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Wikipedia article


{{Infobox song

| name = Iiwake Maybe

| cover = Iiwake Maybe Regular Edition (KIZM-37) cover.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Regular Edition cover

| type = single

| artist = AKB48

| album = Kamikyokutachi

| B-side = Tobenai Agehach

| released = (Japan)

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = J-pop

| length =

| label = You, Be Cool! / King

| writer = Yasushi Akimoto, Shunry

| producer = Yasushi Akimoto

| prev_title = Namida Surprise!

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title = River

| next_year = 2009

| misc =

}}

is the 13th major single by the Japanese idol group AKB48, released on August 26, 2009. 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, but eventually placed 2nd in the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. Their sister groups JKT48, SNH48, MNL48 and AKB48 Team SH made their own version.

Track listing



The single was released in two versions: (CD+DVD, catalog number KIZM-37/8) and (CD only, catalog number NMAX-1086).

Regular Edition

;CD

;DVD

'Bonus' (First press limited edition only)

* Handshake event ticket

Theater Edition

;CD

See Regular Edition CD

Members



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

"Iiwake Maybe"

# 'Atsuko Maeda' (Team A) (4630 votes)

# 'Yko shima' (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 Sat' (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 Sat (Team A) (1539)

# Minami Minegishi (Team A) (1414)

# Kazumi Urano (Team B) (1395)

# Miho Miyazaki (Team A) (1373)

# Jurina Matsui (SKE48) (1371)

# Aika ta (Team B) (1365)

# Asuka Kuramochi (Team K) (1355)

"Tobenai Agehach"

; Under Girls

Charts



Sales and certifications



References



Category:2009 singles

Category:Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto

Category:AKB48 songs

Category:King Records (Japan) singles

Category:2009 songs

Category:MNL48 songs

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