Mae shika Mukanee

"Mae shika Mukanee"
Type-A Limited Edition Cover
Single by AKB48
from the album Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2014 (2014-02-26)
GenreJ-pop
Length4:17
LabelYou, Be Cool! / King
Songwriter(s)Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de...Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"
(2013)
"Mae shika Mukanee"
(2014)
"Labrador Retriever"
(2014)
Music video
AKB48 "Mae shika Mukanee" on YouTube

"Mae shika Mukanee" (前しか向かねえ, "I Only Look Forward") is the 35th single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on February 26, 2014, by King Records. This single was first performed at AKB48's "AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 200 2014" concert. This is Yuko Oshima's last senbatsu participation in AKB48. The single reached number one on Oricon and Billboard's weekly charts,[1][2] and placed third overall in Oricon's year-end chart with 1,153,906 copies.[3]

  1. ^ "【オリコン】AKB大島卒業曲で総売上3000万枚突破 女性グループ初の快挙". 2014-03-04. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  2. ^ "AKB48「前しか向かねえ」フィジカルで大差を付けて首位獲得". Billboard Japan. 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
  3. ^ "2014年 年間音楽&映像ランキング発表 2ページ目". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. 2014-12-20. Archived from the original on 2014-12-23.