Teacher Teacher

"Teacher Teacher"
Single by AKB48
B-side
  • "Romantic Junbichuu"
  • "Shuuden no Yoru"
  • "Atarashii Chime"
  • "Neko Allergy"
  • "Hachinosu Dance"
Released May 30, 2018 (2018-05-30)
Format
Genre
Length 4:29
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Yasushi Akimoto
  • Yuto Hinata
  • Hirotaka Hayakawa
  • Belex
Producer(s) Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"Jabaja"
(2018)		 "Teacher Teacher"
(2018)		 "Sentimental Train"
(2018)

"Teacher Teacher"' is the 52nd single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan by King Records on May 30, 2018. The single features Yui Oguri as the center performer.

Background and release

On March 19, 2018, it was announced that the 2018 "election single" will be released on May 30 and will feature Yui Oguri in the center position. For the first time the group enlisted a non-Japanese choreographer, Park Jun Hee, who worked with Korean acts such as Shinhwa, PSY and GFriend.[1]

The single was released on May 30, 2018.[2] The song was certified triple million, making AKB48 the first girl group to achieve it and only the third act.

Promotion

The single was first performed on April 1, 2018, for their first solo concert in two years at the Saitama Super Arena. The song was performed as part of the encore of the concert.[1]

Commercial performance

Teacher Teacher debuted atop the Oricon Singles Chart and atop Billboard Japan's Hot 100.[3][4]

The single placed atop the Oricon Singles Chart for the month of May 2018 with 1,661,038 physical copies sold in its first day.[5] In June the single fell to number 3 with 153,29 additional copies sold.[6]

On July 12, the RIAJ certified Teacher Teacher as a triple million, making AKB48 the first girl group to achieve it. It's also the only third act behind Kentarō Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori, Himawari Kids and Dango Gasshōdan's "Three Dango Brothers" (1999) and SMAP's "The One and Only Flower in the World" (2003).[7]

Track listing

Type A
No.TitleLength
1."Teacher Teacher"4:29
2."Kimi wa Boku no Kaze"3:59
3."Romantic Junbichuu" (Team A)4:40
4."Teacher Teacher" (Off Vocal Ver.)4:29
5."Kimi wa Boku no Kaze" (Off Vocal Ver.)3:58
6."Romantic Junbichuu" (Off Vocal Ver.)4:40
Total length:26:15

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak

position

Japan (Oricon)[3] 1
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[4] 1

Certifications

Country Provider Certifications
Japan RIAJ 3× Million[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "AKB48 Perform New Single 'Teacher Teacher' at First Headlining Show in Two Years". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  2. ↑ AKB48の「Teacher Teacher (Type A) - EP」をiTunesで (in Japanese), 2018-05-30, retrieved 2018-07-22
  3. 1 2 "2018年05月28日～2018年06月03日 オリコン週間 シングルランキング". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  4. 1 2 "Billboard Japan Hot 100 | Charts | Billboard JAPAN". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  5. ↑ "2018年05月度 オリコン月間 シングルランキング". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  6. ↑ "2018年06月度 オリコン月間 シングルランキング". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  7. ↑ "「Teacher Teacher」がトリプルミリオンに！「だんご3兄弟」「世界に一つだけの花」に次ぐ史上3曲目". タダオトのブログ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  8. ↑ "一般社団法人 日本レコード協会". www.riaj.or.jp. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
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