2014 single by Nogizaka46
"Natsu no Free & Easy" Regular edition cover
B-side "Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru" "Sono Saki no Deguchi" (Type-A) "Mukuchi na Lion" (Type-B) "Koko ni Iru Riyū" (Type-C) "Boku ga Ikanakya Dare ga Ikunda?" (Regular) Released July 9, 2014 (2014-07-09 ) (Japan) Genre J-pop Length 5 :02 Label N46Div. Songwriter(s) Yasushi Akimoto Tomonori Inoue Kadono Toshikazu Tomohiro NakatsuchiProducer(s) Yasushi Akimoto
"Natsu no Free & Easy" (Japanese : 夏のFree&Easy , "Summer Free and Easy") ) is the 9th single by Nogizaka46 . It was released on July 9, 2014. It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart .[1] It was the best-selling single in July.[2] It has sold a total of 481,533 copies, as of August 25 (chart date).[3] It reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 .[4] It was the 11th best-selling single of the year in Japan, with 526,564 copies.[5]
Release [ edit ] This single was released in 4 versions. Type-A, Type-B, Type-C and a regular edition. Type-C includes the undergroup member's song. Rena Matsui who is an exchange member from SKE48 joined this single. The center position in the choreography for the title song is held by Nanase Nishino .[6]
Track listing [ edit ] CD[8] Title 1. "Natsu no Free & Easy" (夏のFree&Easy ) 5:02 2. "Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru" (何もできずにそばにいる ) 4:16 3. "Sono Saki no Deguchi" (その先の出口 ) 4:04 4. "Natsu no Free & Easy (off vocal ver.)" (夏のFree&Easy off vocal ver. ) 5:02 5. "Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru (off vocal ver.)" (何もできずにそばにいる off vocal ver. ) 4:16 6. "Sono Saki no Deguchi (off vocal ver.)" (その先の出口 off vocal ver. ) 4:03
DVD Title 1. "Natsu no Free & Easy Music Video" 2. "Sono Saki no Deguchi Music Video" 3. "Rina Ikoma × Sōhei Okano・Yuriko Taki" 4. "Misa Etō × Wataru Yamamoto" 5. "Kazumi Takayama × Renki Yamasaki" 6. "Kana Nakada × Jun Nakabayashi" 7. "Seira Nagashima × Nozomu Nakajima" 8. "Nanase Nishino × Tarō Okagawa" 9. "Hina Higuchi × Hideya Saishu・Teru Tsujinaka" 10. "Mai Fukagawa × Atsuhiro Yamada" 11. "Minami Hoshino × Keidai Miyagawa" 12. "Rina Yamato × Junichi Harima" 13. "Maaya Wada × Isao Taniguchi・Daisuke Wada" 14. "Kenkyūsei × Atsuhiro Yamada Part 1"
CD[10] Title 1. "Natsu no Free & Easy" (夏のFree&Easy ) 5:02 2. "Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru" (何もできずにそばにいる ) 4:16 3. "Mukuchi na Lion" (無口なライオン ) 4:24 4. "Natsu no Free & Easy (off vocal ver.)" (夏のFree&Easy off vocal ver. ) 5:02 5. "Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru (off vocal ver.)" (何もできずにそばにいる off vocal ver. ) 4:16 6. "Mukuchi na Lion (off vocal ver.)" (無口なライオン off vocal ver. ) 4:22
DVD Title 1. "Natsu no Free & Easy Music Video" 2. "Mukuchi na Lion Music Video" 3. "Nene Itō × tangent" 4. "Marika Itō × Kazuaki Seki" 5. "Hina Kawago × Yukio-Bu" 6. "Asuka Saitō × Yūki Aoyama" 7. "Chiharu Saitō × Den Taguchi" 8. "Yūri Saitō × Santa Yamagishi" 9. "Reika Sakurai × Satoshi Miki" 10. "Mai Shiraishi × Takeshi Maruyama" 11. "Nanami Hashimoto × Izuru Kumasaka" 12. "Seira Hatanaka × Kentarō Shima・Satomi Takeda" 13. "Miona Hori × Yōji Akiba" 14. "Kenkyūsei × Atsuhiro Yamada Part 2"
