:Guruguru Curtain

{{short description|2012 single by Nogizaka46}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Guruguru Curtain

| cover = Guruguru curtain album art.jpg

| alt = Regular edition cover

| caption = Regular edition cover

| type = single

| artist = Nogizaka46

| album = Tōmei na Iro

| B-side = {{Plainlist|

  • "Hidarimune no Yuuki"
  • "Nogizaka no Uta" (Type-A)
  • "Aitakatta Kamo Shirenai" (Type-B)
  • "Ushinaitaku Nai Kara" (Type-C)
  • "Shiroi Kumo ni Notte" (Regular)

}}

| released = {{start date|2012|2|22}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = J-pop

| length = 4:05

| label = Sony Records

| writer = {{hlist|Katsuhiko Kurosu|Yoshifumi Kouchi|Michihiko Ōta}}

| producer = Yasushi Akimoto

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Oide Shampoo

| next_year = 2012

}}

{{Nihongo|"Guruguru Curtain"|ぐるぐるカーテン|Guruguru Kāten|"Round and round curtain"|lead=yes}} is the debut single by Japanese girl group Nogizaka46, released on February 22, 2012. It reached number two in the Oricon Weekly Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2007366/full/|script-title=ja:Hey!Say!JUMP、9thシングルが初日首位 |access-date=2016-09-11|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=Japanese}} and sold 136,309 copies in the first week.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2012-03-05/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408135015/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2012-03-05/|script-title=ja:2012年02月20日〜2012年02月26日のCDシングル週間ランキング(2012年03月05日付)|archive-date=2012-04-08|date=2012-03-05|access-date=2016-09-11|publisher=oricon ME|language=Japanese}} It reached number three on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.{{cite web|url= http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2012&month=03&day=5|title= Billboard Japan Hot 100 2012/03/05|work= Billboard Japan|language= Japanese|access-date=11 September 2016}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/64115|script-title=ja:乃木坂46「会いたかったかもしれない」PVに本家メンバー|access-date=2016-09-11|publisher=Natasha,Inc|language=Japanese}}

The center position in the choreography for the title song is held by Rina Ikoma.{{cite web|url=http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2016/02/01/037/|script-title=ja:乃木坂46・生駒里奈、5作連続センター時代は「バッシングの嵐」「傷ついた」|access-date=2016-09-11|work=mynavi.jp|date=February 2016 |language=Japanese}}

Production

Lyrics in the song describe experience of happiness and serenity in a lesbian relationship.{{cite web|url=https://lyricstranslate.com/en/guruguru-kaaten-round-and-round-curtains.html|title=English translation for "Guruguru Curtain" by Nogizaka46|access-date=2022-02-01|language=English}}

Track listing

= Type-A =

{{Track listing

| headline = CD{{Sfn|Nogizaka46|2012a}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I023293663-00|script-title=ja:ぐるぐるカーテン type-A (Sony Music Records): 2012|access-date=2016-09-11|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}}

| extra_column =

| lyrics_credits =

| music_credits =

| total_length = 27:02

| title1 = Guruguru Curtain

| note1 = {{nihongo2|ぐるぐるカーテン}}

| length1 = 4:05

| title2 = Hidarimune no Yuuki

| note2 = {{nihongo2|左胸の勇気}}

| length2 = 4:55

| title3 = Nogizaka no Uta

| note3 = {{nihongo2|乃木坂の詩}}

| length3 = 4:32

| title4 = Guruguru Curtain off vocal ver.

| note4 = {{nihongo2|ぐるぐるカーテン}} off vocal ver.

| length4 = 4:05

| title5 = Hidarimune no Yuuki off vocal ver.

| note5 = {{nihongo2|左胸の勇気}} off vocal ver.

| length5 = 4:55

| title6 = Nogizaka no Uta off vocal ver.

| note6 = {{nihongo2|乃木坂の詩}} off vocal ver.

| length6 = 4:30

}}

{{track listing

| headline = DVD{{Sfn|Nogizaka46|2012a}}

| total_length = 59:56

| title1 = Guruguru Curtain Music Video

| length1 = 4:14

| title2 = Nogizaka no Uta Music Video

| length2 = 4:59

| title3 = Rina Ikoma × Yukihiko Tsutsumi

| length3 = 5:00

| title4 = Nene Itō × Katsuo

| length4 = 2:36

| title5 = Sayuri Inoue × Eri Asahi

| length5 = 5:00

| title6 = Yumiko Iwase × Izuru Kumasaka

| length6 = 5:36

| title7 = Kazumi Takayama × Masahide Ichii

| length7 = 5:25

| title8 = Himeka Nakamoto × Wataru Yamamoto

| length8 = 3:47

| title9 = Seira Nagashima × Junichi Harima

| length9 = 5:01

| title10 = Seira Hatanaka × Takahide Ishii

| length10 = 3:30

| title11 = Seira Miyazawa × Hisashi Kimura

| length11 = 4:56

| title12 = Rina Yamato × Tetsuya Satō

| length12 = 4:57

| title13 = Maaya Wada × Tomoyuki Fujiwara

| length13 = 4:55

}}

= Type-B =

{{Track listing

| headline = CD{{Sfn|Nogizaka46|2012b}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I023293664-00|script-title=ja:ぐるぐるカーテン type-B (Sony Music Records): 2012|access-date=2016-09-11|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}}

