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Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby

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Type-C Cover
Type-D Cover
Theater Edition Cover
Artist
AKB48
Single
Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby (唇にBe My Baby; From My Lips, Be My Baby)
Released
2015.12.09
Catalog Number
KIZM-90401~2 (Limited Edition Type-A)
KIZM-401~2 (Regular Edition Type-A)
KIZM-90403~4 (Limited Edition Type-B)
KIZM-403~4 (Regular Edition Type-B)
KIZM-90405~6 (Limited Edition Type-C)
KIZM-405~6 (Regular Edition Type-C)
KIZM-90407~8 (Limited Edition Type-D)
KIZM-407~8 (Regular Edition Type-D)
NMAX-1212 (Theater Edition)
Price
¥1,600 (Type-A, B, C, D)
¥1,000 (Theater Edition)
Type-A CD Tracklist
  1. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby (唇にBe My Baby; From My Lips, Be My Baby)
  2. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki (365日の紙飛行機; 365 Days of Paper Airplanes)
  3. Kimi wo Kimi wo Kimi wo... (君を君を君を…; You, You, You...) (Jisedai Senbatsu)
  4. Yasashii place (やさしい place; Calm Place) (Team A)
  5. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby off vocal ver.
  6. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki off vocal ver.
  7. Kimi wo Kimi wo Kimi wo... off vocal ver.
  8. Yasashii place off vocal ver.
Type-A DVD Tracklist
  1. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby Music Video
  2. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki Music Video
  3. Kimi wo Kimi wo Kimi wo... Music Video
  4. Yasashii place Music Video
  5. WORDS ~minami takahashi speaks words of wisdom~
Type-B CD Tracklist
  1. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby (唇にBe My Baby)
  2. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki (365日の紙飛行機)
  3. Madonna no Sentaku (マドンナの選択; Madonna's Selection) (Renacchi Sousenkyo Senbatsu)
  4. Oneesan no Hitorigoto (お姉さんの独り言; Older Sister's Monologue) (Team K)
  5. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby off vocal ver.
  6. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki off vocal ver.
  7. Madonna no Sentaku off vocal ver.
  8. Oneesan no Hitorigoto off vocal ver.
Type-B DVD Tracklist
  1. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby Music Video
  2. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki Music Video
  3. Madonna no Sentaku Music Video
  4. Oneesan no Hitorigoto Music Video
  5. Beyond the PARTY ~Takahashi Minami Pre-Graduation Interview~ (PARTYのその先へ ~高橋みなみ 卒業直前インタビュー~)
Type-C CD Tracklist
  1. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby (唇にBe My Baby)
  2. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki (365日の紙飛行機)
  3. Amanojaku Batta (あまのじゃくバッタ; Spoiled Grasshopper) (Team 8)
  4. Kin no Hane wo Motsu Hito yo (金の羽根を持つ人よ; People with Gold Wings) (Team B)
  5. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby off vocal ver.
  6. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki off vocal ver.
  7. Amanojaku Batta off vocal ver.
  8. Kin no Hane wo Motsu Hito yo off vocal ver.
Type-C DVD Tracklist
  1. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby Music Video
  2. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki Music Video
  3. Amanojaku Batta Music Video
  4. Kin no Hane wo Motsu Hito yo Music Video
  5. Teramina ~The Best of Takahashi Minami from 812 Terabytes~ (テラみな ~812テラバイトから厳選した高橋みなみ傑作集~)
Type-D CD Tracklist
  1. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby (唇にBe My Baby)
  2. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki (365日の紙飛行機)
  3. Senaka Kotoba (背中言葉; Back Words)
  4. Nanka, Chotto, Kyuu ni... (なんか、ちょっと、急に…; Somehow, a Little, Suddenly...) (Team 4)
  5. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby off vocal ver.
  6. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki off vocal ver.
  7. Senaka Kotoba off vocal ver.
  8. Nanka, Chotto, Kyuu ni... off vocal ver.
Type-D DVD Tracklist
  1. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby Music Video
  2. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki Music Video
  3. Senaka Kotoba Music Video
  4. Nanka, Chotto, Kyuu ni... Music Video
  5. To You Who Will Depart. ~Congratulations Comments from AKB48 Group Members to Takahashi Minami~ (旅立つ君へ。 〜高橋みなみへのAKB48グループメンバーお祝いコメント集〜)
Theater Edition CD Tracklist
  1. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby (唇にBe My Baby)
  2. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki (365日の紙飛行機)
  3. Sakki Made wa Ice Tea (さっきまではアイスティー; Ice Tea Just a While Ago) (Mushi Kago)
  4. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby off vocal ver.
  5. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki off vocal ver.
  6. Sakki Made wa Ice Tea off vocal ver.


Information

"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby" is the 42nd major single (44th single overall) released by AKB48.

