Heart Electric

"Heart Electric"

Single by AKB48

from the album Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!

Released

October 30, 2013

Format

CD single

Yasushi Akimoto

AKB48 singles chronology

"Koisuru Fortune Cookie"
(2013)

"Heart Electric"
(2013)

"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de...Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"
(2013)

Music videos
AKB48 "Heart Electric" (Dance Ver.)

"Heart Electric" (ハート・エレキ, Hāto Ereki, also "Heart Ereki"^[1]) is the 33rd single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on October 30, 2013.^[2]^[3] The participating members for the title track were given English nicknames.^[2]^[3] The single reached number one on Oricon and Billboard's weekly charts.

Promotion and release

During AKB48's annual rock-paper-scissors tournament held at the Nippon Budokan area on September 18, 2013, AKB48 announced the lineup for "Heart Electric", and the release date of October 30. Haruna Kojima was announced last and come out with a red skirt in contrast to the blue skirts of the other members; this indicated that she was the center of the single. This marks Kojima's first time as a solo center. The group then performed the song and introduced themselves with English nicknames.^[2]^[3]

The single will be released in nine editions: four regular, four limited, and a theater edition.^[2] The limited editions contain a ticket for a handshake event and a randomly selected sticker of one of the 16 nicknamed girls.^{[n 1]} The regular editions are the same as the limited editions except that they contain one of 48 photos instead of the handshake ticket.^{[n 2]} The Type-K edition has a DVD documentary about the graduation of Sayaka Akimoto.^{[n 3]}

Musical style, writing, composition

The song was done by RoopSounds, who had previously done "Skirt, Hirari". The music is described as being like a marching band. During the performance, Kojima does a roll-call of some of the participants, each of whom has an English nickname. This was explained as being according to band protocols.^[3]

Music video

The music video for Heart Electric was directed by Shusuke Kaneko who is known for the Heisei Gamera trilogy, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, and the live-action film adaptation of Death Note. The video premiered at the group's handshake event at the Osaka Dome. It is described as girls competing for individuality in a band called "The G. Fingers". Kojima, who plays Michelle, said that “there were a lot of scenes we shot for the music video, and remembering all the nicknames for the band members was really difficult."^[4]

Instead releasing a normal MV, a dance shot version with an entire song was uploaded on YouTube.

Track listing

Type A

CD^{[n 2]}
No.	Title	Performance	Length
1.	"Heart Electric" (ハート・エレキ)
2.	"Kaisoku to dōtai shiryoku" (快速と動体視力)	Under Girls (アンダーガールズ)
3.	"Kisu made Countdown (Countdown to Kiss)" (キスまでカウントダウン)	Team A
4.	"Heart Electric off vocal ver." (ハート・エレキ off vocal ver.)
5.	"Kaisoku to dōtai shiryoku off vocal ver." (快速と動体視力 off vocal ver.)
6.	"Kisu made Countdown (Countdown to Kiss) off vocal ver." (キスまでカウントダウン off vocal ver.)

DVD^{[n 2]}
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Heart Electric Music Video" (ハート・エレキ Music Video)
2.	"Heart Electric Music Video -Dance ver.-" (ハート・エレキ Music Video -Dance ver.- )
3.	"Kaisoku to dōtai shiryoku Music Video" (快速と動体視力 Music Video)
4.	"Kisu made Countdown (Countdown to Kiss) Music Video" (キスまでカウントダウン Music Video)

Type K

CD^{[n 3]}
No.	Title	Performance	Length
1.	"Heart Electric" (ハート・エレキ)
2.	"Kaisoku to dōtai shiryoku" (快速と動体視力)	Under Girls (アンダーガールズ)
3.	"Sasameyuki Regret (Light snowfall regret)" (細雪リグレット)	Team K
4.	"Heart Electric off vocal ver." (ハート・エレキ off vocal ver.)
5.	"Kaisoku to dōtai shiryoku off vocal ver." (快速と動体視力 off vocal ver.)
6.	"Sasameyuki Regret off vocal ver." (細雪リグレット off vocal ver.)

