Tsubasa wa Iranai

"Tsubasa wa Iranai"

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"Tsubasa wa Iranai"

"Set Me Free" (Type A, Type B)
"Koi o Suru to Baka o Miru" (Type A)
"Kangaeru Hito" (Type B)
"Aishū no Trumpeter" (Type C, Theater Edition)
"Yume e no Route" (Type C)
"Kimi wa Doko ni Iru?" (Theater Edition)

Released

June 1, 2016

Format

Maxi single (CD)
digital download

Genre

J-pop

Length

4:35

Label

You, Be Cool! / King

Writer(s)

Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)

Producer(s)

Yasushi Akimoto

AKB48 singles chronology

"Kimi wa Melody"
(2016)

"Tsubasa wa Iranai"
(2016)

"LOVE TRIP / Shiawase wo Wakenasai"
(2016)

Music videos on YouTube
Tsubasa wa Iranai

"Tsubasa wa Iranai" (翼はいらない^?, Wings Aren't Needed) is the 44th single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on June 1, 2016. It was number-one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart with 1,441,000 copies sold. The song also reached number-one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. It was the best-selling single of 2016 in Japan, with 2.507 million copies according to Billboard Japan and 1,519,387 copies according to Oricon.

The single marks the first time Mion Mukaichi holds the center position in the choreography for the title track of a single by AKB48. It will also be the first time for NMB48 member Ririka Sutō (^?) to participate in the title track of a single by AKB48. Tsubasa wa Iranai is the last AKB48 single to feature NMB48 member Miyuki Watanabe, prior to her departure from the AKB48 group in August 2016.

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