Silent Majority (song)

"Silent Majority"

Cover of Type A edition.
Single by Keyakizaka46
A-side "Silent Majority"
B-side "Te o Tsunaide Kaerōka"
"Yamanotesen" (Type-A)
"Shibuyagawa" (Type-B)
"Noriokureta Bus" (Type-C)
"Kimi ga Inai" (Regular)
Released April 6, 2016 (2016-04-06) (Japan)
Format
Genre J-pop
Length 4:25
Label Sony Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Yasushi Akimoto
Keyakizaka46 singles chronology
"Silent Majority"
(2016)
"Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai"
(2016)

"Silent Majority"
(2016)
"Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai"
(2016)
Music video
"Silent Majority" (Keyakizaka46 official ch.)
"Silent Majority" (Sony Music Taiwan)
on YouTube

"Silent Majority" (サイレントマジョリティー) is the debut single by the Japanese girl idol group Keyakizaka46. It was released in Japan on 6 April 2016 on the label Sony Records.[1]

The center position in the choreography for the title song is held by Yurina Hirate.[1]

The single was number-one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, with 261,580 copies sold.[2] It was also number-one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[3]

Release history

In February 2016 it was revealed that Keyakizaka46 would release their first single on April 6, 2016.[4] Its title was later revealed to be "Silent Majority". It was also revealed that the title song would be used in a TV commercial for a mobile application named Mechakari.[5]

The single was released in four versions: Type-A, Type-B, Type-C, and a "Regular edition". All versions, except the regular edition, include a DVD with music videos.[6] The cover photo was taken in the Shibuya River.[7]

Music video

The choreography for the title track was created by Takahiro Ueno. The music video for it was directed by Kazuma Ikeda and taken at the construction site near Shibuya Station.[8]

Track listings

All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, all music composed by Bugbear.

Type-A

CD[9]
No.TitleLength
1."Silent Majority" (サイレントマジョリティー)4:25
2."Te o Tsunaide Kaerōka" (手を繋いで帰ろうか)5:16
3."Yamanotesen" (山手線)4:33
4."Silent Majority off vocal ver."4:25
5."Te o Tsunaide Kaerōka off vocal ver."5:16
6."Yamanotesen off vocal ver."4:31

Type-B

CD[10]
No.TitleLength
1."Silent Majority" (サイレントマジョリティー)4:25
2."Te o Tsunaide Kaerōka" (手を繋いで帰ろうか)5:16
3."Shibuyagawa" (渋谷川)4:52
4."Silent Majority off vocal ver."4:25
5."Te o Tsunaide Kaerōka off vocal ver."5:16
6."Shibuyagawa off vocal ver."4:50

Type-C

CD[11]
No.TitleLength
1."Silent Majority" (サイレントマジョリティー)4:25
2."Te o Tsunaide Kaerōka" (手を繋いで帰ろうか)5:16
3."Noriokureta Bus" (乗り遅れたバス)4:29
4."Silent Majority off vocal ver."4:25
5."Te o Tsunaide Kaerōka off vocal ver."5:16
6."Noriokureta Bus off vocal ver."4:28

Regular Edition

CD[12]
No.TitleLength
1."Silent Majority" (サイレントマジョリティー)4:25
2."Te o Tsunaide Kaerōka" (手を繋いで帰ろうか)5:16
3."Kimi ga Inai" (キミガイナイ)4:43
4."Silent Majority off vocal ver."4:25
5."Te o Tsunaide Kaerōka off vocal ver."5:16
6."Kimi ga Inai off vocal ver."4:42

Members

"Silent Majority"

Center: Yurina Hirate[1]

"Te o Tsunaide Kaerōka"

"Yamanotesen"

"Shibuyagawa"

"Noriokureta Bus"

"Kimi ga Inai"

Chart and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart) 1[14]
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100) 1[15]

Year-end charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon Yearly Singles Chart) 14[16]

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Japan (RIAJ)[17] Platinum 250,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. 1 2 3 "欅坂46、デビュー・シングル「サイレントマジョリティー」が本人出演「メチャカリ」新CMに起用". Tokyo Pop Line (in Japanese). 添野企画. 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  2. "Oricon Weekly Charts for 4/4 ~ 4/10". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  3. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2016/4/18". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  4. "Keyakizaka46 to release their debut single on April 6". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  5. 欅坂46 緊張しすぎで表情硬く「怒ってるんですか?」の質問も (in Japanese). Tokyo Sports News. 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  6. "欅坂46、デビュー曲「サイレントマジョリティー」が「メチャカリ」タイアップソングに決定". Real Sound (in Japanse). Blueprint. 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  7. 欅坂46「サイレントマジョリティー」の突破力! 楽曲とMVの創作意図を読み解く. realsound.jp (in Japanese). 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  8. 欅坂46センター平手友梨奈を直撃!「反響の大きさは実感してる?」「プレッシャーはあった?」 (in Japanese). modelpress. 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  9. 1 2 Keyakizaka46 2016a.
  10. 1 2 3 Keyakizaka46 2016b.
  11. 1 2 Keyakizaka46 2016c.
  12. 1 2 Keyakizaka46 2016d.
  13. 1 2 3 "欅坂46が初単独公演、国際フォーラム5000人前にデビュー作全曲披露". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha Inc. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  14. "週間 CDシングルランキング 2016年04月18日付". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  15. "欅坂46 デビュー作が28万枚超で初登場1位、Da-iCEとPrizmaXの2位争い結果&&TOP10内で唯一のソロアーティストは?" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  16. オリコン年間 CDシングルランキング 2016年度 (in Japanese). oricon ME. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  17. ゴールドディスク認定 2016年4月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2017-01-08.

Further reading

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.