Heavy Rotation (song)

"Heavy Rotation"
"Heavy Rotation"
	Type A cover, featuring Yuko Oshima, Atsuko Maeda and Mariko Shinoda.
Single by AKB48
from the album Koko ni Ita Koto
B-side	"Namida no Sea-Saw Game"; "Yasai Sisters"; "Lucky Seven";
Released	August 18, 2010
Genre	J-pop; pop rock;
Length	4:43
Label	You, Be Cool! / King
Songwriter(s)	Yasushi Akimoto, Yō Yamazaki
Producer(s)	Yūsuke Tanaka
AKB48 singles chronology
Music videos
	"Heavy Rotation" on YouTube
	"Namida no Seesaw Game" on YouTube
	"Yasai Sisters" on YouTube
	"Lucky Seven" on YouTube

"Heavy Rotation" (ヘビーローテーション, Hebī Rōtēshon) is Japanese idol group AKB48's 17th single, released on August 18, 2010.^[1] The video was directed by photographer and movie producer Mika Ninagawa. The title song of this single, widely known as HR, was a huge karaoke hit and led the respective JOYSOUND charts for 43 weeks.^[2]

As of August 2024, the song has been covered in Indonesian by JKT48, in Mandarin by three different groups SNH48, AKB48 Team SH and AKB48 Team TP, in Tagalog by MNL48, in Vietnamese by SGO48, in Thai by BNK48, and in Malay by KLP48.

^ "AKB48 KING RECORDS official website" １７ｔｈシングル『ヘビーローテーション』８月１８日発売！！ (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
^ 【オリコン】AKB48、カラオケでも新記録樹立「ヘビロテ」が43週連続1位 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2017-01-25.

[prof-1] "AKB48 KING RECORDS official website" １７ｔｈシングル『ヘビーローテーション』８月１８日発売！！ (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2010-09-20.

[karaoke-2] 【オリコン】AKB48、カラオケでも新記録樹立「ヘビロテ」が43週連続1位 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2017-01-25.

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