Heart Electric

is the 33rd single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on October 30, 2013. The participating members for the title track were given English nicknames. The single reached number one on Oricon and Billboard's weekly charts.

Promotion and release
During AKB48's annual rock-paper-scissors tournament held at the Nippon Budokan area on September 18, 2013, AKB48 announced the lineup for "Heart Electric", and the release date of October 30. Haruna Kojima was announced last and come out with a red skirt in contrast to the blue skirts of the other members; this indicated that she was the center of the single. This marks Kojima's first time as a solo center. The group then performed the song  and introduced themselves with English nicknames.

The single will be released in nine editions: four regular, four limited, and a theater edition. The limited editions contain a ticket for a handshake event and a randomly selected sticker of one of the 16 nicknamed girls.  The regular editions are the same as the limited editions except that they contain one of 48 photos instead of the handshake ticket. The Type-K edition has a DVD documentary about the graduation of Sayaka Akimoto.

Musical style, writing, composition 
The song was done by RoopSounds, who had previously done "Skirt, Hirari". The music is described as being like a marching band. During the performance, Kojima does a roll-call of some of the participants, each of whom has an English nickname. This was explained as being according to band protocols.

Music video
The music video for Heart Electric was directed by Shusuke Kaneko who is known for the Heisei Gamera trilogy, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, and the live-action film adaptation of Death Note. The video premiered at the group's handshake event at the Osaka Dome. It is described as girls competing for individuality in a band called "The G. Fingers". Kojima, who plays Michelle, said that “there were a lot of scenes we shot for the music video, and remembering all the nicknames for the band members was really difficult."

Track listing

Type A

Type K

Type B

Type 4

Theater

Personnel

"Heart Electric"
The title track is sung by 16 members; each girl has been given an English nickname:

 
 Team A
 Anna Iriyama - Veronica
 Minami Takahashi - Linda
 Rina Kawaei - Kawaey
 Yui Yokoyama - Mary
 Mayu Watanabe - Elizabeth

 Team K
 Yuko Oshima - Lucy

 Team B
 Yuki Kashiwagi – Catherine
 Haruna Kojima - Michelle
 Haruka Shimazaki - Angelina

 Team 4
 Minami Minegishi - Barbara

 Team S
 Jurina Matsui - Caroline

 Team E
 Rena Matsui - Sandy

 Team N
 Miyuki Watanabe - Josephine
 Sayaka Yamamoto - Rosanna

 Team H
 Aika Oota - Margaret
 Rino Sashihara - Laura

"Kaisoku to Doutai Shiryoku"
The song is performed by Under Girls.

Center : Rena Kato, Akari Suda.

 Team A: Karen Iwata, Ayaka Kikuchi, Sumire Sato, Juri Takahashi
 Team K: Rie Kitahara, Asuka Kuramochi, Tomu Muto
 Team B: Miori Ichikawa, Ayaka Umeda, Mina Oba, Rena Kato
 SKE48 Team S: Yuria Kizaki
 SKE 48 Team KII: Akane Takayanagi, Akari Suda
 SKE48 Team E: Kanon Kimoto, Nao Furuhata
 NMB48 Team M: Fuuko Yagura
 HKT48 Team H: Haruka Kodama, Sakura Miyawaki
 JKT48 Team J/ AKB48 Team B: Aki Takajo

"Kimi Dake ni Chu! Chu! Chu!"
Performed by Tentoumu Chu! (てんとうむChu!): 
 Team 4: Nana Okada, Mako Kojima, Miki Nishino
 SKE48 Kenkyuusei: Ryoha Kitagawa
 NMB48 Kenkyuusei: Nagisa Shibuya
 HKT48 Kenkyuusei: Meru Tashima, Mio Tomonaga

Charts

Billboard charts

Oricon charts

G-music (Taiwan)

Year-end charts

Release history

SNH48 version

"Heart Electric" (Chinese: 心电感应, Pinyin: Xīndiàn gǎnyìng) was redone in Mandarin for AKB48's sister group in China, SNH48, as the group's fourth single. It was available for ordering on March 12 in the SNH48 official online store.

Notes

References 
 Release information

 Other references

External links 

Category:2013 singles
Category:AKB48 songs
Category:Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto
Category:King Records (Japan) singles
Category:2013 songs