Give Me Five!

"Give Me Five!"
"Give Me Five!"
Single by AKB48
from the album 1830m
B-side	"Sweet & Bitter"; "New Ship" (Type A); "Hitsujikai no Tabi" (Type B); "Yungu ya Furoito no Baai" (Theater Version);
Released	February 15, 2012 (Japan)
Recorded	2012
Genre	J-pop, rock
Label	You, Be Cool! / King
Songwriter(s)	Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
Music videos
	Give Me Five! on YouTube
	Sweet & Bitter (preview) on YouTube

"Give Me Five!" is the 25th single by the Japanese girl idol group AKB48.^[1] It is also AKB48's fifth sakura-themed single, and their first single of 2012.^[1] This single was released in Japan on February 15, 2012.^[2]

Give Me Five! is AKB48's fifth sakura-themed single.^[3] However, unlike the previous ones, this single's title doesn't contain the word sakura.^[3]

The music video for the song Give Me Five! is a 34-minute Japanese television drama-like style video.^[4] This video was directed by Shigemichi Sugita, and it stars AKB48 members Atsuko Maeda, Yuko Oshima, Yuki Kashiwagi, Minami Takahashi.^[4] Actor Takanori Jinnai also stars in the music video.^[4]

Give Me Five sold approximately 967,000 copies on its debut day, thus making it AKB48's 12th single to achieve No.1 on the Oricon charts.^[2]

Not to be confused with another song title, "Give me Five!" by Chihiro Yonekura, for the 3rd Fairy Tail OVA opening intro.

^ ^a ^b "AKB48、2012年第1弾シングルは恒例の桜ソング". Natasha, Inc. (in Japanese). 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
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^ ^a ^b "AKB48、新曲は恒例の桜ソング 2・15発売決定". Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c "AKB新曲MVは34分超"ワケあり"衝撃作杉田成道監督が描く人間ドラマ". Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-02-18.

[natalie20111212-1] "AKB48、2012年第1弾シングルは恒例の桜ソング". Natasha, Inc. (in Japanese). 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2012-01-16.

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[oricon20111212-3] "AKB48、新曲は恒例の桜ソング 2・15発売決定". Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2012-01-16.

[oricon20120126-4] "AKB新曲MVは34分超"ワケあり"衝撃作杉田成道監督が描く人間ドラマ". Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-02-18.

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