DVD^{[n 3]}
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Heart Electric Music Video" (ハート・エレキ Music Video)
2.	"Heart Electric Music Video -Dance ver.-" (ハート・エレキ Music Video -Dance ver.-)
3.	"Kaisoku to dōtai shiryoku Music Video" (快速と動体視力 Music Video)
4.	"Sasameyuki Regret Music Video" (細雪リグレット Music Video)
5.	"Sayaka Akimoto graduation documentary: Between strength and weakness" (秋元才加卒業ドキュメント「強さと弱さの間で」)

Type B

CD^{[n 4]}
No.	Title	Performance	Length
1.	"Heart Electric" (ハート・エレキ)
2.	"Kimi dake ni Chu! Chu! Chu!" (君だけにChu! Chu! Chu!)	てんとうむChu!
3.	"Tiny T-shirt"	Team B
4.	"Heart Electric off vocal ver." (ハート・エレキ off vocal ver.)
5.	"Kimi dake ni Chu! Chu! Chu! off vocal ver." (君だけにChu! Chu! Chu! off vocal ver.)
6.	"Tiny T-shirt off vocal ver."

DVD^{[n 4]}
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Heart Electric Music Video" (ハート・エレキ Music Video)
2.	"Heart Electric Music Video -Dance ver.-" (Template:ハート・エレキ Music Video -Dance ver.-)
3.	"Kimi dake ni Chu! Chu! Chu! Music Video" (君だけにChu! Chu! Chu! Music Video)
4.	"Tiny T-Shirt Music Video"
5.	"Tentoumu Chu! documentary" (てんとうむChu! ドキュメント)

Type 4

CD^{[n 5]}
No.	Title	Performance	Length
1.	"Heart Electric" (ハート・エレキ)
2.	"Kaisoku to dōtai shiryoku" (快速と動体視力)	Under Girls (アンダーガールズ)
3.	"Seijun Philosophy (Innocent Philosophy)" (清純フィロソフィー)	Team 4
4.	"Heart Electric off vocal ver." (ハート・エレキ off vocal ver.)
5.	"Kaisoku to dōtai shiryoku off vocal ver." (快速と動体視力 off vocal ver.)
6.	"Seijun Philosophy off vocal ver." (清純フィロソフィー off vocal ver.)

DVD^{[n 5]}
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Heart Electric Music Video" (ハート・エレキ Music Video)
2.	"Heart Electric Music Video -Dance ver.-" (Template:ハート・エレキ Music Video -Dance ver.-)
3.	"Kaisoku to dōtai shiryoku Music Video" (快速と動体視力 Music Video)
4.	"Seijun Philosophy Music Video" (清純フィロソフィー Music Video)
5.	"Team 4・Kenkyuusei Auditions 〜The Feelings that you want to tell before Graduation〜" (チーム4・研究生オーディション～卒業を前に伝えたい想いがある～)

Theater

CD^{[n 6]}
No.	Title	Performance	Length
1.	"Heart Electric" (ハート・エレキ)
2.	"Kaisoku to dōtai shiryoku" (快速と動体視力)	Under Girls (アンダーガールズ)
3.	"Kimi no hitomi wa Planetarium (Your eyes planetarium)" (君の瞳はプラネタリウム)	AKB48 Kenkyusei (AKB48研究生)
4.	"Heart Electric off vocal ver." (ハート・エレキ off vocal ver.)
5.	"Kaisoku to dōtai shiryoku off vocal ver." (快速と動体視力 off vocal ver.)
6.	"Kimi no hitomi wa Planetarium off vocal ver." (君の瞳はプラネタリウム off vocal ver.)

