Chicken Line Explained

Chicken Line
Cover:	Chicken_Line.jpg
Caption:	Theater edition cover
Type:	single
Artist:	SKE48
Released:	(Japan)
Genre:	J-Pop
Length:	4:53
Label:	Avex Trax
Prev Title:	Mae Nomeri
Prev Year:	2015
Next Title:	Golden Love, Silver Love
Next Year:	2016

Chicken Line (stylized as "Chicken LINE"; チキンLINE) is the 19th single by Japanese idol girl group SKE48. It was released on March 30, 2016.^[1] The song debuted at number one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, selling 257,095 copies in the first week.^[2] It also reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.^[3]

The title track is the main theme from the movie PriPara Mi~nna no Akogare ♪ Let's Go ☆ PriPari. This is the first single without the graduated member Rena Matsui, and the first after the release of Love Crescendo debut single, "Cup no Naka no Komorebi".

Unlike AKB48 and HKT48 (which release full versions of previous single, whenever a new one is released), SKE48 does not release full versions of their music videos on YouTube as of 2011, due to restrictions imposed by Avex Trax, which currently belongs. A short version of music video was published on March 7. The full version is included only on limited editions, and was not published on YouTube. As "Coquettish Jūtai Chū", the full version from MV wasn't leaked prior to its release.

This is the last appearance of Sae Miyazawa on a 48G single, as she attended for a last time on an AKB48 single prior to her graduation. Miyazawa was featured previously on Kimi wa Melody (released March 9), and "Tabi no Tochū" is her graduation song which is featured on Type D. Sae graduated from SKE48 in a concert held on Nippon Gaishi Hall on March 4, then from SNH48, on a special graduation stage on March 16, 2016.

Types A, B, C and D covers were changed, due to similarities with Body Language, by Australian singer Kylie Minogue.

Lineup

Chicken LINE (Senbatsu)

• Team S: Azuma Rion, Oya Masana, Kitagawa Ryoha, Futamura Haruka,
• Team KII: Ego Yuna, Oba Mina, Souda Sarina, Takayanagi Akane, Furuhata Nao
• Team E: Kimoto Kanon, Kumazaki Haruka, Goto Rara, Shibata Aya, Sugawara Maya, Suda Akari, Tani Marika

Kanojo ga Iru (Team S)

• Team S: Azuma Rion, Inuzuka Asana, Oya Masana, Kitagawa Ryoha, Goto Risako, Sugiyama Aika, Takeuchi Mai, Tsuzuki Rika, Noguchi Yume, Nojima Kano, Futamura Haruka, Matsui Jurina, Matsumoto Chikako, Miyazawa Sae, Miyamae Ami, Yakata Miki, Yamauchi Suzuran, Yamada Juna

Kiss Position (Team KII)

• Team KII: Aoki Shiori, Arai Yuki, Ishida Anna, Uchiyama Mikoto, Ego Yuna, Oba Mina, Obata Yuna, Kitano Ruka, Shirai Kotono, Souda Sarina, Takagi Yumana, Takatsuka Natsuki, Takayanagi Akane, Takeuchi Saki, Hidaka Yuzuki, Furuhata Nao, Matsumura Kaori, Yamashita Yukari

Is That Your Secret? (Team E)

• Team E: Ida Reona, Ichino Narumi, Kato Rumi, Kamata Natsuki, Kimoto Kanon, Kumazaki Haruka, Koishi Kumiko, Goto Rara, Saito Makiko, Sakai Mei, Sato Sumire, Shibata Aya, Sugawara Maya, Suda Akari, Takatera Sana, Tani Marika, Fukushi Nao

Bouenkyo no nai Tenmondai

Performed by Passion For You Senbatsu

Tabi no Tochū

Sae Miyazawa's graduation song

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Daily Singles Chart)	1^[4]
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart)	1
	Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100)	1

Notes and References

1. Web site: チキンLINE(初回生産限定/TYPE-A). Oricon Style. Oricon. April 1, 2016. Japanese.
2. Web site: 週間 CDシングルランキング 2016年04月11日付. Oricon Style. Oricon. April 6, 2016. Japanese.
3. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot 100 2016/4/11. Billboard Japan. Japanese. April 6, 2016.
4. Web site: Oricon Daily Singles Chart - 30/03/2016. Oricon Style. Oricon. April 1, 2016. Japanese.