Short Cut (song)

"Short Cut"
Single by S/mileage
from the album S/mileage Best Album Kanzenban 1
A-side	"Short Cut"
B-side	"Otome Pasta ni Kandō" (reg. edition) "Panya San no Arubaito" (lim. editions A, B, C, D)
Released	February 9, 2011 (Japan)
Format	Maxi single (CD, CD+DVD)
Genre	J-pop
Label	Hachama
Writer(s)	Tsunku
Producer(s)	Tsunku
S/mileage singles chronology
"Onaji Jikyū de Hataraku Tomodachi no Bijin Mama" (2010) "Short Cut" (2011) "Koi ni Booing Boo!" (2011)
Lilpri singles chronology "Idolulu" (2010) Ohagirl Maple with S/mileage singles chronology "My School March" (2010) Music video "Short Cut" on YouTube

"Short Cut" (ショートカット Shōtokatto, "Short Haircut") is the 4th major single by the Japanese girl idol group S/mileage. It was released in Japan on February 9, 2011 on the label Hachama.

The physical CD single debuted at number 6 in the Oricon daily singles chart.

In the Oricon weekly chart, it debuted at number 5.^[1]

B-sides

The B-side of the regular edition was a cover of the song "Otome Pasta ni Kandō" by a Morning Musume subgroup called Tanpopo that released it as a single in 2000.

Release

The single was released in five versions: four limited editions (Limited Editions A, B, C, and D) and a regular edition.

All the limited editions came with a sealed-in serial-numbered entry card for the lottery to win a ticket to one of the single's launch events.

Personnel

S/mileage members:

• Ayaka Wada
• Yūka Maeda
• Kanon Fukuda
• Saki Ogawa

Track listing

Regular Edition

All tracks written by Tsunku. 

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Short Cut" (ショートカット)
2.	"Otome Pasta ni Kandō" (乙女パスタに感動)
3.	"Short Cut (Instrumental)"

Limited Editions A, B, C, D

All tracks written by Tsunku. 

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Short Cut"
2.	"Panya San no Arubaito" (パン屋さんのアルバイト)
3.	"Short Cut (Instrumental)"

Limited Edition A DVD
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Short Cut (Dance Shot Ver.)"

Limited Edition B DVD
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Short Cut (Image Scene Ver.)"

Limited Edition C DVD
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Short Cut (Salon Dream Ver.)"

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Daily Singles Chart)	4
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart)[2]	5
Japan (Oricon Monthly Singles Chart)	21
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100)	9
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales)	4
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay)	16

References

1. "オリコン週間 CDシングルランキング 2011年02月07日～2011年02月13日" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
2. "ショートカット(初回生産限定盤A) | アンジュルム | ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

External links

• Profile of the CD single on the official website of Hello! Project