Love Trip / Shiawase o Wakenasai

"Love Trip / Shiawase wo Wakenasai"
"Love Trip / Shiawase wo Wakenasai"
Single by AKB48
from the album Thumbnail
A-side	Love Trip; Shiawase wo Wakenasai;
B-side	Hikari to Kage no Hibi; Densetsu no Sakana (Type A); Shinka Shite Nējan (Type B); Kishi ga Mieru Umi Kara (Type C); 2016 Nen no Invitation (Type D); Hikari no Naka e (Type E); Black Flower (Theater Edition);
Released	August 31, 2016
Genre	J-pop
Length	#1 5:50; #2 4:54
Label	You, Be Cool! / King; Genie Music; Stone Music Entertainment;
Songwriter(s)	Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
Music video
	LOVE TRIP on YouTube

"Love Trip / Shiawase wo Wakenasai" (LOVE TRIP/しあわせを分けなさい) is the 45th single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on August 31, 2016.^[1] It was number-one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart^[2] with 1,177,769 copies sold.^[3] The song also reached number-one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.^[4]

Background

The member lineup for the title track and several supporting B-sides was determined by the results from the annual election held by AKB48 and its several sister groups. Rino Sashihara, having won the election for the third time, serves as the center (choreography center) in the title song.^[5]

Track listing

Type-A

CD^[1]^[6]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"LOVE TRIP"	5:50
2.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (しあわせを分けなさい)"	4:54
3.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (光と影の日々)"	4:27
4.	"Densetsu no Sakana (伝説の魚) (Under Girls)"	4:19
5.	"LOVE TRIP (off vocal ver.)"	5:50
6.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (off vocal ver.)"	4:54
7.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (off vocal ver.)"	4:27
8.	"Densetsu no Sakana (off vocal ver.)"	4:17

DVD^[6]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"LOVE TRIP"
2.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (しあわせを分けなさい)"
3.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (光と影の日々)"
4.	"Densetsu no Sakana (伝説の魚)"

Type-B

CD^[7]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"LOVE TRIP"	5:50
2.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (しあわせを分けなさい)"	4:54
3.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (光と影の日々)"	4:27
4.	"Shinka Shite Nējan (進化してねえじゃん) (Next Girls)"	3:45
5.	"LOVE TRIP (off vocal ver.)"	5:50
6.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (off vocal ver.)"	4:54
7.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (off vocal ver.)"	4:27
8.	"Shinka Shite Nējan (off vocal ver.)"	3:45

DVD^[7]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"LOVE TRIP"
2.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (しあわせを分けなさい)"
3.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (光と影の日々)"
4.	"Shinka Shite Nējan (進化してねえじゃん)"

Type-C

CD^[8]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"LOVE TRIP"	5:50
2.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (しあわせを分けなさい)"	4:54
3.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (光と影の日々)"	4:27
4.	"Kishi ga Mieru Umi Kara (岸が見える海から) (Future Girls)"	5:13
5.	"LOVE TRIP (off vocal ver.)"	5:50
6.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (off vocal ver.)"	4:54
7.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (off vocal ver.)"	4:27
8.	"Kishi ga Mieru Umi Kara (off vocal ver.)"	5:12

DVD^[8]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"LOVE TRIP"
2.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (しあわせを分けなさい)"
3.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (光と影の日々)"
4.	"Kishi ga Mieru Umi Kara (岸が見える海から)"

Type-D

CD^[9]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"LOVE TRIP"	5:50
2.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (しあわせを分けなさい)"	4:54
3.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (光と影の日々)"	4:27
4.	"2016 Nen no Invitation (2016年のInvitation) (Upcoming Girls)"	4:19
5.	"LOVE TRIP (off vocal ver.)"	5:50
6.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (off vocal ver.)"	4:54
7.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (off vocal ver.)"	4:27
8.	"2016 Nen no Invitation (off vocal ver.)"	4:18