| extra_column =

| lyrics_credits =

| music_credits =

| total_length = 25:40

| title1 = Guruguru Curtain

| note1 = {{nihongo2|ぐるぐるカーテン}}

| length1 = 4:05

| title2 = Hidarimune no Yuuki

| note2 = {{nihongo2|左胸の勇気}}

| length2 = 4:55

| title3 = Aitakatta Kamo Shirenai

| note3 = {{nihongo2|会いたかったかもしれない}}

| length3 = 3:51

| title4 = Guruguru Curtain off vocal ver.

| note4 = {{nihongo2|ぐるぐるカーテン}} off vocal ver.

| length4 = 4:05

| title5 = Hidarimune no Yuuki off vocal ver.

| note5 = {{nihongo2|左胸の勇気}} off vocal ver.

| length5 = 4:55

| title6 = Aitakatta Kamo Shirenai off vocal ver.

| note6 = {{nihongo2|会いたかったかもしれない}} off vocal ver.

| length6 = 3:49

}}

{{track listing

| headline = DVD{{Sfn|Nogizaka46|2012b}}

| total_length = 51:43

| title1 = Guruguru Curtain Music Video

| length1 = 4:14

| title2 = Aitakatta Kamo Shirenai Music Video

| length2 = 4:53

| title3 = Aitakatta Kamo Shirenai (original cut ver.) Music Video

| length3 = 4:32

| title4 = Misa Etō × Keiji Kondō

| length4 = 5:23

| title5 = Yukina Kashiwa × Yōhei Osabe

| length5 = 1:52

| title6 = Hina Kawago × Atsuhiro Yamada

| length6 = 3:12

| title7 = Mahiro Kawamura × Tarō Okagawa

| length7 = 3:15

| title8 = Asuka Saitō × Flash Harry

| length8 = 1:37

| title9 = Chiharu Saitō × Ryōta Sakae

| length9 = 5:01

| title10 = Nanase Nishino × Yū Ōrai・Tomoyuki Tosu

| length10 = 2:11

| title11 = Nanami Hashimoto × Satoshi Miki

| length11 = 2:46

| title12 = Mai Fukagawa × Taikō Nakamura

| length12 = 5:13

| title13 = Sayuri Matsumura × Kentarō Hagiwara

| length13 = 2:54

| title14 = Yumi Wakatsuki × Takahiro Kanamori

| length14 = 4:40

}}

= Type-C =

{{Track listing

| headline = CD{{Sfn|Nogizaka46|2012c}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I023293665-00|script-title=ja:ぐるぐるカーテン type-C (Sony Music Records): 2012|access-date=2016-09-11|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}}

| extra_column =

| lyrics_credits =

| music_credits =

| total_length = 26:34

| title1 = Guruguru Curtain

| note1 = {{nihongo2|ぐるぐるカーテン}}

| length1 = 4:05

| title2 = Hidarimune no Yuuki

| note2 = {{nihongo2|左胸の勇気}}

| length2 = 4:55

| title3 = Ushinaitaku Nai Kara

| note3 = {{nihongo2|失いたくないから}}

| length3 = 4:18

| title4 = Guruguru Curtain off vocal ver.

| note4 = {{nihongo2|ぐるぐるカーテン}} off vocal ver.

| length4 = 4:05

| title5 = Hidarimune no Yuuki off vocal ver.

| note5 = {{nihongo2|左胸の勇気}} off vocal ver.

| length5 = 4:55

| title6 = Ushinaitaku Nai Kara

| note6 = {{nihongo2|失いたくないから}} off vocal ver.

