is the 10th major single by the Japanese idol group AKB48, the 12th overall and the first on King Records, released on October 22, 2008. It was the first single for Jurina Matsui from SKE48 and also the first AKB48's single to feature a member of the sister group. It reached number 3 in the Oricon weekly singles chart.
Release
The single was released in two versions, CD+DVD both: (catalog number KIZM-23/4) and (catalog number NKZM-1001/2). This song is also used as the theme song for the AKB48 unit, no3b's drama, "Mendol ~Ikemen Idol~".
Track listing
Regular edition
DVD
Bonus (First press only)
- Handshake event ticket (Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Fukuoka)
- Another jacket (19 kinds, all selected members except Jurina Matsui)
Theater Edition
CD
DVD
Bonus (First press only)
- Handshake event ticket (AKB48 Theater, SUNSHINE STUDIO)
- One photo (of 90 different kinds: Team A, K, B, Kenkyusei, SKE48)
Selected members
It was the first selection for Rie Kitahara, Miho Miyazaki, Rino Sashihara, Jurina Matsui. While Rina Nakanishi, Ayaka Umeda, Megumi Ohori, who participated in "Baby! Baby! Baby!", didn't make the selection this time.
(Team affiliation at the time of the release.)
Center : Jurina Matsui.
- Team A: Tomomi Itano, Mai Ã
Âshima, Nozomi Kawasaki, Rie Kitahara, Haruna Kojima, Yukari SatÃ
Â, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda, Minami Minegishi, Miho Miyazaki
- Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, YÃ
«ko Ã
Âshima, Erena Ono, Tomomi Kasai, Sae Miyazawa
- Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Rino Sashihara, Mayu Watanabe
- SKE48: Jurina Matsui
Charts
<small><nowiki>*</nowiki>charted in 2010.</small>
Sales and certifications
Other versions
- The Thai idol group BNK48, a sister group of AKB48, covered the song and named it "Ko Chop Hai Ru Wa Chop" (; ; "I Like You, So I Let You Know That I Like You"). First performed on 2 June 2017 at the group's debut event in Bangkok, the song was included on the group's debut single, "Aitakatta â Yak Cha Dai Phop Thoe", officially released on 8 August 2017.
- On June 1, 2022, Spy, a shuffle unit of WACK featuring Yuki Kashiwagi released a cover of the song as a B-side on their single .
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