Heavy Rotation (AKB48)

Type-A Cover

Type-B Cover

Theater Edition Cover

Artist

AKB48

Single

Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション)

Released

2010.08.18

Catalog Number

KIZM-57/58 (Type-A)

KIZM-59/60 (Type-B)

NMAX-1097 (Theater Edition)

Price

¥1,600 (Type-A and B)

¥1,000 (Theater Edition)

Type-A CD Tracklist

1. Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション)
2. Namida no Seesaw Game (涙のシーソーゲーム) (Under Girls)
3. Yasai Sisters (野菜シスターズ)
4. Heavy Rotation off vocal ver. (ヘビーローテーション off vocal ver.)
5. Namida no Seesaw Game off vocal ver. (涙のシーソーゲーム off vocal ver.)
6. Yasai Sisters off vocal ver. (野菜シスターズ off vocal ver.)

Type-A DVD Tracklist

1. Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション) (Music Clip)
2. Namida no Seesaw Game (涙のシーソーゲーム) (Music Clip)
3. Yasai Sisters (野菜シスターズ) (Music Clip)
4. 2nd AKB Election Document Video Part 1 (第2回 AKB48総選挙 ドキュメント映像 (前編))
5. Issho ni Koreichi! <Type-A Ver.> (いっしょにこれイチ! <Type-A Ver.>)

Type-B CD Tracklist

1. Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション
2. Namida no Seesaw Game （涙のシーソーゲーム) (Under Girls)
3. Lucky Seven (ラッキーセブン)
4. Heavy Rotation off vocal ver. (ヘビーローテーション off vocal ver.)
5. Namida no Seesaw Game off vocal ver. (涙のシーソーゲーム off vocal ver.)
6. Lucky Seven off vocal ver. (ラッキーセブン off vocal ver.)

Type-B DVD Tracklist

1. Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション) (Music Clip)
2. Namida no Seesaw Game (涙のシーソーゲーム) (Music Clip)
3. Lucky Seven (ラッキーセブン) (Music Clip)
4. 2nd AKB Election Document Video Part 2 (第2回　AKB48総選挙 ドキュメント映像 (後編))
5. Issho ni Koreichi! <Tybe-B Ver.> (いっしょにこれイチ! <Type-B Ver.>)

Theater Edition CD Tracklist

1. Heavy Rotation　(ヘビーローテーション)
2. Namida no Seesaw Game (涙のシーソーゲーム)
3. Yasai Sisters (野菜シスターズ)
4. Lucky Seven (ラッキーセブン)

Information

"Heavy Rotation" is the 17th major single (19th overall) released by AKB48. It was released in three editions: two CD+DVD editions (Types A & B) and a CD only Theater version. The first pressings came with a random member card. The Top 40 members selected for this single were chosen by the fans with voting cards from the first pressings of their previous (17th) single "Ponytail to Chouchou". The title song has been certified Double Platinum by the RIAJ for full song downloads of over 500,000.

TV Performances

• [2010.08.11] AKBINGO!
• [2010.08.18] AKBINGO!
• [2010.08.22] CDTV
• [2010.08.25] AKBINGO!
• [2010.09.15] AKBINGO!
• [2010.12.06] HEY! HEY! HEY! (Medley)
• [2010.12.24] Music Station Super Live 2010
• [2011.06.07] SMAPxSMAP (Medley)

Selected Members

AKB48 promoting the single

Members for this single were determined by the AKB48 17th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo, which allowed fans to vote for the members who would participate in the single. The top 40 members were divided into two groups, with the top-ranking member of each group at the center position for the song's music video. Listed in parentheses are the members' rankings from the election.

Type-A Cover

• Front: Oshima Yuko, Maeda Atsuko, Shinoda Mariko
• Back: Itano Tomomi, Watanabe Mayu, Takahashi Minami

Type-B Cover

• Front: Oshima Yuko
• Back: Takajo Aki, Minegishi Minami, Ono Erena, Kitahara Rie, Akimoto Sayaka, Sato Amina, Sashihara Rino, Nakagawa Haruka, Miyazaki Miho

Theater Edition Cover

• Front: Kojima Haruna, Kashiwagi Yuki, Miyazawa Sae
• Back: Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena, Kasai Tomomi

"Heavy Rotation"

Members who ranked 1st to 21st performed the single's title track.

(Center: Oshima Yuko)

• Team A: Kojima Haruna (#7), Sashihara Rino (#19), Shinoda Mariko (#3), Takajo Aki (#13), Takahashi Minami (#6), Nakagawa Haruka (#20), Maeda Atsuko (#2)
• Team K: Akimoto Sayaka (#17), Itano Tomomi (#4), Oshima Yuko (#1), Ono Erena (#15), Minegishi Minami (#14), Miyazawa Sae (#9)
• Team B: Kasai Tomomi (#12), Kashiwagi Yuki (#8), Kitahara Rie (#16), Sato Amina (#18), Miyazaki Miho (#21), Watanabe Mayu (#5)
• SKE48 Team S: Matsui Jurina (#10), Matsui Rena (#11)

"Namida no Seesaw Game"

Members who ranked 22nd to 40th performed a coupling track as Under Girls.

