River (AKB48 song)

"River"

Regular Edition cover
Single by AKB48
from the album Kamikyokutachi
B-side "Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara"
"Hikōkigumo (Theater Girls Ver.)"
Released October 21, 2009 (2009-10-21) (Japan)
Format CD Single
Genre J-pop
Label You, Be Cool! / King
Writer(s) Yasushi Akimoto, Yoshimasa Inoue
Producer(s) Yasushi Akimoto
Certification Platinum (RIAJ)
AKB48 singles chronology
"Iiwake Maybe"
(2009)		 "River"
(2009)		 "Sakura no Shiori"
(2010)



Music videos
"River" on YouTube
"Kimi no Koto Suki Dakara" on YouTube / Under Girls
"Hikōkigumo" on YouTube (Theater Girls Ver.) / Theater Girls
Theater Edition cover

"River" is the 14th major single by the Japanese idol group AKB48, released on 21 October 2009.[1][2][3] It was the first AKB48's single to top the Oricon weekly singles chart,[4][5] having sold 179,000 copies in its first week.[6] Thus it became the group's best selling single, beating "Namida Surprise!", which by then had sold 144,000 copies in 18 weeks.[6]

Music video

The music video was filmed at Iruma Air Base.

Release

The single was released in two versions: Regular Edition (通常盤) (CD+DVD, catalog number KIZM-43/4); and Theater Edition (劇場盤) (CD only, catalog number NMAX-1087). The bonuses for the first-press limited edition included a handshake event ticket for various locations (Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Sapporo, Tokyo), as well as a voting card for the AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 100 2010. On the theater edition, the bonuses included a handshake event ticket (Tokyo Big Sight, SKE48 Theater), a special performance ticket lottery (live stage performances, karaoke competition, AKB meeting), and a random member photo.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. 

CD
No. TitleMusicArranger Length
1. "River"  Yoshimasa InoueYoshimasa Inoue  
2. "Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara / Under Girls" (君のことが好きだから / アンダーガールズ "Because I love you")Tetsurō OdaYūichi "Masa" Nonaka  
3. "Hikōkigumo (Theater Girls Ver.) / Theater Girls" (ひこうき雲（シアターガールズver.） / シアターガールズ)Hideki NaruseNonaka  
4. "River (off vocal ver.)"  Inoue   
5. "Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara (off vocal ver.)"  Oda   
Total length:
 21:43
DVD
No. Title Length
1. "River (music video)"    
2. "Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara (music video)"    
3. "Hikōkigumo (Theater Girls ver.) (music video)"    
4. "Shifuku no Toki Special ~Date no Toki ni Iwaretai Hitokoto~" (私服のときスペシャル ～デートの時に言われたい一言～ "Informal clothes special ~A word I want to say on a date~")  

Members

(Team affiliation at the time of the release.)

"River"

(Front members are in bold, Center: Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda)

"Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara"

Performed by Under Girls: (Front members are in bold, Center: Aki Takajō)

"Hikōkigumo"

Theater Girls:

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart) 1
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[7] 2
Japan (RIAJ Digital Track Chart) 17

JKT48 version

"River"

Regular Edition
Single by JKT48
B-side "Sakura no Shiori"
"Mirai no Kajitsu"
"Kimi ni Au Tabi Koi wo Suru" (Regular Edition)
Released May 11, 2013 (2013-05-11) (Theater Edition)
May 17, 2013 (2013-05-17) (Regular Edition)
Format CD single
Genre Pop
Label Hits
JKT48 singles chronology
"River"
(2013)		 "Yuuhi wo miteiru ka? -Apakah Kau Melihat Mentari Senja?-"
(2013)
Theater Edition

"River" was the first single of the Indonesian idol group JKT48, released on 11 May 2013 under the label Hits Records. It has been performed by selected members from JKT48's Team J and JKT48 trainees. The single is JKT48's version of AKB48's song.

Track listing

The single has two versions: Regular Edition (CD+DVD); and Theater Edition (CD only).[8]

Regular edition

CD
No. Title Length
1. "River"    
2. "Mirai no Kajitsu" (Buah Masa Depan)  
3. "Sakura no Shiori" (Pembatas Buku Sakura)  
4. "Kimi ni Au Tabi Koi wo Suru" (Jatuh Cinta Setiap Bertemu Denganmu)  
DVD
No. Title Length
1. "River Music Video"    
2. "River Behind the Scenes"    
3. "Mirai no Kajitsu Behind the Scenes"    

Bonus

Theater edition

CD
No. Title Length
1. "River"    
2. "Mirai no Kajitsu" (Buah Masa Depan)  
3. "Sakura no Shiori" (Pembatas Buku Sakura)  
Bonus

Personnel

"River"

Center: Melody Nurramdhani Laksani, Devi Kinal Putri

"Mirai no Kajitsu -Buah Masa Depan-"

"Sakura no Shiori -Pembatas Buku Sakura-"

"Kimi ni Autabi Koi wo Suru -Jatuh Cinta Setiap Bertemu Denganmu-"

SNH48 version

AKB48 sister group SNH48 sang a Mandarin version on their first single, "Heavy Rotation".

References

  1. ↑ "AKB48　14th Maxi Single　発売決定！". AKB48 (in Japanese). 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  2. ↑ "KING RECORDS OFFICIAL SITE ＲＩＶＥＲ（通常盤） 音楽" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
  3. ↑ "AKB48「AKB48も楽曲も進化する！！新たなスタートへ」-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
  4. ↑ "ＲＩＶＥＲ ＡＫＢ４８のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
  5. ↑ "No stopping the AKB48 juggernaut". The Yomiuri Shimbun/Asia News Network (in Japanese). Singapore Press Holdings Ltd . Co. 2011-06-25. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  6. 1 2 "AKB48初のシングル首位、17.9万枚で09年女性アーティスト初動売上トップに" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  7. ↑ "AKB48 – Chart history" Japan Hot 100 for AKB48.
  8. ↑ "JKT48 Discography". AKS.

External links

Preceded by
"My Lonely Town" by B'z		 Japanese Oricon Chart number one single
2009-11-02 		Succeeded by
"Swan Song" by KinKi Kids
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