Ponytail to Shushu

"Ponytail to Shushu"
"Ponytail to Shushu"
	File:AKB ponytailtypeA.jpg Type A cover, featuring Atsuko Maeda, Jurina Matsui (SKE48), Yuko Oshima, Minami Takahashi and Mayu Watanabe.
Single by AKB48
from the album Koko ni Ita Koto
B-side	"Nusumareta Kuchibiru"; "Boku no Yell"; "Majijo Teppen Blues";
Released	May 26, 2010
Genre	J-pop
Length	4:29:00
Label	You, Be Cool! / King
Songwriters	Yasushi Akimoto, Shin'ya Tada
Producer	Mashin Ikuta
AKB48 singles chronology
Music videos
	Ponytail to Shushu on YouTube
	Nusumareta Kuchibiru on YouTube
	Boku no YELL on YouTube
	Majijo Teppen Blues on YouTube
Alternative cover
	File:AKB ponytailtypeb.jpg Type B cover, featuring Tomomi Itano, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Haruna Kojima and Mariko Shinoda.
Alternative cover
	File:AKB ponytailgekijohan.jpg Theatre edition cover, featuring Tomomi Itano, Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Haruna Kojima, Atsuko Maeda, Jurina Matsui (SKE48), Minami Minegishi, Miho Miyazaki, Sae Miyazawa, Erena Ono, Yuko Oshima, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Aki Takajō and Mayu Watanabe.

"Ponytail to Shushu" (ポニーテールとシュシュ, Ponītēru to Shushu; "Ponytail and Scrunchie")^{[note 1]} is the 16th single by Japanese idol group AKB48, released on May 26, 2010.^[1]^[2]

Promotion

The covers and music videos of the single were shot in Guam.^[3]

The first editions of the single came with a ticket to vote for the featuring members of AKB48's 17th single, "Heavy Rotation", released in August 2010.^[4]^[5] The b-side, "Majijo Teppen Blues", is the theme song of Majisuka Gakuen 2

Chart performance

The single sold 354,000 copies on its first day of release.^[6] It sold 513,000 copies on its first week of sale, making it the biggest first week for a female idol group since Morning Musume's "Ren'ai Revolution 21" in 2000, and the biggest first week sales for a female artist since Hikaru Utada's "Can You Keep a Secret?" in 2001.^[4] It also became the biggest selling AKB48 single on the week it was released, beating the group's previous single "Sakura no Shiori"'s first week sales of 318,000 copies (and its total sales of 404,000).^[4]^[7]

Track listing

Type A track list
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger	Length
1.	"Ponytail to Shushu"	Yasushi Akimoto, Shinya Tada	Mashin Ikuta	4:29
2.	"Nusumareta Kuchibiru" (盗まれた唇 "Stolen Kiss" performed by Under Girls)	Akimoto, Yoshimasa Inoue	Inoue	4:00
3.	"Boku no Yell" (僕のＹＥＬＬ "My Yell" performed by Theater Girls)	Akimoto, Takafumi Fujino	Ikuta	5:03
4.	"Ponytail to Shushu (Off Vocal Ver.)"	Akimoto, Tada	Ikuta	4:29
5.	"Nusumareta Kuchibiru (Off Vocal Ver.)"	Akimoto, Inoue	Inoue	4:00
6.	"Boku no Yell (Off Vocal Ver.)"	Akimoto, Fujino	Ikuta	5:05
Total length:				27:17

Type B track list
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger	Length
1.	"Ponytail to Shushu"	Akimoto, Tada	Ikuta	4:29
2.	"Nusumareta Kuchibiru" (Under Girls)	Akimoto, Inoue	Inoue	4:00
3.	"Majijo Teppen Blues" (マジジョテッペンブルース)	Akimoto, Yūichi Ichikawa	Ichikawa	3:46
4.	"Ponytail to Shushu (Off Vocal Ver.)"	Akimoto, Tada	Ikuta	4:29
5.	"Nusumareta Kuchibiru (Off Vocal Ver.)"	Akimoto, Inoue	Inoue	4:00
6.	"Majijo Teppen Blues (Off Vocal Ver.)"	Akimoto, Ichikawa	Ichikawa	3:46
Total length:				24:38

Theatre version track list
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger	Length
1.	"Ponytail to Shushu"	Akimoto, Tada	Ikuta	4:29
2.	"Nusumareta Kuchibiru" (Under Girls)	Akimoto, Inoue	Inoue	4:00
3.	"Boku no Yell" (Theater Girls)	Akimoto, Fujino	Ikuta	5:03
4.	"Majijo Teppen Blues"	Akimoto, Ichikawa	Ichikawa	3:46

Personnel