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Must Be Now
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- Artist
- NMB48
- Single
- Must be now
- Released
- 2015.10.07
- Catalog Number
- YRCS-90096 (Regular Edition Type-A)
- YRCS-90097 (Regular Edition Type-B)
- YRCS-90098 (Regular Edition Type-C)
- YRCS-90099 (Limited Edition Type-A)
- YRCS-90100 (Limited Edition Type-B)
- YRCS-90101 (Limited Edition Type-C)
- YRCS-90102 (Theater Edition)
- Price
- ¥1,646 (Type-A, B, C)
- ¥1,000 (Theater Edition)
- Type-A CD Tracklist
- Must be now
- Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... (片想いよりも思い出を…; Memories Rather Than Unrequited Love...)
- Yume ni Iro ga Nai Riyuu (夢に色がない理由; The Reason Dreams Have No Color) (Team N)
- Must be now off vocal ver.
- Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... off vocal ver.
- Yume ni Iro ga Nai Riyuu off vocal ver.
- Limited Edition Type-A DVD Tracklist
- NMB48 Arena Tour 2015 ~Tooku ni Itemo~ 2015.2.25 @ Nippon Budokan (遠くにいても)
- Regular Edition Type-A DVD Tracklist
- Must be now (Music Video)
- Must be now (Music Video Dancing Version)
- Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... (Music Video)
- Yume ni Iro ga Nai Riyuu (Music Video)
- Bonus Video "Riripon Road to Mahjong Victory Part 1" (りりぽん 麻雀勝利への道 前編)
- Type-B CD Tracklist
- Must be now
- Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... (片想いよりも思い出を…)
- Good-bye, Guitar (Team M)
- Must be now off vocal ver.
- Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... off vocal ver.
- Good-bye, Guitar off vocal ver.
- Limited Edition Type-B DVD Tracklist
- NMB48 Arena Tour 2015 ~Tooku ni Itemo~ 2015.2.26 @ Nippon Budokan (遠くにいても)
- Regular Edition Type-B DVD Tracklist
- Must be now (Music Video)
- Must be now (Music Video Dancing Version)
- Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... (Music Video)
- Good-bye, Guitar (Music Video)
- Bonus Video "Riripon Road to Mahjong Victory Part 2" (りりぽん 麻雀勝利への道 後編)
- Type-C CD Tracklist
- Must be now
- Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... (片想いよりも思い出を…)
- Kuufuku de Ren'ai wo Suruna (空腹で恋愛をするな; Don't Fall in Love on an Empty Stomach) (Team BII)
- Must be now off vocal ver.
- Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... off vocal ver.
- Kuufuku de Ren'ai wo Suruna off vocal ver.
- Limited Edition Type-C DVD Tracklist
- NMB48 Kenkyuusei "Souzou no Shijin" Theater Performance (NMB48研究生「想像の詩人」劇場公演)
- Regular Edition Type-C DVD Tracklist
- Must be now (Music Video)
- Must be now (Music Video Dancing Version)
- Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... (Music Video)
- Kuufuku de Ren'ai wo Suruna (Music Video)
- NMB48 feat. Yoshimoto Shinkigeki Vol.13 (NMB48 feat.吉本新喜劇 Vol.13)
- Theater Edition CD Tracklist
- Must be now
- Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... (片想いよりも思い出を…)
- Orera to wa (俺らとは; We are)
- Must be now off vocal ver.
- Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... off vocal ver.
- Orera to wa off vocal ver.
- Information
"Must be now" is the thirteenth single released by NMB48. The single was released in seven versions: three limited CD+DVD versions in types A, B, and C, three regular CD+DVD versions in types A, B, and C, and a regular CD only edition.
Selected Members

- Type-A Cover
- Limited Edition (Front): Jonishi Kei, Suto Ririka, Yoshida Akari, Yamamoto Sayaka
- Regular Edition (Front): Ishida Yuumi, Kato Yuuka, Kishino Rika, Nishimura Aika, Yamamoto Sayaka
- Regular Edition (Back): Team N 16 Members
- Type-B Cover
- Limited Edition (Front): Shiroma Miru, Fujie Reina, Yagura Fuuko
- Regular Edition (Front): Yamamoto Sayaka, Watanabe Miyuki
- Regular Edition (Back): Team M 19 Members
- Type-C Cover
- Limited Edition (Front): Shibuya Nagisa, Yabushita Shu, Watanabe Miyuki
- Regular Edition (Front): Umeda Ayaka, Kinoshita Haruna, Kusaka Konomi, Yamamoto Sayaka, Watanabe Miyuki
- Regular Edition (Back): Team BII 17 Members
- Theater Edition Cover
- Front: "Must be now" 9 Senbatsu Members
- Back: "Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo..." 16 Senbatsu Members
"Must be now"
- (Center: Yamamoto Sayaka)
- NMB48 Team N: Ishida Yuumi, Kato Yuuka, Kishino Rika, Nishimura Aika
- NMB48 Team N / AKB48 Team K: Yamamoto Sayaka
- NMB48 Team BII: Umeda Ayaka, Kinoshita Haruna, Kusaka Konomi
- NMB48 Team BII / AKB48 Team B: Watanabe Miyuki
"Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo..."
