Everyday, Katyusha

"Everyday, Katyusha"
Regular Edition cover featuring Atsuko Maeda and Tomomi Itano
Single by AKB48
B-side	"Kore Kara Wonderland" "Yankee Soul" "Hito no Chikara" "Anti"
Released	May 25, 2011 (2011-05-25)
Format	CD Single, digital download
Recorded	2011
Genre	J-pop
Length	26:19 (A-side) 28:20 (B-side)
Label	King Records/You! Be Cool
Certification	Million (RIAJ)
AKB48 singles chronology
"Sakura no Ki ni Narō" (2011) "Dareka no Tame ni (What Can I Do for Someone?)" (2011) "Everyday, Katyusha" (2011) "Flying Get" (2011)
Music videos "Everyday, Katyusha" on YouTube "Kore kara Wonderland" (preview) on YouTube

"Everyday, Katyusha" (Everyday、カチューシャ, Everyday, Kachūsha^?) is the 21st single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48, released on May 25, 2011.^[1]

Release information

"Everyday, Katyusha" was used as the theme song for the film Moshidora, which stars AKB48 members Atsuko Maeda and Minami Minegishi,^[2] and the song "Yankee Soul" will be the title track for the television drama Majisuka Gakuen 2 by TV Tokyo.^[3] It was announced that part of the proceeds from this album will be donated to help the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.^[4] "Everyday, Katyusha" sold a total of 942,475 copies on its release day alone^[5], and it set a new sales record with sales of 1.33 million albums on its debut week.^[6]

Track Listing

Type-A CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Everyday, Katyusha (Everyday、カチューシャ, Everyday, Kachūsha?)"	Yasushi Akimoto	Yoshimasa Inoue	5:14
2.	"Korekara Wonderland (これからWonderland?)"	Yasushi Akimoto	Yoshimasa Inoue	4:27
3.	"Yankee Soul (ヤンキーソウル, Yankī Sōru?)"	Yasushi Akimoto	TJMixx	3:32
4.	"Everyday, Katyusha" (off vocal version)	Yasushi Akimoto	Yoshimasa Inoue	5:14
5.	"Korekara Wonderland" (off vocal version)	Yasushi Akimoto	Yoshimasa Inoue	4:27
6.	"Yankee Soul" (off vocal version)	Yasushi Akimoto	TJMixx	3:32

Type-A DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Everyday, Katyusha Music Clip"
2.	"Korekara Wonderland Music Clip"
3.	"Yankee Soul Music Clip"
4.	"Everyday, Katyusha Music Clip" (Drama version)
5.	"AKB48 Cho no Zoku: Short Con Cho 3 Renpatsu! (AKB48ちょの続・ショートコンちょ3連発!?)" (Type-A)

Type-B CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Everyday, Katyusha"	Yasushi Akimoto	Yoshimasa Inoue	5:14
2.	"Korekara Wonderland"	Yasushi Akimoto	Yoshimasa Inoue	4:27
3.	"Hito no Chikara (人の力?, Power of the People)"	Junjiro Seki	Junjiro Seki	4:28
4.	"Everyday, Katyusha" (off vocal version)	Yasushi Akimoto	Yoshimasa Inoue	5:14
5.	"Korekara Wonderland" (off vocal version)	Yasushi Akimoto	Yoshimasa Inoue	4:27
6.	"Hito no Chikara" (off vocal version)	Junjiro Seki	Junshiro Seki	4:28

Type-B DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Everyday, Katyusha Music Clip"
2.	"Korekara Wonderland Music Clip"
3.	"Hito no Chikara Music Clip"
4.	"Everyday, Katyusha Music Clip" (Drama version)
5.	"AKB48 Cho no Zoku: Short Con Cho 3 Renpatsu! (AKB48ちょの続・ショートコンちょ3連発!?)" (Type-B)

Theater Edition CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Everyday, Katyusha"	Yasushi Akimoto	Yoshimasa Inoue	5:14
2.	"Korekara Wonderland"	Yasushi Akimoto	Yoshimasa Inoue	4:27
3.	"Anti (アンチ, Anchi?)"	Tadashi Tsukida	Tadashi Tsukida	4:11
4.	"Everyday, Katyusha" (off vocal version)	Yasushi Akimoto	Yoshimasa Inoue	5:14
5.	"Korekara Wonderland" (off vocal version)	Yasushi Akimoto	Yoshimasa Inoue	4:27
6.	"Anti" (off vocal version)	Tadashi Tsukida	Tadashi Tsukida	4:11

Contributing members

"Everyday, Katyusha"

• Team A: Aika Oota, Asuka Kuramochi, Haruna Kojima, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takajo, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda
• Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yuko Oshima, Ayaka Kikuchi, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama
• Team B: Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Mika Komori, Sumire Sato, Yuka Masuda, Miho Miyazaki, Mayu Watanabe
• Team S (SKE48): Jurina Matsui, Rena Matsui
• Team N (NMB48): Sayaka Yamamoto, Miyuki Watanabe

