Girls' Rule

This article is about the Japanese language song. For 1993 "Girls Rule" Newsweek cover, see Brandi Chastain. For 2006 children's novel, see Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
"Girls Rule"
Type-C cover
Single by Nogizaka46
from the album Tōmei na Iro
B-side
  • "Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover"
  • "Kōmori yo" (Type-A)
  • "Senpūki" (Type-B)
  • "Hoka no Hoshi Kara" (Type-C)
  • "Ningen toiu Gakki" (Regular)
ReleasedJuly 3, 2013 (2013-07-03)
GenreJ-pop
LabelN46Div.
Songwriter(s)
  • Kōji Gotō
  • Mineaki Kawahara
  • Kidayo Kanetsu
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
Nogizaka46 singles chronology
"Kimi no Na wa Kibō"
(2013) 		"Girls Rule"
(2013) 		"Barrette"
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rolling Stone Japan[1]

"Girls' Rule" (Japanese: ガールズルール, Hepburn: Gāruzurūru) is the sixth single by the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. It reached the number one slot on the Oricon Singles Chart.[2] It also reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[3] It was the 13th best-selling single in Japan in 2013, with 452,310 copies.[4] The coupling song "Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover" was used as a featured song for NTV's night drama Bad Boys J and its live action film.[5]

  1. ^ Rolling Stone Japan Edition review
  2. ^ "2013年07月01日～2013年07月07日のCDシングル週間ランキング（2013年07月15日付）". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). Oricon ME. 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2013/07/15". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Single Top 100". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. December 15, 2013. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  5. ^ 乃木坂・松村沙友理が"ワル"な告白 メンバーはドン引き (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2016-09-11.