Bye Bye Mr. Mug

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{{Infobox song

| name = Bye Bye Mr. Mug

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| type = single

| artist = the Brilliant Green

| B-side = "Sunny Mood Shirt"
"Love Baby"
"Green Wood Diary"

| released = {{start date|1997|9|21}}
{{start date|2000|10|1}} (reissue)

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| genre = J-pop

| length = 16:45

| label = Sony Music Records
Defstar Records (reissue)

| writer = Tomoko Kawase, Shunsaku Okuda

| producer = The Brilliant Green

| next_title = Goodbye and Good Luck

| next_year = 1997

| misc = {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|fpSPJwWxUcA|"Bye Bye Mr. Mug"}}}}

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"Bye Bye Mr. Mug" is the debut single by Japanese rock band the Brilliant Green. It was released by Sony Music Records on September 21, 1997,{{cite web|title=Bye Bye Mr.Mug {{!}} the brilliant green|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/27166/products/229755/1/|website=Oricon News|language=ja|access-date=2023-03-18}} and reissued by Defstar Records on October 1, 2000.{{cite web|title=Bye Bye Mr.Mug {{!}} the brilliant green|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/27166/products/95662/1/|website=Oricon News|language=ja|access-date=2023-03-18}} It peaked at #69 on the Oricon Singles Chart.{{cite web|title=the brilliant green {{!}} シングルチャート大辞典|url=https://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single2512/brigre.html|website=Yamachan Land|language=ja|access-date=2024-12-17}} Saru Shibai, a Japanese television drama that aired on Fuji Television in 1998, features "Bye Bye Mr. Mug" as the ending theme.{{cite web|title=さるしばい - ドラマ詳細データ|url=http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-32648|website=TV Drama Database|language=ja|access-date=2024-12-17}}

The song also appears on the band's compilation albums Complete Single Collection '97–'08 (2008) and The Swingin' Sixties (2014).{{cite web|title=complete single collection '97-'08 {{!}} the brilliant green|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/27166/products/747977/1/|website=Oricon News|language=ja|access-date=2024-12-17}}{{cite web|title=THE SWINGIN' SIXTIES {{!}} the brilliant green|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/27166/products/1077974/1/|website=Oricon News|language=ja|access-date=2024-12-17}}