Brainstorming / Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai

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Release Date April 17, 2013

Genre J-Pop

Format CD Single, CD+DVD

Recorded 2013

Label

Producer Tsunku

Morning Musume Singles Chronology

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Next: TBA 54th Single (2013) ]] Brainstorming/Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai (ブレインストーミング/君さえ居れば何も要らない; Brainstorming/As Long As I Have You, I Don't Need Anything Else), official english title being Brainstorming/Don't Want Anything but You, is Morning Musume's 53rd single. It was released on April 17, 2013 in 7 editions; 2 regular and 5 limited editions. This is Tanaka Reina's graduation single.

This is the first single to achieve the number one spot for a graduating member since 2003's AS FOR ONE DAY when Yasuda Kei graduated from the group. It is also the second number one single in a row for the current iteration of the group.



Regular Edition A (Special Graduation Edition)

 * 1) Brainstorming
 * 2) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai
 * 3) Rock no Teigi (Rockの定義; The Definition of Rock) - Tanaka Reina
 * 4) Brainstorming (Instrumental)
 * 5) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai (Instrumental)

Regular Edition B

 * 1) Brainstorming
 * 2) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai
 * 3) A B C D E-cha E-cha Shitai (A B C D E-cha E-chaしたい; A B C D I Want to Make Out)
 * 4) Brainstorming (Instrumental)
 * 5) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai (Instrumental)

Limited Edition A
CD
 * 1) Brainstorming
 * 2) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai
 * 3) A B C D E-cha E-cha Shitai
 * 4) Brainstorming (Instrumental)
 * 5) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai (Instrumental)

DVD
 * 1) Brainstorming (Music Video)
 * 2) Brainstorming (Dance Shot Ver.)

Limited Edition B
CD DVD
 * 1) Brainstorming
 * 2) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai
 * 3) A B C D E-cha E-cha Shitai
 * 4) Brainstorming (Instrumental)
 * 5) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai (Instrumental)
 * 1) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai (Music Video)
 * 2) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai (Close-up Ver.)

Limited Edition C
CD DVD
 * 1) Brainstorming
 * 2) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai
 * 3) A B C D E-cha E-cha Shitai
 * 4) Brainstorming (Instrumental)
 * 5) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai (Instrumental)
 * 1) Rock no Teigi (Music Video)
 * 2) Making of Brainstorming/Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai (メイキング映像)

Limited Edition D

 * 1) Brainstorming
 * 2) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai
 * 3) Tokimeku Tokimeke (トキメクトキメケ; Fluttering Heartbeat) - Michishige Sayumi, Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina, Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi
 * 4) Brainstorming (Instrumental)
 * 5) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai (Instrumental)

Limited Edition E

 * 1) Brainstorming
 * 2) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai
 * 3) Itsumo to Onnaji Seifuku de (いつもとおんなじ制服で; In the School Uniform I Wear All the Time) - Sayashi Riho, Suzuki Kanon, Sato Masaki, Kudo Haruka, Oda Sakura
 * 4) Brainstorming (Instrumental)
 * 5) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai (Instrumental)

Featured Members

 * 6th Gen: Michishige Sayumi, Tanaka Reina (Last single)
 * 9th Gen: Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina, Sayashi Riho, Suzuki Kanon
 * 10th Gen: Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki, Kudo Haruka
 * 11th Gen: Oda Sakura

Concert Performances

 * 1) Brainstorming
 * 2) *Hello! Project Haru no Dai Kansha Hinamatsuri Festival 2013 ~Festival's Eve~
 * 3) *Hello! Project Haru no Dai Kansha Hinamatsuri Festival 2013 ~Berryz Koubou 10th Anniversary Special~
 * 4) *Hello! Project Haru no Dai Kansha Hinamatsuri Festival 2013 ~Thank You For Your Love~
 * 5) *Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Haru Michishige☆Eleven SOUL ~Tanaka Reina Sotsugyou Kinen Special~
 * 6) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai
 * 7) *Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Haru Michishige☆Eleven SOUL ~Tanaka Reina Sotsugyou Kinen Special~
 * 8) Rock no Teigi
 * 9) *Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Haru Michishige☆Eleven SOUL ~Tanaka Reina Sotsugyou Kinen Special~
 * 10) Tokimeku Tokimeke
 * 11) *Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Haru Michishige☆Eleven SOUL ~Tanaka Reina Sotsugyou Kinen Special~
 * 12) Itsumo to Onnaji Seifuku de
 * 13) *Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Haru Michishige☆Eleven SOUL ~Tanaka Reina Sotsugyou Kinen Special~

