River (AKB48 song)

"River"
Regular Edition cover
Single by AKB48
from the album Kamikyokutachi
B-sideKimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara"
"Hikōkigumo (Theater Girls Ver.)
ReleasedOctober 21, 2009 (2009-10-21) (Japan)
October 26, 2024 (2024-10-26) (India)
GenreJ-pop
LabelYou, Be Cool! / King
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"Iiwake Maybe"
(2009)
"River"
(2009)
"Sakura no Shiori"
(2010)
Music videos
River on YouTube
Kimi no Koto Suki Dakara on YouTube
Hikōkigumo (Theater Girls Ver.) on YouTube
Alternative cover

"River" is the 14th major single by the Japanese idol group AKB48, released on 21 October 2009.[1][2][3] It was the first AKB48 single to top the Oricon weekly singles chart,[4][5] having sold 179,000 copies in its first week.[6] Thus it became the group's best selling single, beating "Namida Surprise!", which by then had sold 144,000 copies in 18 weeks.[6]

  1. ^ "AKB48 14th Maxi Single 発売決定!". AKB48 (in Japanese). September 3, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  2. ^ "KING RECORDS OFFICIAL SITE RIVER(通常盤) 音楽" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  3. ^ "AKB48「AKB48も楽曲も進化する!!新たなスタートへ」-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. October 21, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  4. ^ "RIVER AKB48のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  5. ^ "No stopping the AKB48 juggernaut". The Yomiuri Shimbun/Asia News Network (in Japanese). Singapore Press Holdings Ltd . Co. June 25, 2011. Archived from the original on June 30, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  6. ^ a b "AKB48初のシングル首位、17.9万枚で09年女性アーティスト初動売上トップに" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. October 27, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2011.