Personnel

"Heart Electric"

The title track is sung by 16 members; each girl has been given an English nickname:^[2]^[3]

Team A

Anna Iriyama - Veronica
Minami Takahashi - Linda
Rina Kawaei - Kawaey
Yui Yokoyama - Mary
Mayu Watanabe - Elizabeth

Team K

Yuko Oshima - Lucy

Team B

Yuki Kashiwagi – Catherine
Haruna Kojima - Michelle
Haruka Shimazaki - Angelina

Team 4

Minami Minegishi - Barbara

Team S

Jurina Matsui - Caroline

Team E

Rena Matsui - Sandy

Team N

Miyuki Watanabe - Josephine
Sayaka Yamamoto - Rosanna

Team H

Aika Oota - Margaret
Rino Sashihara - Laura

"Kaisoku to Doutai Shiryoku"

The song is performed by Under Girls.

Center : Rena Kato, Akari Suda.^[5]

Team A: Karen Iwata, Ayaka Kikuchi, Sumire Sato, Juri Takahashi
Team K: Rie Kitahara, Asuka Kuramochi, Tomu Muto
Team B: Miori Ichikawa, Ayaka Umeda, Mina Oba, Rena Kato
SKE48 Team S: Yuria Kizaki
SKE 48 Team KII: Akane Takayanagi, Akari Suda
SKE48 Team E: Kanon Kimoto, Nao Furuhata
NMB48 Team M: Fuuko Yagura
HKT48 Team H: Haruka Kodama, Sakura Miyawaki
JKT48 Team J/ AKB48 Team B: Aki Takajo

"Kimi Dake ni Chu! Chu! Chu!"

Performed by Tentoumu Chu! (てんとうむChu!):

Team 4: Nana Okada, Mako Kojima, Miki Nishino
SKE48 Kenkyuusei: Ryoha Kitagawa
NMB48 Kenkyuusei: Nagisa Shibuya
HKT48 Kenkyuusei: Meru Tashima, Mio Tomonaga

Charts

Billboard charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Japan (Japan Hot 100)^[6]	1

Oricon charts

Release	Oricon Singles Chart	Peak position	Debut sales (copies)	Sales total (copies)
October 30, 2013	Daily Chart	1^[7]	1,020,800	1,203,586
	Weekly Chart	1^[8]	1,203,586
	Monthly Chart	1	1,203,586

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)	Position
Billboard Japan Hot 100^[9]	10
Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales^[10]	7
Oricon yearly singles^[11]	3

Release history

Date	Version	Catalog	Format	Label
October 30, 2013	Type-A	First Press Limited Edition (KIZM-90235~6)^{[n 1]} Regular Edition (KIZM-235~6)^{[n 2]}	CD+DVD	King Records
	Type-K	First Press Limited Edition (KIZM-90237~8)^{[n 7]} Regular Edition (KIZM-237~8)^{[n 3]}
	Type-B	First Press Limited Edition (KIZM-90239~40)^{[n 8]} Regular Edition (KIZM-239~40)^{[n 4]}
	Type-4	First Press Limited Edition (KIZM-90263~4)^{[n 9]} Regular Edition (KIZM-263~4)^{[n 5]}
	Theater	Regular Version (NMAX-1158)^{[n 6]}	CD

SNH48 version

"Heart Electric"

Single by SNH48

B-side

"Kondo Koso Ecstasy"
"Ai no Imi wo Kangaete Mita"
"Zero-sum Taiyō"
"Gingham Check"

Released

March 12, 2014

Format

Ocean Butterflies Music

Writer(s)

Original Japanese lyrics:
Yasushi Akimoto
Chinese lyrics:
Shanghai Xingsiba
Composer:
Manabu Marutani
Yoshimasa Inoue
Kota Ogawa
Jyunryu
Yusuke Itagaki

Producer(s)

Yasushi Akimoto

SNH48 singles chronology

Fortune Cookie of Love
(2013)

"Heart Electric"
(2014)

"Halloween Night"
(2015)

"Heart Electric" (Chinese: 心电感应, Pinyin: Xīndiàn gǎnyìng) was redone in Mandarin for AKB48's sister group in China, SNH48, as the group's fourth single. It was available for ordering on March 12 in the SNH48 official online store.^[12]