"Korekara Wonderland"

• Team A: Haruna Kojima, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takajo, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda
• Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yuko Oshima, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama
• Team B: Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Mayu Watanabe

"Yankee Soul"

• Team A: Aika Ota, Asuka Kuramochi, Haruna Kojima, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takajo, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda, Ami Maeda
• Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Tomomi Itano, Yuko Oshima, Ayaka Kikuchi, Moeno Nito, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama
• Team B: Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Mika Komori, Sumire Sato, Miho Miyazaki, Mayu Watanabe
• Team Kenkyuusei: Mina Oba, Haruka Shimazaki, Haruka Shimada, Mariya Nagao, Suzuran Yamauchi, Miori Ichikawa
• Team S (SKE48): Jurina Matsui, Rena Matsui

"Hito no Chikara"

Credited as "Undergirls"

• Team A: Misaki Iwasa, Shizuka Ooya, Haruka Katayama, Haruka Nakagawa, Chisato Nakata, Sayaka Nakaya, Natsumi Matsubara
• Team K: Mayumi Uchida, Ayaka Umeda, Miku Tanabe, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Reina Fujie, Sakiko Matsui, Rumi Yonezawa
• Team B: Haruka Ishida, Kana Kobayashi, Amina Sato, Natsuki Sato, Mariya Suzuki, Rina Chikano, Natsumi Hirajima
• Team Kenkyuusei: Miyu Takeuchi, Mariko Nakamura, Anna Mori, Shiori Nakamata
• Team S (SKE48): Kumi Yagami
• Team KII (SKE48): Akane Takayanagi, Manatsu Mukaida
• Team N (NMB48): Nana Yamada

"Anti"

Credited as "Team Kenkyūsei"

• 9th Generation: Mina Oba, Haruka Shimazaki, Haruka Shimada, Miyu Takeuchi, Mariya Nagao, Mariko Nakamura, Anna Mori, Suzuran Yamauchi
• 10th Generation: Maria Abe, Rina Izuta, Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Rena Kato, Yuki Kanazawa, Kobayashi Marina, Nakamata Shiori, Fujita Nana
• 11th Generation: Sara Ushikubo, Rina Kawaei, Natsuki Kojima, Shihori Suzuki, Wakana Natori, Ayaka Morikawa, Nau Yamaguchi

Reception

"Everyday, Katyusha" set a new sales record for singles in Japan, selling a total of 1.334 million singles on its debut week and beating the previous record set by Mr. Children in February 1996.^[6] The single is also the third million-selling single by the band AKB48, together with their previous singles "Sakura no Ki ni Narō" with sales of 1.15 million album and "Beginner" with sales of 1.07 million albums.^[5] The single also crossed the 1.5 million album sales mark, becoming the fifth single by a female group to cross that mark.^[7] It also achieved that mark at a record pace, and it also became the first single since 2005 to achieve that mark.^[7]

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Billboard Japan Hot 100	1
Oricon daily singles	1
Oricon weekly singles	1
Oricon monthly singles	1
RIAJ Digital Track Chart weekly top 100	1

References

1. ^ "Ｅｖｅｒｙｄａｙ、カチューシャ（数量限定生産盤／Ｔｙｐｅ－Ａ）" (in Japanese). Oricon. Oricon. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/385015/products/music/914315/1/. Retrieved 2011-05-30. 
2. ^ "もし高校野球の女子マネージャーがドラッカーの『マネジメント』を読んだら(2011)" (in Japanese). Stingray. allcinema. http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=338827. Retrieved 2011-05-30. 
3. ^ "マジすか学園2公式ホームページ" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. TV Tokyo. http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/majisuka2/music/index.html. Retrieved 2011-05-30. 
4. ^ "AKB48 reschedules album, announces upcoming singles and next Senbatsu". Natalie, Tower Records. Tokyograph. 29 March 2011. http://www.tokyograph.com/news/akb48-reschedules-album-announces-upcoming-singles-and-next-senbatsu. Retrieved 2011-05-22. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "AKB48: “Everyday, Kachusha” almost sells 1 million in one day, Oshima Yuko leads election". Oricon. Tokyograph. 25 May 2011. http://www.tokyograph.com/news/akb48-everyday-kachusha-almost-sells-1-million-in-one-day-oshima-yuko-leads-election. Retrieved 2011-05-30. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "AKB48新曲、“シングル史上最高”の初週売上133.4万枚". Oricon. Oricon. 31 May 2011. http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/88249/full/. Retrieved 2011-05-31. (Japanese)
7. ^ ^{a b} "AKB48新曲、4週で150万枚突破 　シングルでは約5年半ぶり大台". Oricon. Oricon. 21 June 2011. http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/89024/full/. Retrieved 2011-06-24. (Japanese)