Artist: Under Girls (アンダーガールズ)

(Center: Ota Aika)

• Team A: Ota Aika (#22), Katayama Haruka (#37), Kuramochi Asuka (#23), Matsubara Natsumi (#39)
• Team K: Umeda Ayaka (#32), Nito Moeno (#29), Fujie Reina (#33), Yonezawa Rumi (#34)
• Team B: Ishida Haruka (#27), Komori Mika (#30), Sato Sumire (#31), Hirajima Natsumi (#26), Masuda Yuka (#25)
• AKB48 Kenkyuusei: Shimazaki Haruka (#28), Yamauchi Suzuran (#36)
• SKE48 Team S: Oya Masana (#24), Yagami Kumi (#38)
• SKE48 Team KII: Takayanagi Akane (#35)

Ishiguro Atsuki of Kenkyuusei ranked at #40, but left AKB48 in June 2010 and therefore did not participate in this track.

"Yasai Sisters"

Artist: Yasai Sisters (野菜シスターズ)

(Center: Maeda Atsuko)

• Team A: Ota Aika, Kuramochi Asuka, Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko, Maeda Ami
• Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Itano Tomomi, Ono Erena, Oshima Yuko, Nito Moeno, Minegishi Minami, Miyazawa Sae
• Team B: Ishida Haruka, Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Komori Mika, Sato Sumire, Miyazaki Miho, Watanabe Mayu
• SKE48 Team S: Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena

Ishida Haruka only stood in for Ono Erena in the music video.

"Lucky Seven"

(Center: Maeda Atsuko)

• Team A: Iwasa Misaki, Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko
• Team K: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Minegishi Minami, Miyazawa Sae
• Team B: Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Komori Mika, Miyazaki Miho, Watanabe Mayu

Iwasa Misaki only stood in for Miyazaki Miho in the music video.

Song Information

Lyrics

Akimoto Yasushi

Music

Yamazaki Yo

Other Information

Arrangement: Tanaka Yusuke

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	527,336
1	6	5	4	3	3	3	4	64,671
3	5	3	2	2	1	1	3	27,520
2	10	11	6	6	6	6	6	14,842
4	16	14	10	7	6	8	10	10,550
8	18	14	12	10	11	10	13	8,657
10	18	16	14	11	7	6	14	7,660
8	20	15	10	8	6	5	8	7,178
4	18	13	8	9	5	4	9	8,620
7	23	21	13	13	7	7	14	6,669
8	33	33	23	18	10	12	20	5,511
8	19	20	19	19	14	12	19	4,898
7	34	30	30	21	18	18	27	4,162
13	34	39	31	30	27	27	31	3,745
36	42	-	47	27	24	21	34	3,817
19	40	44	30	27	22	25	31	3,506
21	35	30	26	23	18	20	25	3,933
16	31	26	20	17	16	11	20	4,780
8	12	12	6	5	4	5	8	8,396
5	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	9,616
3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	12,901
2	6	6	5	4	3	3	5	10,801
3	15	12	12	11	6	6	11	8,594
4	23	17	x	x	x	x	15	7,716
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	6,156
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	5,132
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	4,716
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	3,848
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	3,013
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	2,437
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	1,709
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	2,468
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	2,850
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	2,855
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	2,438
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	2,162
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	2,390
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	2,548
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	41	1,838
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	41	1,608
-	-	-	-	-	-	23	45	2,374
23	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	2,129
30	-	-	-	-	-	-	47	1,710
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	1,638
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	73	1,208
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	79	989
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	unknown sales for four weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	x	778
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	unknown sales for two weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	x	973
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	x	963
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	x	962
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	x	909
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	x	1,025
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	x	881
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	x	860
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	949
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	70	728
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	x	838
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	x	1,040
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	x	807
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	x	711
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	x	627
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	x	820
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	x	921
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	unknown sales for 17 weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	114	xxx
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	142	351
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	unknown sales for two weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	159	xxx
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	151	342
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	160	422
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	143	418
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	142	473
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	137	442
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	153	403
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	155	431
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	149	414
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	130	406
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	137	400
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	165	344
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	179	276
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for one week
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	157	406
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	185	341
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	130	520
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	145	462
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	130	409
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	178	301
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	168	309
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	155	291
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	147	307
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	161	269
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for one week
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	170	288
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	188	282
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for four weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	198	320
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	169	346
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	184	321
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	150	355
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	182	242
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for 50 weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	196	241

Total Reported Sales: 881,002*
Total Sales in 2010: 713,275 (#2 single of the year)
Total Sales in 2011: 140,607 (#52 single of the year)
Total Sales in 2012: 25,295 (#281 single of the year)
Total Sales in 2013: 1,584
Total Sales in 2014: 241*

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 121

External Links

• Oricon Profiles: Type-A | Type-B