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Tsubasa wa Iranai

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
Theater Edition Cover
Artist
AKB48
Single
Tsubasa wa Iranai (翼はいらない; I Don't Need Wings)
Released
2016.06.01
Catalog Number
KIZM-90429~30 (Limited Edition Type-A)
KIZM-429~30 (Regular Edition Type-A)
KIZM-90431~2 (Limited Edition Type-B)
KIZM-431~2 (Regular Edition Type-B)
KIZM-90433~4 (Limited Edition Type-C)
KIZM-433~4 (Regular Edition Type-C)
NMAX-1233 (Theater Edition)
Price
¥1,600 (Type-A, B, C)
¥1,000 (Theater Edition)
Type-A CD Tracklist
  1. Tsubasa wa Iranai (翼はいらない)
  2. Set me free (Team A)
  3. Koi wo Suru to Baka wo Miru (恋をすると馬鹿を見る; Love Makes You Make a Fool of Yourself) (Team B)
  4. Tsubasa wa Iranai off vocal ver.
  5. Set me free off vocal ver.
  6. Koi wo Suru to Baka wo Miru off vocal ver.
Type-A DVD Tracklist
  1. Tsubasa wa Iranai Music Video
  2. Set me free Music Video
  3. Koi wo Suru to Baka wo Miru Music Video
  4. Nakanishi Chiyori's "Busu" Series (中西智代梨ブスシリーズ「ブスの想い出。」)
Type-B CD Tracklist
  1. Tsubasa wa Iranai (翼はいらない)
  2. Set me free (Team A)
  3. Kangaeru Hito (考える人; The Thinker) (Team 4)
  4. Tsubasa wa Iranai off vocal ver.
  5. Set me free off vocal ver.
  6. Kangaeru Hito off vocal ver.
Type-B DVD Tracklist
  1. Tsubasa wa Iranai Music Video
  2. Set me free Music Video
  3. Kangaeru Hito Music Video
  4. Takahashi Minami Graduation Digest Video (祝 高橋みなみ卒業 “148.5cmの見た夢”in 横浜スタジアム ダイジェスト)
Type-C CD Tracklist
  1. Tsubasa wa Iranai (翼はいらない)
  2. Aishuu no Trumpeter (哀愁のトランペッター; Melancholic Trumpeter) (Team K)
  3. Yume e no Route (夢へのルート; Route to the Dream) (Team 8)
  4. Tsubasa wa Iranai off vocal ver.
  5. Aishuu no Trumpeter off vocal ver.
  6. Yume e no Route off vocal ver.
Type-C DVD Tracklist
  1. Tsubasa wa Iranai Music Video
  2. Aishuu no Trumpeter Music Video
  3. Yume e no Route Music Video
  4. Tsubasa wa Iranai Music Video -Long Version-
Theater Edition CD Tracklist
  1. Tsubasa wa Iranai (翼はいらない)
  2. Aishuu no Trumpeter (哀愁のトランペッター) (Team K)
  3. Kimi wa Doko ni Iru? (君はどこにいる?; Where Are You?) (NGT48)
  4. Tsubasa wa Iranai off vocal ver.
  5. Aishuu no Trumpeter off vocal ver.
  6. Kimi wa Doko ni Iru? off vocal ver.


Information

"Tsubasa wa Iranai" is the 44th major single (46th single overall) released by AKB48.

The single was certified 2 Million by RIAJ in June 2016 for shipment of 2,000,000 copies.

Selected Members

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

"Tsubasa wa Iranai"

(Center: Mukaichi Mion)

"Set me free"

Artist: Team A

(Center: Miyawaki Sakura)

"Aishuu no Trumpeter"

Artist: Team K

(Center: Mukaichi Mion)

"Koi wo Suru to Baka wo Miru"

Artist: Team B

(Center: Kato Rena, Kizaki Yuria)

"Kangaeru Hito"

Artist: Team 4

(Center: Okada Nana, Kojima Mako)

"Yume e no Route"

Artist: Team 8

(Center: Yamada Nanami)

Sato Akari, Fujimura Natsuki, and Hattori Yuna participated in the song's recording, but did not appear in the music video.

"Kimi wa Doko ni Iru?"

Artist: NGT48

(Center: Kato Minami)

"Kimi wa Doko ni Iru?" is performed by all NGT48 members at the time of release.

Song Information

Lyrics
Akimoto Yasushi
Music
Wakatabe Makoto
Other Information
Arrangement: Wakatabe Makoto

Disambiguation

There are currently two recorded versions of "Tsubasa wa Iranai" found in AKB48's discography. These versions are:

Tsubasa wa Iranai (Original)
Found on the "Tsubasa wa Iranai" single as track #1.
Tsubasa wa Iranai off vocal ver.
Found on the "Tsubasa wa Iranai" 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 1,440,711
1 7 4 2 4 1 1 2 38,851
2 4 1 1 1 5 5 3 32,530
14 42 - 41 43 41 33 44 1,671
27 - - 46 - 41 47 54 969
36 - - - - - - 91 672
48 - - - - - - 80 504
- - - 45 43 - - 72 738
45 - - - - - 40 84 1,054
- - - - - - - 158 354
- - - - - - - 161 298
- - - - - - - 162 327
- - - - - - - 189 376
- - - - - - - out for three weeks
- - - - - - - 147 332
Year Month Month Sales
2016 June 1 1,513,763

Total Reported Sales: 1,519,387 (#1 Single of the Year)

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 14

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