| Romance, Irane | |
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| Released: | January 23, 2008 |
| Genre: | J-Pop |
| Format: | CD Single, CD+DVD |
| Label | DefSTAR Records |
| Producer | Akimoto Yasushi |
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| AKB48 Singles Chronology | |
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Romance, Irane (ロマンス、イラネ) is AKB48's seventh single. It was released in three different versions: a limited edition type A with a DVD, a limited edition type B and a regular edition. This single reached #6 on the Oricon charts, charted for five weeks and sold 23,209 copies.
Tracklist[]
CD[]
- Romance, Irane (ロマンス、イラネ)
- Ai no Moufu (愛の毛布)
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- (Reg/Lim. A) Romance, Irane (Instrumental)
- (Lim. B) Romance, Irane (Himawari 2.0 Mix) (ひまわり 2.0 Mix)
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- (Reg/Lim. A) Ai no Moufu (Instrumental)
- (Lim. B) Romance, Irane (Himawari 2.1 Mix) (ひまわり 2.1 Mix)
- (Lim. B) Romance, Irane (Instrumental)
- (Lim. B) Ai no Moufu (Instrumental)
DVD (Lim. A)[]
- Romance, Irane (PV)
- Making of
Selected Members[]
"Romance, Irane"[]
★ Senbatsu (選抜) (16 Members) (Kojima Haruna & Maeda Atsuko Centers (in italic), Front members in bold)
- Team A: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Mai, Kojima Haruna, Sato Yukari, Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Tojima Hana, Maeda Atsuko, Minegishi Minami
- Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Oshima Yuko, Ono Erena, Kasai Tomomi, Miyazawa Sae
- Team B: Kikuchi Ayaka, Watanabe Mayu
"Ai no Moufu"[]
(16 Members)
- Team A: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Mai, Kojima Haruna, Sato Yukari, Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko, Minegishi Minami
- Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Oshima Yuko, Ono Erena, Kasai Tomomi, Sato Natsuki, Noro Kayo, Masuda Yuka, Miyazawa Sae
"Romance, Irane (Himawari 2.0 Mix)"[]
(16 Members)
- Team A: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Mai, Kojima Haruna, Sato Yukari, Takahashi Minami, Narita Risa
- Team K: Ohori Megumi, Oku Manami, Kasai Tomomi, Sato Natsuki, Hayano Kaoru, Masuda Yuka, Matsubara Natsumi
- Kenkyuusei: Sato Amina, Naruse Risa, Fujie Reina
"Romance, Irane (Himawari 2.1 Mix)"[]
(16 Members)
- Team A: Oe Tomomi, Kawasaki Nozomi, Komatani Hitomi, Shinoda Mariko, Tojima Hana, Nakanishi Rina, Maeda Atsuko, Minegishi Minami
- Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Oshima Yuko, Ono Erena, Kobayashi Kana, Noro Kayo, Miyazawa Sae
- Kenkyuusei: Kuramochi Asuka, Nakata Chisato
Sales Information[]
- Oricon Chart-Run
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -- | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19,303 |
| 25 | 22 | 46 | 50 | 41 | -- | 50 | 41 | 2,105 |
| ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | 111 | 823 |
| ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | 135 | 576 |
| ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | 172 | 402 |
Total Reported Sales: *23,209
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 5
Trivia[]
- In this single, both Romance, Irane and Ai no Moufu are originally sung as songs in HG2.
- The A-side of the single was used as the ending theme song for TBS variety show "Akko ni Omakase!".
- Despite not being in the senbatsu of the single, Sato Natsuki and Noro Kayo made an appearance in the PV. They also were in the making clip included in the Limited Edition A-Type.
- Sato and Noro were known as a comedian duo called Nacchinon (なちのん?). The two of them often did MCs at AKB48 concerts, and were active from 2007 to 2008.
- Sato Natsuki and Noro Kayo did the narration for the CM of the single.