DVD^[9]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"LOVE TRIP"
2.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (しあわせを分けなさい)"
3.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (光と影の日々)"
4.	"2016 Nen no Invitation (2016年のInvitation)"

Type-E

CD^[10]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"LOVE TRIP"	5:50
2.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (しあわせを分けなさい)"	4:54
3.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (光と影の日々)"	4:27
4.	"Hikari no Naka e (光の中へ) (Baito AKB Paruru Senbatsu)"	4:50
5.	"LOVE TRIP (off vocal ver.)"	5:50
6.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (off vocal ver.)"	4:54
7.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (off vocal ver.)"	4:27
8.	"Hikari no Naka e (off vocal ver.)"	4:49

DVD^[10]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"LOVE TRIP"
2.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (しあわせを分けなさい)"
3.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (光と影の日々)"
4.	"Hikari no Naka e (光の中へ)"
5.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (しあわせを分けなさい) (Long ver.)"

Theater Edition

CD^[11]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"LOVE TRIP"	5:50
2.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (しあわせを分けなさい)"	4:54
3.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (光と影の日々)"	4:27
4.	"BLACK FLOWER"	3:20
5.	"LOVE TRIP (off vocal ver.)"	5:50
6.	"Shiawase wo Wakenasai (off vocal ver.)"	4:54
7.	"Hikari to Kage no Hibi (off vocal ver.)"	4:27
8.	"BLACK FLOWER (off vocal ver.)"	3:09

Personnel

Love Trip and Shiawase wo Wakenasai

16 members, ranked 1st to 16th of the 45th single general election, were selected for the song. The choreography center is Rino Sashihara.^[12]^[13]

AKB48 Team A: Haruka Shimazaki, Yui Yokoyama, Haruna Kojima
AKB48 Team A/HKT48 Team KIV: Sakura Miyawaki
AKB48 Team K: Tomu Muto, Mion Mukaichi
AKB48 Team K/HKT48 Team H: Haruka Kodama
AKB48 Team B/NGT48 Team NIII: Yuki Kashiwagi
AKB48 Team B: Mayu Watanabe
AKB48 Team 4: Nana Okada, Juri Takahashi
SKE48 Team S: Jurina Matsui
SKE48 Team E: Akari Suda
NMB48 Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto
HKT48 Team H: Rino Sashihara
NGT48 Team NIII: Rie Kitahara

Hikari to Kage no Hibi

Reference^[11]

AKB48 Team A: Anna Iriyama, Yui Yokoyama
AKB48 Team A/HKT48 Team KIV: Sakura Miyawaki
AKB48 Team A/NMB48 Team M: Miru Shiroma
AKB48 Team K/HKT48 Team H: Haruka Kodama
AKB48 Team B: Mayu Watanabe
AKB48 Team B/NGT48 Team NIII: Yuki Kashiwagi
AKB48 Team 4/SKE48 Team S: Ryoha Kitagawa
SKE48 Team S: Jurina Matsui
SKE48 Team KII: Akane Takayanagi
NMB48 Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto
NMB48 Team M: Fuuko Yagura
HKT48 Team H: Rino Sashihara
NGT48 Team NIII: Rie Kitahara, Minami Kato, Moeka Takakura

Densetsu no Sakana

16 members, ranked 17th to 32nd of the 45th single general election, are called Under Girls and sing this song.^[13]^[14]

AKB48 Team A: Anna Iriyama
AKB48 Team A/NMB48 Team M: Miru Shiroma
AKB48 Team K: Minami Minegishi
AKB48 Team B: Rena Katō, Ryōka Ōshima
AKB48 Team B/HKT48 Team H: Nako Yabuki
AKB48 Team 4: Mako Kojima, Haruka Komiyama, Saya Kawamoto
AKB48 Team 4/HKT48 KIV: Mio Tomonaga
SKE48 Team KII: Akane Takayanagi, Mina Ōba, Nao Furuhata, Sarina Sōda, Saki Takeuchi
NMB48 Team M: Ayaka Okita

