Iiwake Maybe

"Iiwake Maybe" (言い訳Maybe, "An Excuse, Maybe") is the 13th major single by the Japanese idol group AKB48, released on August 26, 2009.^[1] It was the first AKB48's single which participating members were chosen by election. The single surprisingly outsold SMAP on its first day, taking the 1st place in the daily chart,^[2] but eventually placed 2nd in the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.^[3]

Track listing

The single was released in two versions: Regular Edition (通常盤) (CD+DVD, catalog number KIZM-37/8) and Theater Edition (劇場盤) (CD only, catalog number NMAX-1086).

Regular Edition

CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Iiwake Maybe" (言い訳Maybe)	Yasushi Akimoto, Shunryū	4:09
2.	"Tobenai Agehachō" (飛べないアゲハチョウ)	Yasushi Akimoto, Yoshimasa Inoue	3:41
3.	"Iiwake Maybe (off vocal ver.)"	Akimoto, Shunryū
4.	"Tobenai Agehachō (off vocal ver.)"	Akimoto, Inoue
Total length:			15:49

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Iiwake Maybe (music video)" (「言い訳Maybe」ビデオクリップ)
2.	"Tobenai Agehachō (music video)" (「飛べないアゲハチョウ」ビデオクリップ)
3.	"AKB48 General Election documentary" (AKB48総選挙ドキュメント)

Bonus (First press limited edition only)

Handshake event ticket

Theater Edition

CD

See Regular Edition CD

Members

Participating members were chosen by election.^[4] Top 21 members sang the A-side "Iiwake Maybe". Those, who were voted 22nd to 30th, sang the B-side "Tobenai Agehachō" under the name of Under Girls.

"Iiwake Maybe"

Atsuko Maeda (Team A) (4630 votes)
Yūko Ōshima (Team K) (3345)
Mariko Shinoda (Team A) (2852)
Mayu Watanabe (Team B) (2625)
Minami Takahashi (Team A) (2614)
Haruna Kojima (Team A) (2543)
Tomomi Itano (Team A) (2281)
Amina Satō (Team A) (2117)
Yuki Kashiwagi (Team B) (1920)
Tomomi Kasai (Team K) (1890)
Erena Ono (Team K) (1838)
Sayaka Akimoto (Team K) (1599)
Rie Kitahara (Team A) (1578)
Sae Miyazawa (Team K) (1547)
Yukari Satō (Team A) (1539)
Minami Minegishi (Team A) (1414)
Kazumi Urano (Team B) (1395)
Miho Miyazaki (Team A) (1373)
Jurina Matsui (SKE48) (1371)
Aika Ōta (Team B) (1365)
Asuka Kuramochi (Team K) (1355)

"Tobenai Agehachō"

Under Girls

Rumi Yonezawa (Team B) (1352)
Aki Takajō (Team A) (1322)
Megumi Ohori (Team K) (1316)
Yuka Masuda (Team K) (1247)
Natsumi Hirajima (Team B) (1216)
Rino Sashihara (Team B) (1170)
Haruka Katayama (Team B) (1089)
Rena Matsui (SKE48) (1073)
Natsumi Matsubara (Team K) (1050)

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart)	2
Japan (Japan Hot 100)^[5]	2
Japan (RIAJ Digital Track Chart)	11

Sales and certifications

Chart	Amount
Oricon physical sales	145,776
RIAJ full-length cellphone downloads	Platinum (250,000+)

References

↑ "KING RECORDS OFFICIAL SITE 言い訳Ｍａｙｂｅ（マキシ＋ＤＶＤ複合）音楽" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
↑ "止めたAKB48、再開したモー娘。"政権交代"が進むアイドル界の「握手会狂想曲」" (in Japanese). Excite Japan Co., Ltd. 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
↑ 言い訳Ｍａｙｂｅ/ＡＫＢ４８ (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
↑ ""AKB48選抜総選挙"開票！　トップ当選の前田敦子「AKBに人生捧げる！」" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
↑ "AKB48 – Chart history" Japan Hot 100 for AKB48.

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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