Must be now

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CD+DVD Type-A (Limited Edition)

CD+DVD Type-A (Regular Edition)

CD+DVD Type-B (Limited Edition)

CD+DVD Type-B (Regular Edition)

CD+DVD Type-C (Limited Edition)

CD+DVD Type-C (Regular Edition)

CD Only (Theater Edition)

CD Information

Artist

NMB48

Single

Must be now

Release Date

2015.10.07

Label/Catalog Number/Price

Label: laugh out loud records

YRCS-90099 (Limited Edition Type-A, CD+DVD) / ￥1,524

YRCS-90096 (Regular Edition Type-A, CD+DVD) / ￥1,524

YRCS-90100 (Limited Edition Type-B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,524

YRCS-90097 (Regular Edition Type-B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,524

YRCS-90101 (Limited Edition Type-C, CD+DVD) / ￥1,524

YRCS-90098 (Regular Edition Type-C, CD+DVD) / ￥1,524

YRCS-90102 (Theater Edition, CD) / ￥0,952

Regular Edition Details

CD

1. Must be now / Senbatsu
2. Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... (片想いよりも思い出を…)
3. • (Type-A) Yume ni Iro ga Nai Riyuu (夢に色がない理由) / Team N
   • (Type-B) Good-bye, Guitar / Team M
   • (Type-C) Kufuku de Renai wo Suru na (空腹で恋愛をするな) / Team BII
4. Must be now (off-vocal)
5. Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... (off-vocal)
6. • (Type-A) Yume ni Iro ga Nai Riyuu (off-vocal)
   • (Type-B) Good-bye, Guitar (off-vocal)
   • (Type-C) Kufuku de Renai wo Suru na (off-vocal)

DVD

1. Must be now Music Video
2. Must be now Dance Version
3. Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... Music Video
4. • (Type-A) Yume ni Iro ga Nai Riyuu Music Video
   • (Type-B) Good-bye, Guitar Music Video
   • (Type-C) Kufuku de Renai wo Suru na Music Video

Theater Edition Details

CD

1. Must be now
2. Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... (片想いよりも思い出を…)
3. Orera to wa (俺らとは)
4. Must be now (off-vocal)
5. Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo... (off-vocal)
6. Orera to wa (off-vocal)

Included Members

"Must be now"

★ Senbatsu (選抜) (9 Members) (Yamamoto Sayaka Center)

• Team N: Ishida Yuumi, Kato Yuuka, Kishino Rika, Nishimura Aika, Yamamoto Sayaka
• Team BII: Umeda Ayaka, Kinoshita Haruna, Kusaka Konomi, Watanabe Miyuki

"Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo..."

(16 Members) (Yabushita Shu Center)

• Team N: Ota Yuuri, Kotani Riho, Jonishi Kei, Sutou Ririka, Yoshida Akari
• Team M: Uemura Azusa, Shiroma Miru, Tanigawa Airi, Fujie Reina, Murase Sae, Yagura Fuuko
• Team BII: Ichikawa Miori, Kadowaki Kanako, Shibuya Nagisa, Naiki Kokoro, Yabushita Shu

"Yume ni Iro ga Nai Riyuu"

Team N (チームN) (16 Members) (Yamamoto Sayaka Center)

• Team N: Akashi Natsuko, Ishida Yuumi, Ota Yuuri, Kato Yuuka, Kishino Rika, Koga Narumi, Kotani Riho, Jo Eriko, Jonishi Kei, Sutou Ririka, Nishizawa Rurina, Nishimura Aika, Yamao Rina, Yamaguchi Yuki, Yamamoto Sayaka, Yoshida Akari

"Good-bye, Guitar"

Team M (チームM) (19 Members) (Shiroma Miru & Yagura Fuuko Center)

• Team M: Azuma Yuki, Ishizuka Akari, Uemura Azusa, Uno Mizuki, Okita Ayaka, Kawakami Rena, Kinoshita Momoka, Kushiro Rina, Kondo Rina, Shiroma Miru, Takei Sara, Tanigawa Airi, Nakano Reina, Fujie Reina, Matsumura Megumi, Mita Mao, Murase Sae, Morita Ayaka, Yagura Fuuko