Shinka Shite Nējan

16 members, ranked 33rd to 48th of the 45th single general election, are called Next Girls and sing this song.^[13]^[15]

AKB48 Team A: Yukari Sasaki
AKB48 Team K: Shinobu Mogi
AKB48 Team B: Yuria Kizaki
AKB48 Team 8: Narumi Kuranoo
SKE48 Team KII: Yuna Ego
NMB48 Team N: Ririka Sutō
NMB48 Team M: Fūko Yagura, Reina Fujie
NMB48 Team BII: Shu Yabushita
HKT48 Team H: Meru Tashima, Miku Tanaka, Natsumi Matsuoka, Yuriya Inoue
HKT48 Team KIV: Aoi Motomura, Mai Fuchigami, Asuka Tomiyoshi

Kishi ga Mieru Umi Kara

16 members, ranked 49th to 64th of the 45th single general election, are called Future Girls and sing this song.^[13]^[16]

AKB48 Team A: Nana Owada
AKB48 Team 4: Saho Iwatate, Ayaka Okada, Miki Nishino
AKB48 Team 4/SKE48 Team S: Ryoha Kitagawa
AKB48 Team 4/NMB48 Team BII: Nagisa Shibuya
SKE48 Team S: Haruka Futamura, Mai Takeuchi
SKE48 Team E: Marika Tani, Mei Sakai
NMB48 Team N: Yūri Ōta
HKT48 Team H: Yui Kōjina, Riko Sakaguchi, Hiroka Komada
HKT48 Team KIV: Madoka Moriyasu, Nao Ueki

2016 Nen no Invitation

16 members, ranked 65th to 80th of the 45th single general election, are called Upcoming Girls and sing this song.^[13]^[17]

AKB48 Team A: Megu Taniguchi, Miho Miyazaki
AKB48 TeamB/Team 8: Nagisa Sakaguchi
AKB48 Team 4: Miyū Ōmori
SKE48 Team S: Ami Miyamae, Suzuran Yamauchi
SKE48 Team KII: Yuzuki Hidaka
SKE48 Team E: Haruka Kumazaki, Kanon Kimoto, Natsuki Kamata, Sumire Satō
NMB48 Team N: Rika Kishino, Akari Yoshida
HKT48 Team H: Yuka Akiyoshi
HKT48 Team KIV: Anna Murashige
NGT48 Team NIII: Minami Katō

Hikari no Naka e

Baito AKB Paruru Senbatsu members.^[18]

AKB48 Team A: Haruka Shimazaki
Fuyuka Shigefuji
Yūka Hinode

Black Flower

This song is used as the featured song for Crow's Blood.^[19] The word in parentheses is the role name.^[11]

AKB48 Team A: Anna Iriyama (Aoi Nojiri), Yui Yokoyama (Chisa Furugōri)
AKB48 Team A/HKT48 Team KIV: Sakura Miyawaki (Maki Togawa)
AKB48 Team K: Mion Mukaichi (Nami Katayama)
AKB48 Team B: Mayu Watanabe (Kaoru Isozaki), Yuria Kizaki (Hikari Yanaka), Rena Katō (Keiko Yodogawa)
AKB48 Team B/NGT48 Team NIII: Yuki Kashiwagi (Mai Utsui)
SKE48 Team S: Jurina Matsui (Shinobu Matsumura)

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Japan	August 31, 2016	CD digital download streaming	King Records (YOU BE COOL division)
Hong Kong, Taiwan	August 31, 2016	CD digital download streaming	King Records
South Korea	September 21, 2018	digital download streaming	Stone Music Entertainment Genie Music King

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart)	1^[1]
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100)	1^[4]

