Romance, Irane

Romance, Irane' (ロマンス、イラネ, Romansu, Irane, Romance, no need) is Japanese idol group AKB48's ninth single, and the seventh major single released through DefSTAR Records, on January 23, 2008.^[1] This song was sung with 16 "Senbatsu" members, six members more than the previous single "Yūhi o Miteiru ka?". Therefore, five members were chosen as Senbatsu members again, and Ayaka Kikuchi was selected for the first time.

• Team A - Tomomi Itano, Haruna Kojima, Atsuko Maeda, Minami Minegishi, Mai Oshima, Yukari Sato, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Hana Tojima
• Team K - Sayaka Akimoto, Tomomi Kasai, Sae Miyazawa, Erena Ono, Yuko Oshima
• Team B - Ayaka Kikuchi, Mayu Watanabe

"Romance, Irane"
Single by AKB48
from the album Set List: Greatest Songs Complete Edition
B-side	"Ai no Mōfu"
Released	January 23, 2008 (2008-01-23)
Genre	Pop
Length	4:40:00
Label	Defstar
Songwriter(s)	Yasushi Akimoto, Rie, Hideki Naruse
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"Yūhi o Miteiru ka?" (2007) "Romance, Irane" (2008) "Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008" (2008)

Promotion

"Romance, Irane" was the third single released within 4 month since "BINGO!"'s release.

Video clip of "Romance, Irane" was filmed by Wataru Takeishi, who filmed a music clip of "BINGO!". Video clip was filmed at a studio in Tokyo Tower.^[2]

As same as previous single "Yūhi o Miteiru ka?", CDs were released in 3 different editions. Each of "Shokai Seisan Genteiban A" (初回生産限定版A, The first edition A) included a bonus DVDs with "Romance, Irane"'s video clip and its making clip,^[3] but "Shokai Seisan Genteiban B" (初回生産限定版B, The first edition B) and "Tsūjōban" (通常版, Regular Edition) did not include giveaway.^[4]

Although not chosen as Senbatsu members, Kayo Noro from Team K and Natsuki Sato from Team B were appeared on video clip as well as TV commercial.^[2]

Reception

The single charted 5 weeks in the top 200 with the highest rank at #6.^[5] "Romance, Irane" sold 23,209 copies during its 5 weeks on the Oricon charts.^[2]

Track listing

Regular Edition (通常版) Limited First Edition A (初回限定版A)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger	Length
1.	"Romance, Irane" (ロマンス、イラネ)	Yasushi Akimoto, Rie	CHOKKAKU	4:40
2.	"Ai no Mōfu"	Akimoto, Hideki Naruse	Nobuhiko Kashiwara	5:01
3.	"Romance, Irane (Original Mix, Instrumental)"	Akimoto, Rie	CHOKKAKU	4:40
4.	"Ai no Mōfu (Instrumental)"	Akimoto, Naruse	Kashiwara	5:01
Total length:				19:20

Limited First Edition B (初回限定版B)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger	Length
1.	"Romance, Irane" (ロマンス、イラネ)	Yasushi Akimoto, Rie	CHOKKAKU	4:40
2.	"Ai no Mōfu"	Akimoto, Hideki Naruse	Nobuhiko Kashiwara	5:01
3.	"Romance, Irane (Himawari 2.0 Mix)"	Akimoto, Rie	CHOKKAKU	4:40
4.	"Romance, Irane (Himawari 2.1 Mix)"	Akimoto, Rie	CHOKKAKU	4:40
5.	"Romance, Irane (Original Mix, Instrumental)"	Akimoto, Rie	CHOKKAKU	4:40
6.	"Ai no Mōfu (Instrumental)"	Akimoto, Naruse	Kashiwara	5:01
Total length:				28:43

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Romance, Irane
Oricon Weekly Chart[5]	6

Reported sales

Chart	Amount
Oricon physical sales	23,000

References

1. "AKB48公式サイト｜ディスコグラフィー" (in Japanese). AKS. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
2. "ROMANCE, IRANE AKB48's 9th single toys with fans hearts". supermerlion. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
3. "AKB48 ロマンス、イラネ【初回生産限定盤/A-type】" (in Japanese). Sony Music Japan. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
4. "AKB48 ロマンス、イラネ【初回生産限定盤/B-type】" (in Japanese). Sony Music Japan. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
5. アーティスト&楽曲検索 ロマンス、イラネ (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-04-27.