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Shoot Sign

"Shoot Sign"
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Single by AKB48
A-side "Shoot Sign"
Released March 15, 2017 (2017-03-15)
Format
Genre J-pop
Length 4:33
Label You, Be Cool! / King
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"High Tension"
(2016)
"Shoot Sign"
(2017)
"Negaigoto no Mochigusare"
(2017)
Music video
"Shoot Sign" (Short Ver.) on YouTube

Shoot Sign (シュートサイン?, "Finger Gun") is the 47th single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on 15 March 2017. The title song is used as the theme song of their drama Tofu Pro-Wrestling premiered on January 21, 2017.

The release of the single was announced at an AKB48's handshake meeting held at Pacifico Yokohama on 4 February 2017. The list of the 32 members who will participate on the title track was also announced at the same meeting.Haruna Kojima was announced as the center performer for the title track, her first time in two years, and third time overall .

It sold 933,969 copies on first day, less than their previous single, "High Tension".

Four days before official release of "Shoot Sign", AKB48 performed for the first time their 48th and upcoming single "Negaigoto no Mochigusare" during NCON (a school choir contest promoted by NHK).

The complete version of the music video premiered on Japanese Space Shower TV on March 3, 2017. It is directed by Yoshito Mori and is linked directly by the series. The main set for this music video is a WIP (World Idol Pro-Wrestling) ring.

All lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto.


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