| length6 = 4:16

}}

{{track listing

| headline = DVD{{Sfn|Nogizaka46|2012c}}

| total_length = 57:40

| title1 = Guruguru Curtain Music Video

| length1 = 4:14

| title2 = Ushinaitaku Nai Kara Music Video

| length2 = 5:08

| title3 = Mikumo Andō × Kōsuke Kameyama・Kuroyanagi Keisuke

| length3 = 5:03

| title4 = Erika Ikuta × Yūichirō Hirakawa

| length4 = 5:02

| title5 = Rena Ichiki × Tatsuya Shiraishi

| length5 = 4:29

| title6 = Marika Itō × Shō Yanagisawa

| length6 = 5:46

| title7 = Yūri Saitō × Shinya Uchida

| length7 = 5:39

| title8 = Reika Sakurai × Ippei Morita

| length8 = 2:55

| title9 = Mai Shiraishi × Yūya Nara

| length9 = 3:34

| title10 = Kana Nakada × Akiko Takamatsu

| length10 = 3:45

| title11 = Ami Nōjō× Daisuke Satō

| length11 = 3:50

| title12 = Hina Higuchi × Hiroto Takahashi

| length12 = 4:26

| title13 = Minami Hoshino × Yūki Aoyama

| length13 = 3:49

}}

= Regular Edition =

{{Track listing

| headline = CD{{Sfn|Nogizaka46|2012r}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I023293666-00|script-title=ja:ぐるぐるカーテン (Sony Music Records): 2012|access-date=2016-09-11|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}}

| extra_column = Artist(s)

| lyrics_credits =

| music_credits =

| total_length = 27:36

| title1 = Guruguru Curtain

| note1 = {{nihongo2|ぐるぐるカーテン}}

| extra1 = Rina Ikoma, et cetera

| lyrics1 = Yasushi Akimoto

| music1 = Katsuhiko Kurosu

| length1 = 4:05

| title2 = Hidarimune no Yuuki

| note2 = {{nihongo2|左胸の勇気}}

| extra2 = Seira Hatanaka, et cetera

| lyrics2 = Yasushi Akimoto

| music2 = Yoshifumi Kouchi

| length2 = 4:55

| title3 = Shiroi Kumo ni Notte

| note3 = {{nihongo2|白い雲にのって}}

| extra3 = Rina Ikoma, et cetera

| lyrics3 = Yasushi Akimoto

| music3 = Michihiko Ōta

| length3 = 4:49

| title4 = Guruguru Curtain off vocal ver.

| note4 = {{nihongo2|ぐるぐるカーテン}} off vocal ver.

| extra4 =

| lyrics4 =

| music4 = Katsuhiko Kurosu

| length4 = 4:05

| title5 = Hidarimune no Yuuki off vocal ver.

| note5 = {{nihongo2|左胸の勇気}} off vocal ver.

| extra5 =

| lyrics5 =

| music5 = Yoshifumi Kouchi

| length5 = 4:55

| title6 = Shiroi Kumo ni Notte off vocal ver.

| note6 = {{nihongo2|白い雲にのって}} off vocal ver.

| extra6 =

| lyrics6 =

| music6 = Michihiko Ōta

| length6 = 4:47

}}

Chart and certifications

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=Oricon Charts=

class="wikitable"

!Release

!Oricon Singles Chart

!Peak position

!Debut sales (copies)

!Sales total (copies)

rowspan="4"|February 22, 2012

|Daily Chart

|align="center"|1{{cite web |url= http://www.cdjournal.com/main/news/nogizaka46/43733|script-title=ja:乃木坂46「ぐるぐるカーテン」が、発売後3週目にして初のオリコンデイリーチャート1位に!|date=15 March 2012|access-date=11 December 2012|work=cdjournal.com |publisher= Ongakushuppansha Co., Ltd. |language=Japanese}}

|align="center"|84,905

|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|210,513

Weekly Chart

|align="center"|2{{cite web |url= http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/2007636/full/ |script-title=ja:【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 |date=28 February 2012|access-date=11 December 2012|work=ORICON STYLE|publisher= Oricon ME|language=Japanese}}

|align="center"|136,309

Monthly Chart

|align="center"|4

|align="center"|155,821

Yearly Chart

|align="center"|29{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/y/2012/p/3/|script-title=ja:年間CDシングルランキング2012年度|access-date=2016-09-11|publisher=oricon ME|language=Japanese}}

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= Certifications =

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|artist=Nogizaka46|title=Guruguru Curtain|award=Platinum|certyear=2014|certmonth=1|relyear=2012|certref={{cite web|url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html|script-title=ja:ゴールドディスク認定 2014年1月|access-date=2017-01-09|publisher=RIAJ|language=Japanese}}}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}

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References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book|last1=Nogizaka46|date=22 February 2012a|title=Guruguru Curtain|edition=Type-A|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment|asin=B006P3MRZC|asin-tld=co.jp|id=SRCL-7900/7901}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Nogizaka46|date=22 February 2012b|title=Guruguru Curtain|edition=Type-B|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment|asin=B006P3MNZ6|asin-tld=co.jp|id=SRCL-7902/7903}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Nogizaka46|date=22 February 2012c|title=Guruguru Curtain|edition=Type-C|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment|asin=B006P3MPPO|asin-tld=co.jp|id=SRCL-7904/7905}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Nogizaka46|date=22 February 2012r|title=Guruguru Curtain|edition=Regular|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment|asin=B006P3MQ5I|asin-tld=co.jp|id=SRCL-7906}}