"Kufuku de Renai wo Suru na"

Team BII (チームBII) (17 Members) (Watanabe Miyuki Center)

• Team BII: Ijiri Anna, Iso Kanae, Ichikawa Miori, Ueda Mirei, Umeda Ayaka, Kadowaki Kanako, Kawakami Chihiro, Kinoshita Haruna, Kusaka Konomi, Kurokawa Hazuki, Shibuya Nagisa, Naiki Kokoro, Hayashi Momoka, Yabushita Shu, Watanabe Miyuki, Odan Mai, Matsuoka Chiho

"Orera to wa"

(5 Members) (Yamamoto Sayaka Center)

• Team N: Kishino Rika, Kotani Riho, Yamaguchi Yuki, Yamamoto Sayaka
• Team A: Ogasawara Mayu

General Information

Must be now is the 13th single released by NMB48.

Oricon Chart Positions

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales	Releases
15.10.05	**	*1 222,115	*1 17,426	*1 7,657	*1 48,244	*1 4,693	*1 4,425	**1	307,036
15.10.12	*1 2,438	*8	*8	*5	*6	*5	*4	*6	*10,942
15.10.19	*4	20	20	12	10	12	10	*16	**4,759
15.10.26	11	42	41	26	16	29	24	*34	**3,571
15.11.02	34	45	48	40	36	40	39	*46	**1,459
15.11.09	*1 15,058	33	49	36	33	35	28	**7	*16,892
15.11.16	*1 13,852	**	**	**	41	50	49	**9	*15,174
15.11.23	*1 6,873	**	**	**	**	**	**	*22	**7,551
15.11.30	*1 7,425	**	**	**	**	**	**	*13	**7,928
15.12.07	*3 10,422	**	**	**	**	**	**	**8	*11,008
15.12.14	*1 12,054	**	**	**	**	**	**	*12	*12,498
15.12.21	*1 7,180	**	**	**	**	**	**	*16	**7,614
15.12.28	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*80	***,491
16.01.04	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*82	***,472
16.01.11	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	151	***,271
16.01.18	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	161	***,205
16.01.25	*1 5,488	**	**	**	**	**	**	*20	**5,713
16.02.01	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	187	***,195
16.02.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	172	***,236
OUT	2 weeks
16.02.29	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*94	***,522
16.03.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	109	***,451
16.03.14	**	**	**	44	38	39	**	*55	***,804
16.03.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	168	***,247
16.03.28	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	164	***,263
16.04.04	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	142	***,262
16.04.11	**	**	46	19	24	16	19	*28	**1,496

Total Reported Sales: 418,060*
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 26

Trivia

• First Senbatsu of Ishida Yuumi.
• Kishino Rika's first Senbatsu since Kitagawa Kenji in November 2012.
• Kinoshita Haruna's first Senbatsu since Virginity in August 2012.
• First Senbatsu without Kotani Riho, Jonishi Kei, and Shiroma Miru.
  • Yamamoto Sayaka is now the only member to be in every NMB48 A-side.
• With the exception of the first two NMB48 singles, this is the first single to not feature Team M members on the Senbatsu.
• This single has the smallest NMB48 Senbatsu. It is also the first Senbatsu to have 9 members.
  • It is also the first ALL48 Single to have less than 16 members since SKE48's Gomen ne, SUMMER.
• Ogasawara Mayu's first NMB48 single participation since Takane no Ringo.
• Last Senbatsu of Nishimura Aika and Umeda Ayaka.
• Second ALL48 single (3rd overall) with covers featuring members not part of Senbatsu (after AKB48's Eien Pressure and Nogizaka46's Kidzuitara Kataomoi). However, it is the first to have more than one cover without Senbatsu members.

NMB48 Singles Chronology
Durian Shounen (2015)	Must be now (2015)	Amagami Hime 2016