Girls' Rule

"Girls Rule"
Single by Nogizaka46 乃木坂46
Released	July 3, 2013
Format	CD single
Genre	J-pop
Length	27:20
Label	Sony Music Records
Writer(s)	Koji Goto Mineaki Kawahara Kidayo Kanetsu
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
Nogizaka46 乃木坂46 singles chronology
"Kimi no Na wa Kibō" (2013) "Girls Rule" (2013) "Barrette" (2013)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Rolling Stone Japan	[1]

"Girls' Rule" (ガールズルール Gāruzurūru) is a single by the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. It reached the number one slot on the Oricon Singles Chart.^[2] It was the 13th best-selling single in Japan in 2013, with 452,310 copies.^[3]

The center in this single is Mai Shiraishi.

Track listing

Sources:^[4][5][6]

Type-A

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Girls' Rule" (ガールズルール)
2.	"Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover" (世界で一番 孤独なLover)
3.	"Kōmori yo" (コウモリよ)
4.	"Girls' Rule (off vocal ver.)" (ガールズルール off vocal ver.)
5.	"Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover (off vocal ver.)" (世界で一番 孤独なLover off vocal ver.)
6.	"Kōmori yo (off vocal ver.)" (コウモリよ off vocal ver.)

Type-B

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Girls' Rule" (ガールズルール)
2.	"Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover" (世界で一番 孤独なLover)
3.	"Senpūki" (扇風機)
4.	"Girls' Rule (off vocal ver.)" (ガールズルール off vocal ver.)
5.	"Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover (off vocal ver.)" (世界で一番 孤独なLover off vocal ver.)
6.	"Senpūki (off vocal ver.)" (扇風機 off vocal ver.)

Type-C

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Girls' Rule" (ガールズルール)
2.	"Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover" (世界で一番 孤独なLover)
3.	"Hoka no Hoshi Kara" (他の星から)
4.	"Girls' Rule (off vocal ver.)" (ガールズルール off vocal ver.)
5.	"Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover (off vocal ver.)" (世界で一番 孤独なLover off vocal ver.)
6.	"Hoka no Hoshi Kara (off vocal ver.)" (他の星から off vocal ver.)

Regular Edition

DISC 1 (CD)
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Girls' Rule" (ガールズルール)	Mai Shiraishi, et cetera	4:50
2.	"Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover" (世界で一番 孤独なLover)	Mai Shiraishi, et cetera	3:44
3.	"Ningen toiu Gakki" (人間という楽器)		5:06
4.	"Girls' Rule (off vocal ver.)" (ガールズルール off vocal ver.)		4:50
5.	"Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover (off vocal ver.)" (世界で一番 孤独なLover off vocal ver.)		3:44
6.	"Ningen toiu Gakki (off vocal ver.)" (人間という楽器 off vocal ver.)		5:06

References

1. Rolling Stone Japan Edition review
2. "2013年07月01日～2013年07月07日のCDシングル週間ランキング（2013年07月15日付）". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). Oricon ME. 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
3. "Single Top 100". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. December 15, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
4. ガールズルール (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
5. ガールズルール type B (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
6. ガールズルール type C (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2015-11-24.

Further reading

• Nogizaka46 (3 July 2013). Girls Rule (Type-A ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00CP82NK0.
• Nogizaka46 (3 July 2013). Girls Rule (Type-B ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00CP82NKU.
• Nogizaka46 (3 July 2013). Girls Rule (Regular ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00CP82NKK.

External links

• Discography on Nogizaka46 Official Website
• Nogizaka46 "Girls' Rule" on YouTube
• Nogizaka46 "Sixteen Principal @ PARCO Digest" on YouTube
• Nogizaka46 "Early summer of our best! Nogizaka46 large sports meeting Digest" on YouTube
• Nogizaka46 "Making of 6th Single Digest" on YouTube