Everyday, Kachūsha
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| Single by AKB48 | ||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Kore Kara Wonderland" "Yankee Soul" "Hito no Chikara" "Anti" | |||||||||||||
| Released | May 25, 2011 | |||||||||||||
| Format | CD Single, digital download | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||||||||||||
| Genre | J-pop | |||||||||||||
| Length | 26:19 (A-side) 28:20 (B-side) | |||||||||||||
| Label | King Records/You! Be Cool | |||||||||||||
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"Everyday, Kachūsha" (Everyday、カチューシャ) is the 21st single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48, released on May 25, 2011. "Everyday, Kachūsha" was used as the theme song for the film Moshidora, which stars AKB48 members Atsuko Maeda and Minami Minegishi, and the song "Yankee Soul" will be the title track for the television drama by TV Tokyo. It was announced that part of the proceeds from this album will be donated to help the victims of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. "Everyday, Kachūsha" sold a total of 942,475 copies on its release day alone, and it set a new sales record with sales of 1.33 million albums on its debut week.
Contributing members
"Everyday, Kachūsha"
"Korekara Wonderland"
"Yankee Soul"
"Hito no Chikara"
- Credited as "Undergirls"
"Anti"
- Credited as "Team Kenkyūsei"
Reception
"Everyday, Kachūsha" set a new sales record for singles in Japan, selling a total of 1.334 million singles on its debut week and beating the previous record set by Mr. Children in February 1996. The single is also the third million-selling single by the band AKB48, together with their previous singles "Sakura no Ki ni Narō" with sales of 1.15 million album and "Beginner" with sales of 1.07 million albums. The single also crossed the 1.5 million album sales mark, becoming the fifth single by a female group to cross that mark. It also achieved that mark at a record pace, and it also became the first single since 2005 to achieve that mark.
References
Retrieved from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyday,_Kach%C5%ABsha
