Guruguru Curtain

"Guruguru Curtain"
Regular edition cover
Single by Nogizaka46
from the album Tōmei na Iro
B-side	"Hidarimune no Yuuki" "Nogizaka no Uta" (Type-A) "Aitakatta Kamo Shirenai" (Type-B) "Ushinaitaku Nai Kara" (Type-C) "Shiroi Kumo ni Notte" (Regular)
Released	February 22, 2012 (2012-02-22)
Genre	J-pop
Length	4:05
Label	Sony Records
Songwriter(s)	Katsuhiko Kurosu Yoshifumi Kouchi Michihiko Ōta
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
Nogizaka46 singles chronology
"Guruguru Curtain" (2012) "Oide Shampoo" (2012)

"Guruguru Curtain" (Japanese: ぐるぐるカーテン, Hepburn: Guruguru Kāten, "Round and round curtain") is the debut single by Japanese girl group Nogizaka46, released on February 22, 2012. It reached number two in the Oricon Weekly Chart[1] and sold 136,309 copies in the first week.[2] It reached number three on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[3]

Release

This single was released in 4 versions. Type-A, Type-B, Type-C and a regular edition. The first three editions are CD+DVD. Type-B includes the song Aitakatta Kamo Shirenai, which is a minor arranged version of AKB48's single Aitakatta.[4]

The center position in the choreography for the title song is held by Rina Ikoma.[5]

Production

Lyrics in the song describe experience of happiness and serenity in a lesbian relationship.[6]

Track listing

Type-A

CD[7][8]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Guruguru Curtain" (ぐるぐるカーテン)	4:05
2.	"Hidarimune no Yuuki" (左胸の勇気)	4:55
3.	"Nogizaka no Uta" (乃木坂の詩)	4:32
4.	"Guruguru Curtain off vocal ver." (ぐるぐるカーテン off vocal ver.)	4:05
5.	"Hidarimune no Yuuki off vocal ver." (左胸の勇気 off vocal ver.)	4:55
6.	"Nogizaka no Uta off vocal ver." (乃木坂の詩 off vocal ver.)	4:30
Total length:		27:02

DVD[7]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Guruguru Curtain Music Video"	4:14
2.	"Nogizaka no Uta Music Video"	4:59
3.	"Rina Ikoma × Yukihiko Tsutsumi"	5:00
4.	"Nene Itō × Katsuo"	2:36
5.	"Sayuri Inoue × Eri Asahi"	5:00
6.	"Yumiko Iwase × Izuru Kumasaka"	5:36
7.	"Kazumi Takayama × Masahide Ichii"	5:25
8.	"Himeka Nakamoto × Wataru Yamamoto"	3:47
9.	"Seira Nagashima × Junichi Harima"	5:01
10.	"Seira Hatanaka × Takahide Ishii"	3:30
11.	"Seira Miyazawa × Hisashi Kimura"	4:56
12.	"Rina Yamato × Tetsuya Satō"	4:57
13.	"Maaya Wada × Tomoyuki Fujiwara"	4:55
Total length:		59:56

Type-B

CD[9][10]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Guruguru Curtain" (ぐるぐるカーテン)	4:05
2.	"Hidarimune no Yuuki" (左胸の勇気)	4:55
3.	"Aitakatta Kamo Shirenai" (会いたかったかもしれない)	3:51
4.	"Guruguru Curtain off vocal ver." (ぐるぐるカーテン off vocal ver.)	4:05
5.	"Hidarimune no Yuuki off vocal ver." (左胸の勇気 off vocal ver.)	4:55
6.	"Aitakatta Kamo Shirenai off vocal ver." (会いたかったかもしれない off vocal ver.)	3:49
Total length:		25:40

DVD[9]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Guruguru Curtain Music Video"	4:14
2.	"Aitakatta Kamo Shirenai Music Video"	4:53
3.	"Aitakatta Kamo Shirenai (original cut ver.) Music Video"	4:32
4.	"Misa Etō × Keiji Kondō"	5:23
5.	"Yukina Kashiwa × Yōhei Osabe"	1:52
6.	"Hina Kawago × Atsuhiro Yamada"	3:12
7.	"Mahiro Kawamura × Tarō Okagawa"	3:15
8.	"Asuka Saitō × Flash Harry"	1:37
9.	"Chiharu Saitō × Ryōta Sakae"	5:01
10.	"Nanase Nishino × Yū Ōrai・Tomoyuki Tosu"	2:11
11.	"Nanami Hashimoto × Satoshi Miki"	2:46
12.	"Mai Fukagawa × Taikō Nakamura"	5:13
13.	"Sayuri Matsumura × Kentarō Hagiwara"	2:54
14.	"Yumi Wakatsuki × Takahiro Kanamori"	4:40
Total length:		51:43

