Barrette (song)

"Barrette" (バレッタ) is the 7th single by Nogizaka46. It was released on November 27, 2013. It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart.[1] It was the 14th best-selling single of the year in Japan.[2] It has sold a total of 515,965 copies, as of July 28, 2014 (chart date).[3] It reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[4] A song from the single, Tsuki no Ōkisa (月の大きさ), was the second opening theme of season 15 of the Naruto: Shippuden anime television series.[5]

"Barrette"
Regular edition cover
Single by Nogizaka46
from the album Tōmei na Iro
B-side	"Tsuki no Ōkisa" "Watashi no Tame ni Dareka no Tame ni" (Type-A) "Sonna Baka na..." (Type-B) "Hatsukoi no Hito o Ima demo" (Type-C) "Yasashisa towa" (Regular)
Released	November 27, 2013 (2013-11-27) (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Length	25:54
Label	N46Div.
Songwriter(s)	Yoshihiro Saito Takahiro Furukawa
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
Nogizaka46 singles chronology
"Girls Rule" (2013) "Barrette" (2013) "Kizuitara Kataomoi" (2014)

Release

This single was released in 4 versions. Type-A, Type-B, Type-C and a regular edition. The center position in the choreography for the title song is held by Miona Hori who is a member of 2nd generation.[6]

Track listing

Type-A

CD[7][8]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Barrette" (バレッタ)	4:19
2.	"Tsuki no Ōkisa" (月の大きさ)	3:56
3.	"Watashi no Tame ni Dareka no Tame ni" (私のために 誰かのために)	5:14
4.	"Barrette (off vocal ver.)" (バレッタ off vocal ver.)	4:19
5.	"Tsuki no Ōkisa (off vocal ver.)" (月の大きさ off vocal ver.)	3:56
6.	"Watashi no Tame ni Dareka no Tame ni (off vocal ver.)" (私のために 誰かのために off vocal ver.)	5:13

DVD[7]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Barrette Music Video"
2.	"Tsuki no Ōkisa Music Video"
3.	"Erika Ikuta × Masahide Sakuma"
4.	"Yūri Saitō × Atsuhiro Yamada"
5.	"Kazumi Takayama × Taikou Nakayama"
6.	"Seira Nagashima × Tatsurō Hayashi"
7.	"Seira Hatanaka × Santa Yamagishi"
8.	"Hina Higuchi × Ai Nagasaki"
9.	"Miona Hori × Shō Yanagisawa"
10.	"Sayuri Matsumura × Udai Iwasaki"
11.	"Yumi Wakatsuki × ZUMI"
12.	"Maaya Wada × Takayuki Hayashi"
13.	"2nd generation members introduction 1"

Type-B

CD[9][10]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Barrette" (バレッタ)	4:19
2.	"Tsuki no Ōkisa" (月の大きさ)	3:56
3.	"Sonna Baka na..." (そんなバカな・・・)	4:29
4.	"Barrette (off vocal ver.)" (バレッタ off vocal ver.)	4:19
5.	"Tsuki no Ōkisa (off vocal ver.)" (月の大きさ off vocal ver.)	3:56
6.	"Sonna Baka na... (off vocal ver.)" (そんなバカな・・・ off vocal ver.)	4:28

DVD[9]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Barrette Music Video"
2.	"Sonna Baka na... Music Video"
3.	"Rina Ikoma × Izuru Kumasaka"
4.	"Nene Itō × Wataru Yamamoto"
5.	"Sayuri Inoue × Masayuki Miyaji"
6.	"Mahiro Kawamura × Ami Satō"
7.	"Asuka Saitō × Fujimaru Totsuka"
8.	"Chiharu Saitō × Nozomu Nakajima"
9.	"Nanase Nishino × Yū Oorai・Tomoyuki Torisu"
10.	"Ami Nōjō × Kazuma Ikeda"
11.	"Nanami Hashimoto × Kazuya Nakajima・Hiroshi Kikuchi"
12.	"Mai Fukagawa × Yoshiaki Marubayashi"
13.	"2nd generation members introduction 2"

Type-C

CD[11][12]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Barrette" (バレッタ)	4:19
2.	"Tsuki no Ōkisa" (月の大きさ)	3:56
3.	"Hatsukoi no Hito o Ima demo" (初恋の人を今でも)	3:45
4.	"Barrette (off vocal ver.)" (バレッタ off vocal ver.)	4:19
5.	"Tsuki no Ōkisa (off vocal ver.)" (月の大きさ off vocal ver.)	3:56
6.	"Hatsukoi no Hito o Ima demo (off vocal ver.)" (初恋の人を今でも off vocal ver.)	3:44