Notes

References

Release information

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1 2 3 4 "ハート・エレキ TypeA 通常盤(マキシ＋DVD複合)" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
1 2 3 4 "ハート・エレキ TypeK 通常盤(マキシ＋DVD複合)" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
1 2 3 "ハート・エレキ TypeB 通常盤(マキシ＋DVD複合)" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
1 2 3 "ハート・エレキ Type4 通常盤(マキシ＋DVD複合)" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
1 2 ハート・エレキ＜劇場盤＞ (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
↑ "AKB48「ハート・エレキ（Type K 初回限定盤）」" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
↑ "AKB48「ハート・エレキ（Type B 初回限定盤）」" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
↑ "AKB48「ハート・エレキ（Type 4 初回限定盤）」" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2013-10-06.

Other references

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1 2 3 4 5 "First performance of AKB48 33rd Single". allthingsjpop.wordpress.com. September 19, 2013.
↑ "ナタリー - AKB48「ハート・エレキ」1960年代風ジャケ＆PV完成" (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-10-07. Lay summary – Nihongogo (2013-10-05).
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External links

AKB48

Members

Team A	Anna Iriyama Shizuka Oya Nana Owada Mayu Ogasawara Natsuki Kojima Haruna Kojima Yukari Sasaki Haruka Shimazaki Miru Shiroma Kayoko Takita Megu Taniguchi Chiyori Nakanishi Mariko Nakamura (vc) Yui Hiwatashi Miho Miyazaki Sakura Miyawaki Nanami Yamada Yui Yokoyama (c, general director)

Team K	Moe Aigasa Maria Abe Manami Ichikawa Haruka Kodama Ayana Shinozaki Haruka Shimada (vc) Hinana Shimoguchi Mariya Suzuki Yūka Tano Chisato Nakata Ikumi Nakano Nana Fujita Minami Minegishi (c) Mion Mukaichi Tomu Mutō Shinobu Mogi Ami Yumoto

Team B	Ayano Umeta Ryōka Ōshima (vc) Yuki Kashiwagi Rena Katō Yuria Kizaki (c) Moe Gotō Nagisa Sakaguchi Miyu Takeuchi Makiho Tatsuya Miku Tanabe Seina Fukuoka Ma Chia-ling Nako Yabuki Aeri Yokoshima Mayu Watanabe

Team 4	Miyabi Iino Rina Izuta Saho Iwatate Rio Ōkawa Miyu Ōmori Ayaka Okada Nana Okada (vc) Saya Kawamoto Ryoha Kitagawa Saki Kitazawa Mako Kojima Haruka Komiyama Kiara Satō Nagisa Shibuya Juri Takahashi (c) Mio Tomonaga Miki Nishino Rena Nozawa Yuiri Murayama

Team 8	Nagisa Sakaguchi Yui Yokoyama Hijiri Tanikawa Nanami Satō Tsumugi Hayasaka Akari Satō Kasumi Mougi Rin Okabe Hitomi Honda Maria Shimizu Ayane Takahashi Nanase Yoshikawa Yui Oguri Erina Oda Shiori Satō Ayaka Hidaritomo Hatsuka Utada Yuri Yokomichi Yūna Hattori Hinano Noda Haruna Hashimoto Reina Kita Kurena Chō Moeri Kondō Serika Nagano Nao Ōta Nanami Yamada Ruka Yamamoto Momoka Ōnishi Sayuna Hama Ikumi Nakano Mei Abe Kotone Hitomi Yuri Tani Miu Shitao Riona Hamamatsu Yurina Gyōten Kaoru Takaoka Natsuki Hirose Karen Yoshida Rena Fukuchi Misaki Terada Narumi Kuranoo Miyu Yoshino Moka Yaguchi Karin Shimoaoki Rira Miyazato