Song Information

 * 1) Brainstorming
 * 2) *Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
 * 3) *Arrangement: Okubo Kaoru
 * 4) *Dance Choreographer: YOSHIKO-sensei
 * 5) *Vocals:
 * 6) **Tanaka Reina, Sayashi Riho (Main Vocals)
 * 7) **Michishige Sayumi,  Iikubo Haruna,  Sato Masaki, Fukumura Mizuki, Ishida Ayumi, Oda Sakura (Minor Vocals)
 * 8) Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai
 * 9) *Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
 * 10) *Arranement: Hirata Shoichiro
 * 11) *Dance Choreographer: YOSHIKO-sensei
 * 12) *Vocals:
 * 13) **Tanaka Reina, Sayashi Riho (Main Vocals)
 * 14) **Iikubo Haruna, Michishige Sayumi (Center Vocals)
 * 15) **Ishida Ayumi, Fukumura Mizuki, Oda Sakura (Minor Vocals)
 * 16) Rock no Teigi
 * 17) *Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
 * 18) *Arrangement: Okubo Kaoru
 * 19) *Vocals: Tanaka Reina
 * 20) A B C D E-cha E-cha Shitai
 * 21) *Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
 * 22) *Arrangement: Okubo Kaoru
 * 23) *Vocals:
 * 24) **Michishige Sayumi, Tanaka Reina & Sayashi Riho (Main Vocal)
 * 25) **Fukumura Mizuki, Ishida Ayumi & Oda Sakura (Minor Vocal)
 * 26) Tokimeku Tokimeke
 * 27) *Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
 * 28) *Arrangement: Egami Kotaro
 * 29) *Vocals:
 * 30) **Michishige Sayumi (Main Vocal)
 * 31) **Ikuta Erina, Iikubo Haruna (Center Vocals)
 * 32) **Fukumura Mizuki, Ishida Ayumi (Minor Vocals)
 * 33) Itsumo to Onnaji Seifuku de
 * 34) *Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
 * 35) *Arrangement: Egami Kotaro
 * 36) *Vocals:
 * 37) **Sato Masaki, Oda Sakura (Main Vocal)
 * 38) **Sayashi Riho, Suzuki Kanon, Kudo Haruka (Minor Vocals)

Song Comments by Tsunku

 * "A B C D E-cha E-cha is a song with minutely arranged parts for each member to showcase their characters. It's a song about the hot lovey-dovey period in relationships. It has a feeling of dance music into it, so it will be exciting to see it performed live. The choreography is cute, cool and interesting. Please look forward to Kudou Haruka's "DO!" parts in the song."
 * Tokimeku Tokimeke (Michishige, Fukumura, Ikuta, Iikubo, Ishida): "A song for the members that are of high school age or higher, excepting Tanaka. Although it's a dance tune that without doubt will be exciting to see in lives but it's also about the loneliness of everyday life. But in the end the overall feel of the song is also filled with a positive attitude looking for excitement."
 * Itsumo Onnaji Seifuku de (Sayashi, Suzuki, Satou, Kudou, Oda): "It's a song about girls looking forward to meeting their crush every day at school and how they feel the time they spent apart is too long while the time they have together went by too quickly. I think it's just fitting to let the younger members sing it."
 * Rock to Teigi (Tanaka): "It's not unusual for me write solo songs for graduating members but sometimes I wondered what to do with it after they graduated. With that in mind I wrote this song thinking of an image that could still be used by her in her band."

Trivia

 * This is Michishige Sayumi's 4th single as leader.
 * Fourth Morning Musume single to get an Official Website.
 * This is Tanaka Reina's last single as a Morning Musume member.
 * This is Morning Musume's 3rd double A-side single.
 * This single was leaked by the same anonymous 2chan user who leaked Help me!! and Kono Machi weeks prior to their announcement. The single was fully confirmed on March 19th.
 * Kudo Haruka is the only member that wears a hat/cap for both "Brainstorming" and "Kimi Sae Ireba Nani Mo Iranai". Iikubo Haruna and Ikuta Erina  wear a hat only in "Kimi Sae Ireba Nani Mo Iranai".
 * Everybody has at least has two solo-words, in "Brainstorming".
 * The loose shot version of Brainstorming reached 1 million views after 6 days, on March 5th.
 * 2013 is the second consecutive year when a single released in April is the graduation single for a member. The first single was Renai Hunter, which was the graduation single for both Niigaki Risa and Mitsui Aika.
 * The Music Video for "Brainstorming" and "Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai" are the first Morning Musume Music Videos uploaded to YouTube to include subtitles, both in Japanese and translated English.
 * The Music Video for Brainstorming was uploaded in High Definition (1080p) as a mistake. After Tsunku realized, he decided to leave it as it is.
 * "Brainstorming" was covered by Team Okai.
 * This is the first time since Aruiteru to have all of the whole first week in the number one spot.

Oricon Chart Positions
Total Reported Sales: 96,974*