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High Tension (AKB48)

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
High Tension (ハイテンション)
Released
2016.11.16
Catalog Number
KIZM-90455~6 (Limited Edition Type-A)
KIZM-455~6 (Regular Edition Type-A)
KIZM-90457~8 (Limited Edition Type-B)
KIZM-457~8 (Regular Edition Type-B)
KIZM-90459~60 (Limited Edition Type-C)
KIZM-459~60 (Regular Edition Type-C)
KIZM-90461~2 (Limited Edition Type-D)
KIZM-461~2 (Regular Edition Type-D)
KIZM-90463~4 (Limited Edition Type-E)
KIZM-463~4 (Regular Edition Type-E)
NMAX-1254 (Theater Edition)
Price
¥1,600 (Types-A, B, C, D, E)
¥1,000 (Theater Edition)
Type-A CD Tracklist
  1. High Tension (ハイテンション)
  2. Osaekirenai Shoudou (抑えきれない衝動; Uncontrollable Impulse) (Waiting Circle)
  3. Happy End (ハッピーエンド) (Renacchis)
  4. High Tension (off vocal ver.)
  5. Osaekirenai Shoudou (off vocal ver.)
  6. Happy End (off vocal ver.)
Type-A DVD Tracklist
  1. High Tension Music Video
  2. Osaekirenai Shoudou Music Video
  3. Happy End Music Video
Type-B CD Tracklist
  1. High Tension (ハイテンション)
  2. Osaekirenai Shoudou (抑えきれない衝動) (Waiting Circle)
  3. Better
  4. High Tension (off vocal ver.)
  5. Osaekirenai Shoudou (off vocal ver.)
  6. Better (off vocal ver.)
Type-B DVD Tracklist
  1. High Tension Music Video
  2. Osaekirenai Shoudou Music Video
  3. Better Music Video
Type-C CD Tracklist
  1. High Tension (ハイテンション)
  2. Osaekirenai Shoudou (抑えきれない衝動) (Waiting Circle)
  3. Hoshizora wo Kimi ni (星空を君に; A Starry Sky for You) (Team 8 EAST)
  4. High Tension (off vocal ver.)
  5. Osaekirenai Shoudou (off vocal ver.)
  6. Hoshizora wo Kimi ni (off vocal ver.)
Type-C DVD Tracklist
  1. High Tension Music Video
  2. Osaekirenai Shoudou Music Video
  3. Hoshizora wo Kimi ni Music Video
Type-D CD Tracklist
  1. High Tension (ハイテンション)
  2. Osaekirenai Shoudou (抑えきれない衝動) (Waiting Circle)
  3. Shishunki no Adrenaline (思春期のアドレナリン; Adrenaline of Puberty) (Team 8 WEST)
  4. High Tension (off vocal ver.)
  5. Osaekirenai Shoudou (off vocal ver.)
  6. Shishunki no Adrenaline (off vocal ver.)
Type-D DVD Tracklist
  1. High Tension Music Video
  2. Osaekirenai Shoudou Music Video
  3. Shishunki no Adrenaline Music Video
Type-E CD Tracklist
  1. High Tension (ハイテンション)
  2. Osaekirenai Shoudou (抑えきれない衝動) (Waiting Circle)
  3. Seijun Tired (清純タイアド; Tired of Purity) (Tentoumu Chu!)
  4. High Tension (off vocal ver.)
  5. Osaekirenai Shoudou (off vocal ver.)
  6. Seijun Tired (off vocal ver.)
Type-E DVD Tracklist
  1. High Tension Music Video
  2. Osaekirenai Shoudou Music Video
  3. Seijun Tired Music Video
Theater Edition CD Tracklist
  1. High Tension (ハイテンション)
  2. Osaekirenai Shoudou (抑えきれない衝動) (Waiting Circle)
  3. Mata Anata no Koto wo Kangaeteta (また あなたのことを考えてた; I Thought About You Again) (Team Vocal)
  4. High Tension (off vocal ver.)
  5. Osaekirenai Shoudou (off vocal ver.)
  6. Mata Anata no Koto wo Kangaeteta (off vocal ver.)


