AKB48 25th Single [GIVE ME FIVE!] Tracklist + Lineup

KING RECORDS revealed today the tracklist and member lineup for AKB48's upcoming single [GIVE ME FIVE!]. The single will release on February 15th.

http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/t/t2244/

Senbatsu - Give Me Five
Team A: Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko
Team K: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Minegishi Minami, Miyazawa Sae, Yokoyama Yui
Team B: Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Watanabe Mayu
SKE48 Team S: Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena
NMB48 Team N: Yamamoto Sayaka

There has been absolutely no change of Senbatsu members, it's exactly the same as in Kaze wa Fuiteiru. Which is so boring so I'm not gonna talk much about it. Well at least the song isn't a ballad, though I actually prefer a ballad to this...

GIVE ME FIVE will be used as the theme song for the Apaman Shop CM and the Docomo Gakuwari CM. 

Oh and on the KING RECORDS site they didn't use the word "senbatsu" like they normally do and changed it to "All stars". Does this mean that SKE is there to stay in AKB singles? Even before I got into AKB, the fans were bitching about Jurina and Rena taking up senbatsu spots, claiming that SKE can hold their own now without AKB's help. Which is true looking at their current sales. SKE can already sell half a million copies.



Senbatsu isn't the only thing which got changed, The Undergirls have also been given an upgrade and are now called the Special Girls. Which I personally feel is worse than Undergirls. The Undergirls sounds like an insult, but Special Girls just feels like a big handicap. It's like "I pity this group, so here are some senbatsu members for you". Which then becomes unfair because the Senbatsu girls will get all the screentime in the PV.

There will be 2 Special Girls for this single, A and B, each with their own share of Senbatsu members. Special Girls A will include the first HKT and JKT members in an AKB single, Kodama Haruka and Melody Nurramdhani Laksani respectively. A lot of fans seem to be upset about JKT's inclusion in AKB singles. I personally don't have any issue with this and don't see what the fuss is about. You can see the full member lineup at the bottom of the post.

Oh yeah and fans are shortening Special Girls A/B to SG-A/B. Which irritates me because I think of SUPER☆GiRLS (shortened to S☆G) instead when i see SG

The final and probably the most drastic change in this single comes from Selection 6. Adopted from SKE48's Selection 8, it is made up of Sasshi, Marikosama, Takamina, Acchan, Tomochin and Yuko. I'm guessing this is the new Kami7? But where is Mayuyu and Yukirin? How did Sasshi get past those two? Why the loss of a member in the first place? It's just weird.

Before 2011, both Aki-P and Togasaki mentioned that 2012 will be a year of reform. Is this part of the reform? I'm not sure what to think about it. I'm not angry with it, instead I'm just confused.


AKB48 25th Single
GIVE ME FIVE!
15 February 2012

TYPE A cover 1,600yen	[CD] 01. GIVE ME FIVE! 02. Sweet & Bitter (Selection 6) 03. NEW SHIP (Special Girls A) 04. GIVE ME FIVE!  off vocal ver. 05. Sweet & Bitter  off vocal ver. 06. NEW SHIP  off vocal ver. [DVD] 01. GIVE ME FIVE!  Music Video 02. Sweet & Bitter  Music Video 03. NEW SHIP  Music Video 04. GIVE ME FIVE!  Making part 1 05. Beautiful MIX Lecture
TYPE B cover 1,600yen	[CD] 01. GIVE ME FIVE! 02. Sweet & Bitter (Selection 6) 03. Hitsujikai no Tabi (Special Girls B) 04. GIVE ME FIVE!  off vocal ver. 05. Sweet & Bitter  off vocal ver. 06. Hitsujikai no Tabi  off vocal ver [DVD] 01. GIVE ME FIVE!  Music Video 02. Sweet & Bitter  Music Video 03. Hitsujikai no Tabi  Music Video 04. GIVE ME FIVE!  Making part 2 05. Beautiful Overture & Encore Lecture

Senbatsu - GIVE ME FIVE!
Team A: Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko
Team K: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Minegishi Minami, Miyazawa Sae, Yokoyama Yui
Team B: Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Watanabe Mayu
SKE48 Team S: Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena
NMB48 Team N: Yamamoto Sayaka

Selection 6 - Sweet & Bitter (スイート＆ビター)
Team A: Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko
Team K: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko

Special Girls A - NEW SHIP
Team B: Sato Sumire
Team 4: Ichikawa Miori, Iriyama Anna, Shimazaki Haruka, Yamauchi Suzuran
Kenkyuusei: Iwata Karen, Kato Rena, Kawaei Rina, Takahashi Juri, Tano Yuka
SKE48 Team S: Kizaki Yuria, Matsui Jurina
SKE48 Team E: Kimoto Kanon
NMB48 Team N: Watanabe Miyuki
HKT48: Kodama Haruka
JKT48: Melody Nurramdhani Laksani

Special Girls B - Hitsujikai no Tabi (羊飼いの旅)
Team A: Iwasa Misaki, Ota Aika, Katayama Haruka, Kuramochi Asuka, Kojima Haruna, Takajo Aki
Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Umeda Ayaka, Kikuchi Ayaka, Fujie Reina, Matsui Sakiko, Minegishi Minami, Miyazawa Sae, Yokoyama Yui
Team B: Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Sato Amina, Masuda Yuka, Watanabe Mayu
Team 4: Shimada Haruka, Nagao Mariya
SKE48 Team S: Matsui Rena
SKE48 Team KII: Takayanagi Akane