Kibōteki Refrain
"Kibōteki Refrain" (希望的リフレイン, Kibōteki Rifurein, also "Kibouteki Refrain", lit. Hopeful Refrain) is the 38th single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. The personnel that were chosen to sing in the song was revealed during the group's fifth rock-paper-scissors tournament. The song premiered during All Star Kanshasai 2014 on TV channel TBS. It was released in Japan on November 26, 2014. It was the second best-selling single of the year in Japan, with 1,156,706 copies.
| "Kibōteki Refrain" | ||||
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Type A Limited Edition Cover | ||||
| Single by AKB48 | ||||
| from the album Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe! | ||||
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| Released | November 26, 2014 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 4:52 | |||
| Label | You, Be Cool! / King | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics) | |||
| AKB48 singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| AKB48 "Kibōteki Refrain" Original version Edited version | ||||
In 2022, a edited version of this song performed by Yumi Chung, Chantel Yiu, Aska Cheung and Archie Sin from Hong Kong, used for saying no to drugs.
On 29 October 2023 Thai version of "Kibōteki Refrain" has been sung by the combination members of BNK48 and CGM48.
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