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Must Be Now

"Must be now"
Cover of Type-A regular edition.
Single by NMB48
ReleasedOctober 7, 2015 (2015-10-07) (Japan)
Labellaugh out loud records
Songwriter(s)K Carlos, Y Akimoto
NMB48 singles chronology
"Dorian Shōnen"
(2015)
"Must be now"
(2015)
"Amagami Hime"
(2016)
Music video
Must Be Now (Dance version) on YouTube

"Must be now" is the 13th single by Japanese idol girl group NMB48. It was released on October 7, 2015.[1] It was number-one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[2] with 307,036 copies sold.[3] It was the second best-selling single in Japan in October 2015, with 326,308 copies.[4] It was also the eighteenth best-selling single of 2015 in Japan according to the Oricon Yearly Singles Chart, with 386,320 copies sold.[5] As of February 22, 2016 it had sold 414,015 copies.[6] It was also number-one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[7]

An alternative dance shot version with full-size song was published on YouTube.

Track listing

Type-A

CD[1]
No.TitleLength
1."Must be now" 
2."片想いよりも思い出を…" 
3."夢に色がない理由/Team N" 
4."Must be now (off vocal ver.)" 
5."片想いよりも思い出を… (off vocal ver.)" 
6."夢に色がない理由/Team N (off vocal ver.)" 

Type-B

CD[8]
No.TitleLength
1."Must be now" 
2."片想いよりも思い出を…" 
3."Good-bye, Guitar/Team M" 
4."Must be now (off vocal ver.)" 
5."片想いよりも思い出を… (off vocal ver.)" 
6."Good-bye, Guitar/Team M (off vocal ver.)" 

Type-C

CD[9]
No.TitleLength
1."Must be now" 
2."片想いよりも思い出を…" 
3."空腹で恋愛をするな/Team BII" 
4."Must be now (off vocal ver.)" 
5."片想いよりも思い出を… (off vocal ver.)" 
6."腹で恋愛をするな/Team BII (off vocal ver.)" 

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart) 1[1]
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100) 1[7]

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon Yearly Singles Chart) 18[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Must be now(通常盤 Type-A)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  2. ^ "週間 CDシングルランキング 2015年10月19日付". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "Oricon Weekly Charts for 10/5 ~ 10/11". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. October 14, 2015. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  4. ^ "月間 CDシングルランキング 2015年10月度". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  5. ^ a b "2015年 年間音楽ランキングを発表! 年間シングルランキング 1位~25位". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  6. ^ "AKB48 売上 Must be now" (in Japanese). Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2015/10/19". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  8. ^ "Must be now(通常盤 Type-B)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  9. ^ "Must be now(通常盤 Type-C)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016.