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Ponytail to Shushu (ポニーテールとシュシュ; Ponytail and Scrunchie?) is the 16th major single (18th overall) released by AKB48. It was released in three versions: a type A and B that came with a DVD, and a theater version. The single come with the code for the senbatsu election for the next single, Heavy Rotation.
Tracklist
- CD
- Ponytail to Shushu (ポニーテールとシュシュ)
- Nusumareta Kuchibiru (盗まれた唇) (Undergirls)
- Boku no YELL (僕のYELL) (Theater Girls)
- Ponytail to Shushu (off vocal ver.)
- Nusumareta Kuchibiru (off vocal ver.)
- Boku no YELL (off vocal ver.)
- DVD
- Ponytail to Shushu Music Clip
- Nusumareta Kuchibiru Music Clip
- Boku no YELL Music Clip
- CD
- Ponytail to Shushu (ポニーテールとシュシュ)
- Nusumareta Kuchibiru (盗まれた唇) (Undergirls)
- Majijo Teppen Blues (マジジョテッペンブルース)
- Ponytail to Shushu (off vocal ver.)
- Nusumareta Kuchibiru (off vocal ver.)
- Majijo Teppen Blues (off vocal ver.)
- DVD
- Ponytail to Shushu Music Clip
- Nusumareta Kuchibiru Music Clip
- Majijo Teppen Blues Music Clip
- Ponytail to Shushu (ポニーテールとシュシュ)
- Nusumareta Kuchibiru (盗まれた唇) (Undergirls)
- Boku no YELL (僕のYELL) (Theater Girls)
- Majijo Teppen Blues (マジジョテッペンブルース)
TV Performances
- [2010.05.19] AKBINGO!
- [2010.05.26] AKBINGO!
- [2010.05.28] Happy Music
- [2010.05.28] Music Station
- [2010.05.29] CDTV
- [2010.06.02] AKBINGO!
- [2010.12.06] HEY! HEY! HEY! (Medley)
- [2010.12.24] Music Station Super Live 2010
- [2012.12.21] Music Station Super Live 2012
Selected Members
Ponytail to Shushu
- ★ Senbatsu (選抜) (16 Members, Maeda Atsuko and Takahashi Minami Centers)
Nusumareta Kuchibiru
Undergirls (16 Members) (Maeda Ami and Matsui Rena Centers)
- Team A: Iwasa Misaki, Oota Aika, Katayama Haruka, Kuramochi Asuka, Sashihara Rino, Maeda Ami
- Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Kikuchi Ayaka, Nito Moeno, Fujie Reina
- Team B: Oku Manami, Komori Mika, Sato Amina, Sato Sumire
- Team S: Matsui Rena, Yagami Kumi
Boku no YELL
Theater Girls (34 Members) (Nakagawa Haruka Center)
- Team A: Ooya Shizuka, Nakagawa Haruka, Nakata Chisato, Nakaya Sayaka, Matsubara Natsumi
- Team K: Uchida Mayumi, Umeda Ayaka, Tanabe Miku, Nakatsuka Tomomi, Nonaka Misato, Matsui Sakiko, Yonezawa Rumi
- Team B: Ishida Haruka, Kobayashi Kana, Sato Natsuki, Suzuki Mariya, Chikano Rina, Hirajima Natsumi, Masuda Yuka
Majijo Teppen Blues
- Team A: Oota Aika, Kuramochi Asuka, Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko
- Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Ono Erena, Nito Moeno, Miyazawa Sae
- Team B: Oku Manami, Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Komori Mika, Miyazaki Miho, Watanabe Mayu
- Team S: Matsui Rena, Matsui Jurina
- SDN48: Nachu
Oricon Chart Positions
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | 1 354,403 |
1 49,477 |
1 28,671 |
1 27,112 |
1 23,418 |
1 18,560 |
1 | 513,453 |
1 8,311 |
4 | 4 | 3 5,705 |
3 4,236 |
2 5,459 |
2 5,941 |
3 | 46,279 |
1 3,754 |
11 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17,284 |
3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10,465 |
6 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 7,503 |
7 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 5,154 |
8 | 31 | 34 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 4,288 |
12 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 4,096 |
10 | 23 | 32 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 22 | 4,260 |
6 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 20 | 30 | 3,821 |
16 | 43 | 44 | 38 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 34 | 2,478 |
23 | 50 | 45 | 35 | 31 | 26 | 25 | 37 | 2,937 |
25 | 34 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 28 | 4,113 |
13 | 37 | 39 | 31 | 29 | 24 | 30 | 31 | 3,980 |
20 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 3,515 |
20 | 40 | 37 | 37 | 34 | 30 | 27 | 31 | 2,506 |
17 | 39 | 40 | 45 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 2,083 |
24 | 45 | - | 36 | 36 | 28 | 26 | 39 | 2,064 |
28 | 39 | - | 36 | 39 | 29 | 29 | 39 | 1,680 |
27 | - | - | 48 | 46 | 32 | 27 | 51 | 1,585 |
21 | 40 | 41 | 39 | 37 | 29 | 29 | 36 | 1,954 |
21 | - | 49 | 44 | 46 | 31 | 30 | 44 | 1,646 |
26 | - | - | - | 45 | 41 | 31 | 52 | 2,025 |
27 | 46 | 43 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 39 | 43 | 1,896 |
33 | - | - | - | 49 | 40 | 41 | 58 | 1,650 |
29 | - | - | - | - | 46 | 46 | 58 | 1,526 |
- | - | - | - | - | 50 | 41 | 71 | 1,819 |
37 | - | - | - | - | 44 | 41 | 57 | 1,808 |
33 | 50 | 48 | 50 | 46 | 35 | 40 | 47 | 2,091 |
31 | 45 | 47 | 45 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 38 | 2,321 |
27 | 35 | 34 | 26 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 25 | 3,508 |
11 | x | x | x | x | x | x | 9 | 5,276 |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 6 | 7,800 |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 9 | 6,453 |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 14 | 5,402 |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 22 | 4,607 |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 21 | 3,689 |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 41 | 2,944 |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 30 | 2,808 |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 37 | 1,820 |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 41 | 1,315 |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 41 | 1,678 |
Total Reported Sales: 782,965*
Total Sales in 2010: 659,959
Total Sales in 2011: 123,006*
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 45 (still charting)
- Achievements
- 3rd consecutive single to debut at #1 in the Weekly Oricon rankings.
- Ponytail to Shushu placed as #5 in the Oricon Yearly Single Ranking for 2010.
- Ponytail no Shushu - 2nd Music Video to reach 50,000,000 views on YouTube
- Ponytail no Shushu - 2nd Music Video to reach 40,000,000 views on YouTube
- Ponytail no Shushu - 2nd Music Video to reach 30,000,000 views on YouTube
Trivia
- The music video and CD covers of Ponytail to Shushu were shot in Guam.
- First Senbatsu of Takajo Aki.
- All the AKB48 members, as well as one SDN48 member and three SKE48 members, participated in the single.
- Boku no YELL was the first original song by the unit Theater Girls featured on a single.
- This is also the only song to feature 8th Generation Members.
- This was the first time an SDN48 member was took part in an AKB48 song.
- After Sakura no Shiori, this was the second single with two regular editions.
- Like Sakura no Shiori, the covers featured only a few senbatsu members in each of them. However, the cover of the Theater Edition had a picture of all the senbatsu members. All the covers of Sakura no Shiori only featured three members.