- (Center: Yabushita Shu)
- NMB48 Team N: Ota Yuuri, Kotani Riho, Jonishi Kei, Suto Ririka, Yoshida Akari
- NMB48 Team M: Uemura Azusa, Tanigawa Airi, Fujie Reina, Murase Sae, Yagura Fuuko
- NMB48 Team M / AKB48 Team A: Shiroma Miru
- NMB48 Team BII: Ichikawa Miori, Kadowaki Kanako, Naiki Kokoro, Yabushita Shu
- NMB48 Team BII / AKB48 Team 4: Shibuya Nagisa
"Yume ni Iro ga Nai Riyuu"
Artist: Team N
- (Center: Yamamoto Sayaka)
- NMB48 Team N: Akashi Natsuko, Ishida Yuumi, Ota Yuuri, Kato Yuuka, Kishino Rika, Koga Narumi, Kotani Riho, Jo Eriko, Jonishi Kei, Suto Ririka, Nishizawa Rurina, Nishimura Aika, Yamao Rina, Yamaguchi Yuuki, Yoshida Akari
- NMB48 Team N / AKB48 Team K: Yamamoto Sayaka
"Good-bye, Guitar"
Artist: Team M
- (Center: Shiroma Miru, Yagura Fuuko)
- NMB48 Team M: Azuma Yuki, Ishizuka Akari, Uemura Azusa, Uno Mizuki, Okita Ayaka, Kawakami Rena, Kinoshita Momoka, Kushiro Rina, Kondo Rina, Takei Sara, Tanigawa Airi, Nakano Reina, Fujie Reina, Matsumura Megumi, Mita Mao, Murase Sae, Morita Ayaka, Yagura Fuuko
- NMB48 Team M / AKB48 Team A: Shiroma Miru
"Kuufuku de Ren'ai wo Suruna"
Artist: Team BII
- (Center: Watanabe Miyuki)
- NMB48 Team BII: Ijiri Anna, Iso Kanae, Ichikawa Miori, Ueda Mirei, Umeda Ayaka, Odan Mai, Kadowaki Kanako, Kawakami Chihiro, Kinoshita Haruna, Kusaka Konomi, Kurokawa Hazuki, Naiki Kokoro, Hayashi Momoka, Matsuoka Chiho, Yabushita Shu
- NMB48 Team BII / AKB48 Team B: Watanabe Miyuki
- NMB48 Team BII / AKB48 Team 4: Shibuya Nagisa
Kamieda Emika was absent from this song due to hiatus.
"Orera to wa"
Artist: Orera (俺ら)
- NMB48 Team N: Kishino Rika, Kotani Riho, Yamaguchi Yuuki
- NMB48 Team N / AKB48 Team K: Yamamoto Sayaka
- AKB48 Team A: Ogasawara Mayu
Song Information
- Lyrics
- Akimoto Yasushi
- Music
- Carlos K.
- Other Information
- Arrangement: Carlos K.
Disambiguation
There are currently two versions of "Must be now" to be found in NMB48's discography. These versions are:
- Must be now (Original)
- Found on the "Must be now" single as track #1.
- Must be now off vocal ver.
- Found on the "Must be now" 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 | 307,036 |
1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10,942 |
4 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 4,759 |
11 | 42 | 41 | 26 | 16 | 29 | 24 | 34 | 3,571 |
34 | 45 | 48 | 40 | 36 | 40 | 39 | 46 | 1,459 |
1 | 33 | 49 | 36 | 33 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 16,892 |
1 | - | - | - | 41 | 50 | 49 | 9 | 15,174 |
1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 7,551 |
1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 7,928 |
3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 11,008 |
1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 12,498 |
1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 7,614 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 80 | 491 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 82 | 472 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 151 | 271 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 161 | 205 |
1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 5,713 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 187 | 195 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 172 | 236 |
2 weeks | OUT | |||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 94 | 522 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 109 | 451 |
- | - | - | 44 | 38 | 39 | - | 55 | 804 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 168 | 247 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 164 | 263 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 142 | 262 |
- | - | 46 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 19 | 28 | 1,496 |
Year | Month | Month Rank | Sales |
---|---|---|---|
2015 | October | 2 | 326,308 |
2015 | November | 10 | 41,076 |
2015 | December | 11 | 39,048 |
2016 | January | 49 | 7,152 |
Total Reported Sales: 418,060*
Total Sales of 2015: 386,320 (#18 single of the year)
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 26
External Links
- Oricon Profile: Regular Edition Type-A | Regular Edition Type-B | Regular Edition Type-C | Limited Edition Type-A | Limited Edition Type-B | Limited Edition Type-C
- NMB48 Official Profile
- YouTube: "Must be now (Dance ver.)" MV
- STUDIO48: "Must be now" lyrics