Manatsu no Sounds Good!
{{Short description|2012 single by AKB48}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Manatsu no Sounds Good!
| cover = Manatsu no Sounds Good! cover.jpg
| alt =
| caption = cover for Type-A edition
| type = single
| artist = AKB48
| album = Tsugi no Ashiato
| B-side = Mittsu no Namida
| released = {{Start date|2012|5|23}} (Japan)
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = J-pop
| length =
| label = You, Be Cool! / King
| writer = Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)
| producer = Yasushi Akimoto
| prev_title = Give Me Five!
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Gingham Check
| next_year = 2012
| misc = {{External music video|1= {{YouTube|MBuJ5R2KBKo|Manatsu no Sounds Good! (Dance Ver.)}}|header=}}
}}
{{Nihongo|"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"|真夏のSounds good !|"Midsummer 'Sounds good !'"}}In the Japanese official title, there is a space between "good" and "!". (真夏のSounds good !) is the 26th single by the Japanese girl idol group AKB48, released in Japan on May 23, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/t/t2391/|title=【3/25UP!!】「AKB48 27thシングル選抜総選挙」開催決定!!|date=March 25, 2012|publisher=King Records|access-date=2012-03-27|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329202022/http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/t/t2391|archive-date=March 29, 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/2009050/full/|title=AKB48、過去最多36人で新曲初披露 HKT兒玉ら15人が初選抜|publisher=Oricon|date=March 24, 2012|access-date=2012-03-26|language=ja}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201208.html|title=ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2012年8月|publisher=RIAJ|access-date=2012-09-10}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20121230/akb12123021440001-n1.html |script-title=ja:ＡＫＢ４８がレコ大連覇！"センター"まゆゆ号泣 |work=SANSPO.COM |date=December 30, 2012 |access-date=2012-12-31 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101200856/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20121230/akb12123021440001-n1.html |archive-date=January 1, 2013 }}
The single is Atsuko Maeda and Asuka Kuramochi's final senbatsu recording with the group.
Release
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"Manatsu no Sounds Good" comprises various editions released on May 23, 2012.
The first presses of the single came with a ticket to vote in the AKB48 27th Single Senbatsu Election (to choose the members to be featured in the next AKB48's single, to be released in the summer.)
The Type-A edition comes in a CD+DVD set, consisting of six tracks, half of which are off vocal versions, as well as four music videos and a member profile track.{{cite web| url = http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/g/gKIZM-151/ | title = 真夏のSounds good !＜Type-A＞(通常盤) | work = King Records| language = ja| access-date = March 1, 2013}} The Type-B edition is also a CD+DVD set, composed of the same tracks as Type-A except "Chōdai, Darling!", which is replaced by "Gugutasu no Sora".{{cite web| url = http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/g/gKIZM-153/ | title = 真夏のSounds good !＜Type-B＞(通常盤) | work = King Records| language = ja| access-date = March 1, 2013}} Both editions are available with an alternative cover on the group's first pressings.{{cite web| url = http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/g/gKIZM-90151/ | title = 真夏のSounds good !＜Type-A＞(数量限定生産盤)(マキシ＋DVD複合) | work = King Records| language = ja| access-date = March 1, 2013}}{{cite web| url = http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/g/gKIZM-90153/ | title = 真夏のSounds good !＜Type-B＞(数量限定生産盤)(マキシ＋DVD複合)| work = King Records| language = ja| access-date = March 1, 2013}}
The Theater edition comes in a CD with the same tracks as Type-A but "Chōdai, Darling!", which is replaced by "Kimi no Tame ni Boku Wa".{{cite web| url = http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/g/gNMAX-1128/ | title = 真夏のSounds good !〈劇場盤〉| work = King Records| language = ja| access-date = March 1, 2013}}
As of the day of its release, AKB48 shipped a personal record of 2.0 million copies.In 2013, AKB48's shipment record for a single was broken by "Sayonara Crawl" with 2.3 million copies. - {{cite news|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/akb48/news/f-et-tp0-20130522-1131164.html|title=ＡＫＢ最新曲が過去最多の初回230万枚|publisher=Nikkansports|date=2013-05-22}}
Instead releasing a normal MV (which was censored due to references of girls suffering), an alternative dance shot MV was released.
Track listing
The first two songs on the CD and their off-vocal versions are the same for all editions. The first 3 music videos on the DVD are the same for both Type-A and Type-B.
