Natsu no Free & Easy

"Natsu no Free & Easy" (夏のFree&Easy) is the 9th single by Nogizaka46. It was released on July 9, 2014. It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart.^[1] It was the best-selling single in July.^[2] It has sold a total of 481,533 copies, as of August 25 (chart date).^[3] It reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.^[4] It was the 11th best-selling single of the year in Japan, with 526,564 copies.^[5]

This single was released in 4 versions. Type-A, Type-B, Type-C and a regular edition. Type-C includes the undergroup member's song. Rena Matsui who is an exchange member from SKE48 joined this single. The center position in the choreography for the title song is held by Nanase Nishino.^[6]

Track listing

Type-A

CD^[7]^[8]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Natsu no Free & Easy" (夏のFree&Easy)	5:02
2.	"Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru" (何もできずにそばにいる)	4:16
3.	"Sono Saki no Deguchi" (その先の出口)	4:04
4.	"Natsu no Free & Easy (off vocal ver.)" (夏のFree&Easy off vocal ver.)	5:02
5.	"Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru (off vocal ver.)" (何もできずにそばにいる off vocal ver.)	4:16
6.	"Sono Saki no Deguchi (off vocal ver.)" (その先の出口 off vocal ver.)	4:03

DVD^[7]
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Natsu no Free & Easy Music Video"
2.	"Sono Saki no Deguchi Music Video"
3.	"Rina Ikoma × Sōhei Okano・Yuriko Taki"
4.	"Misa Etō × Wataru Yamamoto"
5.	"Kazumi Takayama × Renki Yamasaki"
6.	"Kana Nakada × Jun Nakabayashi"
7.	"Seira Nagashima × Nozomu Nakajima"
8.	"Nanase Nishino × Tarō Okagawa"
9.	"Hina Higuchi × Hideya Saishu・Teru Tsujinaka"
10.	"Mai Fukagawa × Atsuhiro Yamada"
11.	"Minami Hoshino × Keidai Miyagawa"
12.	"Rina Yamato × Junichi Harima"
13.	"Maaya Wada × Isao Taniguchi・Daisuke Wada"
14.	"Kenkyūsei × Atsuhiro Yamada Part 1"

Type-B

CD^[9]^[10]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Natsu no Free & Easy" (夏のFree&Easy)	5:02
2.	"Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru" (何もできずにそばにいる)	4:16
3.	"Mukuchi na Lion" (無口なライオン)	4:24
4.	"Natsu no Free & Easy (off vocal ver.)" (夏のFree&Easy off vocal ver.)	5:02
5.	"Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru (off vocal ver.)" (何もできずにそばにいる off vocal ver.)	4:16
6.	"Mukuchi na Lion (off vocal ver.)" (無口なライオン off vocal ver.)	4:22

DVD^[9]
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Natsu no Free & Easy Music Video"
2.	"Mukuchi na Lion Music Video"
3.	"Nene Itō × tangent"
4.	"Marika Itō × Kazuaki Seki"
5.	"Hina Kawago × Yukio-Bu"
6.	"Asuka Saitō × Yūki Aoyama"
7.	"Chiharu Saitō × Den Taguchi"
8.	"Yūri Saitō × Santa Yamagishi"
9.	"Reika Sakurai × Satoshi Miki"
10.	"Mai Shiraishi × Takeshi Maruyama"
11.	"Nanami Hashimoto × Izuru Kumasaka"
12.	"Seira Hatanaka × Kentarō Shima・Satomi Takeda"
13.	"Miona Hori × Yōji Akiba"
14.	"Kenkyūsei × Atsuhiro Yamada Part 2"

Type-C

CD^[11]^[12]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Natsu no Free & Easy" (夏のFree&Easy)	5:02
2.	"Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru" (何もできずにそばにいる)	4:16
3.	"Koko ni Iru Riyū" (ここにいる理由)	3:55
4.	"Natsu no Free & Easy (off vocal ver.)" (夏のFree&Easy off vocal ver.)	5:02
5.	"Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru (off vocal ver.)" (何もできずにそばにいる off vocal ver.)	4:16
6.	"Koko ni Iru Riyū (off vocal ver.)" (ここにいる理由 off vocal ver.)	3:54