CD[12] Title 1. "Natsu no Free & Easy" (夏のFree&Easy ) 5:02 2. "Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru" (何もできずにそばにいる ) 4:16 3. "Koko ni Iru Riyū" (ここにいる理由 ) 3:55 4. "Natsu no Free & Easy (off vocal ver.)" (夏のFree&Easy off vocal ver. ) 5:02 5. "Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru (off vocal ver.)" (何もできずにそばにいる off vocal ver. ) 4:16 6. "Koko ni Iru Riyū (off vocal ver.)" (ここにいる理由 off vocal ver. ) 3:54
DVD Title 1. "Natsu no Free & Easy Music Video" 2. "Koko ni Iru Riyū Music Video" 3. "Manatsu Akimoto × Nao Hirano・Naomi Izumida" 4. "Sayuri Inoue × Yūsuke Koroyasu" 5. "Mahiro Kawamura × Takehiro Ōishi" 6. "Hinako Kitano × Tomohiro Kojō・Masayuki Ueda" 7. "Mai Shinuchi × Makoto Sasagawa" 8. "Himeka Nakamoto × Shigeru Tsukita・Atsuhiko Yamamoto・Mai Shibatani" 9. "Ami Nōjō × Jun Okabe" 10. "Rena Matsui × Mitsuaki Takemae" 11. "Sayuri Matsumura × Tooru Yoshida" 12. "Yumi Wakatsuki × Taikou Nakamura" 13. "Kenkyūsei × Atsuhiro Yamada Part 2"
Regular Edition [ edit ] CD[14] Title Lyrics Music Artist(s) 1. "Natsu no Free & Easy" (夏のFree&Easy ) Yasushi Akimoto Tomonori Inoue Nanase Nishino , et cetera5:02 2. "Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru" (何もできずにそばにいる ) Yasushi Akimoto Kadono Toshikazu Nanase Nishino, et cetera 4:16 3. "Boku ga Ikanakya Dare ga Ikunda?" (Boku ga Ikanakya Dare ga Ikunda? (僕が行かなきゃ誰が行くんだ? , If I do not go, who will?) ) Yasushi Akimoto Tomohiro Nakatsuchi 4:22 4. "Natsu no Free & Easy (off vocal ver.)" (夏のFree&Easy off vocal ver.) Tomonori Inoue 5:02 5. "Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru (off vocal ver.)" (何もできずにそばにいる off vocal ver.) Kadono Toshikazu 4:16 6. "Boku ga Ikanakya Dare ga Ikunda? (off vocal ver.)" (僕が行かなきゃ誰が行くんだ? off vocal ver.) Tomohiro Nakatsuchi 4:21
Participating members [ edit ] Centre: Nanase Nishino
3rd Row: Misa Eto , Sayuri Inoue, Yūri Saitō, Minami Hoshino, Rina Yamato, Miona Hori , Kazumi Takayama
2nd Row: Yumi Wakatsuki, Manatsu Akimoto , Reika Sakurai , Mai Fukagawa , Rina Ikoma
1st Row: Rena Matsui , Mai Shiraishi , Nanase Nishino (centre) , Nanami Hashimoto , Sayuri Matsumura [15]
Chart and certifications [ edit ] Weekly charts [ edit ] Year-end charts [ edit ] Chart (2014) Peak position Japan (Oricon Yearly Singles Chart) 11[18]
Certifications [ edit ]
References [ edit ] Further reading [ edit ] Nogizaka46 (9 July 2014a). Natsu no Free & Easy (Type-A ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00K7H3346 . SRCL-8563/8564. {{cite book }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link ) Nogizaka46 (9 July 2014b). Natsu no Free & Easy (Type-B ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00K7H32X8 . SRCL-8565/8566. {{cite book }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link ) Nogizaka46 (9 July 2014c). Natsu no Free & Easy (Type-C ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00K7H32P6 . SRCL-8567/8568. {{cite book }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link ) Nogizaka46 (9 July 2014r). Natsu no Free & Easy (Regular ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00K7H3472 . SRCL-8569. {{cite book }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link ) External links [ edit ]
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