Song Senbatsu: Top 16 48G Songs of All Time

I'm sure there's been a thread like this in the past, but I was too lazy to search through 21 pages of threads to see

So yeah, I like to see who all I have similar tastes with So I figure we could rank the TOP SIXTEEN 48G SONGS OF ALL TIME. All groups, all units, all soloists, all languages, etc. I was thinking about this today, and my list ended up being pretty interesting.

1. Kondo Koso Ecstasy (2013 AKB48 Next Girls)
2. Junjou U-19 (NMB48)
3. Squall no Aida ni (A5)
4. Korekara Wonderland (AKB48 Katyuusha b-side)
5. Dear My Teacher (AKB48 Sakura no Hanabiratachi b-side)
6. End Roll (K4)
7. Eien Pressure (AKB48)
8. Switch (A5)
   
9. Zakuro no Jitsuwa Yuutsu ga Nantsubu Tsumatte Iru (SKE48 Sansei Kawaii b-side)
10. Kitagawa Kenji (NMB48)
11. Jungle Gym (Yamamoto Sayaka)
12. Bokura no Eureka (NMB48)
13. Okera (K6)
14. Kimi wa Pegasus (DiVA b-side)
15. Pedicure Day (No Sleeves)
16. Dakedo (AKB48 Aitakatta b-side)

Figured it'd be fun to include where the track is from too, that way people can try out other peoples' favorites if they haven't heard them before!

Obviously, I've got a lot of love for A5 and NMB haha

 

1. Kimi to Niji to Taiyou to (Kamikyoukutachi)
2. Beginner (Koko ni Ita Koto)
3. Team B Oshi (B5)
4. Koisuru Fortune Cookie (2013 Senbatsu)
5. Heavy Rotation (Senbatsu 2010)
6. Iiwake Maybe (Senbatsu 2009)
7. Kibou ni Tsuite (NO NAME)
8. Kono Namida wo Kimi ni Sasagu (NO NAME)
9. Shoujotachi Yo (Koko ni Ita Koto)
10. Koko ni Ita Koto (Koko ni Ita Koto)
11. Sakura no Hanabiratachi (A1)
12. Aitakatta (A2)
13. Wasshoi B (B3)
14. Gingham Check (Senbatsu 2012)
15. Heart Gata Virus (A5)
16. Fortune Cookie in Love (JKT48)

Hehe :3

 

Hmm. I'd never heard Kimi to Niji to Taiyou to until just now… and now I'm glad I did this thread There are SOOOO MANY 48G songs, so I know that there are so many I've never heard.

I'm happy to see Iiwake Maybe so high on your list! I really do think it's a very PERFECT Idol song. The chorus is just so infectious.

 

Spreadin' the love of the kawaiiness! I'm glad you like Kimi to Niji to Taiyou to! I really think it's a powerful song, and yeah Iiwake Maybe is just great!

 

Interesting, I was just thinking about this today. My list was incredibly hard to make because I tend to rank a song based on songs similar to it, so comparing, say...UZA and Glass no I Love You has never come to my mind. Well, here's my list.

1. Everyday, Katyusha (AKB48)
2. Okera (K6 RESET)
3. Ima Sara Sara (Kasai Tomomi 4th Single)
4. Avocado janeshi... (1830m)
5. Classmate (A1 PARTY ga Hajimaru yo)
6. Dear my teacher (A1 PARTY ga Hajimaru yo)
7. Viva! Hurricane (H1 Boku no Taiyou)
8. Mirai no Kajitsu (H1 Boku no Taiyou)
9. Ikirutte Subarashii (H2 Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai)
10. 7ji12fun no Hatsukoi (A4 Tadaima Renaichuu)
11. AIWOKURE (A6 Mokugekisha)
12. Junjou Shugi (B3 Pajama Drive)
13. Kikyou (A4 Tadaima Renaichu OR Wasamin's solo single, Mujin Eki)
14. Kondo koso Ecstasy (Koisuru Fortune Cookie)
15. Ude wo Kunde (A6 Mokugekisha)
16. Kodoku na Hoshizora (UZA)

And an honorable mention to Namida no Shounan (A2 Aitakatta) that got bumped out by Ima Sara Sara.

