Heavy Rotation

Promotional Picture
Cover: Senbatsu Members

CD+DVD Type-A (Regular Edition)
Cover: Oshima Yuko · Maeda Atsuko · Shinoda Mariko

CD+DVD Type-B (Regular Edition)
Cover: Oshima Yuko

CD Only (Theatre Edition)
Cover: Kojima Haruna · Kashiwagi Yuki · Miyazawa Sae

CD Information

Artist

AKB48

Single

Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション)

Release Date

2010.08.18

Label/Catalog Number/Price

Label: You，Be Cool!/KING RECORDS

KIZM-57～58 (CD+DVD Type-A) / ￥1,600

KIZM-59～60 (CD+DVD Type-B) / ￥1,600

NMAX-1097 (Theatre Edition) / ￥1,000

Tie-up

• Heavy Rotation: Puccho's AKB48cho Campaign CM Song
• Namida no SeeSaw Game: Nihon-TV Show, AKB600sec. Ending Theme
• Yasai Sisters: Kagome's Yasai ichi-nichi kore ippon Campaign CM Song
• Lucky Seven: 7-11's AKB48 x Seven-Eleven Campaign CM Song

Motto

「好きな人ができると、頭の中は、ずっと、ヘビーローテション！」 ("Suki na Hito ga dekiru to, Atama no Naka wa, Zutto, Heavy Rotation!")
Translation: "Once you like someone, inside your head, it's always a Heavy Rotation!"

Regular Edition Details

CD

1. Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション) / AKB48
2. Namida no SeeSaw Game (涙のシーソーゲーム) / Undergirls (アンダーガルズ)
3. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Yasai Sisters (野菜シスターズ) / AKB48
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Lucky Seven (ラッキーセブン) / AKB48
4. Heavy Rotation (off-vocal)
5. Namida no SeeSaw Game (off-vocal)
6. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Yasai Sisters (Instrumental)
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Lucky Seven (Instrumental)

DVD

1. Heavy Rotation Music Clip
2. Namida no SeeSaw Game Music Clip
3. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Yasai Sisters Music Clip
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Lucky Seven Music Clip
4. • (Type-A Exclusive track) 2nd AKB48 Senbatsu Election Documentary (Part 1/2)
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) 2nd AKB48 Senbatsu Election Documentary (Part 2/2)
5. • (Type-A Exclusive track) AKB48cho's AKB48 Heavy Rotation PVcho
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) AKB48cho's Short CMs-cho (7) one after the other!
6. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Issho ni kore ICHI! <Type-A ver.>
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Issho ni kore ICHI! <Type-B ver.>

First Pressing Bonus

-National Handshaking Event ticket (1)
-Hologram Jacket
-Bonus Store-Exclusive Picture (1)* *external bonus

Theatre Edition Details

CD

1. Heavy Rotation / AKB48
2. Namida no SeeSaw Game / Undergirls
3. Yasai Sisters / AKB48
4. Lucky Seven / AKB48

First Pressing Bonus

-Commemorative Sale Handshaking Event ticket (1) (chara-ani preoder only)
-Member Picture (1) *Random selection (1 out of 39 types. Senbatsu and Undergirls cards)

Included Members

★ Senbatsu (21 Members (1#~21#), Members bloded are part of Media Senbatsu)
Team A: Kojima Haruna (7#)· Sashihara Rino (19#) · Shinoda Mariko (3#) · Takajo Aki (13#) · Takahashi Minami (6#) · Nakagawa Haruka (20#) · Maeda Atsuko (2#)
Team K: Akimoto Sayaka (17#) · Itano Tomomi (4#) · Oshima Yuko (1#)· Ono Erena (15#) · Minegishi Minami (14#)· Miyazawa Sae (9#)·
Team B: Kasai Tomomi (12#) · Kashiwagi Yuki (9#)· Kitahara Rie (16#) · Sato Amina (18#) · Miyazaki Miho (21#) · Watanabe Mayu (5#)
SKE48, Team S: Matsui Jurina (10#) · Matsui Rena (11#)

Heavy Rotation

Senbatsu Members

Namida no SeeSaw Game (Undergirls) (18 Members (22#~40#)
Team A: Oota Aika (22#) · Katayama Haruka (37#) · Kuramochi Asuka (22#) · Matsubara Natsumi (39#)
Team K: Umeda Ayaka (32#) · Nito Moeno (29#) · Fujie Reina (33#) · Yonezawa Rumi (34#)
Team B: Ishida Haruka (27#) · Komori Mika (30#) · Sato Sumire (31#) · Hirajima Natsumi (26#) · Masuda Yuka (25#)
AKB48 Kenkyuusei: Shimazaki Haruka (28#) · Yamauchi Suzuran (36#)
SKE48, Team S: Ooya Masana (24#)· Yagami Kumi (38#)
SKE48, Team KII: Takayanagi Akane (35#)

Yasai Sisters (25 Members)
Team A: Oota Aika · Kuramochi Asuka · Kojima Haruna · Sashihara Rino · Shinoda Mariko · Takajo Aki · Takahashi Minami · Maeda Atsuko · Maeda Ami
Team K: Akimoto Sayaka · Itano Tomomi · Oshima Yuko · Ono Erena · Nito Moeno · Minegishi Minami · Miyazawa Sae
Team B: Kasai Tomomi · Kashiwagi Yuki · Kitahara Rie · Komori Mika · Sato Sumire · Miyazaki Miho · Watanabe Mayu
SKE48, Team S: Matsui Jurina · Matsui Rena

Lucky Seven (16 Members)
Team A: Kojima Haruna · Sashihara Rino · Shinoda Mariko · Takajo Aki · Takahashi Minami · Maeda Atsuko
Team K: Itano Tomomi · Oshima Yuko · Minegishi Minami · Miyazawa Sae
Team B: Kasai Tomomi · Kashiwagi Yuki · Kitahara Rie · Komori Mika · Miyazaki Miho · Watanabe Mayu

Sales Information

Oricon Chart-Run

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week	Sales
x	*1	*1	*1	*1	*1	*1	**1	527,336
*1	*6	*5	*4	*3	*3	*3	**4	*64,671
*3	*5	*3	*2	*2	*1	*1	**3	*27,520
*2	10	11	*6	*6	*6	x	***	***,***
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	***	***,***

Total Reported Sales: 619,527 (still charting)
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 3 (still charting)

Recochoku Chart-Run (Heavy Rotation)

Category	Weekly Peaks
Chaku-Uta (tune)	**1 - *10 - *10 - **1 - **4 - ***
Chaku-Uta (full)	**4 - **6 - **1 - **4 - *** - ***

Chart Records

• First AKB48 Single to rank 1# in the Chaku-uta (tune) daily and weekly charts
• First AKB48 Single to ship 650,000 copies (previous record being Ponytail to Shushu with 500k)
• First AKB48 Song (Heavy Rotation) to top all the Rocochoku Rankings in the same week.
• This single made AKB48 the third female artist to have to singles with over 500k of first-week sales. for female idol groups, AKB48 made history as the first ones.
• this single outsold Ponytail to Shushu's first week, marking it as the highest first week numbers for AKB48 release so far.