Kenkyuusei	Nanami Asai Kaori Inagaki Izumi Umemoto Haruka Kurosu Minami Sato Nagisa Shoji Kurumi Suzuki Manaka Taguchi Misaki Taya Ayami Nagatomo Nanami Noguchi Nanami Harima Mai Honma Ayaka Maeda Saki Michieda Orin Mutou Kana Yasuda Mizuki Yamauchi Suzuha Yamane

Former members	Rina Nakanishi Mai Oshima Erena Ono Rino Sashihara (Moved to HKT48) Atsuko Maeda Natsuki Satō Yuka Masuda Kaoru Hayano Yu Imai Ayana Takada Haruka Nakagawa (Moved to JKT48) Sae Miyazawa (Moved to SNH48/SKE48) Tomomi Kasai Mariko Shinoda Tomomi Itano Sayaka Akimoto Tomomi Itano Amina Sato Ayaka Kikuchi Misato Nonaka Yuko Oshima Haruka Katayama Yurina Takashima Rina Ikoma Aika Ota (Moved to HKT48) Mina Oba (Moved to SKE48) Suzuran Yamauchi (Moved to SKE48) Sumire Sato (Moved to SKE48) Ayaka Umeda (Moved to NMB48) Riho Kotani Nao Furuhata Fūko Yagura Ayaka Morikawa Shihori Suzuki Rina Kawaei Sakiko Matsui Hikari Hashimoto Marina Kobayashi Mizuki Tsuchiyasu Mitsuki Maeda Asuka Kuramochi Rie Kitahara (Moved to NGT48 (captain)) Mayumi Uchida Aki Takajō Rena Nishiyama Yui Moriwaki Jurina Matsui Natsuki Uchiyama Moeka Iwasaki Chinatsu Okubora Misaki Iwasa Karen Iwata Natsuki Fujimura Mariya Nagao Kana Kobayashi Minami Takahashi (former general director) Sayaka Yamamoto Haruka Ishida Ai Yamamoto Miyuki Watanabe Wakana Natori Ami Maeda Rina Hirata

Units

Chocolove from AKB48 (Inactive)
Diva (Disbanded)
French Kiss (Disbanded)
No Name (Disbanded)
no3b
Not Yet
Queen & Elizabeth (Inactive)
Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 (Disbanded)

Solo acts

Tomomi Itano (Former member)
Misaki Iwasa
Tomomi Kasai (Former member)
Yuki Kashiwagi
Asuka Kuramochi
Atsuko Maeda (Former member)
Sakiko Matsui
Rino Sashihara (Former member)
Minami Takahashi
Mariko Tsukamoto (Former member, Adult AKB)
Mayu Watanabe

Albums

Singles

"Sakura no Hanabiratachi"
"Skirt, Hirari"
"Aitakatta"
"Seifuku ga Jama o Suru"
"Keibetsu Shiteita Aijō"
"Bingo!"
"Boku no Taiyō"
"Yūhi o Miteiru ka?"
"Romance, Irane"
"Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008"
"Baby! Baby! Baby!"
"Ōgoe Diamond"
"10nen Sakura"
"Namida Surprise!"
"Iiwake Maybe"
"River"
"Sakura no Shiori"
"Ponytail to Shushu"
"Heavy Rotation"
"Beginner"
"Chance no Junban"
"Sakura no Ki ni Narō"
"Everyday, Katyusha"
"Flying Get"
"Kaze wa Fuiteiru"
"Ue kara Mariko"
"Give Me Five!"
"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"
"Gingham Check"
"Uza"
"Eien Pressure"
"So Long!"
"Sayonara Crawl"
"Koi Suru Fortune Cookie"
"Heart Electric"
"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de...Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"
"Mae shika Mukanee"
"Labrador Retriever"
"Kokoro no Placard"
"Kibōteki Refrain"
"Green Flash"
"Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai"
"Halloween Night"
"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby"
"Kimi wa Melody"
"Tsubasa wa Iranai"
"LOVE TRIP / Shiawase wo Wakenasai"
"High Tension"

Other singles

"Dareka no Tame ni (What Can I Do for Someone?)"
"Sugar Rush"

Related groups

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