４８" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
↑ "“AKB48選抜総選挙”開票！　トップ当選の前田敦子「AKBに人生捧げる！」" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2011-06-27.

AKB48

Members

Team A	Anna Iriyama Karen Iwata Rina Izuta Rina Kawaei Ayaka Kikuchi Marina Kobayashi Haruka Kodama Sakiko Matsui Ayaka Morikawa Ryōka Ōshima Yukari Sasaki Sumire Satō Mariya Suzuki Juri Takahashi Minami Takahashi (general director) Yuka Tano Mayu Watanabe Fūko Yagura Yui Yokoyama (captain)

Team K	Maria Abe Rina Chikano Nana Fujita Nao Furuhata Rina Hirata Rie Kitahara Kana Kobayashi Asuka Kuramochi Chisato Nakata Mariya Nagao Rena Nozawa Ami Maeda Jurina Matsui Miho Miyazaki Tomu Mutō Yuko Oshima (captain) Amina Satō Haruka Shimada Shiori Suzuki Mayumi Uchida

Team B	Reina Fujie Miori Ichikawa Haruka Ishida Misaki Iwasa Yuki Kashiwagi Haruka Katayama Rena Katō Haruna Kojima Natsuki Kojima Mariko Nakamura Wakana Natori Misato Nonaka Mina Ōba Miyū Ōmori Shizuka Ōya Haruka Shimazaki Aki Takajō Miyu Takeuchi Miku Tanabe Ayaka Umeda (captain) Miyuki Watanabe Suzuran Yamauchi

Team 4	Moe Aigasa Hikari Hashimoto Saho Iwatate Saki Kitazawa Mako Kojima Mitsuki Maeda Minami Minegishi (captain) Shinobu Mogi Yuiri Murayama Miki Nishino Ayaka Okada Nana Okada Ayana Shinozaki Yurina Takashima Natsuki Uchiyama Ayano Umeta

Overseas transfer	Sae Miyazawa (SNH48) Haruka Nakagawa (JKT48)

Trainee members	List of kenkyūsei in the article AKB48

Former members	Sayaka Akimoto Tomomi Itano Tomomi Kasai Atsuko Maeda Rina Nakanishi Erena Ono Mai Ōshima Rino Sashihara Natsuki Satō Mariko Shinoda

Units

Solo acts

Albums

Singles

"Sakura no Hanabiratachi"
"Skirt, Hirari"
"Aitakatta"
"Seifuku ga Jama o Suru"
"Keibetsu Shiteita Aijō"
"Bingo!"
"Boku no Taiyō"
"Yūhi o Miteiru ka?"
"Romance, Irane"
"Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008"
"Baby! Baby! Baby!"
"Ōgoe Diamond"
"10nen Sakura"
"Namida Surprise!"
"Iiwake Maybe"
"River"
"Sakura no Shiori"
"Ponytail to Shushu"
"Heavy Rotation"
"Beginner"
"Chance no Junban"
"Sakura no Ki ni Narō"
"Everyday, Katyusha"
"Flying Get"
"Kaze wa Fuiteiru"
"Ue kara Mariko"
"Give Me Five!"
"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"
"Gingham Check"
"Uza"
"Eien Pressure"
"So Long!"
"Sayonara Crawl"
"Koi Suru Fortune Cookie"
"Heart Electric"
"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de...Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"
"Mae shika Mukanee"

Other singles

"Dareka no Tame ni (What Can I Do for Someone?)"
"Sugar Rush"

Related groups

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