Suki to Iwasetai

"Suki to Iwasetai"
Type A cover
Single by Iz*One
from the album Twelve
LanguageJapanese
ReleasedFebruary 5, 2019 (2019-02-05)
GenreJ-pop
Label
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
Iz*One singles chronology
"La Vie en Rose"
(2018) 		"Suki to Iwasetai"
(2019) 		"Rise"
(2019)
Music video
"Suki to Iwasetai (好きと言わせたい)" on YouTube

"Suki to Iwasetai" (好きと言わせたい, lit. "Tell Me You Love Me") is the Japanese debut single by South Korean–Japanese girl group Iz*One, a project group formed through the 2018 Mnet reality competition show Produce 48. It was released in Japan by EMI Records on February 6, 2019.

Promotion

Iz*One held their Japanese debut showcase at Tokyo Dome City Hall on January 20, 2019.[1]

Music video

The music video was released on January 25, 2019, and achieved more than 1.7 million views in the first 24 hours of its release on YouTube.[2] It exceeded more than 5 million views within six days of its release.[3]

Commercial performance

"Suki to Iwasetai" debuted atop the daily ranking of the Oricon Singles Chart on its first day with 193,469 physical copies sold. With this, Iz*One also set the highest first day sales for a female Korean group, surpassing Twice's "Wake Me Up".[4][5] It ended up at number 2 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart with 221,640 units sold, while Billboard Japan recorded 303,745 sales from February 4 to February 10, 2019.[6][7]

Track listing

Physical releases include DVDs with music videos for the title track and one B-side.

All lyrics are written by Yasushi Akimoto

Suki to Iwasetai  – special edition[8]
No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
1."Suki to Iwasetai" (好きと言わせたい; lit. Tell Me You Love Me)Chocolate MixApazzi3:59
2."Kenchanayo" (ケンチャナヨ; lit. It's OK)no_myno_my4:16
3."Gokigen Sayonara" (ご機嫌サヨナラ; lit. Happy Goodbye)Toshihiko Watanabe
  • Toshihiko Watanabe
  • Hirotaka Hayakawa
4:22
4."Neko ni Naritai" (猫になりたい; lit. I Wanna Be a Cat)Shintaro FujiwaraShintaro Fujiwara4:16
5."Dance o Omoidasumade" (ダンスを思い出すまで; lit. Until You Remember Our Dance)Yurika OhishiYurika Ohishi4:33
Total length:21:26
Suki to Iwasetai  – Type A digital download[9]
No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
1."Suki to Iwasetai"Chocolate MixApazzi4:01
2."Kenchanayo"no_myno_my4:19
3."Gokigen Sayonara"Toshihiko Watanabe
  • Toshihiko Watanabe
  • Hirotaka Hayakawa
4:25
Total length:12:45
Suki to Iwasetai  – Type A physical edition
No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
4."Suki to Iwasetai" (Instrumental)Chocolate MixApazzi4:02
5."Kenchanayo" (Instrumental)no_myno_my4:18
6."Gokigen Sayonara" (Instrumental)Toshihiko Watanabe
  • Toshihiko Watanabe
  • Hayakawa Hirotaka
4:23
Total length:12:43
Suki to Iwasetai  – Type A DVD
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Suki to Iwasetai" (Music video)Kazuma Ikeda 
2."Gokigen Sayonara" (Music video)EPOCH 
Total length:0
Suki to Iwasetai  – Type B digital download[10]
No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
1."Suki to Iwasetai"Chocolate MixApazzi4:01
2."Kenchanayo"no_myno_my4:19
3."Neko ni Naritai"Shintaro FujiwaraShintaro Fujiwara4:19
Total length:12:39
Suki to Iwasetai  – Type B physical edition
No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
4."Suki to Iwasetai" (Instrumental)Chocolate MixApazzi4:02
5."Kenchanayo" (Instrumental)no_myno_my4:18
6."Neko ni Naritai" (Instrumental)Shintaro FujiwaraShintaro Fujiwara4:16
Total length:12:36
Suki to Iwasetai  – Type B DVD
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Suki to Iwasetai" (Music video)Kazuma Ikeda 
2."Neko ni Naritai" (Music video)bait 
Total length:0
Suki to Iwasetai  – Wiz*One edition digital download[11]
No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
1."Suki to Iwasetai"Chocolate MixApazzi4:01
2."Kenchanayo"no_myno_my4:19
3."Dance o Omoidasumade"Yurika OhishiYurika Ohishi4:34
Total length:21:27
Suki to Iwasetai  – Wiz*One edition physical edition
No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
4."Suki to Iwasetai" (Instrumental)Chocolate MixApazzi4:02
5."Kenchanayo" (Instrumental)no_myno_my4:18
6."Dance o Omoidasumade" (Instrumental)Yurika OhishiYurika Ohishi4:34

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[12] 2
Japan (Oricon)[6] 2

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[13] Platinum 250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ 아이즈원 "세계 각국으로부터 사랑 받고파"…日 데뷔 쇼케이스 성료. MBC Sports (in Korean). January 21, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "IZ*ONE's "Suki to Iwasetai" receives 1.74 million views in 24 hours, the highest first-day views on YouTube for Japan debut music video for a female idol group?". 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  3. ^ "IZ*ONE NEWS: 'Suki to Iwasetai' music video surpasses 5 million views, IZ*ONE on "Seventeen" Magazine and more!". 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  4. ^ デイリー シングルランキング 2019年02月05日付 [Daily Single Ranking February 05, 2019] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on February 6, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "IZ*ONE Overtakes TWICE's Oricon Daily Record For Highest First Day Sales | Mwave". www.mwave.me. Retrieved 2019-02-15.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ a b 週間 シングルランキング 2019年02月18日付 [Weekly Single Ranking February 18, 2019] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  7. ^ "【ビルボード】Kis-My-Ft2「君を大好きだ」が3冠で総合首位獲得 総合2位のIZ*ONE「好きと言わせたい」とわずか約250ポイント差 | Daily News". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  8. ^ "好きと言わせたい (Special Edition) - EP by IZ*ONE on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  9. ^ "好きと言わせたい (Type A) - Single by IZ*ONE on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  10. ^ "好きと言わせたい (Type B) - Single by IZ*ONE on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  11. ^ "好きと言わせたい (WIZ*ONE盤) - Single by IZ*ONE on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  12. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2019/02/18". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  13. ^ "ゴールドディスク認定 一般社団法人 日本レコード協会" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved March 8, 2019. Note: To retrieve all album certifications, 1) type in IZ*ONE in the box "アーティスト", 2) click 検索