is the debut

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by the Japanese female

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group

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. It was released in Japan on 6 April 2016 on the label

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. The center position in the choreography for the title song is held by

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. The single was number-one on the

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Weekly Singles Chart, with 261,580 copies sold, which is the No.1 debut song for female artist. It was also number-one on the Billboard Japan weekly chart and number-ten in yearly chart. It also has spent a whopping 149 weeks on the chart, which makes it sixth among the most weeks spent on the chart

Release history

In February 2016 it was revealed that Keyakizaka46 would release their first single on April 6, 2016. Its title was later revealed to be "Silent Majority". It was also revealed that the title song would be used in a TV commercial for a mobile application named Mechakari. The single was released in four versions: Type-A, Type-B, Type-C, and a "Regular edition". All versions, except the regular edition, include a DVD with music videos. The cover photo was taken in the

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Music video

The choreography for the title track was created by Takahiro Ueno. The music video for it was directed by and taken at the construction site near

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Track listings

All lyrics written by

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, all music composed by Bugbear.

Type-A

Type-B

Type-C

Regular Edition

Members

"Silent Majority"

Center:

* 1st row:

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, Miyu Suzumoto,

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* 2nd row:

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, Rika Ozeki, Akane Moriya,

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, Manaka Shida,

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* 3rd row: Fuyuka Saito, Nana Oda, Rina Uemura, Nanako Nagasawa, Minami Koike, Shiori Sato, Aoi Harada, Nanami Yonetani, Nijika Ishimori

"Te o Tsunaide Kaerōka"

* Nijika Ishimori, Yui Imaizumi, Rina Uemura, Rika Ozeki, Nana Oda, Minami Koike, Yui Kobayashi, Fuyuka Saito, Shiori Sato, Manaka Shida, Yuuka Sugai, Miyu Suzumoto, Nanako Nagasawa, Mizuho Habu, Aoi Harada, Yurina Hirate, Akane Moriya, Nanami Yonetani, Rika Watanabe, Risa Watanabe

"Yamanotesen"

* Yurina Hirate

"Shibuyagawa"

* Yui Imaizumi, Yui Kobayashi

"Noriokureta Bus"

Center: Neru Nagahama (

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) * Back dancer: Yui Imaizumi, Yui Kobayashi, Miyu Suzumoto, Yurina Hirate, Rika Watanabe（Keyakizaka46）

"Kimi ga Inai"

Chart and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

Discography
on the official website of Keyakizaka46
List of videos included on the album's accompanying DVDs
on YouTube {{Authority control Keyakizaka46 songs 2016 debut singles Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto 2016 songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles Sony Music Entertainment Japan singles