Kono Hi no Chime o Wasurenai

Kono Hi no Chime o Wasurenai (この日のチャイムを忘れない, "I don't forget this day's chime") is the first album by the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. It was released in Japan on September 19, 2012 by Avex Group.^[1]

Kono Hi no Chime o Wasurenai (この日のチャイムを忘れない）
Studio album by SKE48
Released	September 19, 2012 (2012-09-19) (JP)
Recorded	2009 to 2012 (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Length	62:23
Label	Avex (Avex Trax)
Producer	Yasushi Akimoto
Singles from Kono Hi no Chime o Wasurenai
"Tsuyoki Mono yo" Released: August 5, 2009 "Aozora Kataomoi" Released: May 24, 2010 "Gomen ne, Summer" Released: July 7, 2010 "1! 2! 3! 4! Yoroshiku!" Released: November 17, 2010 "Banzai Venus" Released: March 9, 2011 "Pareo wa Emerald" Released: July 27, 2011 "Okey Dokey" Released: November 9, 2011 "Kataomoi Finally" Released: January 25, 2012

Album information

'Kono Hi no Chime o Wasurenai' is the first original album released by SKE48. All of the 63 members of SKE48 had their own music video.^[2] This made the Album set a new Guinness World Record, for the most number of music videos on an album with 63 videos.^[3][4]

Reception

The album debuted at number one on the Oricon daily chart, with first day sales of 51,875.^[5] It reached number two on Oricon's weekly chart, and stayed on the charts for 25 weeks.^[6]

Track listing

The album contains eight of SKE48's previously released singles. Five original songs were written and performed respectively by: Team S, Team KII, Team E, Kenkyuusei, Selection 8, the last of which was a subunit of 8 SKE48 members. These songs were placed on each album version. The SKE48 teams then covered 3 AKB48 singles, "Beginner" by Team S, "Heavy Rotation" by Team KII, and "Ponytail to Shushu" by Team E. The AKB48 cover songs were distributed across different album versions.^[7]

CD + DVD

DISK 1

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Tsuyoki Mono yo" (強き者よ　”Strong Ones!")
2.	"Aozora Kataomoi" (青空片想い "Unrequited Love Under the Blue Sky")
3.	"Gomen ne, Summer" (ごめんね、SUMMER "Sorry, Summer")
4.	"1! 2! 3! 4! Yoroshiku!" (１！２！３！４！ヨロシク！ "1! 2! 3! 4! I'm Counting on You!")
5.	"Banzai Venus" (バンザイVENUS "Hooray Venus")
6.	"Pareo wa Emerald" (パレオはエメラルド "My Pareo is an Emerald")
7.	"Okey Dokey" (オキドキ)
8.	"Kataomoi Finally" (片想いFinally "Unrequited Love Finally")
9.	"Hula Hoop de GO! GO! GO!" (フラフープでGO!GO!GO! "Hula Hoop GO! GO! GO!")	Team S
10.	"Shikatte yo, Darling!" (叱ってよ、ダーリン！ "I rebuke, Darling!")	Team KII
11.	"Mitsubachi Girl" (みつばちガール "Girl Bees")	Team E
12.	"Sono Saki ni Kimi ga Ita" (その先に君がいた "That you had previously")	Kenkyuusei
13.	"Sunenagara, Ame…" (拗ねながら、雨・・・ "While sulking, Rain...")	Selection 8 (Yuria Kizaki, Akari Suda, Jurina Matsui, Rena Matsui, Shiori Ogiso, Akane Takayanagi, Manatsu Mukaida, Kanon Kimoto)
14.	"Heavy Rotation" (ヘビーローテーション)	Team KII

DISK 2

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"63 Member Music Videos" (６３人６３曲６３ Music Video)	All 63 SKE48 Members

CD Only

DISK 1

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Tsuyoki Mono yo" (強き者よ　”Strong Ones!")
2.	"Aozora Kataomoi" (青空片想い "Unrequited Love Under the Blue Sky")
3.	"Gomen ne, Summer" (ごめんね、SUMMER "Sorry, Summer")
4.	"1! 2! 3! 4! Yoroshiku!" (１！２！３！４！ヨロシク！ "1! 2! 3! 4! I'm Counting on You!")
5.	"Banzai Venus" (バンザイVENUS "Hooray Venus")
6.	"Pareo wa Emerald" (パレオはエメラルド "My Pareo is an Emerald")
7.	"Okey Dokey" (オキドキ)
8.	"Kataomoi Finally" (片想いFinally "Unrequited Love Finally")
9.	"Hula Hoop de GO! GO! GO!" (フラフープでGO!GO!GO! "Hula Hoop GO! GO! GO!")	Team S
10.	"Shikatte yo, Darling!" (叱ってよ、ダーリン！ "I rebuke, Darling!")	Team KII
11.	"Mitsubachi Girl" (みつばちガール "Girl Bees")	Team E
12.	"Sono Saki ni Kimi ga Ita" (その先に君がいた "That you had previously")	Kenkyuusei
13.	"Sunenagara, Ame…" (拗ねながら、雨・・・ "While sulking, Rain...")	Selection 8 (Yuria Kizaki, Akari Suda, Jurina Matsui, Rena Matsui, Shiori Ogiso, Akane Takayanagi, Manatsu Mukaida, Kanon Kimoto)
14.	"Ponytail to Shushu" (ポニーテールとシュシュ "Ponytail and Sruchies")	Team E
15.	"Beginner"	Team S

Oricon charts

Release	Oricon Albums Chart	Peak position	Debut sales (copies)
August 15, 2012	Daily Chart	1	51,875
	Weekly Chart	2[6][8]	110,613

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalog	EAN
Japan	August 15, 2012	CD CD/DVD DL	Avex (Avex Trax)	AVCD-38569	4988064385690
				AVCD-38568/B	4988064385683

References

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2. "SKE48初アルバム「この日のチャイムを忘れない」詳細判明" (in Japanese). Natari. Archived from the original on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
3. "SKE48 sets Guinness World Records with their first album". Tokyohive. November 19, 2012. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
4. SKE48、1stアルバムがギネス世界記録に認定 W松井も大喜び (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 5 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
5. "SKE48 10th single sold 380,000 copies, 1st album sold 50,000, and one more about Sashihara Rino". akb48wrapup. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
6. "この日のチャイムを忘れない(DVD付) - SKE48". oricon.co.jp. Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
7. "SKE48 1st Album Titled [Kono Hi no Chime wo Wasurenai] + Covers + Track List". Melos no Michi. 30 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
8. "Weekly Oricon Chart: Albums/Singles/Music-DVDs". Arama They Didn't (in Japanese). 2012-09-27. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-08-21.

External links

• SKE48 Discography (in Japanese)
• HMV Online (in English)