Type-C

CD[11][12]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Guruguru Curtain" (ぐるぐるカーテン)	4:05
2.	"Hidarimune no Yuuki" (左胸の勇気)	4:55
3.	"Ushinaitaku Nai Kara" (失いたくないから)	4:18
4.	"Guruguru Curtain off vocal ver." (ぐるぐるカーテン off vocal ver.)	4:05
5.	"Hidarimune no Yuuki off vocal ver." (左胸の勇気 off vocal ver.)	4:55
6.	"Ushinaitaku Nai Kara" (失いたくないから off vocal ver.)	4:16
Total length:		26:34

DVD[11]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Guruguru Curtain Music Video"	4:14
2.	"Ushinaitaku Nai Kara Music Video"	5:08
3.	"Mikumo Andō × Kōsuke Kameyama・Kuroyanagi Keisuke"	5:03
4.	"Erika Ikuta × Yūichirō Hirakawa"	5:02
5.	"Rena Ichiki × Tatsuya Shiraishi"	4:29
6.	"Marika Itō × Shō Yanagisawa"	5:46
7.	"Yūri Saitō × Shinya Uchida"	5:39
8.	"Reika Sakurai × Ippei Morita"	2:55
9.	"Mai Shiraishi × Yūya Nara"	3:34
10.	"Kana Nakada × Akiko Takamatsu"	3:45
11.	"Ami Nōjō× Daisuke Satō"	3:50
12.	"Hina Higuchi × Hiroto Takahashi"	4:26
13.	"Minami Hoshino × Yūki Aoyama"	3:49
Total length:		57:40

Regular Edition

CD[13][14]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Guruguru Curtain" (ぐるぐるカーテン)	Yasushi Akimoto	Katsuhiko Kurosu	Rina Ikoma, et cetera	4:05
2.	"Hidarimune no Yuuki" (左胸の勇気)	Yasushi Akimoto	Yoshifumi Kouchi	Seira Hatanaka, et cetera	4:55
3.	"Shiroi Kumo ni Notte" (白い雲にのって)	Yasushi Akimoto	Michihiko Ōta	Rina Ikoma, et cetera	4:49
4.	"Guruguru Curtain off vocal ver." (ぐるぐるカーテン off vocal ver.)		Katsuhiko Kurosu		4:05
5.	"Hidarimune no Yuuki off vocal ver." (左胸の勇気 off vocal ver.)		Yoshifumi Kouchi		4:55
6.	"Shiroi Kumo ni Notte off vocal ver." (白い雲にのって off vocal ver.)		Michihiko Ōta		4:47
Total length:					27:36

Chart and certifications

Oricon Charts Release Oricon Singles Chart Peak position Debut sales (copies) Sales total (copies) February 22, 2012 Daily Chart 1[15] 84,905 210,513 Weekly Chart 2[16] 136,309 Monthly Chart 4 155,821 Yearly Chart 29[17]

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Japan (RIAJ)[18] Platinum 250,000^^ ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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16. 【オリコン】乃木坂46デビュー作が2位 新人女性歴代3位の初週13.6万枚. ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). Oricon ME. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
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18. ゴールドディスク認定 2014年1月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2017-01-09.

Further reading

• Nogizaka46 (22 February 2012a). Guruguru Curtain (Type-A ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B006P3MRZC. SRCL-7900/7901.
• Nogizaka46 (22 February 2012b). Guruguru Curtain (Type-B ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B006P3MNZ6. SRCL-7902/7903.
• Nogizaka46 (22 February 2012c). Guruguru Curtain (Type-C ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B006P3MPPO. SRCL-7904/7905.
• Nogizaka46 (22 February 2012r). Guruguru Curtain (Regular ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B006P3MQ5I. SRCL-7906.

External links

• Discography Archived 2014-12-04 at the Wayback Machine on Nogizaka46 Official Website
• Nogizaka46 "Guruguru Curtain" Short Ver. on YouTube
• Nogizaka46 Movie Digest on YouTube