Hikaeme I Love You! Explained

Hikaeme I Love You!
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Type:single
Artist:HKT48
Album:Hikaeme I Love You!
Released: (Japan)
Genre:J-pop
Label:Universal Music Japan
Producer:Yasushi Akimoto
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Prev Year:2014
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Next Year:2015

, literally "Carefully I Love You!", is the 4th single by Japanese idol girl group HKT48. It was released on September 24, 2014. It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart[1] and reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[2] As of October 20, 2014 (issue date), it has sold a total of 290,044 copies.[3] It was the best-selling single in Japan in September 2014.[4] It was the 21st best-selling single of the year in Japan, with 308,251 copies.[5]

Track listing

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Theater Edition

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014年09月22日~2014年09月28日のCDシングル週間ランキング(2014年10月06日付). Oricon Style. Oricon. October 12, 2014. Japanese.
  2. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot 100 2014/10/06. Billboard Japan. Japanese. October 12, 2014.
  3. Web site: AKB48 売上 控えめI love you !. Atwiki. Japanese. October 19, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006215637/http://www22.atwiki.jp/akb48uriage/pages/287.html. October 6, 2014. dead.
  4. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/m/2014-09/. https://web.archive.org/web/20141020012606/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/m/2014-09/. ja:2014年09月のCDシングル月間ランキング(2014年09月度). 2014-10-20. 2015-11-23. Oricon Style. Oricon. Japanese.
  5. Web site: 2014 Oricon Yearly Single Ranking TOP50. toykohive. 6Theory Media, LLC.. December 20, 2014. January 9, 2015.
  6. Web site: http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I025642483-00. ja:控えめI love you! type A (ユニバーサルミュージック): 2014. 2015-11-23. National Diet Library. Japanese.
  7. Web site: http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I025642484-00. ja:控えめI love you! type B (ユニバーサルミュージック): 2014. 2015-11-23. National Diet Library. Japanese.
  8. Web site: http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I025642485-00. ja:控えめI love you! type C (ユニバーサルミュージック): 2014. 2015-11-23. National Diet Library. Japanese.