Namida Surprise!

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CD Only (Regular Edition)
CD Only (Theater Edition)

General Information

Namida Surprise! is AKB48's 12th major single, 14th overall.

CD Information

Artist
AKB48
Single
Namida Surprise! (涙サプライズ!)
Release Date
2009.06.24
Label/Catalog Number/Price
Label: You,Be Cool!/KING RECORDS
KIZM-33~34 (Regular Edition, CD+DVD) / ¥1,676
NMAX-1081 (Theater Edition, CD) / ¥1,676

Regular Edition Details

CD
  1. Namida Surprise! (涙サプライズ!) / Senbatsu
  2. Shonichi (初日) / Team B
  3. FIRST LOVE / Ono Erena
  4. Namida Surprise! (off-vocal)
DVD
  1. Namida Surprise! Music Video
  2. Namida Surprise! Making of
  3. Bonus Video: "Happy Birthday"

Theater Edition Details

CD
  1. Namida Surprise!
  2. Shonichi
  3. FIRST LOVE
  4. Namida Surprise! (off-vocal)

Included Members

"Namida Surprise!"

Senbatsu (選抜) (20 Members) (Maeda Atsuko Center (in italic), Front Members in bold)

"Shonichi"

Team B (チームB) (16 Members)

"FIRST LOVE"

Oricon Chart Positions

Date Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Sales Releases
09.06.22 -- *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *5 **2 104,180
09.06.29 *2 *8 *7 *5 *5 *4 *5 **6 *20,281
09.07.06 *6 11 26 *9 *6 14 13 *13 **9,573
09.07.13 16 36 42 30 33 28 39 *33 **2,029
09.07.20 22 ** ** ** ** ** ** *61 **1,600
09.07.27 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *93 ***,841
09.08.03 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 143 ***,578
09.08.10 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 125 ***,576
09.08.17 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 148 ***,474
09.08.24 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 117 ***,801 Iiwake Maybe single
09.08.31 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 118 ***,564
09.09.07 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 130 ***,460
09.09.14 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 136 ***,393
09.09.21 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 128 ***,420
09.09.28 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 166 ***,308
09.10.05 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 191 ***,259
09.10.12 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 192 ***,262
09.10.19 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 138 ***,454 River single
09.10.26 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 144 ***,375
09.11.02 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 146 ***,415
09.11.09 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 173 ***,314
OUT 2 weeks
09.11.30 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 190 ***,346
OUT 1 week
09.12.14 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 176 ***,350
09.12.21 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 169 ***,388
09.12.28 ** ** ** ** ** 44 45 *55 **2,173
10.01.04 44 46 ** 37 49 41 41
10.01.11 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *66 ***,947
10.01.18 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *83 ***,833
10.01.25 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 106 ***,863
10.02.01 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 103 ***,676
10.02.08 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 132 ***,573
10.02.15 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *94 ***,776 Sakura no Shiori single
10.02.22 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 125 ***,616
10.03.01 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 152 ***,469
10.03.08 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 168 ***,353
10.03.15 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 144 ***,350
10.03.22 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 161 ***,344
10.03.29 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 124 ***,393
10.04.05 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *99 ***,528 Kamikyokutachi album
10.04.12 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 107 ***,459
10.04.19 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 158 ***,350
10.04.26 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 166 ***,337
10.05.03 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 161 ***,341
10.05.10 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 182 ***,298
OUT 3 weeks Ponytail to Shushu single
10.06.07 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 186 ***,300
10.06.14 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 179 ***,309
OUT 3 weeks
10.07.12 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 169 ***,290 SET LIST ~Greatest Songs~ Kanzen ban album
10.07.19 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 198 ***,303
10.07.26 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 198 ***,271
OUT 4 weeks Heavy Rotation single
10.08.30 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 187 ***,294
OUT 3 weeks
10.09.27 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 183 ***,270
10.10.04 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 197 ***,253
10.10.11 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 198 ***,245
OUT 7 weeks Beginner single
10.12.06 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 182 ***,335 Chance no Junban single
10.12.13 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 189 ***,328
10.12.20 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 174 ***,354
10.12.27 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 117 ***,463
11.01.03 ** ** ** 50 ** ** ** *71 ***,838
11.01.10 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *74 ***,728
11.01.17 43 ** ** ** ** ** ** *83 ***,738
11.01.24 49 ** ** ** ** ** ** 109 ***,696
11.01.31 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 131 ***,524
11.02.07 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 130 ***,504
11.02.14 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 125 ***,502 Sakura no Ki ni Narou single
11.02.21 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 166 ***,422
11.02.28 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 192 ***,314
OUT 1 week
11.03.14 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 171 ***,242
11.03.21 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 162 ***,277
11.03.28 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 153 ***,298
11.04.04 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 165 ***,283
11.04.11 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 164 ***,277
11.04.18 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 188 ***,248

Total Reported Sales: 168,826*
Total Sales on 2009: 145,503
Total Sales on 2010: 15,287
Total Sales on 2011: 8,036
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 72

Chart Records (Oricon)
  • 5th best-selling single of July 2009.
  • 39th best-selling single of 2009.
  • First AKB48 single to rank #2 in both Weekly and Daily Categories of the Oricon Charts
  • First AKB48 Single to sell over 100,000 in its first week.
  • This single outsold all the previous AKB48 singles only in its first week.

Trivia

  • This is the first senbatsu of Nito Moeno and Komori Mika.
  • This is the first time a solo song was included in an AKB48 Single.
  • This is the first and only single to have an illustrated CD cover.
  • This is the first single to include a Kenkyuusei member as in the senbatsu.
  • Following Oogoe Diamond and 10nen Zakura, this was the third single in a row to be composed by Inoue Yoshimasa.
  • This is AKB48's 2nd birthday-themed song, the first one being A3's Tanjoubi no Yoru.
  • The release day of this single happened to be Kitahara Rie's 18th birthday.
  • The single's tagline is 「お誕生日に歌いたい歌がある」 ("Tanjoubi ni Utaitai Uta ga aru" / "I have a song I want to sing for my birthday").
  • According to AKB48 staff member Yuasa Junji, they were able to use the melody of Happy Birthday because it had come into public domain a few years before.
  • Namida Surprise! was the theme song for Yomiuri Shimbun x AKB48 Collaboration and its CM. FIRST LOVE was an image song for Louis Vuitton's anime short SUPERFLAT FIRST LOVE.
  • Shonichi came first in the AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2009.
AKB48 Singles Chronology
10nen Zakura
(2009)
Namida Surprise!
(2009)
Iiwake Maybe
(2009)