Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション?) is the 17th major single (19th overall) released by AKB48. It was released in three editions: two CD+DVD editions (Types A & B) and a CD-only Theater version. The first pressings came with a random member card. The Top 40 members selected for this single were chosen by the fans with voting cards from the first pressings of their previous (17th) single Ponytail to Shushu. The title song has been certified Double Platinum by the RIAJ for full song downloads of over 500,000.
I. Track Listing:
Type A
- Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション)
- Namida no Seesaw Game (涙のシーソーゲーム) (Under Girls)
- Yasai Sisters (野菜シスターズ)
- Heavy Rotation off vocal ver. (ヘビーローテーション off vocal ver.)
- Namida no Seesaw Game off vocal ver. (涙のシーソーゲーム off vocal ver.)
- Yasai Sisters off vocal ver. (野菜シスターズ off vocal ver.)
Type B
- Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション)
- Namida no Seesaw Game （涙のシーソーゲーム) (Under Girls)
- Lucky Seven (ラッキーセブン)
- Heavy Rotation off vocal ver. (ヘビーローテーション off vocal ver.)
- Namida no Seesaw Game off vocal ver. (涙のシーソーゲーム off vocal ver.)
- Lucky Seven off vocal ver. (ラッキーセブン off vocal ver.)
Theater Edition
- Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション)
- Namida no Seesaw Game (涙のシーソーゲーム)
- Yasai Sisters (野菜シスターズ)
- Lucky Seven (ラッキーセブン)
II. Oricon Chart Performance:
Total Reported Sales: 881,519*
Total Sales in 2010: 713,275 (#2 single of the year)
Total Sales in 2011: 140,607 (#52 single of the year)
Total Sales in 2012: 25,295 (#281 single of the year)
Total Sales in 2013: 1,584
Total Sales in 2014: 758*
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 123
III. Chart Records:
- 4th consecutive single to debut at #1 in the Weekly Oricon rankings.
- First AKB48 Single to rank 1# in the Chaku-uta (tune) daily and weekly charts.
- First AKB48 Single to ship 650,000 copies.
- First AKB48 Song (Heavy Rotation) to top all the Rocochoku Rankings in the same week.
- This single made AKB48 the third female artist to have to singles with over 500k of first-week sales. For female idol groups, AKB48 made history as the first ones.
- This single outsold Ponytail to Shushu's first week.
