Barrette (song)

"Barrette" (Japanese: バレッタ, Hepburn: Baretta) 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.)

Participating members

Barrette

3rd Row: Marika Itō, Misa Etō, Asuka Saitō, Manatsu Akimoto, Mai Fukagawa, Himeka Nakamoto, Hina Kawago, Kazumi Takayama

2nd Row: Reika Sakurai, Erika Ikuta, Rina Ikoma, Yumi Wakatsuki

1st Row: Nanase Nishino, Mai Shiraishi, Miona Hori (centre), Nanami Hashimoto, Sayuri Matsumura^[17]

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[18]

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Japan (RIAJ)[19] 2× Platinum 500,000^ ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.