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"Taiyō Knock"
Cover of Type-A edition.
Single by Nogizaka46
from the album Sorezore no Isu
B-side	"Mō Sukoshi no Yume" "Sakanatachi no LOVE SONG" (Type-A) "Muhyōjō" (Type-B) "Wakaregiwa, Motto Suki ni Naru" (Type-C) "Seifuku o Nuide Sayonara o..." (Regular) "Hane no Kioku" (Seven-Eleven Limited)
Released	July 22, 2015 (2015-07-22) (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Length	4:03
Label	N46Div.
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
Nogizaka46 singles chronology
"Inochi wa Utsukushii" (2015) "Taiyō Knock" (2015) "Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru" (2015)

"Taiyō Knock" (Japanese: 太陽ノック, Hepburn: Taiyō Nokku, "Sun Knock") is the 12th single by Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. It was released on July 22, 2015. It was number-one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, reaching a new record for first week sales by the group, with 609,202 copies. It was the best-selling single in Japan in July, with 629,996 copies. As of November 23, 2015 (issue date) it had sold 678,481 copies. It was also number-one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. The Japanese television drama series Hatsumori Bemars uses the title song as the theme song.

Release

This single was released in 5 versions. Type-A, Type-B, Type-C and a regular edition, Seven-Eleven Limited Edition. The center position in the choreography for the title song is held by Rina Ikoma.

Track listing

Regular

Type-A

Type-B

Type-C

Seven-Eleven Limited Edition

Participating members

Taiyou Knock

3rd Row: Sayuri Matsumura, Yūri Saitō, Minami Hoshino, Asuka Saitō, Marika Itō, Sayuri Inoue, Mai Shinuchi, Misa Etō

2nd Row: Kazumi Takayama, Yumi Wakatsuki, Reika Sakurai, Manatsu Akimoto, Mai Fukagawa

1st Row: Mai Shiraishi, Nanase Nishino, Rina Ikoma, (centre), Erika Ikuta, Nanami Hashimoto

Chart and certifications

References

1. ^ "太陽ノック(Type-A)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
2. ^ "週間 CDシングルランキング 2015年08月03日付". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
3. ^ "Nogizaka46's 'Taiyou Knock' achieves their highest first week sales". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. July 28, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
4. "Orion Weekly Charts for 7/20 ~ 7/26". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. July 29, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
5. "月間 CDシングルランキング 2015年07月度". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
6. "AKB48 売上 太陽ノック" (in Japanese). Retrieved November 21, 2015.
7. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2015/8/3". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2015.
8. 【オリコン】乃木坂46、生駒センター復帰曲1位 自己最高10万枚増の60.9万枚 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
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10. ^ Nogizaka46 2015a.
11. ^ Nogizaka46 2015b.
12. "太陽ノック(Type-B)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
13. ^ Nogizaka46 2015c.
14. "太陽ノック(Type-C)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
15. ^ Nogizaka46 2015s.
16. ^ 乃木坂46 12thシングル「太陽ノック」商品概要決定のお知らせ... (in Japanese). Nogizaka46 Official Web Site. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
17. "乃木坂46 12th「太陽ノック」選抜フォーメーション". 6 November 2021.
18. オリコン年間CDアルバムランキング 2015年度 (in Japanese). oricon ME. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
19. "Japanese single certifications – Nogizaka46 – Taiyō Nokku" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved September 1, 2017. Select 2015年7月 on the drop-down menu

Further reading

• Nogizaka46 (22 July 2015r). Taiyō Nokku (Regular ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00WZX8HY6. SRCL-8846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Nogizaka46 (22 July 2015a). Taiyō Nokku (Type-A ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00WZX8HA0. SRCL-8840/8841.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Nogizaka46 (22 July 2015b). Taiyō Nokku (Type-B ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00WZX8HPU. SRCL-8842/8843.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Nogizaka46 (22 July 2015c). Taiyō Nokku (Type-C ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00WZX8GYM. SRCL-8844/8845.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Nogizaka46 (22 July 2015s). Taiyō Nokku (Seven-Eleven Limited ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B011IGDXJE. SRC7-6/7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

• Discography Archived 2015-11-23 at the Wayback Machine on Nogizaka46 Official Website
• Nogizaka46 "Taiyō Nokku" Short Ver. on YouTube
• Nogizaka46 Movie Digest on YouTube

• 2015 singles
• 2015 songs
• Songs in Japanese
• Nogizaka46 songs
• Oricon Weekly number-one singles
• Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles
• Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto
• Japanese television drama theme songs