Labrador Retriever (song)

"Labrador Retriever"
Type-A Regular Edition Cover
Single by AKB48
from the album Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!
B-side
  • "Kyō made no Melody"
  • "Itoshiki Rival"
  • "B Garden"
  • "Heart no Dasshutsu Game"
  • "Futari wa Dekiteru"
ReleasedMay 21, 2014 (2014-05-21)
GenreJ-pop
Length4:55
LabelYou, Be Cool! / King
Songwriter(s)Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"Mae shika Mukanee"
(2014)
"Labrador Retriever"
(2014)
"Kokoro no Placard"
(2014)
Music video
AKB48 "Labrador Retriever" on YouTube

"Labrador Retriever" (ラブラドール・レトリバー, Raburadōru Retoribā) is the 36th single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on May 21, 2014 by King Records. This single was first performed at AKB48's concert in the National Olympic Stadium on March 29.[1] It was the best-selling single of the year in Japan, with 1,786,825 copies.[2]

  1. ^ "AKB48 36thシングル発表でセンターはまゆゆ渡辺麻友!大島優子卒業楽曲も収録に". 芸能ニュースラウンジ. 2014-03-29. Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
  2. ^ "2014年 年間音楽&映像ランキング発表 2ページ目". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. 2014-12-20. Archived from the original on 2014-12-23.