Works cited

AKB48 (31 August 2016a). Love Trip / Shiawase wo Wakenasai (Type-A ed.). You, Be Cool! / King. ASIN B01H6JHMR6. KIZM-90441/2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
AKB48 (31 August 2016b). Love Trip / Shiawase wo Wakenasai (Type-B ed.). You, Be Cool! / King. ASIN B01H6JHPIW. KIZM-90443/4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
AKB48 (31 August 2016c). Love Trip / Shiawase wo Wakenasai (Type-C ed.). You, Be Cool! / King. ASIN B01H6JHS2U. KIZM-90445/6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
AKB48 (31 August 2016d). Love Trip / Shiawase wo Wakenasai (Type-D ed.). You, Be Cool! / King. ASIN B01H6JHMPI. KIZM-90447/8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
AKB48 (31 August 2016e). Love Trip / Shiawase wo Wakenasai (Type-E ed.). You, Be Cool! / King. ASIN B01H6JHS98. KIZM-90449/50.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
AKB48 (31 August 2016t). Love Trip / Shiawase wo Wakenasai (Theater ed.). You, Be Cool! / King. ASIN B01L8772FE. NMAX-1243.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "LOVE TRIP/しあわせを分けなさい(Type A)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
^ "【オリコン】AKB48、シングル総売上4000万枚突破 32作目1位&27作目ミリオン" (in Japanese). Oricon. September 6, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
^ "AKB48 surpasses 40 million singles sold". Arama! Japan. 6 September 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2016/9/12". Billboard (in Japanese). Retrieved September 7, 2016.
^ "Rino Sashihara Won #1 on AKB48 Sousenkyo 2016 : New "Kami 7" & Senbatsu Members Confirmed". 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
^ ^a ^b AKB48 2016a.
^ ^a ^b AKB48 2016b.
^ ^a ^b AKB48 2016c.
^ ^a ^b AKB48 2016d.
^ ^a ^b AKB48 2016e.
^ ^a ^b ^c AKB48 2016t.
^ AKB総選挙選抜曲にダチョウ倶楽部ネタ V2指原センター曲初披露 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "AKB48 45th single Senbatsu general election results! tokyohive.com". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
^ 【CD】 AKB48 45th Single「LOVE TRIP / しあわせを分けなさい」 Type A【初回限定盤】 (in Japanese). AKS. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
^ 【CD】 AKB48 45th Single「LOVE TRIP / しあわせを分けなさい」 Type B【初回限定盤】 (in Japanese). AKS. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
^ 【CD】 AKB48 45th Single「LOVE TRIP / しあわせを分けなさい」 Type C【初回限定盤】 (in Japanese). AKS. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
^ 【CD】 AKB48 45th Single「LOVE TRIP / しあわせを分けなさい」 Type D【初回限定盤】 (in Japanese). AKS. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
^ 『バイトＡＫＢぱるる選抜』初お披露目！本家より「顔がかわいい」 (in Japanese). Sankei Digital Inc. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
^ 渡辺麻友×宮脇咲良W主演「CROW'S BLOOD」、"いままでとは違うAKB48"が挿入歌に (in Japanese). IID, Inc. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-22.

External links

Type A Limited Edition — AKB48 discography on the official website

[oricon-1] "LOVE TRIP/しあわせを分けなさい(Type A)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 6, 2016.

[2] "【オリコン】AKB48、シングル総売上4000万枚突破 32作目1位&27作目ミリオン" (in Japanese). Oricon. September 6, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.

[3] "AKB48 surpasses 40 million singles sold". Arama! Japan. 6 September 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.

[billboard-4] "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2016/9/12". Billboard (in Japanese). Retrieved September 7, 2016.

[5] "Rino Sashihara Won #1 on AKB48 Sousenkyo 2016 : New "Kami 7" & Senbatsu Members Confirmed". 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2017-01-21.

[FOOTNOTEAKB482016a-6] AKB48 2016a.

[FOOTNOTEAKB482016b-7] AKB48 2016b.

