Must Be Now

"Must be now"

Cover of Type-A regular edition.

Single by NMB48

Released

October 7, 2015 (Japan)

Format

CD single

Label

laugh out loud records

NMB48 singles chronology

"Dorian Shōnen"
(2015)

"Must be now"
(2015)

"Amagami Hime"
(2016)

Music videos on YouTube
Must Be Now Dance version

"Must be now" is the 13th single by Japanese idol girl group NMB48. It was released on October 7, 2015.^[1] It was number-one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart^[2] with 307,036 copies sold.^[3] It was the second best-selling single in Japan in October 2015, with 326,308 copies.^[4] It was also the eighteenth best-selling single of 2015 in Japan according to the Oricon Yearly Singles Chart, with 386,320 copies sold.^[5] As of February 22, 2016 it had sold 414,015 copies.^[6] It was also number-one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.^[7]

An alternative dance shot version with full-size song was published on YouTube.

Track listing

Type-A

CD^[1]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Must be now"
2.	"片想いよりも思い出を…"
3.	"夢に色がない理由/Team N"
4.	"Must be now (off vocal ver.)"
5.	"片想いよりも思い出を… (off vocal ver.)"
6.	"夢に色がない理由/Team N (off vocal ver.)"

Type-B

CD^[8]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Must be now"
2.	"片想いよりも思い出を…"
3.	"Good-bye, Guitar/Team M"
4.	"Must be now (off vocal ver.)"
5.	"片想いよりも思い出を… (off vocal ver.)"
6.	"Good-bye, Guitar/Team M (off vocal ver.)"

Type-C

CD^[9]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Must be now"
2.	"片想いよりも思い出を…"
3.	"空腹で恋愛をするな/Team BII"
4.	"Must be now (off vocal ver.)"
5.	"片想いよりも思い出を… (off vocal ver.)"
6.	"腹で恋愛をするな/Team BII (off vocal ver.)"

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart)	1^[1]
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100)	1^[7]

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Yearly Singles Chart)	18^[5]

References

1 2 3 "Must be now(通常盤 Type-A)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
↑ "週間　CDシングルランキング 2015年10月19日付". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
↑ "Oricon Weekly Charts for 10/5 ~ 10/11". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. October 14, 2015. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
↑ "月間　CDシングルランキング 2015年10月度". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
1 2 "2015年年間音楽ランキングを発表！年間シングルランキング　1位～25位". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
↑ "AKB48　売上 Must be now" (in Japanese). Retrieved February 29, 2016.
1 2 "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2015/10/19". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved February 29, 2016.
↑ "Must be now(通常盤 Type-B)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
↑ "Must be now(通常盤 Type-C)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016.

NMB48

Members

Team N	Kei Jonishi (Co-Captain) Yuuka Kato Narumi Koga Yuuri Ota Ririka Suto Yuuki Yamaguchi Sayaka Yamamoto (Captain) Akari Yoshida Natsuko Akashi Yuumi Ishida Eriko Jo Rurina Nishizawa Rina Yamao

Team M	Yuki Azuma Reina Fujie (Captain) Akari Ishizuka Rena Kawakami Momoka Kinoshita Rina Kushiro Mao Mita Sae Murase Ayaka Okita (Co-Captain) Miru Shiroma Sara Takei Airi Tanigawa Fuuko Yagura Azusa Uemura Mizuki Uno Reina Nakano Megumi Matsumura Ayaka Morita Shion Hori

Team BII	Momoka Hayashi Miori Ichikawa Anna Ijiri (Co-Captain) Kanae Iso Emika Kamieda (Captain) Chihiro Kawakami Haruna Kinoshita Hazuki Kurokawa Konomi Kusaka Kokoro Naiki Nagisa Shibuya Shu Yabushita Mai Odan Chiho Matsuoka

Former Members	Yuki Kashiwagi Saki Kono Anna Murashige Natsumi Yamagishi Tsubasa Yamauchi Arisa Miura Ayaka Murakami Nana Yamada Akane Takayanagi Yui Yokoyama Riho Kotani Kanako Kadowaki Ayaka Umeda Miyuki Watanabe Rika Kishino Kanako Muro Aika Nishimura Rina Kondo Yui Takano Mirei Ueda Honoka Terui

Trainee Members	Akane Takiyama

Singles

Participation singles

Albums

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