 

1. Kaze wa Fuiteiru (AKB48)
2. Beginner (AKB48)
3. Kimi to niji to taiyou to (Kamikyoukutachi)
4. Inochi no Imi (A6)
5. Keibetsu shite ita aijou (A4)
6. Ikiru Koto (Sayonara Crawl b-side)
7. Mokugekisha (A6)
8. Seifuku ga jama wo suru (A3)
9. Migikata (Maeda Atsuko - Kimi wa Boku da)
   
10. KONJO (Mae Shika Mukanee b-side)
11. Bukiyou Taiyou (SKE48)
12. I'm crying. (A6)
13. Sakura no Ki ni Narou (AKB48)
14. TWO ROSES (SKE 48 1! 2! 3! 4! Yoroshiku! b-side)
15. Machiawasetai (SKE Mirai to wa? b-side)
16. Gondola Lift (Kaze wa Fuiteiru b-side)

And for the sake of spreading Kimi to niji's love...


if the video does not show watch the video here

 

Brilliant :3 I do love that song with a passion. I don't know what it is about it...but I've just spent the last 15 minutes with it on loop haha

 

This looks great! I tried to put this in a general order, but I didn't really bother with ranking them properly. I really like all the songs on this list though. Let's see:

1. Sobakasu no Kiss (B4)
2. Kitagawa Kenji (NMB48 Single)
3. Hatsukoi no Yukue to Play Ball (NMB48 B-Side to Nagiichi)
4. Mori e Ikou (H2)
5. Mushi no Ballad (K5)
6. Boku ga Maketa Natsu (NMB48 B-Side to Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shoujo)
7. Futari Nori no Jidensha (B3)
8. Kesshou (NMB48 B-Side to Oh My God!)
9. Kimi to Niji to Taiyou to (AKB48 Kamikyokutachi)
10. Kimi wa Pegasus (K3)
11. Kimi no Na wa Kibou (Nogizaka46 Single)
12. Barette (Nogizaka46 Single)
13. Bukiyou Taiyou (SKE48 Single)
14. Hoshizora no Mistake (K6)
15. Namida no Shounan (A2)
16. Hoshi no Ondo (A1)

I have so many songs I love though! But these are ones I am listening to a lot right now.

 

Omg. I love you. I've never met anyone else who loves Okera like I do. It would've been higher on my list, but A5 and NMB attacked haha. I love the line about the gay guy. Anytime the lyrics mention my team, it makes me feel included Dear My Teacher does that same thing.

I think AIWOKURE is such an underrated song. The lyrics are so great. And Kodoku na Hoshizora is a true gem as well! The PV is very captivating

Lol I wish I would've also put an Undergirls ranking of songs in the spoilers somewhere.. because Ai Wo Kure, Barette, Junjou Shugi, etc would definitely be there. I felt bad enough that they didn't make my Top 16. There are just so many songs that I love on the same level. The only easy ones for me to rank were the top three..and it hurt my soul to put Dakedo at the bottom, because it's SOOOO good.

 

#01 - AKB48 Team A - Kikyou (A4)
#02 - AKB48 Team A - Bird (A3)
#03 - AKB48 - Iiwake Maybe (Iiwake Maybe / Kamikyokutachi)
#04 - AKB48 Team A - Nagai Hikari (A5)
#05 - AKB48 Team K - Sougen no Kiseki (K3)
#06 - Iwasa Misaki - Mujin Eki (Mujin Eki)
#07 - NMB48 - Dazai Osamu wo Yonda ka? (Teppen Tottande!)
#08 - NMB48 - Seishun no Lap Time (Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shoujo / Teppen Tottande!)
#09 - Yamamoto Sayaka - Dakishimetai Kedo (Sekai no Chuushin wa Osaka ya ~Namba Jichiku~)
#10 - AKB48 - Jibun Rashisa (Kamikyokutachi)
#11 - AKB48 Himawarigumi - Himawari (H1)
#12 - AKB48 Himawarigumi - Ai no Moufu (H2)
#13 - AKB48 Team A - Kiss wa dameyo (A1)
#14 - AKB48 Himawarigumi - Idol Nante Yobanaide (H1)
#15 - AKB48 Undergirls - Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara (RIVER / Kamikyokutachi)
#16 - No Sleeves - Relax! (Relax! / no3b)

It was hard to make since there are like 50 songs I would have loved to put in this ranking.
I know Dakishimetaikedo is very recent (the physical copy isn't even released yet) but I know for sure that this song is one of my Kami songs and will stay there for a while/ever. It is everything I wanted Yume no Dead Body, and there are two words that will simply explain its awesomeness: Yamamoto Sayaka.
I always thought Kimi to Niji to Taiyou to was such an awesome yet underrated song. Guess it's not that underrated since it's in everybody's top 16.

