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Ponytail to Shushu
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Ponytail to Shushu
| cover = AKB_ponytailtypeA.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Type A cover, featuring Atsuko Maeda, Jurina Matsui (SKE48), Yuko Oshima, Minami Takahashi and Mayu Watanabe.
| type = single
| artist = AKB48
| album = Koko ni Ita Koto
| B-side =
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = J-pop
| length =
| label = You, Be Cool! / King
| writer = Yasushi Akimoto, Shin'ya Tada
| producer = Mashin Ikuta
| prev_title = Sakura no Shiori
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Heavy Rotation
| next_year = 2010
| misc =
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'Shushu' is Japanese for scrunchie. is the 16th single by Japanese idol group AKB48, released on May 26, 2010.
Promotion
The covers and music videos of the single were shot in Guam.
The first editions of the single came with a ticket to vote for the featuring members of AKB48's 17th single, "Heavy Rotation", released in August 2010. The b-side, "Majijo Teppen Blues", is the theme song of Majisuka Gakuen 2
Chart performance
The single sold 354,000 copies on its first day of release. It sold 513,000 copies on its first week of sale, making it the biggest first week for a female idol group since Morning Musume's "Ren'ai Revolution 21" in 2000, and the biggest first week sales for a female artist since Hikaru Utada's "Can You Keep a Secret?" in 2001. It also became the biggest selling AKB48 single on the week it was released, beating the group's previous single "Sakura no Shiori"'s first week sales of 318,000 copies (and its total sales of 404,000).
Track listing
Personnel
Ponytail to Shushu
Centers: Atsuko Maeda and Minami Takahashi
*Team A: 'Haruna Kojima', 'Atsuko Maeda', 'Mariko Shinoda', Aki Takaj, 'Minami Takahashi'
*Team K: 'Tomomi Itano', Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Erena Ono, 'Yuko Oshima'
*Team B: Tomomi Kasai, 'Yuki Kashiwagi', 'Rie Kitahara', Miho Miyazaki, 'Mayu Watanabe'.
*SKE48 Team S: 'Jurina Matsui'
Nusumareta Kuchibiru
; Performed by Under Girls.Centers: Ami Maeda and Rena Matsui
*Team A: Haruka Katayama, Asuka Kuramochi, Misaki Iwasa, Ami Maeda, Aika ta, Rino Sashihara
*Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Reina Fujie, Ayaka Kikuchi, Moeno Nit
*Team B: Mika Komori, Manami Oku, Amina Sat, Sumire Sat
*SKE48 team S: Rena Matsui, Kumi Yagami
Boku no Yell
*Team A: Natsumi Matsubara, Haruka Nakagawa, Chisato Nakata, Sayaka Nakaya, Shizuka ya
*Team K: Sakiko Matsui, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Misato Nonaka, Miku Tanabe, Mayumi Uchida, Ayaka Umeda, Rumi Yonezawa
*Team B: Rina Chikano, Natsumi Hirajima, Haruka Ishida, Kana Kobayashi, Yuka Masuda, Natsuki Sato, Mariya Suzuki
*Team Research Students: Sara Fujimoto, Atsuki Ishiguro, Momoko Kinumoto, Anna Mori, Mariya Nagao, Mariko Nakamura, Mina ba, Yuriko Sano, Haruka Shimazaki, Haruka Shimada, Eri Takamatsu, Miyu Takeuchi, Asaka Ueki, Suzuran Yamauchi, Yui Yokoyama
Majijo Teppen Blues
*Team A: Haruna Kojima, Asuka Kuramochi, Atsuko Maeda, Ami Maeda, Aika ta, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takaj, Minami Takahashi
*Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Tomomi Itano, Sae Miyazawa, Moeno Nit, Yko shima, Erena Ono
*Team B: Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Komori, Miho Miyazaki, Manami Oku, Mayu Watanabe.
*SKE48 team S: Jurina Matsui, Rena Matsui
*SDN48: Nachu
Charts
Sales and certifications
Notes
References
Category:2010 singles
Category:AKB48 songs
Category:Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto
Category:Oricon Weekly number-one singles
Category:Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles
Category:King Records (Japan) singles
Category:2010 songs
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