Format CD Single Length 4:02 | Genre Pop, funk Label AKS, Avex Distribution | |
B-side "Aozora no Soba ni Ite" (青空のそばにいて) Released June 7, 2006 (2006-06-07) (Indies) | ||
"Skirt, Hirari" (スカート、ひらり, Sukāto, Hirari) is Japanese idol group AKB48's second single, released independently through AKS on June 7, 2006. The song was sung by 7 members of AKB48 Team A, Tomomi Itano, Haruna Kojima, Atsuko Maeda, Rina Nakanishi, Risa Narita, Mai Oshima, and Minami Takahashi, and other members of Team A were back dancers. The center of the song is Minami Takahashi and Atsuko Maeda.
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Promotion
Launching of "Skirt, Hirari" was held at the off-theater live promoting event at Akihabara UDX with some 1,500 attendees on June 4, 2006, 3 days prior the release date. During this event, all AKB48 members, 20 members of Team A and 17 members of Team K, performed on the stage together first time, although "Skirt, Hirari" itself was recorded with Team A members only.
They made their first appearances on TV music programs to perform as a group of singers, such as "Music Station", "Music Fighter", etc. on June 9, two days after the release of CD.
The song was used as the theme song of the "Odaiba Gakuen 2006 (Bunkasai)" (お台場学園2006〜文化祭〜, Odaiba School 2006 (School Festival)), series of summer event held by Fuji Television. The B-side "Aozora no soba ni ite" was used as the ending theme song for the variety show Mitake Uranai.
Each "Shokai Genteiban" (初回限定版, The first edition) CD included a postcard, which was for a lucky draw with following awards.
'Because of some chance mischief, I happened to pass you My heart nearly stopped And I purposely pretended to ignore you as I walked by How stupid am I? When I like you so much I fall into a pit of self-hate Alone in the crowd at the station'
Reception
The single charted 6 weeks in the top 200 with the highest rank at #13, but sold 20,609 copies, which was about a half of their debut single, "Sakura no Hanabiratachi".