"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.

"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

Promotion edit

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

Music video edit

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 edit

"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 no. 2 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart with 221,640 units sold, while Billboard Japan recorded 303,745 sales from February 4–10, 2019.[6][7]

Track listing edit

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 edit

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

Certifications edit

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

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  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