Must Be Now
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 Cover of Type-A regular edition.  | 
| Single by NMB48 | 
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| Released | 
October 7, 2015 (2015-10-07) (Japan) | 
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| Format | 
CD single | 
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| Label | 
laugh out loud records | 
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| NMB48 singles chronology | 
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"Must be now" is the 13th single by Japanese idol girl group NMB48. It was released on October 7, 2015.[1] It was number-one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[2] with 307,036 copies sold.[3] It was the second best-selling single in Japan in October 2015, with 326,308 copies.[4] It was also the eighteenth best-selling single of 2015 in Japan according to the Oricon Yearly Singles Chart, with 386,320 copies sold.[5] As of February 22, 2016 it had sold 414,015 copies.[6] It was also number-one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[7]
An alternative dance shot version with full-size song was published on YouTube.
 Track listing 
Type-A
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| 1. | "Must be now"   |   | 
| 2. | "片想いよりも思い出を…"   |   | 
| 3. | "夢に色がない理由/Team N"   |   | 
| 4. | "Must be now (off vocal ver.)"   |   | 
| 5. | "片想いよりも思い出を… (off vocal ver.)"   |   | 
| 6. | "夢に色がない理由/Team N (off vocal ver.)"   |   | 
Type-B
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| 1. | "Must be now"   |   | 
| 2. | "片想いよりも思い出を…"   |   | 
| 3. | "Good-bye, Guitar/Team M"   |   | 
| 4. | "Must be now (off vocal ver.)"   |   | 
| 5. | "片想いよりも思い出を… (off vocal ver.)"   |   | 
| 6. | "Good-bye, Guitar/Team M (off vocal ver.)"   |   | 
Type-C
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| 1. | "Must be now"   |   | 
| 2. | "片想いよりも思い出を…"   |   | 
| 3. | "空腹で恋愛をするな/Team BII"   |   | 
| 4. | "Must be now (off vocal ver.)"   |   | 
| 5. | "片想いよりも思い出を… (off vocal ver.)"   |   | 
| 6. | "腹で恋愛をするな/Team BII (off vocal ver.)"   |   | 
 Charts 
 Year-end charts 
|  Chart (2015) | 
 Peak position | 
|  Japan (Oricon Yearly Singles Chart) | 
 18[5] | 
References
- 1 2 3  "Must be now(通常盤 Type-A)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016. 
 - ↑  "週間 CDシングルランキング 2015年10月19日付". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016. 
 - ↑  "Oricon Weekly Charts for 10/5 ~ 10/11". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. October 14, 2015. Retrieved February 29, 2016. 
 - ↑  "月間 CDシングルランキング 2015年10月度". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016. 
 - 1 2  "2015年 年間音楽ランキングを発表! 年間シングルランキング 1位~25位". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016. 
 - ↑  "AKB48 売上 Must be now" (in Japanese). Retrieved February 29, 2016. 
 - 1 2  "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2015/10/19". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved February 29, 2016. 
 - ↑  "Must be now(通常盤 Type-B)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016. 
 - ↑  "Must be now(通常盤 Type-C)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 29, 2016. 
 
 
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| Members | | Team N |  | 
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  |  | Team M |  | 
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  |  | Team BII | 
-  Momoka Hayashi
 
-  Miori Ichikawa
 
-  Anna Ijiri (Co-Captain)
 
-  Kanae Iso
 
-  Emika Kamieda (Captain)
 
-  Chihiro Kawakami
 
-  Haruna Kinoshita
 
-  Hazuki Kurokawa
 
-  Konomi Kusaka
 
-  Kokoro Naiki
 
-  Nagisa Shibuya
 
-  Shu Yabushita
 
-  Mai Odan
 
-  Chiho Matsuoka
  
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