High Tension (song)

"High Tension"
Single by AKB48
from the album Thumbnail
A-side"High Tension"
B-side
  • Osae Kirenai Shoudou
  • Happy End (type A)
  • Better (type B)
  • Hoshizora o Kimi ni (type C)
  • Shishunki no Adrenaline (type D)
  • Junjō Tired (type E)
  • Mata Anata no Koto o Kangaeteta (theater edition)
ReleasedNovember 16, 2016 (2016-11-16)
Genre
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)
  • Satori Shiraishi (music)
  • Hiroshi Sasaki (arrangement)
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"Love Trip / Shiawase wo Wakenasai"
(2016) 		"High Tension"
(2016) 		"Shoot Sign"
(2017)
Music video
High Tension on YouTube

High Tension (ハイテンション, Hai Tenshon) is the 46th single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released on November 16, 2016 (2016-11-16) through You, Be Cool!/King Records.[1] This is the final single appearance of Haruka Shimazaki, who left the group shortly after the release. The single's choreography is also centered by Shimazaki.[2][3] The title song is used as the theme song of their drama Cabasuka Gakuen premiered on October 30, 2016[4] and was used for one of the team battles during Produce 48's group battle stage.

The single's title is an example of Wasei-eigo and refers to a state of high excitement instead of any of the usual meanings of "tension" in English.

  1. ^ ハイテンション(Type A) AKB48 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  2. ^ "AKB48 reveal colorful jacket covers for Shimazaki Haruka's last single". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  3. ^ AKB48島崎遥香"イメージ真逆"のラストシングル「こんな姿を見せるのは初めて」 (in Japanese). modelpress. 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  4. ^ MUSIC｜キャバすか学園｜日本テレビ (in Japanese). Nippon Television Network Corporation. Retrieved 2016-10-30.