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Natsu no Free & Easy

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CD+DVD Type-C Cover
Regular Edition Cover
Artist
Nogizaka46
Single
Natsu no Free&Easy (夏のFree&Easy; Summer's Free&Easy)
Released
2014.07.09
Catalog Number
SRCL-8563~4 (CD+DVD Type-A)
SRCL-8565~6 (CD+DVD Type-B)
SRCL-8567~8 (CD+DVD Type-C)
SRCL-8569 (Regular Edition)
Price
¥1,650 (Types-A, B, C)
¥1,050 (Regular Edition)
Type-A CD Tracklist
  1. Natsu no Free&Easy (夏のFree&Easy)
  2. Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru (何もできずにそばにいる; Unable to Do Anything But Be Close to You)
  3. Sono Saki no Deguchi (その先の出口; The Exit Ahead)
  4. Natsu no Free&Easy off vocal ver.
  5. Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru ~off vocal ver.~
  6. Sono Saki no Deguchi ~off vocal ver.~
Type-A DVD Tracklist
  1. Natsu no Free&Easy Music Video
  2. Sono Saki no Deguchi Music Video
  3. Ikoma Rina x Okano Sohei (岡野草平), Taki Yuriko (瀧由理子)
  4. Eto Misa x Yamamoto Wataru (山本ワタル)
  5. Takayama Kazumi x Yamasaki Renki (山崎連基)
  6. Nakada Kana x Nakabayashi Jun (ナカバヤシジュン)
  7. Nagashima Seira x Nakajima Nozomu (中島望)
  8. Nishino Nanase x Okagawa Taro (岡川太郎)
  9. Higuchi Hina x Saishu Hideya (最首英也), Tsujinaka Teru (辻中輝)
  10. Fukagawa Mai x Yamada Atsuhiro (山田篤宏)
  11. Hoshino Minami x Miyagawa Keidai (宮川慶大)
  12. Yamato Rina x Harima Junichi (張間純一)
  13. Wada Maaya x Taniguchi Isao (谷口功), Wada Daisuke (和田大輔)
  14. Kenkyuusei (Suzuki Ayane, Terada Ranze, Yonetoku Kyoka) x Yamada Atsuhiro Part 1 (研究生×山田篤宏)
Type-B CD Tracklist
  1. Natsu no Free&Easy
  2. Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru (何もできずにそばにいる)
  3. Mukuchi na Lion (無口なライオン; Silent Lion)
  4. Natsu no Free&Easy off vocal ver.
  5. Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru ~off vocal ver.~
  6. Mukuchi na Lion ~off vocal ver.~
Type-B DVD Tracklist
  1. Natsu no Free&Easy Music Video
  2. Mukuchi na Lion Music Video
  3. Ito Nene x tangent
  4. Ito Marika x Seki Kazuaki (関和亮)
  5. Kawago Hina x YUKIO-BU
  6. Saito Asuka x Aoyama Yuki (青山裕企)
  7. Saito Chiharu x Taguchi Den (田口田)
  8. Saito Yuuri x Yamagishi Santa (山岸聖太)
  9. Sakurai Reika x Miki Satoshi (三木聡)
  10. Shiraishi Mai x Maruyama Takeshi (丸山健志)
  11. Hashimoto Nanami x Kumasaka Izuru (熊坂出)
  12. Hatanaka Seira x Shima Kentaro (志真健太郎), Takeda Satomi (武田さとみ)
  13. Hori Miona x Akiba Yoji (秋葉陽児)
  14. Kenkyuusei (Ito Karin, Ito Junna, Sasaki Kotoko) x Yamada Atsuhiro Part 2 (研究生×山田篤宏)
Type-C CD Tracklist
  1. Natsu no Free&Easy
  2. Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru (何もできずにそばにいる)
  3. Koko ni Iru Riyuu (ここにいる理由; A Reason for Being Here)
  4. Natsu no Free&Easy off vocal ver.
  5. Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru ~off vocal ver.~
  6. Koko ni Iru Riyuu ~off vocal ver.~
Type-C DVD Tracklist
  1. Natsu no Free&Easy Music Video
  2. Koko ni Iru Riyuu Music Video
  3. Akimoto Manatsu x Hirano Nao (平野奈央), Izumida Naomi (泉田尚美)
  4. Inoue Sayuri x Koroyasu Yusuke (頃安祐良)
  5. Kawamura Mahiro x Oishi Takehiro (大石健弘)
  6. Kitano Hinako x Kojo Tomohiro (古城智大), Ueda Masayuki (植田正行)
  7. Shinuchi Mai x Sasagawa Makoto (笹川真)
  8. Nakamoto Himeka x Tsukida Shigeru (月田茂), Yamamoto Atsuhiko (山本篤彦), Shibatani Mai (柴谷麻衣)
  9. Noujo Ami x Okabe Jun (岡部潤)
  10. Matsui Rena x Takemae Mitsuaki (竹前光昭)
  11. Matsumura Sayuri x Yoshida Tooru (吉田徹)
  12. Wakatsuki Yumi x Nakamura Taikou (中村太洸)
  13. Kenkyuusei (Yamazaki Rena, Watanabe Miria) x Yamada Atsuhiro Part 3 (研究生×山田篤宏)
Regular Edition CD Tracklist
  1. Natsu no Free&Easy
  2. Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru (何もできずにそばにいる)
  3. Boku ga Yukanakya Dare ga Yukunda? (僕が行かなきゃ誰が行くんだ?; If I Don't Go, Then Who Will?)
  4. Natsu no Free&Easy off vocal ver.
  5. Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru ~off vocal ver.~
  6. Boku ga Yukanakya Dare ga Yukunda? ~off vocal ver.~


