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Kimi wa Melody

Limited Edition Type-A Cover
Regular Edition Type-A Cover
Limited Edition Type-B Cover
Regular Edition Type-B Cover
Limited Edition Type-C Cover
Regular Edition Type-C Cover
Limited Edition Type-D Cover
Regular Edition Type-D Cover
Limited Edition Type-E Cover
Regular Edition Type-E Cover
Theater Edition Cover
Artist
AKB48
Single
Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディ; You're a Melody)
Released
2016.03.09
Catalog Number
KIZM-90413~4 (Limited Edition Type-A)
KIZM-413~4 (Regular Edition Type-A)
KIZM-90415~6 (Limited Edition Type-B)
KIZM-415~6 (Regular Edition Type-B)
KIZM-90417~8 (Limited Edition Type-C)
KIZM-417~8 (Regular Edition Type-C)
KIZM-90419~20 (Limited Edition Type-D)
KIZM-419~20 (Regular Edition Type-D)
KIZM-90421~2 (Limited Edition Type-E)
KIZM-421~2 (Regular Edition Type-E)
NMAX-1222 (Theater Edition)
Price
¥1,600 (Type-A, B, C, D, E)
¥1,000 (Theater Edition)
Type-A CD Tracklist
  1. Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディ)
  2. LALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ) (AKB48 Jisedai Senbatsu)
  3. Gonna Jump (SKE48)
  4. Kimi wa Melody off vocal ver.
  5. LALALA Message off vocal ver.
  6. Gonna Jump off vocal ver.
Type-A DVD Tracklist
  1. Kimi wa Melody Music Video
  2. LALALA Message Music Video
  3. Gonna Jump Music Video
Type-B CD Tracklist
  1. Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディ)
  2. LALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ) (AKB48 Jisedai Senbatsu)
  3. Shigamitsuita Seishun (しがみついた青春; Enduring Youth) (NMB48)
  4. Kimi wa Melody off vocal ver.
  5. LALALA Message off vocal ver.
  6. Shigamitsuita Seishun off vocal ver.
Type-B DVD Tracklist
  1. Kimi wa Melody Music Video
  2. LALALA Message Music Video
  3. Shigamitsuita Seishun Music Video
Type-C CD Tracklist
  1. Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディ)
  2. LALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ) (AKB48 Jisedai Senbatsu)
  3. Make noise (HKT48)
  4. Kimi wa Melody off vocal ver.
  5. LALALA Message off vocal ver.
  6. Make noise off vocal ver.
Type-C DVD Tracklist
  1. Kimi wa Melody Music Video
  2. LALALA Message Music Video
  3. Make noise Music Video
Type-D CD Tracklist
  1. Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディ)
  2. LALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ) (AKB48 Jisedai Senbatsu)
  3. Max Toki 315go (Maxとき315号; Max Time No. 315) (NGT48)
  4. Kimi wa Melody off vocal ver.
  5. LALALA Message off vocal ver.
  6. Max toki 315go off vocal ver.
Type-D DVD Tracklist
  1. Kimi wa Melody Music Video
  2. LALALA Message Music Video
  3. Max Toki 315go Music Video
Type-E CD Tracklist
  1. Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディ)
  2. LALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ) (AKB48 Jisedai Senbatsu)
  3. Mazariau Mono (混ざり合うもの; Things That Go Together) (NogizakaAKB)
  4. Kimi wa Melody off vocal ver.
  5. LALALA Message off vocal ver.
  6. Mazariau Mono off vocal ver.
Type-E DVD Tracklist
  1. Kimi wa Melody Music Video
  2. LALALA Message Music Video
  3. Mazariau Mono Music Video
Theater Edition CD Tracklist
  1. Kimi wa Melody (君はメロディ)
  2. LALALA Message (LALALAメッセージ) (AKB48 Jisedai Senbatsu)
  3. M.T. ni Sasagu (M.T.に捧ぐ; Dedicated to M.T.) (Team A)
  4. Kimi wa Melody off vocal ver.
  5. LALALA Message off vocal ver.
  6. M.T. ni Sasagu off vocal ver.