DVD^[11]
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Natsu no Free & Easy Music Video"
2.	"Koko ni Iru Riyū Music Video"
3.	"Manatsu Akimoto × Nao Hirano・Naomi Izumida"
4.	"Sayuri Inoue × Yūsuke Koroyasu"
5.	"Mahiro Kawamura × Takehiro Ōishi"
6.	"Hinako Kitano × Tomohiro Kojō・Masayuki Ueda"
7.	"Mai Shinuchi × Makoto Sasagawa"
8.	"Himeka Nakamoto × Shigeru Tsukita・Atsuhiko Yamamoto・Mai Shibatani"
9.	"Ami Nōjō × Jun Okabe"
10.	"Rena Matsui × Mitsuaki Takemae"
11.	"Sayuri Matsumura × Tooru Yoshida"
12.	"Yumi Wakatsuki × Taikou Nakamura"
13.	"Kenkyūsei × Atsuhiro Yamada Part 2"

Regular Edition

CD^[13]^[14]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Natsu no Free & Easy" (夏のFree&Easy)	Yasushi Akimoto	Tomonori Inoue	Nanase Nishino, et cetera	5:02
2.	"Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru" (何もできずにそばにいる)	Yasushi Akimoto	Kadono Toshikazu	Nanase Nishino, et cetera	4:16
3.	"Boku ga Ikanakya Dare ga Ikunda?" (Boku ga Ikanakya Dare ga Ikunda? (僕が行かなきゃ誰が行くんだ?, If I do not go, who will?))	Yasushi Akimoto	Tomohiro Nakatsuchi		4:22
4.	"Natsu no Free & Easy (off vocal ver.)" (夏のFree&Easy off vocal ver.)		Tomonori Inoue		5:02
5.	"Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru (off vocal ver.)" (何もできずにそばにいる off vocal ver.)		Kadono Toshikazu		4:16
6.	"Boku ga Ikanakya Dare ga Ikunda? (off vocal ver.)" (僕が行かなきゃ誰が行くんだ? off vocal ver.)		Tomohiro Nakatsuchi		4:21

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart)	1^[1]
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100)	1^[4]

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Yearly Singles Chart)	11^[15]

References

1 2 "2014年07月07日～2014年07月13日のCDシングル週間ランキング（2014年07月21日付）". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). Oricon ME. 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
↑ 2014年07月のCDシングル月間ランキング（2014年07月度）. ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). Oricon ME. Archived from the original on 2014-08-24. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
↑ AKB48 売上 - 夏のFree&Easy. Atwiki (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
1 2 "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2014/07/21". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 August 2014.
↑ "2014 Oricon Yearly Single Ranking TOP50". toykohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. December 20, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
↑ 乃木坂46、西野七瀬がメンバーにダイブ！ (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
1 2 Nogizaka46 2014a.
↑ 夏のfree&easy type A (Sony Music Labels): 2014 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
1 2 Nogizaka46 2014b.
↑ 夏のfree&easy type B (Sony Music Labels): 2014 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
1 2 Nogizaka46 2014c.
↑ 夏のfree&easy type C (Sony Music Labels): 2014 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
↑ Nogizaka46 2014r.
↑ 夏のfree&easy (Sony Music Labels): 2014 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
↑ オリコン年間CDシングルランキング 2014年度 (in Japanese). oricon ME. Retrieved 2016-09-12.

External links

Discography on Nogizaka46 Official Website
Nogizaka46 "Natsu no Free & Easy" Short Ver. on YouTube
Nogizaka46 Movie Digest on YouTube

Nogizaka46

Members

First Generation	Ami Noujou Asuka Saito Chiharu Saito Erika Ikuta Himeka Nakamoto Hina Higuchi Hina Kawago Maaya Wada Mahiro Kawamura Mai Shiraishi Manatsu Akimoto Marika Ito Minami Hoshino Misa Eto Nanami Hashimoto Nanase Nishino Reika Sakurai (Captain) Rina Ikoma Sayuri Inoue Sayuri Matsumura Yumi Wakatsuki Yuuri Saito Kazumi Takayama Kana Nakada

Second Generation	Ayane Suzuki Hinako Kitano Iori Sagara Junna Ito Karin Ito Kotoko Sasaki Mai Shinuchi Miona Hori Miria Watanabe Ranze Terada Rena Yamazaki

Third Generation	Riria Itō Renka Iwamoto Minami Umezawa Momoko Ōzono Shiori Kubo Tamami Sakaguchi Kaede Satō Reno Nakamura Hazuki Mukai Mizuki Yamashita Ayano Yoshida Christie Yūki Yoda

Former Members	Ayaka Yoshimoto Honoka Yamamoto Mikumo Andou Nene Ito Rena Ichiki Rina Yamato Seira Hatanaka Seira Miyazawa Yukina Kashiwa Yumiko Iwase Rena Matsui Kyouka Yonetoku Nanami Nishikawa Risako Yada Mai Fukagawa Seira Nagashima

Singles

Albums

Tōmei na Iro
Sorezore no Isu

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