Selected Members

AKB48 promoting the single
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Theater Edition Cover
  • Front: "Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby" 16 Senbatsu Members

"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby"

(Center: Takahashi Minami)

"365 Nichi no Kamihikouki"

(Center: Yamamoto Sayaka)

"Kimi wo Kimi wo Kimi wo..."

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

(Center: Kodama Haruka)

"Madonna no Sentaku"

Artist: Renacchi Sousenkyo Senbatsu (れなっち総選挙選抜)

(Center: Tanaka Natsumi)

The "Renacchi Sousenkyo" was an informal ranking posted by Kato Rena on 755, where she announced a top 16 ranking of her favorite members. She then requested to Akimoto Yasushi that a song and music video be made for this group, which he acknowledged and approved. Listed in parentheses are the members' rankings.

"Senaka Kotoba"

(Center: Takahashi Minami)

This song commemorated Takahashi Minami's graduation from AKB48.

"Yasashii place"

Artist: Team A

(Center: Miyawaki Sakura)

"Oneesan no Hitorigoto"

Artist: Team K

(Center: Mukaichi Mion)

"Kin no Hane wo Motsu Hito yo"

Artist: Team B

(Center: Kato Rena, Kizaki Yuria)

"Nanka, Chotto, Kyuu ni..."

Artist: Team 4

(Center: Kawamoto Saya, Kojima Mako)

"Amanojaku Batta"

Artist: Team 8

(Center: Nakano Ikumi)

"Sakki Made wa Ice Tea"

Artist: Mushi Kago (虫かご)

(Center: Komiyama Haruka, Yabushita Shu)

Song Information

Lyrics
Akimoto Yasushi
Music
Kouchi Yoshifumi
Other Information
Arrangement: Sasaki Hiroshi

Disambiguation

There are currently two versions of "Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby" to be found in AKB48's discography. These versions are:

Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby (Original)
Found on the "Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby" single as track #1.
Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby off vocal ver.
Found on the Types-A, B, C, and D editions of the "Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby" single as track #5 and the Theater edition of said 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 1 905,490
3 11 4 4 5 5 6 4 25,800
6 11 10 8 7 8 1 1 70,788
5 5 5 3 2 2 3 4 8,440
3 8 6 4 5 5 7 9 6,633
1 16 8 5 4 9 8 7 5,174
5 22 14 11 8 9 9 12 3,847
8 41 24 15 10 8 10 22 5,618
5 17 13 12 9 6 5 14 5,373
6 25 14 9 8 6 9 15 4,600
7 32 22 11 11 11 11 17 4,604
5 35 26 18 13 11 16 28 4,198
6 29 25 19 18 17 18 24 3,363
7 24 15 14 14 13 14 17 3,619
8 25 22 16 15 13 19 19 2,802
11 34 27 24 23 10 15 24 2,792
12 29 25 20 18 17 18 23 3,154
12 27 29 26 22 21 24 28 2,229
11 33 30 26 21 21 22 24 1,717
19 44 40 37 39 36 35 42 1,387
27 - 49 33 43 37 39 49 1,295
38 35 32 24 21 23 28 30 1,479
13 - 49 46 - 42 45 52 999
44 - - - - - - 77 726
48 - - - - - - 98 635
- - - - - - - 89 635
48 - - - - - - 74 639
- - - - - - - 84 545
50 - - - - - - 106 580
- - - - - - - 89 522
- - - - - - - 103 563
- - - - - - - 91 463
- - - - - - - 93 540
- - - - - - - 150 431
- - - - - - - 147 381
- - - - - - - 137 368
- - - - - - - 141 415
- - - - - - - 199 357
- - - - - - - 122 510
- - - - - - - 133 421
- - - - - - - 128 369
- - - - - - - 132 390
- - - - - - - 162 334
- - - - - - - 97 425
- - - - - - - 108 365
- - - - - - - 165 272
- - - - - - - 176 324
- - - - - - - 164 341
- - - - - - - 192 240
- - - - - - - 188 259
- - - - - - - 200 279
- - - - - - - 182 272
- - - - - - - 188 274
- - - - - - - 143 326
- - - - - - - 145 356
- - - - - - - 106 333
- - - - - - - 75 460
- - - - - - - 75 420
- - - - - - - 84 386
- - - - - - - 138 317
- - - - - - - 130 280
- - - - - - - 144 261
- - - - - - - 158 253
- - - - - - - 194 260
- - - - - - - 198 220
1 week OUT
- - - - - - - 171 214
- - - - - - - 195 209
1 week OUT
- - - - - - - 170 190
- - - - - - - 187 164
2 weeks OUT
- - - - - - - 199 187
- - - - - - - 196 160
15 weeks OUT
- - - - - - - 173 287
Year Month Month Sales
2015 December 1 1,002,078
2016 January 10 29,712
2016 February 18 18,775
2016 March 32 15,730

Total Reported Sales: 1,093,559*
Total Sales of 2015: 905,490 (#4 Single of the Year)
Total Sales of 2016: 182,786 (#34 Single of the Year)

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 72

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