Information

"High Tension" is the 46th major single (48th single overall) released by AKB48. The title track was used as the theme song for the dorama Cabasuka Gakuen, starring AKB48. The single was released in eleven versions: five limited and five regular CD+DVD editions in Types A, B, C, D, and E, and a CD-only theater edition.

Selected Members

AKB48 promoting the single
Type-A Cover
  • Limited Edition (Front): "High Tension" 22 Senbatsu Members
  • Regular Edition (Front): Shimazaki Haruka
Type-B Cover
Type-C Cover
Type-D Cover
Type-E Cover
Theater Edition Cover

"High Tension"

(Center: Shimazaki Haruka)

"Osaekirenai Shoudou"

Artist: Waiting Circle (ウェイティングサークル)

(Center: Fukuoka Seina)

"Happy End"

Artist: Renacchis (レナッチーズ)

(Center: Oguri Yui)

Renacchis is formed by Kato Rena and the top 16 members from the 2016 "Renacchi Sousenkyo", an informal ranking of Kato's favorite members. The concept was continued after her 2015 sousenkyo senbatsu members performed "Madonna no Sentaku". Listed in parentheses are the members' rankings.

"Better"

(Center: Shimazaki Haruka)

This song commemorated Shimazaki Haruka's graduation from AKB48 in December 2016, and is performed by the ninth generation members of AKB48.

"Hoshizora wo Kimi ni"

Artist: Team 8 EAST (チーム8 EAST)

(Center: Sakaguchi Nagisa, Oguri Yui)

"Shishunki no Adrenaline"

Artist: Team 8 WEST (チーム8 WEST)

(Center: Kuranoo Narumi)

Abe Mei participated in the song's recording, but did not appear in the music video.

"Seijun Tired"

Artist: Tentoumu Chu! (てんとうむChu!)

(Center: Kojima Mako)

"Mata Anata no Koto wo Kangaeteta"

Artist: Team Vocal (チームボーカル)

Song Information

Lyrics
Akimoto Yasushi
Music
Shiraishi Satori
Other Information
Arrangement: Sasaki Hiroshi

Disambiguation

There are currently two recorded versions of "High Tension" found in AKB48's discography. These versions are:

High Tension (Original)
Found on the the "High Tension" single as track #1.
High Tension (off vocal ver.)
Found on the the "High Tension" 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 1,180,047
4 23 16 11 7 8 5 11 12,776
9 30 17 13 14 14 10 19 6,082
11 44 38 26 19 22 21 30 3,628
14 31 27 22 22 23 27 27 2,233
19 48 37 38 32 30 35 41 1,637
30 31 27 25 24 21 21 27 1,428
22 25 26 28 23 32 31 29 1,218
44 45 - - - 44 - 57 588
46 - - - - - - 69 486
49 - - - - - - 105 469
- - - - - - - 100 364
46 - - - - - - 82 605
- - - - - - - 74 699
- - - - - - - 100 707
- - - - - - - 184 244
- - - - - - - 158 259
- - - - - - - 160 233
- - - - - - - OUT 1 WEEK
- - - - - - - 181 210
- - - - - - - 158 226
- - - - - - 23 54 949
- - - - - - - 94 432
- - - - - - - 93 693
- - - - 34 - - 56 870
- - - - - - - 119 324
- - - - - - - 85 565
- - - - - - - 98 705
- - - - - - - OUT 5 WEEKS
- - - - - - - 180 216
- 50 - - - - - 82 537
- - - - - - - 80 536
- - - - - - - 92 575
22 - - - - 16 - 60 1,145
- - - - - - - 198 175
- - - - - - - 192 192
- - - 46 - - - 120 408
Year Month Rank Sales
2016 November 1 1,192,823
2016 December 32 15,008

Total Reported Sales: 1,222,461*
Total Sales of 2016: 1,202,533 (#4 Single of the Year)

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 35

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