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Iiwake Maybe (言い訳Maybe; Maybe an Excuse) is AKB48's 13th single. Iiwake Maybe is sang by the 21 members most voted from the general election, while the 9 remaining members perform the b-side Tobenai Agehachou as Undergirls. Iiwake Maybe was used as the ending theme song for TBS variety show "Akko ni Omakase!". It was released in two versions: a regular CD+DVD edition and a theater CD only edition.
- Motto
「本当は··· 好きなのかもしれない」 ("Hontou wa··· Suki na no kamoshirenai")
Translation: "the truth is that··· I may be in love"
Tracklist
- Iiwake Maybe (言い訳Maybe)
- Tobenai Agehachou (飛べないアゲハチョウ)
- Iiwake Maybe (off vocal ver.) (言い訳Maybe)
- Tobenai Agehachou (off vocal ver.) (飛べないアゲハチョウ)
Selected Members
Iiwake Maybe
- Senbatsu (21 Members, Members bolded are part of Media Senbatsu, Maeda Atsuko Center)
- Team A: Maeda Atsuko, Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Kojima Haruna, Itano Tomomi, Sato Amina, Kitahara Rie, Sato Yukari, Minegishi Minami, Miyazaki Miho
- Team K: Oshima Yuko, Kasai Tomomi, Ono Erena, Akimoto Sayaka, Miyazawa Sae, Kuramochi Asuka
- Team B: Watanabe Mayu, Kashiwagi Yuki, Urano Kazumi, Oota Aika
- Team S: Matsui Jurina
Tobenai Agehachou
Undergirls (9 Members) (Yonezawa Rumi Center)
- Team A: Takajo Aki
- Team K: Ohori Megumi, Masuda Yuka, Matsubara Natsumi
- Team B: Yonezawa Rumi, Hirajima Natsumi, Sashihara Rino, Katayama Haruka
- Team S: Matsui Rena
Oricon Chart Positions
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week | Sales | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-- | 1 57,456 |
2 13,840 |
2 7,063 |
2 3,738 |
3 2,869 |
2 4,215 |
2 | 90,774 | |
4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7,849 | |
6 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 3,900 | |
10 | 18 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 2,880 | |
24 | 32 | 40 | 40 | 42 | 38 | 31 | 31 | 2,129 | |
27 | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | 55 | 1,131 | |
46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 107 | 646 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 97 | 578 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 93 | 796 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 103 | 582 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 124 | 538 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 143 | 420 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 159 | 373 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 170 | 471 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 162 | 435 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 161 | 394 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 157 | 405 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 128 | 502 | |
- | - | - | - | 38 | 40 | 36 | 43 | 2,642 | |
41 | 35 | 41 | 34 | 38 | 41 | 32 | |||
38 | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 59 | 1,087 | |
46 | - | - | - | - | - | 50 | 74 | 984 | |
43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 92 | 1,031 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 87 | 827 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 118 | 648 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 80 | 933 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 113 | 712 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 130 | 557 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 128 | 473 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 112 | 479 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 135 | 427 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 94 | 564 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 79 | 669 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 96 | 511 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 138 | 445 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 137 | 441 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 143 | 407 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 169 | 329 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 190 | 268 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 146 | 500 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 170 | 366 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 145 | 410 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 144 | 434 | |
OUT | 1 week | ||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 167 | 327 | |
OUT | 1 week | ||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 175 | 280 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 190 | 325 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 183 | 298 | |
OUT | 2 weeks | ||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 155 | 384 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 181 | 406 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 174 | 319 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 171 | 308 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 196 | 245 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 180 | 310 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 180 | 275 | |
OUT | 1 week | ||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 186 | 268 | |
OUT | 3 week | ||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 180 | 327 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 192 | 303 | |
OUT | 2 weeks | ||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 183 | 334 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 175 | 375 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 142 | 458 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 80 | 669 | |
- | - | - | 45 | - | 48 | - | 63 | 994 | |
44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 63 | 867 | |
30 | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | 71 | 961 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 95 | 806 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 114 | 637 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 124 | 538 |
Total Reported Sales: 296,572*
Total Sales in 2009: 113,896
Total Sales in 2010: 22,355
Total Sales in 2011: 160,321*
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 73
- Certificated Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ)
- Certificated Gold in the Chaku-uta full category.
- Chart Records (Oricon)
- 2nd best-selling single of September 2009.
- 47th best-selling single of 2009.
- First AKB48 single to hit the first place in Oricon's Daily Chart.
Trivia
- First Senbatsu of Sato Amina.
- First single in 48 Group which the Senbatsu and Undergirls were decided from the Senbatsu Election.
- Undergirls made their first appearance in this single.
- This was the first AKB48 single to feature an official music video for a B-side song.
- Iiwake Maybe charted #1 in the 2010 Request Hour Setlist Best 100.