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River (AKB48)

Regular Edition Cover
Theater Edition Cover
Artist
AKB48
Single
RIVER
Released
2009.10.21
Catalog Number
KIZM-43~44 (Regular Edition)
NMAX-1087 (Theater Edition)
Price
¥1,600 (Regular Edition)
¥1,000 (Theater Edition)
CD Tracklist
  1. RIVER
  2. Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara (君のことが好きだから) (Under Girls)
  3. Hikoukigumo (Theater Girls ver.) (ひこうき雲(シアターガールズver.)) (Theater Girls)
  4. RIVER (off vocal ver.)
  5. Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara (off vocal ver.)
DVD Tracklist
  1. RIVER (Music Clip)
  2. Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara (Music Clip)
  3. Hikoukigumo (Theater Girls ver.) (Music Clip)
  4. Regular Clothes Special ~Words That Want to Be Said on a Date~ (私服のときスペシャル ~デートの時に言われたい一言~)


Information

"RIVER" is the 14th major single (16th overall) released by AKB48. It was released in two versions: a regular CD+DVD edition and a theater CD-only edition. The first press of the regular edition came with a nationwide handshake event ticket and a ticket to vote for a song to be performed at AKB48 Request Hour Setlist 100 2010, while all theater editions came with a "RIVER" handshake event ticket, an application ticket for a special "RIVER" event, and one member picture at random. The single debuted at #1 on the Oricon weekly chart, making it AKB48's first #1 single. It was the best-selling single by an idol group in the past seven years and also the second best-selling female artist single of 2009. The title track has been certified platinum by the RIAJ for full-song downloads of over 250,000.

TV Performances
  • [2009.10.07] AKBINGO!
  • [2009.10.14] AKBINGO!
  • [2009.10.21] AKBINGO!
  • [2009.10.23] Music Fighter
  • [2009.10.25] MUSIC JAPAN
  • [2009.10.28] AKBINGO!
  • [2009.10.30] Music Station
  • [2009.11.04] AKBINGO!
  • [2009.11.21] Mnet Asian Music Awards 2009 (Korea)
  • [2009.11.26] Best Hit Kayousai 2009
  • [2009.12.02] AKBINGO!
  • [2009.12.25] Music Station Super Live 2009

Selected Members

AKB48 promoting the single
Covers

"RIVER"

(Center: Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko)

"Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara"

Artist: Under Girls (アンダーガールズ)

(Center: Takajo Aki)

"Hikoukigumo (Theater Girls ver.)"

Artist: Theater Girls (シアターガールズ)

(Center: Yonezawa Rumi)

Song Information

Lyrics
Akimoto Yasushi
Music
Inoue Yoshimasa
Other Information
Arrangement: Inoue Yoshimasa

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 178,579
5 13 4 11 9 9 8 5 16,943
19 5 27 23 18 22 22 12 9,483
19 48 41 44 34 39 28 41 2,556
29 - - - - 41 44 59 1,895
26 - - 41 39 33 36 42 2,363
22 - - - 36 33 18 37 2,630
46 48 47 38 43 43 19 36 2,078
- - - - - - - 90 787
- - - - - - 29 61 1,091
38 32 35 31 17 17 12 21 5,503
15 17 18 12 19 11 11
11 35 36 33 27 28 25 30 1,991
27 - - 47 - 40 31 53 1,544
28 - - - - - - 72 1,415
49 - - - - - 44 79 953
- - - - - - - 95 857
- - - 50 50 - 46 62 1,169
- - - - - - - 91 914
- - - - - - - 116 659
- - - - - - - 105 592
- - - - - - - 117 443
- - - - - - - 116 488
- - - - - - - 95 559
- - - - - - - 75 710
- - - - - - - 90 529
- - - - - - - 144 418
- - - - - - - 128 508
- - - - - - - 122 508
- - - - - - - 143 416
- - - - - - - 172 312
- - - - - - - 133 569
- - - - - - - 133 504
- - - - - - - 143 415
- - - - - - - 141 443
OUT 1 week
- - - - - - - 179 303
- - - - - - - 180 308
- - - - - - - 138 369
- - - - - - - 158 418
- - - - - - - 167 340
- - - - - - - 193 302
- - - - - - - 175 386
- - - - - - - 131 466
- - - - - - - 145 544
- - - - - - - 128 457
- - - - - - - 120 482
- - - - - - - 128 417
- - - - - - - 142 442
- - - - - - - 133 413
- - - - - - - 150 365
- - - - - - - 117 448
- - - - - - - 151 328
- - - - - - - 164 434
- - - - - - - 150 423
- - - - - - - 161 394
- - - - - - - 165 381
OUT 2 weeks
- - - - - - - 157 412
- - - - - - - 158 409
- - - - - - - 126 527
- - - - - - - 86 649
- - - 33 41 46 - 53 1,167
38 - - - - - 45 59 929
36 - - - - - - 74 875
45 - - - - - - 96 800
- - - - - - - 117 615
- - - - - - - 118 567
- - - - - - - 118 553
- - - - - - - 169 416
- - - - - - - 186 322
- - - - - - - 181 247
- - - - - - - 161 263
- - - - - - - 136 353
- - - - - - - 116 400
- - - - - - - 129 395
- - - - - - - 146 319
- - - - - - - 182 260
- - - - - - - 186 310
- - - - - - - 175 318
OUT 1 week
- - - - - - - 199 203

Total Reported Sales: 260,553*
Total Sales in 2009: 216,527 (#22 single of the year)
Total Sales in 2010: 33,129

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 79

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