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Labrador Retriever

Limited Edition Type-A Cover
Regular Edition Type-A Cover
Limited Edition Type-K Cover
Regular Edition Type-K Cover
Limited Edition Type-B Cover
Regular Edition Type-B Cover
Limited Edition Type-4 Cover
Regular Edition Type-4 Cover
Theater Edition Cover
Artist
AKB48
Single
Labrador Retriever (ラブラドール・レトリバー)
Released
2014.05.21
Catalog Number
KIZM-90283~4 (Type-A Limited Edition)
KIZM-283~4 (Type-A Regular Edition)
KIZM-90285~6 (Type-K Limited Edition)
KIZM-285~6 (Type-K Regular Edition)
KIZM-90287~8 (Type-B Limited Edition)
KIZM-287~8 (Type-B Regular Edition)
KIZM-90289~90 (Type-4 Limited Edition)
KIZM-289~90 (Type-4 Regular Edition)
NMAX-1166 (Theater Edition)
Price
¥1,600 (Type-A, K, B, 4 Editions)
¥1,000 (Theater Edition)
Type A CD Tracklist
  1. Labrador Retriever (ラブラドール・レトリバー)
  2. Kyou Made no Melody (今日までのメロディー)
  3. Kimi wa Kimagure (君は気まぐれ) (Team A)
  4. Labrador Retriever off vocal ver.
  5. Kyou Made no Melody off vocal ver. (今日までのメロディー)
  6. Kimi wa Kimagure off vocal ver.
Type A DVD Tracklist
  1. Labrador Retriever Music Video
  2. Kyou Made no Melody Music Video
  3. Kimi wa Kimagure Music Video
  4. Nakamura Mariko Bonus Video
Type K CD Tracklist
  1. Labrador Retriever (ラブラドール・レトリバー)
  2. Kyou Made no Melody (今日までのメロディー)
  3. Itoshiki Rival (愛しきライバル) (Team K)
  4. Labrador Retriever off vocal ver.
  5. Kyou Made no Melody off vocal ver. (今日までのメロディー)
  6. Itoshiki Rival off vocal ver.
Type K DVD Tracklist
  1. Labrador Retriever Music Video
  2. Kyou Made no Melody Music Video
  3. Itoshiki Rival Music Video
  4. Making of Labrador Retriever Music Video (First half)
Type B CD Tracklist
  1. Labrador Retriever (ラブラドール・レトリバー)
  2. Kyou Made no Melody (今日までのメロディー)
  3. B Garden (Bガーデン) (Team B)
  4. Labrador Retriever off vocal ver.
  5. Kyou Made no Melody off vocal ver. (今日までのメロディー)
  6. B Garden off vocal ver.
Type B DVD Tracklist
  1. Labrador Retriever Music Video
  2. Kyou Made no Melody Music Video
  3. B Garden Music Video
  4. Making of Labrador Retriever Music Video (Second half)
Type 4 CD Tracklist
  1. Labrador Retriever (ラブラドール・レトリバー)
  2. Kyou Made no Melody (今日までのメロディー)
  3. Heart no Dasshutsu Game (ハートの脱出ゲーム) (Team 4)
  4. Labrador Retriever off vocal ver.
  5. Kyou Made no Melody off vocal ver. (今日までのメロディー)
  6. Heart no Dasshutsu Game off vocal ver.
Type 4 DVD Tracklist
  1. Labrador Retriever Music Video
  2. Kyou Made no Melody Music Video
  3. Heart no Dasshutsu Game Music Video
  4. Kizaki Yuria's Team 4 MV Secret Report
Theater Edition CD Tracklist
  1. Labrador Retriever (ラブラドール・レトリバー)
  2. Kyou Made no Melody (今日までのメロディー)
  3. Futari wa Dekiteru (2人はデキテル) (Kojima Haruna, Kitagawa Kenji)
  4. Labrador Retriever off vocal ver.
  5. Kyou Made no Melody off vocal ver. (今日までのメロディー)
  6. Futari wa Dekiteru off vocal ver.


Information

"Labrador Retriever" is the 36th major single (38th overall) released by AKB48. It was released in nine versions: four limited and four regular CD+DVD editions (types A, K, and B) and a limited CD-only theater edition.

The single is certified 2 Million for shipment of 2,000,000 copies.

Selected Members

AKB48 promoting the single
Type-A Cover
Type-K Cover
Type-B Cover
Type-4 Cover
Theater Edition Cover

"Labrador Retriever"

(Center: Watanabe Mayu)

"Kyou Made no Melody"

(Center: Oshima Yuko)

This song commemorated Oshima Yuko's graduation from AKB48 in June 2014.

"Kimi wa Kimagure"

Artist: Team A

(Center: Shimazaki Haruka)

"Itoshiki Rival"

Artist: Team K

(Center: Matsui Jurina, Yamamoto Sayaka)

"B Garden"

Artist: Team B

(Center: Watanabe Mayu)

"Heart no Dasshutsu Game"

Artist: Team 4

(Center: Kizaki Yuria)

Song Information

Lyrics
Akimoto Yasushi
Music
Marutani Manabu
Other Information
Arrangement: Sasaki Yutaka

Disambiguation

There are currently two versions of "Labrador Retriever" to be found in AKB48's discography. These versions are:

Labrador Retriever (Original)
Found on the "Labrador Retriever" single as track #1.
Labrador Retriever off vocal ver.
Found on the "Labrador Retriever" 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 1,662,265
1 8 2 2 2 2 2 2 62,802
2 9 2 2 2 6 7 5 39,422
6 22 19 20 12 14 13 20 4,251
12 41 33 33 37 24 26 32 2,287
25 - 36 34 23 22 28 38 1,834
18 37 45 33 26 24 29 38 1,605
17 48 46 40 42 32 35 45 1,177
25 48 - 49 47 49 - 56 989
26 - - - - - - 70 916
45 - - - 33 34 41 62 1,044
34 - - 25 29 32 34 47 2,320
47 - - - - - - 75 829
- - - - - - - 124 550
- - - - - - - 114 704
- - - - - - - 139 473
- - - - - - - 150 379
- - - - - - - 164 344
- - - - - - - 155 340
- - - - - - - 174 242
- - - - - - - 96 471
- - - - - - - 107 365
- - - - - - - 133 342
- - - - - - - 135 314
- - - - - - - 170 276
- - - - - - - 157 284
OUT 5 weeks
- - - - - - - 192 278
- - - - - - - 154 264
Year Month Rank Sales
2014 May 1 1,725,067
2014 June 12 47,794

Total Reported Sales: 1,787,367*
Total Sales of 2014: 1,786,825 (#1 single of the year)
Total Sales of 2015: 542*
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 28

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