The lineup for AKB48′s next single Give Me Five and all it’s coupling songs has been revealed. Whilst there’s been no complaints about the lineup for the leading track, there’s been plenty of debate about who Aki-P has chosen for the coupling songs with many complaining that members such as Mayuyu have been left out especially for the track Sweet & Bitter as the normally untouchable Kami7 (named after the Top 7 AKB48 members) has been replaced by Selection 6 with Sasshi taking over what would normally be Mayuyu’s position. Maybe Aki-P has noticed that Sasshi is becoming more popular than Mayuyu? Many are saying that Selection 6 equals to Aki-P’s favorite Top 6 members.
Also it looks like the Undergirls have been scrapped for this single and replaced with 2 Special Girl teams and there’s too many members from other 000 teams starting to filter into AKB48 singles now as well. I understand about having Rena and Jurina but leave the rest out. The fans will probably lash out on Google+ to Aki-P about the decision to leave out a lot of girls like Harugon and Moeno out of this single. So this is how the tracklisting looks like for the Type A & B editions:
Type-A
CD
1. GIVE ME FIVE!
2. Sweet & Bitter (Selection 6）
3. NEW SHIP (Special Girls A）
4. GIVE ME FIVE! (Instrumental)
5. Sweet & Bitter (Instrumental)
6. NEW SHIP (Instrumental)
DVD
1. GIVE ME FIVE! PV
2. Sweet & Bitter PV
3. NEW SHIP PV
4. GIVE ME FIVE! MAKING (Part 1)
5. Beautiful M – X Course
Type-B
CD
1. GIVE ME FIVE!
2. Sweet & Bitter (Selection 6）
3. Hitsujikai no tabi (Special Girls B)
4. GIVE ME FIVE! (Instrumental)
5. Sweet & Bitter (Instrumental)
6. Hitsujikai no tabi (Instrumental)
DVD
1. GIVE ME FIVE! PV
2. Sweet & Bitter PV
3. Hitsujikai no tabi PV
4. GIVE ME FIVE! MAKING (Part 2)
5. Beautiful overture＆encore course
And the members for each track on the CD are as follows:
GIVE ME FIVE
Team A: Sasshi, Mariko, Kojima, Akicha, Takamina, Acchan
Team K: Yuko, Tomochin, Miichan, Yui, Sae
Team B: Mayuyu, Yukirin, Chiyuu, Kitarie
SKE Team S: Rena, Jurina
NMB: Sayanee
Sweet & Bitter – Selection 6
Team A: Sasshi, Mariko, Takamina, Acchan
Team K: Tomochin, Yuko
NEW SHIP – Special Girls A
Team B: Suuchan
Team 4: Lemon, Anna Iriyama, Paruru, Ranran
KK: Karen Iwata, Rena Kato, Rina Kawaei, Juri Takahashi
SKE Team S: Yuria Kisaki, Jurina
SKE Team E: Kanon Kimoto
NMB Team N: Miyuki Watanabe
HKT48: Haruka Kodama
JKT48: Melody
Hitsujikai no tabi – Special Girls B
Team A: Wasamin, Lovetan, Haachan, Mocchi, Kojima, Akicha
Team K: Sayaka, Umechan, Ayarin, Reinyan, Sakippe, Miichan, Sae, Yui
Team B: Chiyuu, Mayuyu, Yukirin, Kitarie, Amina, Yuttan
Team 4: Haruu, Mariya Nagao
SKE Team S: Rena
SKE Team KII: Churi