[FOOTNOTEAKB482016c-8] AKB48 2016c.

[FOOTNOTEAKB482016d-9] AKB48 2016d.

[FOOTNOTEAKB482016e-10] AKB48 2016e.

[FOOTNOTEAKB482016t-11] AKB48 2016t.

[12] AKB総選挙選抜曲にダチョウ倶楽部ネタ V2指原センター曲初披露 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-22.

[tokyohive_201606018-13] "AKB48 45th single Senbatsu general election results! tokyohive.com". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. Retrieved 2016-09-22.

[14] 【CD】 AKB48 45th Single「LOVE TRIP / しあわせを分けなさい」 Type A【初回限定盤】 (in Japanese). AKS. Retrieved 2016-09-22.

[15] 【CD】 AKB48 45th Single「LOVE TRIP / しあわせを分けなさい」 Type B【初回限定盤】 (in Japanese). AKS. Retrieved 2016-09-22.

[16] 【CD】 AKB48 45th Single「LOVE TRIP / しあわせを分けなさい」 Type C【初回限定盤】 (in Japanese). AKS. Retrieved 2016-09-22.

[17] 【CD】 AKB48 45th Single「LOVE TRIP / しあわせを分けなさい」 Type D【初回限定盤】 (in Japanese). AKS. Retrieved 2016-09-22.

[18] 『バイトＡＫＢぱるる選抜』初お披露目！本家より「顔がかわいい」 (in Japanese). Sankei Digital Inc. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-22.

[19] 渡辺麻友×宮脇咲良W主演「CROW'S BLOOD」、"いままでとは違うAKB48"が挿入歌に (in Japanese). IID, Inc. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-22.

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v t e AKB48 singles
Set List: Greatest Songs 2006–2007	"Sakura no Hanabiratachi" "Skirt, Hirari" "Aitakatta" "Seifuku ga Jama o Suru" "Keibetsu Shiteita Aijō" "Bingo!" "Boku no Taiyō" "Yūhi o Miteiru ka?" "Romance, Irane" "Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008"
Kamikyokutachi	"Ōgoe Diamond" "10nen Sakura" "Namida Surprise!" "Iiwake Maybe" "River" "Sakura no Shiori"
Koko ni Ita Koto	"Ponytail to Shushu" "Heavy Rotation" "Beginner" "Chance no Junban"
1830m	"Sakura no Ki ni Narō" "Everyday, Katyusha" "Flying Get" "Kaze wa Fuite Iru" "Ue kara Mariko" "Give Me Five!"
Tsugi no Ashiato	"Manatsu no Sounds Good!" "Gingham Check" "Uza" "Eien Pressure" "So Long!" "Sayonara Crawl" "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie"
Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!	"Heart Electric" "Suzukake Nanchara" "Mae shika Mukanee" "Labrador Retriever" "Kokoro no Placard" "Kibōteki Refrain"
0 to 1 no Aida	"Green Flash" "Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai" "Halloween Night"
Thumbnail	"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby" "Kimi wa Melody" "Tsubasa wa Iranai" "Love Trip / Shiawase o Wakenasai" "High Tension"
Bokutachi wa, Ano Hi no Yoake wo Shitteiru	"Shoot Sign" "Negaigoto no Mochigusare" "#Sukinanda" "11gatsu no Anklet"
Non-album singles	"Jabaja" "Teacher Teacher" "Sentimental Train" "No Way Man" "Jiwaru Days" "Sustainable" "Shitsuren, Arigatō" "Nemohamo Rumor" "Motokare Desu" "Hisashiburi no Lip Gloss" "Dōshitemo Kimi ga Suki da" "Idol Nanka Janakattara" "Colorcon Wink"
Other singles	"Kibō ni Tsuite" "Idol wa Ooh-Nya-Nya no Ken" "Nekkoya (Pick Me)"
Other songs	"Sugar Rush" "Hanarete Ite mo"
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