Information

"Natsu no Free&Easy" is the ninth single released by Nogizaka46. It was released in four versions: three CD+DVD editions and a regular CD-only edition.

The single is certified Double Platinum for shipment of 500,000 copies.

Selected Members

Nogizaka46 promoting the single
Type-A Cover
Type-B Cover
Type-C Cover
Regular Edition Cover

"Natsu no Free&Easy"

(Center: Nishino Nanase)

"Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru"

(Center: Nishino Nanase)

"Sono Saki no Deguchi"

(Center: Shiraishi Mai)

"Mukuchi na Lion"

(Center: Nishino Nanase)

"Koko ni Iru Riyuu"

(Center: Ito Marika)

"Boku ga Yukanakya Dare ga Yukunda?"

(Center: Nishino Nanase)

Song Information

Lyrics
Akimoto Yasushi
Music
Inoue Tomonori
Other Information
Arrangement: Hashimoto Kota

Disambiguation

There are currently two recorded versions of "Natsu no Free&Easy" found in Nogizaka46's discography. These versions are:

Natsu no Free&Easy (Original)
Found on the "Natsu no Free&Easy" single as track #1 and the Toumei na Iro album as track #10.
Natsu no Free&Easy off vocal ver.
Found on the "Natsu no Free&Easy" 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 2 1 1 421,622
1 12 9 7 6 4 9 8 17,701
1 17 9 17 10 14 18 4 16,155
2 21 15 16 18 23 22 12 12,888
1 43 28 39 - - - 18 5,670
2 25 - 43 15 44 37 15 7,497
4 44 31 - 19 - 39 24 4,810
2 40 42 - - - 43 26 4,819
2 36 13 35 - - 46 15 6,477
3 29 28 - 43 50 41 18 4,619
2 28 21 28 17 5 43 13 6,598
9 - 6 22 8 3 - 10 8,075
2 25 16 - - - - 22 3,544
1 - - 3 - - - 7 5,553
- - - - - - - 126 302
- - - - - - - 177 234
Year Month Month Rank Sales
2014 July 1 468,366
2014 August 30 22,796
2014 September 18 25,769
2014 October 49 9,633

Total Reported Sales: 526,564* (#11 single of the year)

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 16

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