Information

"Kimi wa Melody" is the 43rd major single (45th single overall) released by AKB48. It is marked as the 10th anniversary single of AKB48, and the title track features graduated members Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Shinoda Mariko, and Maeda Atsuko. The theater-edition exclusive track M.T. ni Sasagu is also a song in Team A's 7th stage, and is the name of the 7th stage.

The single was certified Million by RIAJ in March 2016 for shipment of 1,000,000 copies.

Selected Members

AKB48 promoting the single
Type-A Cover
Type-B Cover
Type-C Cover
Type-D Cover
Type-E Cover
Theater Edition Cover

"Kimi wa Melody"

(Center: Miyawaki Sakura)

"LALALA Message"

Artist: AKB48 Jisedai Senbatsu (AKB48次世代選抜; AKB48 Next Generation Senbatsu)

(Center: Mukaichi Mion)

"Gonna Jump"

Artist: SKE48

(Center: Goto Rara)

"Shigamitsuita Seishun"

Artist: NMB48

(Center: Yamamoto Sayaka)

"Make noise"

Artist: HKT48

(Center: Sashihara Rino)

"Max Toki 315go"

Artist: NGT48

(Center: Takakura Moeka)

"Max Toki 315go" is performed by all NGT48 members at the time of release, except Kashiwagi Yuki.

"Mazariau Mono"

Artist: NogizakaAKB (乃木坂AKB)

(Center: Kojima Haruna)

"M.T. ni Sasagu"

Artist: Yokoyama Team A (横山Team A)

(Center: Yokoyama Yui)

Song Information

Lyrics
Akimoto Yasushi
Music
you-me
Other Information
Arrangement: Nonaka "Masa" Yuichi

Disambiguation

There are currently two versions of "Kimi wa Melody" to be found in AKB48's discography. These versions are:

Kimi wa Melody (Original)
Found on the "Kimi wa Melody" single as track #1.
Kimi wa Melody off vocal ver.
Found on the "Kimi wa Melody" single as track #4. This is the standard version without the main vocals.

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1,237,891
2 10 6 4 4 4 4 5 21,554
3 16 10 10 6 3 4 9 11,136
6 16 17 11 9 11 8 16 6,071
8 24 22 18 18 15 18 21 3,197
8 26 26 27 16 17 15 21 2,254
14 40 36 42 36 38 38 39 1,486
22 48 46 30 44 30 35 44 1,520
37 36 30 32 25 27 35 33 1,266
12 - 43 - 48 39 - 53 988
41 - - - - - - 93 547
- - - - - - - 110 566
- - - - - - - 85 692
- - - - - - - 93 503
45 - - - - - - 87 499
- - - - - - - 116 489
- - - - - - - 115 381
- - - - - - - 121 403
- - - - - - - 149 245
- - - - - - - 101 510
- - - - - - 46 97 912
- - - - - - - 182 272
- - - - - - - out for one week
- - - - - - - 183 287
- - - - - - - 198 360
- - - - - - - out for two weeks
- - - - - - - 187 238
- - - - - - - 130 399
- - - - - - - out for eight weeks
- - - - - - - 188 296
- - - - - - - out for three weeks
- - - - - - - 192 255
- - - - - - - out for one week
- - - - - - - 126 252
- - - - - - - 165 176
- - - - - - - 198 141
- - - - - - - 173 229
- - - - - - - 167 206
- - - - - - - 186 196
- - - - - - - out for four weeks
- - - - - - - 194 176
Year Month Month Sales
2016 March 1 1,276,652
2016 April 48 8,457

Total Reported Sales: 1,296,593*
Total Sales of 2016: 1,294,962 (#2 Single of the Year)
Total Sales of 2017: 1,631*

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 35

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