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"Manatsu no Sounds Good!" (真夏のSounds good !, "Midsummer 'Sounds good !'") is the 26th single by the Japanese girl idol group AKB48, released in Japan on May 23, 2012.

As of the release day, the CD single was shipped in 2.0 million copies, setting AKB48's own record. (The record was beaten a year later by "Sayonara Crawl" with 2.3 million.) In its first week, the CD single sold 1,616,795 copies according to Oricon and became AKB48's bestselling single. In August 2012, it was certified "2 Million" by RIAJ. On December 30, 2012, the song won the Grand Prix at the 54th Japan Record Awards, making this their second consecutive win for the group.

The single is Atsuko Maeda's final recording with the group.

Release

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"Manatsu no Sounds Good" was released on May 23, 2012 in the form of several different editions. The Type-A edition consisted of a CD with six tracks, half of which were off vocal versions, and a DVD with four music videos and a member profile track. Type-A was also available with an alternate cover on their first pressings. The Type-B edition was also a CD+DVD, with the same tracks as Type-A, however, "Chōdai, Darling!" was replaced by "Gugutasu no Sora". Type-B was also available with an alternate cover on their first pressings. The Theater edition contains only the CD and has the same tracks as Type-A, but "Chōdai, Darling!" was replaced by "Kimi no Tame ni Boku Wa".

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Track listing

The first 2 songs on the CD are the same for all versions. The first 3 music videos on the DVD are the same for both Type-A and Type-B.

Type-A

Type-B

Theater Edition

Oricon charts

Members

"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"

The title track featured 36 members, the largest number of participants on an AKB48 single title track since "Everyday, Katyusha", which featured 26 members.

It was the first AKB48 single title track appearance for 15 people: Team 4's Maria Abe, Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Haruka Shimazaki, Haruka Shimada, Miyu Takeuchi, Karen Iwata, Rena Katō, Rina Kawaei, and Juri Takahashi, SKE48's Yuria Kizaki, Akane Takayanagi, and Kanon Kimoto, NMB48's Eriko Jō, HKT48's Haruka Kodama.

• Team A: Asuka Kuramochi, Haruna Kojima, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takajō, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda
• Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama
• Team B: Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Mayu Watanabe
• Team 4: Maria Abe, Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Haruka Shimazaki, Haruka Shimada, Miyu Takeuchi, Suzuran Yamauchi, Karen Iwata, Rena Katō, Rina Kawaei, Juri Takahashi
• SKE48 Team S / AKB48 Team K: Jurina Matsui
• SKE48 Team S: Yuria Kizaki, Rena Matsui
• SKE48 Team KII: Akane Takayanagi
• SKE48 Team E: Kanon Kimoto
• NMB48 Team N / AKB48 Team B: Miyuki Watanabe
• NMB48 Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto
• NMB48 Team M: Eriko Jō
• HKT48 Team H: Haruka Kodama

"Mitsu no Namida"

Performed by Special Girls

• Team A: Misaki Iwasa, Aika Ōta, Shizuka Ōya, Chisato Nakata, Sayaka Nakaya, Ami Maeda, Matsubara Natsumi
• Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Mayumi Uchida, Ayaka Umeda, Ayaka Kikuchi, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Moeno Nitō, Misato Nonaka
• Team B: Kana Kobayashi, Mika Komori, Amina Satō, Sumire Satō, Natsuki Satō, Mariya Suzuki, Rina Chikano, Yuka Masuda, Miho Miyazaki
• Team 4: Mina Ōba, Yūka Tano, Mariko Nakamura, Mariya Nagao
• Kenkyūsei: : Rina Izuta, Miyū Ōmori, Natsuki Kojima, Marina Kobayashi, Erena Saeed Yokota, Yukari Sasaki, Wakana Natori, Rina Hirata, Nana Fujita, Tomu Mutō, Ayaka Morikawa

"Chōdai, Darling!"

• Team A: Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda
• Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima
• Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki, Mayu Watanabe
• Team 4: Rena Katō, Haruka Shimazaki

"Gugutasu no Sora"

Center: Haruka Ishida

• Team A: Haruka Katayama, Asuka Kuramochi, Aki Takajō, Haruka Nakagawa
• Team K: Miku Tanabe, Reina Fujie, Sakiko Matsui, Yui Yokoyama
• Team B: Haruka Ishida, Rie Kitahara, Shihori Suzuki
• Team 4: Shiori Nakamata
• SKE48 Team S: Rena Matsui
• SKE48 Kenkyūsei: Kaori Matsumura
• NMB48 Team N: Yūki Yamaguchi, Sayaka Yamamoto

"Kimi no Tame ni Boku wa..."

Center: Yūko Ōshima

• Team A: Misaki Iwasa
• Team K: Yūko Ōshima, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama
• Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Mayu Watanabe
• Team 4: Mariya Nagao

Awards

Notes

1. In the Japanese official title, there is a space between "good" and "!". (真夏のSounds good !)

References

1. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2012年8月". RIAJ. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
2. ^ "【3/25UP!!】「AKB48 27thシングル選抜総選挙」開催決定!!" (in Japanese). King Records. March 25, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
3. ^ "AKB48、過去最多36人で新曲初披露 HKT兒玉ら15人が初選抜" (in Japanese). Oricon. March 24, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-26. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
4. "ＡＫＢ最新曲が過去最多の初回230万枚". Nikkansports. 2013-05-22.
5. ^ "【オリコン】AKB48新曲が歴代最高初動161.7万枚　シングル初週売上TOP5独占" (in Japanese). Oricon. May 29, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
6. ^ "ＡＫＢ４８がレコ大連覇！"センター"まゆゆ号泣". SANSPO.COM (in Japanese). December 30, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
7. ^ "真夏のSounds good !＜Type-A＞(通常盤)". King Records (in Japanese). Retrieved March 1, 2013.
8. "真夏のSounds good !＜Type-A＞(数量限定生産盤)(マキシ＋DVD複合)". King Records (in Japanese). Retrieved March 1, 2013.
9. ^ "真夏のSounds good !＜Type-B＞(通常盤)". King Records (in Japanese). Retrieved March 1, 2013.
10. "真夏のSounds good !＜Type-B＞(数量限定生産盤)(マキシ＋DVD複合)". King Records (in Japanese). Retrieved March 1, 2013.
11. ^ "真夏のSounds good !〈劇場盤〉". King Records (in Japanese). Retrieved March 1, 2013.
12. "【オリコン】AKB48、新曲が歴代最高の"初日"売上117.1万枚" (in Japanese). Oricon. May 23, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
13. "年間ランキング特集『ミリオン8作！AKB48とMr.Childrenが2012年音楽シーンを牽引』" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 20, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
14. "AKB48：新曲の選抜メンバーは過去最多36人" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shinbun. March 25, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
15. "AKB48、新曲選抜メンバーは過去最多36人　まゆゆ筆頭に次世代エース候補が台頭" (in Japanese). Oricon. March 25, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
16. "AKB48高城ら「ぐぐたす」選抜が新曲初披露" (in Japanese). Oricon. March 24, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
17. "AKB48がアーティスト・オブ・ザ・イヤー含む4冠を2年連続で達成│Daily News│Billboard JAPAN" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. December 15, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-15.

External links

• King Records profiles
  • Type-A First Press Limited Edition
  • Type-A Regular Edition
  • Type-B First Press Limited Edition
  • Type-B Regular Edition
  • Theater Edition

• Misplaced Pages articles needing copy edit from May 2013
• 2012 singles
• AKB48 songs
• Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto
• Oricon Weekly number-one singles
• Japan Hot 100 number-one singles
• King Records (Japan) singles