DVD[11]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Barrette Music Video"
2.	"Hatsukoi no Hito o Ima demo Music Video"
3.	"Manatsu Akimoto × Yūki Aoyama"
4.	"Marika Itō × Hiroaki Yuasa"
5.	"Misa Etō × Hideaki Fukui"
6.	"Hina Kawago × Renki Yamasaki"
7.	"Reika Sakurai × Tarō Okagawa"
8.	"Mai Shiraishi × Ray(Fashion Magazine)"
9.	"Kana Nakada × Subong Kim"
10.	"Himeka Nakamoto × Makoto Ishida"
11.	"Minami Hoshino × Takurō Ōkubo"
12.	"Rina Yamato × Hironobu Tōkai"
13.	"2nd generation members introduction 3"
14.	"Rena Ichiki"

Regular Edition

CD[13][14]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Barrette" (バレッタ)	Yasushi Akimoto	Yoshihiro Saito	Miona Hori, et cetera	4:19
2.	"Tsuki no Ōkisa" (月の大きさ)	Yasushi Akimoto	Takahiro Furukawa	Miona Hori, et cetera	3:56
3.	"Yasashisa towa" (やさしさとは)	Yasushi Akimoto	Takahiro Furukawa	Nanami Hashimoto, et cetera	4:42
4.	"Barrette (off vocal ver.)" (バレッタ off vocal ver.)		Yoshihiro Saito		4:19
5.	"Tsuki no Ōkisa (off vocal ver.)" (月の大きさ off vocal ver.)		Takahiro Furukawa		3:56
6.	"Yasashisa towa (off vocal ver.)" (やさしさとは off vocal ver.)		Takahiro Furukawa		4:40

Anime Edition

CD[15][16]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Barrette" (バレッタ)
2.	"Tsuki no Ōkisa" (月の大きさ)
3.	"Tsuki no Ōkisa (Anime ver.)" (月の大きさ ～アニメ版～)
4.	"Barrette (off vocal ver.)" (バレッタ off vocal ver.)
5.	"Tsuki no Ōkisa (off vocal ver.)" (月の大きさ off vocal ver.)

Chart and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2014) Peak position Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart) 1[1] Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100) 1[4] Year-end charts Chart (2014) Peak position Japan (Oricon Yearly Singles Chart) 66[17]

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Japan (RIAJ)[18] 2× Platinum 500,000^^ ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. "2013年11月25日～2013年12月01日のCDシングル週間ランキング（2013年12月09日付）". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). Oricon ME. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
2. "2013年のCDシングル年間ランキング（2013年度）". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). Oricon ME. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
3. "AKB48 売上 - バレッタ". Atwiki (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
4. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2013/12/09". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 August 2014.
5. テーマは時代劇！乃木坂46「月の大きさ」PVを公開 (in Japanese). Natasha,Inc. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
6. 乃木坂“8福神”は新センター堀を救えるか!? 新曲「バレッタ」MV公開 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
7. Nogizaka46 2013a.
8. バレッタ type A (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
9. Nogizaka46 2013b.
10. バレッタ type B (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
11. Nogizaka46 2013c.
12. バレッタ type C (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
13. Nogizaka46 2013r.
14. バレッタ 通常盤 (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
15. Nogizaka46 2013n.
16. バレッタ (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
17. オリコン年間CDシングルランキング 2014年度 (in Japanese). oricon ME. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
18. ゴールドディスク認定 2013年12月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2017-01-09.

Further reading

• Nogizaka46 (27 November 2013a). Baretta (Type-A ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00FP1C6HE. SRCL-8423/8424.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Nogizaka46 (27 November 2013b). Baretta (Type-B ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00FP1C47G. SRCL-8425/8426.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Nogizaka46 (27 November 2013c). Baretta (Type-C ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00FP1C4J4. SRCL-8427/8428.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Nogizaka46 (27 November 2013n). Baretta (Anime ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00FP1C60Q. SRCL-8430.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Nogizaka46 (27 November 2013r). Baretta (Regular ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00FP1C5O8. SRCL-8429.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Discography on Nogizaka46 Official Website
• Nogizaka46 "Barrette" Short Ver. on YouTube
• Nogizaka46 Movie Digest on YouTube