Aitakatta

"Aitakatta"
Single by AKB48
from the album Set List: Greatest Songs 2006–2007
B-side"Dakedo..."
Released25 October 2006
(18 years ago)
 (2006-10-25)
GenrePop
Length17:00
LabelDefstar
Songwriter(s)Yasushi Akimoto, BOUNCEBACK, Michihiko Ōta
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"Skirt, Hirari"
(2006)
"Aitakatta"
(2006)
"Seifuku ga Jama o Suru"
(2007)

"Aitakatta" (会いたかった, "I Missed You") is Japanese idol group AKB48's third single, and the first major single released through DefSTAR Records, on 25 October 2006.[1]

Regarded as the signature song of AKB48, the song has continued to be AKB48's most recognizable tune among the public.[2] It was also the theme song for the AKB48 TV show AKBingo! until 2016.[2]

  1. ^ "AKB48公式サイト|ディスコグラフィー" (in Japanese). AKS. Archived from the original on 22 April 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b "AITAKATTA AKB48's own anthem". supermerlion. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2011.