| Cover: | Tsume Tsume Tsume F.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Maximum the Hormone |
| Album: | Yoshū Fukushū |
| Released: | 9 July 2008 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 10:13 |
| Label: | VAP |
| Prev Title: | Koi no Mega Lover |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Tsume Tsume Tsume/"F" | |
| Next Title: | Greatest the Hits 2011–2011 |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
is a double A-side maxi single by Japanese metal band Maximum the Hormone, released on July 9, 2008. The single reached number 2 on the Oricon Singles Chart and was certified gold by the RIAJ. The tracks "Tsume Tsume Tsume" and "F" were included on 2013's Yoshū Fukushū, released five years later.[1]
The song "F" is about the Dragon Ball character Frieza. Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball, stated that he was listening to the song when he named the nineteenth animated movie in the series, . He had met the band personally through a friend and one of the members admitted that they had been singing the song about Frieza.[2] The song was featured in the film during Frieza's resurrection and a fight scene between Goku and Frieza.[3]
American musician Marty Friedman covered "Tsume Tsume Tsume" for his 2009 album Tokyo Jukebox.
The single peaked at number 2 on the Oricon Singles Chart and was the 44th bestselling single of 2008.[4] [5] It was certified Gold by the RIAJ,[6] selling more than 100,000 copies in Japan and 150,000 copies worldwide.[7]