Uza (song)
"Uza" | |||||||||||||||||
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![]() Type-A Regular Edition cover
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Single by AKB48 | |||||||||||||||||
from the album Tsugi no Ashiato | |||||||||||||||||
B-side | "Tsugi no Season" "Kodoku no Hoshizora" (Type-A) "Scrap & Build" (Type-K) "Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero" (Type-B) "Otona e no Michi" (Theater Edition) |
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Released | October 31, 2012 | (Japan)||||||||||||||||
Format | CD single, digital download | ||||||||||||||||
Genre | J-pop, Electro-pop | ||||||||||||||||
Label | You, Be Cool! / King | ||||||||||||||||
Writer(s) | Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics) | ||||||||||||||||
Producer(s) | Yasushi Akimoto | ||||||||||||||||
AKB48 singles chronology | |||||||||||||||||
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"Uza" (stylized in Japanese as "UZA", meaning "Annoying" and pronounced "oo-zah") is the 28th major single by the Japanese female idol group AKB48, released in Japan on October 31, 2012.[1]
Contents
Background
The single was first announced on Yasushi Akimoto's Google+ and the title song premiered live on September 18, 2012, at the AKB48's rock-paper-scissors tournament at Nippon Budokan.[2]
Mayu Watanabe was originally one of the centers however, due to heavy choreography involved in this song, Yuko Oshima and Jurina Matsui later replaced Watanabe's center position.[citation needed]
It was released in four versions: Type-A, Type-K, Type-B, and Theater Edition.
The music video for the title song was directed by Joseph Kahn, the director of the music video for "Gingham Check".[citation needed] Instead releasing a normal MV, an alternative dance shot version was published.
Track listing
Type-A
CD | |||
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No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
1. | "Uza" (UZA, "Annoying") | ||
2. | "Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season") | Under Girls | |
3. | "Kodoku na Hoshizora" (孤独な星空, "Lonely Starry Sky") | New Team A | |
4. | "Uza off vocal ver." | ||
5. | "Tsugi no Season off vocal ver." | ||
6. | "Kodoku no Hoshizora off vocal ver." |
DVD | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Uza Music Video" | |
2. | "Uza Music Video -Dance ver.-" | |
3. | "Tsugi no Season Music Video" | |
4. | "Kodoku na Hoshizora Music Video" | |
5. | "Gingham Check Music Video (Directed by Eiki Takahashi)" (ギンガムチェック Music Video 〜高橋栄樹監督ver.〜) |
Type-K
CD | |||
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No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
1. | "Uza" (UZA, "Annoying") | ||
2. | "Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season") | Under Girls | |
3. | "Scrap & Build" (スクラップ&ビルド) | New Team K | |
4. | "Uza off vocal ver." | ||
5. | "Tsugi no Season off vocal ver." | ||
6. | "Scrap & Build off vocal ver." |
DVD | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Uza Music Video" | |
2. | "Uza Music Video -Dance ver.-" | |
3. | "Tsugi no Season Music Video" | |
4. | "Scrap & Build Music Video" | |
5. | "Gingham Check Music Video (Directed by Eiki Takahashi)" (ギンガムチェック Music Video 〜高橋栄樹監督ver.〜) |
Type-B
CD | |||
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No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
1. | "Uza" (UZA, "Annoying") | ||
2. | "Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season") | Under Girls | |
3. | "Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero" (正義の味方じゃないヒーロー, "Hero who is not on the Side of Justice") | New Team B | |
4. | "Uza off vocal ver." | ||
5. | "Tsugi no Season off vocal ver." | ||
6. | "Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero off vocal ver." |
DVD | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Uza Music Video" | |
2. | "Uza Music Video -Dance ver.-" | |
3. | "Tsugi no Season Music Video" | |
4. | "Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero Music Video" | |
5. | "Gingham Check Music Video (Directed by Eiki Takahashi)" (ギンガムチェック Music Video 〜高橋栄樹監督ver.〜) |
Theater Edition
CD | |||
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No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
1. | "Uza" (UZA, "Annoying") | ||
2. | "Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season") | Under Girls | |
3. | "Otona e no Michi" (大人への道, "Road to Adulthood") | Kenkyūsei | |
4. | "Uza off vocal ver." | ||
5. | "Tsugi no Season off vocal ver." | ||
6. | "Otona e no Michi off vocal ver." (大人への道 off vocal ver.) |
Members
"Uza"
Center: Yūko Ōshima, Jurina Matsui.[3]
- Team A: Haruna Kojima, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi
- Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Minami Minegishi, Yui Yokoyama
- Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Mayu Watanabe
- Team 4: Haruka Shimazaki
- SKE48 Team S / AKB48 Team K: Jurina Matsui
- SKE48 Team S: Rena Matsui
- NMB48 Team N / AKB48 Team B: Miyuki Watanabe
- NMB48 Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto
- HKT48 Team H: Rino Sashihara, Sakura Miyawaki
"Tsugi no Season"
The song is performed by Under Girls.[4] Center: Rina Kawaei
- Team 4: Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Karen Iwata, Rena Katō, Rina Kawaei, Juri Takahashi, Miyu Takeuchi, Yūka Tano, Mariya Nagao
- Promoted Kenkyūsei: Ryōka Ōshima, Tomu Mutō
- SKE48 Team S: Yuria Kizaki
- SKE48 Team KII: Manatsu Mukaida
- SKE48 Team E: Kanon Kimoto
- NMB48 Team N: Nana Yamada
- HKT48 Team H: Haruka Kodama
"Kodoku na Hoshizora"
- New Team A: Karen Iwata, Rina Izuta, Anna Iriyama, Ryōka Ōshima, Tomomi Kasai, Rina Kawaei, Ayaka Kikuchi, Riho Kotani, Marina Kobayashi, Sumire Satō, Natsuki Satō, Mariko Shinoda, Juri Takahashi, Minami Takahashi, Yūka Tano, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Shiori Nakamata, Moeno Nitō, Sakiko Matsui, Ayaka Morikawa, Yui Yokoyama, Mayu Watanabe
"Scrap & Build"
- New Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Maria Abe, Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Mayumi Uchida, Rie Kitahara, Asuka Kuramochi, Kana Kobayashi, Amina Satō, Haruka Shimada, Shihori Suzuki, Rina Chikano, Chisato Nakata, Sayaka Nakaya, Mariya Nagao, Nana Fujita, Ami Maeda, Yuka Masuda, Jurina Matsui, Natsumi Matsubara, Kaoru Mitsumune, Miho Miyazaki, Tomu Mutō
"Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero"
- New Team B: Anna Ishida, Haruka Ishida, Miori Ichikawa, Misaki Iwasa, Ayaka Umeda, Mina Ōba, Shizuka Ōya, Yuki Kashiwagi, Haruka Katayama, Rena Katō, Natsuki Kojima, Haruna Kojima, Mika Komori, Haruka Shimazaki, Miyu Takeuchi, Miku Tanabe, Mariko Nakamura, Wakana Natori, Misato Nonaka, Reina Fujie, Minami Minegishi, Suzuran Yamauchi, Miyuki Watanabe
"Otona e no Michi"
The song is performed by kenkyūsei (trainees).
Oricon charts
Release | Oricon Singles Chart | Peak position | Debut sales (copies) | Sales total (copies) |
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October 31, 2012 | Daily Chart | 1[5] | 884,602 | 1,257,867 |
Weekly Chart | 1[6] | 1,128,696 | ||
Monthly Chart | 1 | 1,128,696 | ||
Yearly Chart | 4 | 1,215,079 |
References
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