Label You, Be Cool! / King | Length 4:29 | |
B-side "Nusumareta Kuchibiru""Boku no Yell""Majijo Teppen Blues" Released May 26, 2010 (2010-05-26) Format CD Single, digital download | ||
"Ponytail to Shushu" (ポニーテールとシュシュ, Ponītēru to Shushu, "Ponytail and Scrunchie") is the 16th single by Japanese idol group AKB48, released on May 26, 2010.
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Promotion
The covers and music videos of the single were shot in Guam.
The first editions of the single came with a ticket to vote for the featuring members of AKB48's 17th single, "Heavy Rotation", released in August 2010.
Chart performance
The single sold 354,000 copies on its first day of release. It sold 513,000 copies on its first week of sale, making it the biggest first week for a female idol group since Morning Musume's "Ren'ai Revolution 21" in 2000, and the biggest first week sales for a female artist since Hikaru Utada's "Can You Keep a Secret?" in 2001. It also became the biggest selling AKB48 single on the week it was released, beating the group's previous single "Sakura no Shiori"'s first week sales of 318,000 copies (and its total sales of 404,000).
Ponytail to Shushu
Centers: Atsuko Maeda and Minami Takahashi
Nusumareta Kuchibiru
Centers: Ami Maeda and Rena Matsui