Iiwake Maybe

Promotional Image

CD+DVD (Regular Edition)

CD Only (Theater Edition)

General Information

Iiwake Maybe is AKB48's 13th major single, 15th overall.

CD Information

Artist

AKB48

Single

Iiwake Maybe (言い訳Maybe)

Release Date

2009.08.26

Label/Catalog Number/Price

Label: You，Be Cool!/KING RECORDS

KIZM-37~38 (Regular Edition, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

NMAX-1086 (Theater Edition, CD Only) / ￥1,676

Regular Edition Details

CD

1. Iiwake Maybe (言い訳Maybe) / Senbatsu
2. Tobenai Agehachou (飛べないアゲハチョウ) / Undergirls
3. Iiwake Maybe (off-vocal)
4. Tobenai Agehachou (off-vocal)

DVD

1. Iiwake Maybe Music Video
2. Tobenai Agehachou Music Video
3. AKB48 Senbatsu Election Documentary

Theater Edition Details

CD

1. Iiwake Maybe
2. Tobenai Agehachou
3. Iiwake Maybe (off-vocal)
4. Tobenai Agehachou (off-vocal)

Included Members

"Iiwake Maybe"

★ Senbatsu (選抜) (21 Members) (Maeda Atsuko Center (in italic), Media Senbatsu in bold)

• Team A: Itano Tomomi, Kitahara Rie, Kojima Haruna, Sato Amina, Sato Yukari, Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko, Minegishi Minami, Miyazaki Miho
• Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Oshima Yuko, Ono Erena, Kasai Tomomi, Kuramochi Asuka, Miyazawa Sae
• Team B: Ota Aika, Urano Kazumi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Watanabe Mayu
• Team S: Matsui Jurina

"Tobenai Agehachou"

Undergirls (9 Members) (Yonezawa Rumi Center)

• Team A: Takajo Aki
• Team K: Ohori Megumi, Masuda Yuka, Matsubara Natsumi
• Team B: Katayama Haruka, Sashihara Rino, Hirajima Natsumi, Yonezawa Rumi
• Team S: Matsui Rena

Oricon Chart Positions

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week	Sales	Releases
09.08.24	--	*1	*2	*2	*2	*3	*2	**2	*90,774
09.08.31	*4	12	12	*9	*6	*6	*6	**9	**7,849
09.09.07	*6	19	18	18	15	14	17	*18	**3,900
09.09.14	10	18	25	21	17	15	15	*21	**2,880
09.09.21	24	32	40	40	42	38	31	*31	**2,129
09.09.28	27	**	**	**	**	**	44	*55	**1,131
09.10.05	46	**	**	**	**	**	**	107	***,646
09.10.12	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*97	***,578
09.10.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*93	***,796	RIVER single
09.10.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	103	***,582
09.11.02	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	124	***,538
09.11.09	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	143	***,420
09.11.16	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	159	***,373
09.11.23	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	170	***,471
09.11.30	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	162	***,435
09.12.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	161	***,394
09.12.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	157	***,405
09.12.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	128	***,502
09.12.28	**	**	**	**	38	40	36	*43	**2,642
10.01.04	41	35	41	34	38	41	32
10.01.11	38	**	**	**	**	**	39	*59	**1,087
10.01.18	46	**	**	**	**	**	50	*74	***,984
10.01.25	43	**	**	**	**	**	**	*92	**1,031
10.02.01	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*87	***,827
10.02.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	118	***,648
10.02.15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*80	***,933	Sakura no Shiori single
10.02.22	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	113	***,712
10.03.01	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	130	***,557
10.03.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	128	***,473
10.03.15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	112	***,479
10.03.22	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	135	***,427
10.03.29	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*94	***,564
10.04.05	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*79	***,669	Kamikyokutachi album
10.04.12	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*96	***,511
10.04.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	138	***,445
10.04.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	137	***,441
10.05.03	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	143	***,407
10.05.10	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	169	***,329
10.05.17	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	190	***,268
10.05.24	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	146	***,500	Ponytail to Shushu single
10.05.31	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	170	***,366
10.06.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	145	***,410
10.06.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	144	***,434
OUT	1 week
10.06.28	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	167	***,327
OUT	1 week
10.07.12	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	175	***,280	SET LIST ~Greatest Songs~ Kanzen ban album
10.07.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	190	***,325
10.07.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	183	***,298
OUT	2 weeks
10.08.16	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	155	***,384	Heavy Rotation single
10.08.23	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	181	***,406
10.08.30	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	174	***,319
10.09.06	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	171	***,308
10.09.13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	196	***,245
10.09.20	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	180	***,310
10.09.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	180	***,275
OUT	1 week
10.10.11	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	186	***,268
OUT	3 weeks									Beginner single
10.11.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	180	***,327
10.11.15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	192	***,303
OUT	2 weeks
10.12.06	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	183	***,334	Chance no Junban single
10.12.13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	175	***,372
10.12.20	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	142	***,458
10.12.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*80	***,669
11.01.03	**	**	**	45	**	48	**	*63	***,994
11.01.10	44	**	**	**	**	**	**	*63	***,867
11.01.17	30	**	**	**	**	**	49	*71	***,961
11.01.24	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*95	***,806
11.01.31	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	114	***,637
11.02.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	124	***,538
11.02.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	108	***,618	Sakura no Ki ni Narou single
11.02.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	153	***,455
11.02.28	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	176	***,350
11.03.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	185	***,240
11.03.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	159	***,271
11.03.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	146	***,328
11.03.28	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	119	***,379
11.04.04	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	140	***,352
11.04.11	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	154	***,301
11.04.18	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	191	***,241
OUT	1 week
11.05.02	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	190	***,283

Total Reported Sales: 145,776*
Total Sales in 2009: 113,896
Total Sales in 2010: 22,355
Total Sales in 2011: 9,525
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 78

• Certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ)
• Certified Gold in the Chaku-uta full category.
  

Chart Records (Oricon)

• 2nd best-selling single of September 2009.
• 47th best-selling single of 2009.
• first AKB48 single to reach #1 in Oricon's Daily Chart.

Trivia

• This is the first senbatsu of Sato Amina.
• Undergirls made their first appearance in this single.
• Ono Erena wrote the title font on the CD jacket.
• This was the first AKB48 single to feature a PV for a B-side song.
• The single's tagline is 「本当は···　好きなのかもしれない」 ("Hontou wa··· Suki na no kamoshirenai" / "The truth is that··· I may be in love.").
• Akimoto Yasushi originally wrote Iiwake Maybe as the opening song of the Team A 5th Stage, but decided to turn it into a single. According to AKB48 staff member Yuasa Junji, the original version of the song featured a very long intro.

AKB48 Singles Chronology
Namida Surprise! (2009)	Iiwake Maybe (2009)	RIVER (2009)