Negaigoto no Mochigusare

"Negaigoto no Mochigusare"
Single by AKB48
from the album Bokutachi wa, Ano Hi no Yoake wo Shitteiru
A-side"Negaigoto no Mochigusare"
ReleasedMay 31, 2017 (2017-05-31)
Genre
Length3:05
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)
  • Shiori Uchiyama (music)
  • Junko Yokoyama (arrangement)
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"Shoot Sign"
(2017) 		"Negaigoto no Mochigusare"
(2017) 		"#sukinanda"
(2017)
Music video
"Negaigoto no Mochigusare" on YouTube

Negaigoto no Mochigusare (願いごとの持ち腐れ, "Useless Wish") is the 48th single by AKB48,[1] released on May 31, 2017.[2] The title song was first performed live on NCON, a traditional school choir contest promoted by NHK, and later on other shows Minna no Uta and AKB48 Show where this song made their its TV appearances.

The single was number-one on the Oricon weekly Singles Chart, with 1,305,747 copies sold,[3] and was also number-one the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[4]

  1. ^ "Details on AKB48's 48th single revealed". Tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. April 20, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  2. ^ "AKB48 announces 9th Senbatsu Sousenkyo and 48th Single". JPopAsia.
  3. ^ "Oricon Weekly Charts for 5/29 ~ 6/4". Tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2017/6/12". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved June 14, 2017.