|
Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション?) is the 17th major single (19th overall) released by AKB48. It was released in three editions: two CD+DVD editions (Types A & B) and a CD only Theater version. The first pressings came with a random member card. The Top 40 members selected for this single were chosen by the fans with voting cards from the first pressings of their previous (17th) single Ponytail to Shushu. The title song has been certified Double Platinum by the RIAJ for full song downloads of over 500,000.
Just before the single came out the Kenkyuusei members went through another test/selection process to determine their future in the group (with the possibility of being promoted to the actual Teams). The #40 senbatsu member, Kenkyuusei Ishiguro Atsuki, failed the process. She wasn't featured in this single, and her spot wasn't filled.
- Catchphrase
「好きな人ができると、頭の中は、ずっと、ヘビーローテション!」
("Suki na Hito ga dekiru to, Atama no Naka wa, Zutto, Heavy Rotation!")
Translation: "Once you like someone, inside your head, it's always a Heavy Rotation!"
Tracklist[]
- Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション)
- Namida no Seesaw Game (涙のシーソーゲーム) (Under Girls)
- Yasai Sisters (野菜シスターズ)
- Heavy Rotation off vocal ver. (ヘビーローテーション off vocal ver.)
- Namida no Seesaw Game off vocal ver. (涙のシーソーゲーム off vocal ver.)
- Yasai Sisters off vocal ver. (野菜シスターズ off vocal ver.)
- Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション)
- Namida no Seesaw Game (涙のシーソーゲーム) (Under Girls)
- Lucky Seven (ラッキーセブン)
- Heavy Rotation off vocal ver. (ヘビーローテーション off vocal ver.)
- Namida no Seesaw Game off vocal ver. (涙のシーソーゲーム off vocal ver.)
- Lucky Seven off vocal ver. (ラッキーセブン off vocal ver.)
- Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション)
- Namida no Seesaw Game (涙のシーソーゲーム)
- Yasai Sisters (野菜シスターズ)
- Lucky Seven (ラッキーセブン)
TV Performances[]
- [2010.08.11] AKBINGO!
- [2010.08.18] AKBINGO!
- [2010.08.22] CDTV
- [2010.08.25] AKBINGO!
- [2010.09.15] AKBINGO!
- [2010.12.06] HEY! HEY! HEY! (Medley)
- [2010.12.24] Music Station Super Live 2010
- [2010.12.31] 61st Kouhaku Uta Gassen
- [2011.04.01] Music Station
- [2011.06.07] SMAPxSMAP (Medley)
- [2012.05.08] Kayou Kyoku (With Ashida Mana)
- [2012.11.23] NTV Best New Artist
- [2012.12.25] Kayou Kyoku SP (With Ashida Mana)
- [2013.01.22] Kayou Kyoku
- [2013.12.31] 63rd Kouhaku Uta Gassen
Selected Members[]
Heavy Rotation[]
★ Senbatsu (選抜) (21 Members) (Oshima Yuko Center (in italic), Media Senbatsu in bold)
- Team A: Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Minami, Nakagawa Haruka, Maeda Atsuko
- Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Ono Erena, Minegishi Minami, Miyazawa Sae
- Team B: Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Sato Amina, Miyazaki Miho, Watanabe Mayu
- Team S: Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena
Namida no SeeSaw Game[]
Undergirls (アンダーガールズ) (18 Members) (Ota Aika Center)
- Team A: Oota Aika, Katayama Haruka, Kuramochi Asuka, Matsubara Natsumi
- Team K: Umeda Ayaka, Nito Moeno, Fujie Reina, Yonezawa Rumi
- Team B: Ishida Haruka, Komori Mika, Sato Sumire, Hirajima Natsumi, Masuda Yuka
- Kenkyuusei: Shimazaki Haruka, Yamauchi Suzuran
- Team S: Oya Masana, Yagami Kumi
- Team KII: Takayanagi Akane
Yasai Sisters[]
Yasai Sisters (野菜シスターズ) (25 Members) (Maeda Atsuko Center)
- Team A: Oota Aika, Kuramochi Asuka, Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko, Maeda Ami
- Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Ono Erena, Nito Moeno, Minegishi Minami, Miyazawa Sae
- Team B: Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Komori Mika, Sato Sumire, Miyazaki Miho, Watanabe Mayu
- Team S: Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena
Lucky Seven[]
(16 Members) (Maeda Atsuko Center)
- Team A: Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko
- Team K: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Minegishi Minami, Miyazawa Sae
- Team B: Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Komori Mika, Miyazaki Miho, Watanabe Mayu
Oricon Chart Positions[]
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | 1 340,487 |
1 68,439 |
1 36,469 |
1 29,323 |
1 20,521 |
1 20,773 |
1 | 527,336 |
1 10,178 |
6 | 5 | 4 | 3 7,870 |
3 7,614 |
3 6,309 |
4 | 64,671 |
3 4,898 |
5 | 3 3,698 |
2 2,759 |
2 2,624 |
1 3,624 |
1 3,799 |
3 | 27,520 |
2 2,246 |
10 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14,842 |
4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10,550 |
8 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 8,657 |
10 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 7,660 |
8 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7,178 |
4 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8,620 |
7 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6,669 |
8 | 33 | 33 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 5,511 |