 

I was sooo tempted to put this one too. I've had it on repeat the whole day.
Maybe I'll update this in a couple of months or so lol

 

@MocchiMooch
I had to cut out a ton too. Others I would have listed are Plastic no Kuchibiru, No Count, Senaka Kara Dakishimete, Tomonoura Bojou, Anata to Christmas Eve, and others I'm forgetting.

Maybe I'll make a full list of 80 at some point

Edit: Forgot to mention it before editing lol
Okera is an amazing song, both musically and performance-wise. It's one of the few songs I can leave on repeat all day and not get annoyed by eventually.

 

Special mentions to Kokoro no Hane, Ashita wa ashita no kimi ga umareru and Aisareru to Iu Koto.

Damn, I was just struck with nostalgia.

 

1. Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara (AKB48 RIVER B-Side / Kamikyokutachi)
2. Shonichi (B3rd)
3. Nakinagara Hohoende (K3rd)
4. Omoide no Hotondo (1830m)
5. Sakura no Shiori (AKB48 Sakura no Shiori A-Side / Kamikyokutachi)
6. Sakura no Ki ni Narou (AKB48 Sakura no Ki ni Narou A-Side / 1830m)
7. Koko ni ita koto (Koko ni ita koto)
8. Yume no Kawa (AKB48 Gingham Check B-Side / Tsugi no Ashiato)
9. Pioneer (A6th)
10. Mushi no Ballad (K5th)
11. Sasae (K4th)
12. Iiwake Maybe (AKB48 Iiwake Maybe A-Side / Kamikyokutachi)
13. Team B Oshi (B5th)
14. Heavy Rotation (AKB48 Heavy Rotation A-Side / Koko ni ita koto)
15. Koisuru Fortune Cookie (AKB48 Koisuru Fortune Cookie A-Side / Tsugi no Ashiato)
16. Itoshisa no Accel (A6th)

This was a tough one.

Honorable Mentions:
Everyday, Kachuusha
Avocado Janeshi
Ponytail to Shushu
Idol no Yoake
Temodemo no Namida

 

How can you all rank them like that?! I'm finding it impossible just to choose 16 songs, let alone rank them all #1-#16! I have a "favorites" list I made up recently of songs by all artists I listen to, and... about 200 of them are 48G... ^^'

1. Hoshizora no Caravan (Kitagawa Kenji - NMB48 Shirogumi)
2. Mori e Ikou (H2)
3. Kaze wa Fuiteiru (AKB48)
   
4. Dazai Osamu wo Yonda ka? (Teppen Tottande! - Sayanee, Nana, Yuihan)
   
5. Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka? (AKB48)
   
6. Himawari (H1)
7. Kesshou (Oh My God! - NMB48 Shirogumi)
   
8. Itoshiki Natasha (B4)
   
9. MARIA (K3)
10. Tsuyogari Dokei (Eien Pressure - SKE48)
    
11. Kondokoso Ecstasy (Koisuru Fortune Cookie - Next Girls)
    
12. Hitsujikai no Tabi (GIVE ME FIVE! - Special Girls B)
13. Gondola Lift (Kaze wa Fuiteiru - Undergirls Yurigumi)
    
14. Nagai Hikari (A5)
    
15. Tsuyoi Hana (So long! - Kenkyuusei)
    
16. Rinjin wa Kizutsukanai (Ue kara Mariko - Team A)

I had to cut this down from a list of 27 that I made as I scrolled through my favorites list. From the remaining songs plus a few more I made an Undergirls. Perhaps eventually I'll make a Next Girls, Future Girls, and Upcoming Girls as well.

If Nogi songs could be included, Kimi no Na wa Kibou would probably be #6.

Spoiler

1. Kodoku na Hoshizora (UZA - Team A)
2. RIVER (AKB48)
3. First Rabbit (1830m - AKB48)
4. Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa (K6)
5. Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou (AKB48)
6. Shoujotachi yo (Koko ni Ita Koto - AKB48)
7. Ikiru Koto (Sayonara Crawl - Team A)
8. Scrap & Build (UZA - Team K)
9. Rainy day (French Kiss)
10. Migikata (Maeda Atsuko)
11. Bokura no Eureka (NMB48)
12. Jungle Gym (Junjou U-19 - Yamamoto Sayaka)
13. Arashi no Yoru ni wa (B5)
14. Oki Doki (SKE48)
15. UZA (AKB48)
16. Kuchibiru Furezu... (no3b)

And, of course, there are soo many more I love. And if this was separated, one list for lyrics and one list for music, it would have been easier, haha.


