Kimi wa Melody

"Kimi wa Melody"
Type-C Limited Cover
Single by AKB48
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A-side"Kimi wa Melody"
B-side
  • "LALALA Message"
  • "Shigamitsuita Seishun" (Type A)
  • "Gonna Jump" (Type B)
  • "Make Noise" (Type C)
  • "Max Toki 315go" (Type D)
  • "Mazariau Mono" (Type E)
  • "M.T. ni Sasagu" (Theater)
ReleasedMarch 9, 2016 (2016-03-09)
Recorded2015–16
GenreJ-pop
Length4:43
Label
Songwriter(s)Title Track
Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto
Music: you-me
Arrangement: Yuuichi Nonaka
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby"
(2015) 		"Kimi wa Melody"
(2016) 		"Tsubasa wa Iranai"
(2016)
Music videos
"Kimi wa Melody" (君はメロディー) on YouTube
"LALALA Message" (LALALAメッセージ) on YouTube
"Gonna Jump" (Short ver.) on YouTube
"Shigamitsuita Seishun" (しがみついた青春) Short ver. on YouTube
"Make noise" (Short ver.) on YouTube
"Max Toki 315go" (Maxとき315号) Short ver. on YouTube
"混ざり合うもの" (Mazariau Mono) on YouTube

"Kimi wa Melody" (君はメロディー, Kimi wa Merodī, You Are a Melody) is the 43rd single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It marks the 10th annual anniversary of the group, and was released in Japan on March 9, 2016.[1] It sold 1,133,179 copies on release day, topping the weekly sales of the previous single. This makes it the 30th single to reach 1st place in the Oricon Single Charts, and the 24th single to sell over a million copies in a week.[2]

The main song from this single, Kimi wa Melody has been redone in Bahasa Indonesia by JKT48 and in Thai by BNK48 in 2018, and in Filipino by MNL48 in 2019.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "AKB48 Releases Colorful "Kimi wa Melody" Short PV". ARAMA! JAPAN. February 12, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  2. ^ "On top, once again, with Kimi wa Melody". Blasting News (Brasil). Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "JKT48 Kimi wa Melody line up". JKT48 Kimi wa Melody Special Page (in Indonesian).
  4. ^ "เธอคือเมโลดี้ ซิงเกิ้ลที่ 4 ของ BNK48 ยอดสั่งจองซีดีจำนวน 340,000 แผ่น". โดดเด่นดอทคอม (in Thai). September 7, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  5. ^ "MNL48 announce 4th single "Ikaw ang Melody", Tease new music video". MNL48 News and Updates. Retrieved June 25, 2020.