8 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 4,898 |
7 | 34 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 4,162 |
13 | 34 | 39 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 3,745 |
36 | 42 | - | 47 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 34 | 3,817 |
19 | 40 | 44 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 25 | 31 | 3,506 |
21 | 35 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 3,933 |
16 | 31 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 4,780 |
8 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8,396 |
5 | 3 945 |
2 1,161 |
2 1,417 |
2 1,299 |
2 1,511 |
3 2,275 |
3 | 9,616 |
3 2,044 |
3 1,681 |
2 2,089 |
2 1,730 |
2 1,400 |
3 1,809 |
2 1,912 |
2 | 12,901 |
2 1,909 |
6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 1,816 |
3 2,067 |
5 | 10,801 |
3 1,071 |
15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 8,594 |
4 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 7,716 |
5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 6,156 |
10 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 24 | 5,132 |
12 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 4,716 |
13 | 37 | 39 | 34 | 34 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 3,848 |
15 | 33 | 44 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 29 | 3,013 |
17 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 26 | 2,437 |
20 | 37 | 38 | 34 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 32 | 1,709 |
19 | 23 | 30 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 2,468 |
14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 2,850 |
7 | 29 | 32 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 23 | 2,855 |
14 | 27 | 32 | 28 | 27 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 2,438 |
15 | 43 | 38 | 30 | 28 | 20 | 17 | 31 | 2,162 |
13 | - | - | 44 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 39 | 2,390 |
31 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 2,548 |
27 | - | - | 45 | 41 | 32 | 26 | 41 | 1,838 |
28 | 48 | - | 46 | 42 | 36 | 32 | 41 | 1,608 |
31 | - | - | 48 | 47 | 34 | 23 | 45 | 2,374 |
23 | 43 | 45 | 36 | 47 | 33 | 33 | 39 | 2,129 |
30 | - | - | 50 | 44 | 34 | 36 | 47 | 1,710 |
33 | 50 | 49 | 44 | 43 | 41 | 45 | 45 | 1,638 |
38 | - | - | - | - | 47 | 47 | 73 | 1,208 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 79 | 989 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 84 | 852 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 86 | 718 |
46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 85 | 780 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 107 | 715 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 102 | 778 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 92 | 844 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 92 | 886 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 114 | 973 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 89 | 963 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 88 | 962 |
- | - | - | - | - | 36 | - | 80 | 909 |
47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70 | 1,025 |
44 | - | - | - | - | 50 | 50 | 73 | 881 |
30 | - | - | - | - | 47 | - | 69 | 860 |
48 | - | - | 42 | 39 | 35 | 38 | 50 | 949 |
32 | - | - | - | - | 45 | 49 | 70 | 728 |
44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 74 | 838 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 77 | 1,040 |
48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 84 | 807 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 80 | 711 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 118 | 627 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 83 | 820 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 102 | 921 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 86 | 975 |
- | - | - | - | - | 47 | - | 70 | 1,325 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 69 | 960 |
- | - | - | - | 48 | 43 | 45 | 58 | 1,266 |
36 | - | - | - | - | 49 | - | 66 | 1,197 |
45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 81 | 872 |
41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70 | 1,109 |