EDIT: HOLD UP HOLD UP! I haven't listened to Sayanee's new solo yet and if it's as amazing as everyone is saying, this list will need some changes! Gah, I reallyyyyy need to listen to it but I'm on mobile and can't access any downloads...

EDIT2: I found it on soundcloud and on the first listen it drove me to tears and I would probably put it at #4 right now but I am too emotional to think clearly.

 

Well~

1. Beginner (AKB48)
2. Shonichi (B3)
3. Hajimete no Hoshi (N3)
4. Team B Oshi (Kashiwagi Team B)
5. No Count (Kashiwagi Team B)
6. Sakura no Ki ni Narou (AKB48 A-Side/1830m/Kashiwagi Yuki 1st Solo Single (Shortcake) B-Side (Acoustic ver.))
7. Kamonegix (NMB48 A-Side)
8. Rainy Day (French Kiss- Romance Privacy B-Side)
9. Kuchi Utsushi no Chocolate (B4th/Kashiwagi Yuki 2nd Single (Birthday Wedding) B-Side)
10. Nagichi (NMB48 A-Side)
11. Minnasan mo go Issho ni (B4)
12. Koisuru Fortune Cookie (AKB48 A-Side/ JKT48 A-Side)
13. How Come (Akimoto Team K Sayonara Crawl B-side)
14. Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shojo (NMB48 A-Side)
15. Dakishimetai Kedo (Yamamoto Sayaka Solo- NMB48 2nd Album)
16. Heart no Dokusenken (Kashiwagi Yuki + Watanabe Miyuki Duet- NMB48 2nd Album)

The last two are really recent and the physical copies aren't out until next Wednesday but I have been replaying them so much that I had too

-Hon. Mentions-

Temodemo no Namida (B3- Kashiwagi Yuki + Saeki Mika) (Would've been top in undergirls if we had it)
Scandalous ni Ikou (Kojima Haruna + Oshima Yuko- 1830m Duet)
Chinmoku (French Kiss 2nd Single (If)- Kashiwagi Yuki Solo)
Yokaze no Shiwaza (B5- Kashiwagi Yuki Solo)
Warukii (Nagichi- Watanabe Miyuki Solo)
Yume no Dead Body (N3- Yamamoto Sayaka Solo)

 

1. RIVER / AKB48
2. 風は吹いている / AKB48
   
3. Bird / AKB48 Team A (3rd Stage)
4. ジェシカはドアをノックしない / ノースリーブス (ペディキュアday)
   
5. Everyday、カチューシャ / AKB48
   
6. Beginner / AKB48
7. 会いたかった / AKB48
   
8. 会いたかったかもしれない / 乃木坂46 (ぐるぐるカーテン)
   
9. ポニーテールとシュシュ / AKB48
   
10. Girls' talk / ノースリーブス (タネ)
11. カモネギックス / NMB48
    
12. 片想いFinally / SKE48
    
13. 隣人は傷つかない / AKB48 Team A (上からマリコ)
    
14. Darkness / SKE48 (チョコの奴隷)
15. Ruby / AKB48 Team A (So long!)
16. ギンガムチェック / AKB48

Given the extensive catalogue 48G has, I'd rather pick my top 30 or something, give me more room to ~work

 

Someone really likes the cool songs, eh? Ruby is such a gem! Punny pun hehe.

And the Jessica song from the Pedicure Day is such a great song as well! Such a great melody and arrangement.

 

Indeed lol. I did want to include things like UZA or JYURI-JYURI BABY.. or ~classics~ like Oogoe Diamond and Heavy Rotation... but yeah 16 spaces..... hm

 

so, here's my list

1. Yume no Kawa
2. ikiru koto (team A)
3. mushi no ballad (Akimoto Sayaka ver.)
4. Koisuru fortune cookie (AKB48)
5. Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008 (AKB48)
6. Oteage Lullaby (Takahashi Minami - team surprise 1st stage)
7. HA! (NMB48)
8. Flying Get (AKB48)
9. Kowareta Signal (Maeda Atsuko - Time Machine nante iranai B-side)
10. Tsuyosa to Yowasa to Aida de (Tsugi no Ashiato)
11. Bird (team A 3rd stage)
12. Kimi wa Kimagure (Team A)
13. Yume no Dead Body (Yamamoto Sayaka - team N 3rd stage)
14. Ude wo Kunde (Team A 6th stage)
15. Nagisa no Cherry (Team A 2nd stage)
16. Maria (Team K 3rd stage)