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Give Me Five!

Limited Edition Type-A Cover
Regular Edition Type-A Cover
Limited Edition Type-B Cover
Regular Edition Type-B Cover
Theater Edition Cover
Artist
AKB48
Single
GIVE ME FIVE!
Released
2012.02.15
Catalog Number
KIZM-90143~90144 (Limited Edition Type-A)
KIZM-90145~90146 (Limited Edition Type-B)
KIZM-143~144 (Regular Edition Type-A)
KIZM-145~146 (Regular Edition Type-B)
NMAX-1123 (Theater Edition)
Price
¥1,600 (Type-A and B Editions)
¥1,000 (Theater Edition)
Type A CD Tracklist
  1. GIVE ME FIVE!
  2. Sweet & Bitter (スイート&ビター) (Selection 6)
  3. NEW SHIP (Special Girls A)
  4. GIVE ME FIVE! (off vocal ver.)
  5. Sweet & Bitter (off vocal ver.)
  6. NEW SHIP (off vocal ver.)
Type A DVD Tracklist
  1. GIVE ME FIVE! Music Video
  2. Sweet & Bitter Music Video
  3. NEW SHIP Music Video
  4. GIVE ME FIVE! MAKING Part 1
  5. Beautiful MIX Course (美しいMIX講座)
Type B CD Tracklist
  1. GIVE ME FIVE!
  2. Sweet & Bitter (スイート&ビター) (Selection 6)
  3. Hitsujikai no Tabi (羊飼いの旅) (Special Girls B)
  4. GIVE ME FIVE! (off vocal ver.)
  5. Sweet & Bitter (off vocal ver.)
  6. Hitsujikai no Tabi (off vocal ver.)
Type B DVD Tracklist
  1. GIVE ME FIVE! Music Video
  2. Sweet & Bitter Music Video
  3. Hitsujikai no Tabi Music Video
  4. GIVE ME FIVE! MAKING Part 2
  5. Beautiful overture & Encore Course (美しいoverture&アンコール講座)
Theater Edition CD Tracklist
  1. GIVE ME FIVE!
  2. Sweet & Bitter (スイート&ビター) (Selection 6)
  3. Jung ya Freud no Baai (ユングやフロイトの場合) (Special Girls C)
  4. GIVE ME FIVE! (off vocal ver.)
  5. Sweet & Bitter (off vocal ver.)
  6. Jung ya Freud no Baai (off vocal ver.)


Information

"GIVE ME FIVE!" is the 25th major single (27th overall) released by AKB48. It was released in five versions: two regular CD+DVD editions (types A, and B), two limited CD+DVD editions (types A, and B), and a limited CD-only theater edition. The regular editions came with a national handshake event ticket and came with one of eighteen photos, and the theater edition came with a large handshake event ticket and random photo.

Selected Members

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

"GIVE ME FIVE!"

(Center: Maeda Atsuko)

The members of "GIVE ME FIVE!" additionally performed as a band named Baby Blossom.

Lead Guitar: Takahashi Minami
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals: Maeda Atsuko
Bass: Oshima Yuko
Drums: Kashiwagi Yuki
Keyboard: Watanabe Mayu
Synthesizer: Kojima Haruna
Standing Drum: Matsui Jurina
Tambourine: Shinoda Mariko
Shaker: Itano Tomomi
Trumpet: Yokoyama Yui, Matsui Rena
Trombone: Sashihara Rino, Minegishi Minami
Chorus: Takajo Aki, Miyazawa Sae, Kasai Tomomi, Kitahara Rie, Yamamoto Sayaka

"Sweet & Bitter"

Artist: Selection 6 (セレクション6)

(Center: Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko)

"NEW SHIP"

Artist: Special Girls A (スペシャルガールズA)

(Center: Matsui Jurina, Melody Nurramdhani Laksani)

"Hitsujikai no Tabi"

Artist: Special Girls B (スペシャルガールズB)

(Center: Kashiwagi Yuki, Watanabe Mayu)

"Jung ya Freud no Baai"

Artist: Special Girls C (スペシャルガールズC)

Song Information

Lyrics
Akimoto Yasushi
Music
Sasabuchi Daisuke
Other Information
Arrangement: Nonaka "Masa" Yuichi

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1,287,217
1 6 3 3 2 3 2 3 74,088
1 6 7 4 3 3 3 4 29,858
5 18 15 15 14 8 6 14 13,272
7 21 18 15 10 10 9 16 7,250
18 18 18 14 14 15 12 17 5,461
9 20 18 14 14 14 14 17 4,950
8 21 23 17 19 16 16 19 2,718
15 38 40 35 31 30 25 35 1,958
27 - - 48 46 40 39 52 1,307
41 - - - - - - 82 1,070
30 - - - 45 37 38 49 1,380
50 - - - - 45 42 62 969
- - - - - - - 81 694
- - - - - - - 90 1,003
- - - - - - - 98 695
- - - - - - - 132 508
- - - - - - - 135 453
- - - - - - - 169 376
- - - - - - - 159 414
- - - - - - - 181 323
- - - - - - - 182 283
- - - - - - - 187 272
Year Month Month Rank Sales
2012 February 1 1,391,163
2012 March 20 33,651

Total Reported Sales: 1,436,519* (#2 single of the year)

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 23

Full-Song Cellphone Certification: Gold (100,000+)

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