41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 66 | 995 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 96 | 744 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 50 | 76 | 918 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 98 | 851 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 103 | 681 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 132 | 609 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 133 | 512 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 127 | 515 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 114 | 471 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 107 | 481 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 114 | 417 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 142 | 351 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 176 | 321 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 151 | 428 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 159 | 341 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 151 | 342 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 160 | 422 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 143 | 418 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 142 | 473 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 137 | 442 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 153 | 403 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 155 | 431 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 149 | 414 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 130 | 406 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 137 | 400 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 165 | 344 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 179 | 276 |
1 week | OUT | |||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 157 | 406 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 185 | 341 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 130 | 520 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 145 | 462 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 130 | 409 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 178 | 301 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 168 | 309 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 155 | 291 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 147 | 307 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 161 | 269 |
1 week | OUT | |||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 170 | 288 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 188 | 282 |
4 weeks | OUT | |||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 198 | 320 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 169 | 346 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 184 | 321 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 150 | 355 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 182 | 242 |
50 weeks | OUT | |||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 196 | 241 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 144 | 286 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 175 | 231 |
Total Reported Sales: 881,519*
Total Sales in 2010: 713,275 (#2 single of the year)
Total Sales in 2011: 140,607 (#52 single of the year)
Total Sales in 2012: 25,295 (#281 single of the year)
Total Sales in 2013: 1,584
Total Sales in 2014: 758*
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 123
- Chart Records
- 4th consecutive single to debut at #1 in the Weekly Oricon rankings.
- First AKB48 Single to rank 1# in the Chaku-uta (tune) daily and weekly charts.
- First AKB48 Single to ship 650,000 copies (previous record being Ponytail to Shushu with 500k).
- First AKB48 Song (Heavy Rotation) to top all the Rocochoku Rankings in the same week.
- This single made AKB48 the third female artist to have to singles with over 500k of first-week sales. For female idol groups, AKB48 made history as the first ones.
- This single outsold Ponytail to Shushu's first week.
- Achievements
- Heavy Rotation - 1st Music Video to reach 100,000,000 views on YouTube
- Heavy Rotation - 1st Music Video to reach 90,000,000 views on YouTube
- Heavy Rotation - 1st Music Video to reach 80,000,000 views on YouTube
- Heavy Rotation - 1st Music Video to reach 70,000,000 views on YouTube
- Heavy Rotation - 1st Music Video to reach 60,000,000 views on YouTube
- Heavy Rotation - 1st Music Video to reach 50,000,000 views on YouTube
- Heavy Rotation - 1st Music Video to reach 40,000,000 views on YouTube
- Heavy Rotation - 1st Music Video to reach 30,000,000 views on YouTube
- Namida no SeeSaw Game - Music Video reached 2,000,000 views on YouTube
Trivia[]
- First senbatsu of Nakagawa Haruka.
- Ono Erena's last single.
- Akimoto Sayaka‘s first Senbatsu since RIVER, Sato Amina‘s first Senbatsu since Iiwake Maybe and Sashihara Rino‘s first Senbatsu since Namida Surprise! in 2009.
- Originally, Ishiguro Atsuki ranked 40th in the 2nd Senbatsu Election, making her chosen as an Undergirls. But she failed the annual Kenkyuusei Selection process. Because of this, she was not included in the coupling song Namida no SeeSaw Game.
- The Type B cover is Oshima Yuko's first ever solo cover.
- This is the third AKB48 single, after Bingo! and RIVER, to have an English name.
- Heavy Rotation charted #1 in both the Request Hour Setlist Best 100 of 2011 and 2012.
- Heavy Rotation is the most played Karaoke song in Japan.
- Along with LOVE TRIP / Shiawase wo Wakenasai, this single contains the most tie-ins. Both singles contain a total of four tie-ins.