Guruguru Curtain

"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]

"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)
ReleasedFebruary 22, 2012 (2012-02-22)
GenreJ-pop
Length4:05
LabelSony Records
Songwriter(s)
  • Katsuhiko Kurosu
  • Yoshifumi Kouchi
  • Michihiko Ōta
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
Nogizaka46 singles chronology
"Guruguru Curtain"
(2012)		 "Oide Shampoo"
(2012)

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]

Track listing

Type-A
CD[6][7]
No.TitleLength
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[6]
No.TitleLength
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[8][9]
No.TitleLength
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[8]
No.TitleLength
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[10][11]
No.TitleLength
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[10]
No.TitleLength
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[12][13]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtist(s)Length
1."Guruguru Curtain" (ぐるぐるカーテン)Yasushi AkimotoKatsuhiko KurosuRina Ikoma, et cetera4:05
2."Hidarimune no Yuuki" (左胸の勇気)Yasushi AkimotoYoshifumi KouchiSeira Hatanaka, et cetera4:55
3."Shiroi Kumo ni Notte" (白い雲にのって)Yasushi AkimotoMichihiko ŌtaRina Ikoma, et cetera4:49
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

References
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Further reading
  • Nogizaka46 (22 February 2012a). Guruguru Curtain (Type-A ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B006P3MRZC. SRCL-7900/7901.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Nogizaka46 (22 February 2012b). Guruguru Curtain (Type-B ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B006P3MNZ6. SRCL-7902/7903.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Nogizaka46 (22 February 2012c). Guruguru Curtain (Type-C ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B006P3MPPO. SRCL-7904/7905.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Nogizaka46 (22 February 2012r). Guruguru Curtain (Regular ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B006P3MQ5I. SRCL-7906.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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