Tsubasa wa Iranai

"Tsubasa wa Iranai"
Single by AKB48
from the album Thumbnail
A-side"Tsubasa wa Iranai"
B-side
  • "Set Me Free" (Type A, Type B)
  • "Koi o Suru to Baka o Miru" (Type A)
  • "Kangaeru Hito" (Type B)
  • "Aishū no Trumpeter" (Type C, Theater Edition)
  • "Yume e no Route" (Type C)
  • "Kimi wa Doko ni Iru?" (Theater Edition)
ReleasedJune 1, 2016 (2016-06-01)
Genre
Length4:35
Label
Songwriter(s)Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"Kimi wa Melody"
(2016) 		"Tsubasa wa Iranai"
(2016) 		"LOVE TRIP / Shiawase wo Wakenasai"
(2016)
Music video
"Tsubasa wa Iranai" on YouTube

"Tsubasa wa Iranai" (翼はいらない, "Wings Aren't Needed") is the 44th single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on June 1, 2016. It was number-one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart with 1,441,000 copies sold.[1] The song also reached number-one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[2] It was the best-selling single of 2016 in Japan, with 2.507 million copies according to Billboard Japan[3] and 1,519,387 copies according to Oricon.[4]

  1. ^ "【オリコン】AKB48、25作連続&通算26作ミリオン 前人未到の記録更新" (in Japanese). Oricon. June 7, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2016/6/13". Billboard (in Japanese). Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  3. ^ "【ビルボードジャパン年間チャート 2016】様々な話題があった2016年の音楽シーンをチャートで振り返る". billboard-japan.com (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  4. ^ "Oricon unveils their Yearly Sales Rankings for 2016". Arama! Japan. 24 December 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2016.