Suzukake Nanchara


"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de 'Kimi no Hohoemi o Yume ni Miru' to Itte Shimattara Bokutachi no Kankei wa Dō Kawatte Shimau no ka, Bokunari ni Nannichi ka Kangaeta Ue de no Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono" – also commonly abridged/known as "Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru" or "Suzukake Nanchara" – is the 34th single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on December 11, 2013.
The single placed fourth on the Japanese Oricon year-end chart for 2014, with 1,086,491 copies sold in Japan as of December 20, 2014.

Title

The Japanese title of the single is 76 characters long. Due to the length of the title, its name was orally shortened to "Suzukake Nanchara" at the group's performance at the NHK Hall, aired on their weekly show on NHK and in other instances to "Suzukake no Ki no Michi de ... Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono".

Composition and recording

The track was composed by Tetsurō Oda. The 16 members to participate in the recording of the title track were selected in a rock–paper–scissors tournament, held among the members of AKB48 and its sister groups on September 18, 2013, at Nippon Budokan.

Release and reception

The song was premiered live at the Best Hit Song Festival 2013 on November 21, 2013. The single was released on 11 December 2013 in five versions: Type A, Type S, Type N, Type H, and a "theater edition".
According to Oricon, in the first week of release the single sold 1,033,336 copies in Japan, which placed it first on the Oricon Weekly CD Singles chart. The single placed fourth on the Oricon year-end chart for 2014, with 1,086,491 copies sold in the country as of December 20. In 2015, the song placed 1st at the Request Hour Setlist 1035, a series of concerts held in Tokyo Dome City Hall between January 21 and 25 of that year.

Track listings

The CD tracks 1–2, 4–5 and the DVD tracks 1–3 are the same for all editions. The Theater Edition does not include a DVD.

Personnel

Suzukake no Ki no Michi de ... Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono

The members who are participated in the recording were determined by the 2013 AKB48 Rock-paper-scissors Tournament. Each participant is listed with her placement result.
Center: Jurina Matsui

Mosh & Dive

Source: King Records

Party is over

Sung by AKB48.
Center: Nana Owada

Escape

Sung by SKE48.
Center: Mizuho Yamada

Kimi to Deatte Boku wa Kawatta

Sung by NMB48.
The center for this song was Nagisa Shibuya.

Wink wa Sankai

Sung by HKT48
Center: Nako Yabuki