= Type-A =
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| title1 = Manatsu no Sounds Good!
| note1 = {{nihongo2|真夏のSounds good !}}
| length1 = 4:35
| title2 = Mitsu no Namida
| note2 = {{nihongo2|3つの涙}} "Three Types of Tears"
| extra2 = Special Girls
| length2 = 4:30
| title3 = Chōdai, Darling!
| note3 = {{nihongo2|ちょうだい、ダーリン!}}, Chōdai, Dārin!
| extra3 = AKB48 × Putcho Girls
| length3 = 4:41
| title4 = Manatsu no Sounds Good!
| note4 = off vocal ver.
| length4 = 4:35
| title5 = Mitsu no Namida
| note5 = off vocal ver.
| length5 = 4:30
| title6 = Chōdai, Darling!
| note6 = off vocal ver.
| length6 = 4:39
}}
{{Track listing
| extra_column =
| total_length =
| title1 = Manatsu no Sounds Good!
| note1 = Music Video
| length1 =
| title2 = Manatsu no Sounds Good!
| note2 = Music Video -Dance ver.-
| length2 =
| title3 = Mitsu no Namida
| note3 = Music Video
| length3 =
| title4 = Chōdai, Darling!
| note4 = Music Video
| length4 =
| title5 = AKB48 27th Single Senbatsu Sōsenkyo Shutsuba Member Profile Eizō (Type-A)
| note5 = {{nihongo2|AKB48 27thシングル 選抜総選挙 出馬メンバープロフィール映像
| length5 =
}}
= Type-B =
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| title3 = Gugutasu no Sora
| note3 = {{nihongo2|ぐぐたすの空}}
| extra3 = Gugutasu(Google+) Senbatsu
| length3 = 4:13
| title6 = Gugutasu no Sora
| note6 = off vocal ver.
| length6 = 4:12
}}
{{Track listing
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| total_length =
| title4 = Gugutasu no Sora
| note4 = Music Video
| length4 =
| title5 = AKB48 27th Single Senbatsu Sōsenkyo Shutsuba Member Profile Eizō (Type-B)
| note5 = {{nihongo2|AKB48 27thシングル 選抜総選挙 出馬メンバープロフィール映像
| length5 =
}}
= Theater Edition =
Credits and personnel
= "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.{{cite web|url=http://mainichi.jp/enta/geinou/news/20120325spn00m200004000c.html|title=AKB48：新曲の選抜メンバーは過去最多36人|publisher=Mainichi Shinbun|date=March 25, 2012|access-date=2012-03-26|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327162946/http://mainichi.jp/enta/geinou/news/20120325spn00m200004000c.html|archive-date=March 27, 2012}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/2009075/full|title=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|publisher=Oricon|date=March 25, 2012|access-date=2012-03-26|language=ja}}
- 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
- Team S / AKB48 Team K: Jurina Matsui
- Team S: Yuria Kizaki, Rena Matsui
- Team KII: Akane Takayanagi
- Team E: Kanon Kimoto
- Team N / AKB48 Team B: Miyuki Watanabe
- Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto
- Team M: Eriko Jō
- 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, Natsumi Matsubara
- 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{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/2009009/full/|title=AKB48高城ら「ぐぐたす」選抜が新曲初披露|publisher=Oricon|date=March 24, 2012|access-date=2012-03-28|language=ja}}
= "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
Charts and certifications
=Oricon charts=
=Billboard charts=
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| Singles Chart
!Peak position |
|---|
| Japan Hot 100 |
| Japan Hot 100 for 2012 |
=Certifications=
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|title=Manatsu no Sounds Good!|artist=AKB48|award=Million|number=2|certmonth=8|certyear=2012}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
Accolades
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Ceremony ! Award ! Result |
|---|
| rowspan="5" | 2012
| rowspan="2"| Billboard Japan Music Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/8998|title=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|publisher=Billboard Japan|date=December 15, 2012|access-date=2012-12-15|language=ja}} | Hot 100 of the Year | rowspan="6" {{won}} |
| Hot 100 Single Sales of the Year |
| rowspan="3" | 54th Japan Record Awards
| Grand Prix |
| Excellent Work Award |
| Lyricist Award |
| 2013
|Single of the Year |
JKT48 version
{{Infobox song
| name = Manatsu no Sounds Good! - Musim Panas Sounds Good!
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| alt =
| type = single
| artist = JKT48
| album =
| B-side = {{ubl|BINGO!|Kimi to Boku no Kankei – Hubungan Kau Dan Aku|Manatsu no Sounds Good! – Summer Love Sounds Good!}}
| released = {{start date|2013|11|26}}
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| genre = Pop
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| label = Hits
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| prev_title = Fortune Cookie In Love -Fortune Cookie Yang Mencinta-
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = Flying Get
| next_year = 2014
}}
"{{vanchor|Manatsu no Sounds Good! - Musim Panas Sounds Good!}}" is the fourth released single from the Indonesian idol girl group JKT48. It was released on November 26, 2013.
=Promotion and release=
The AKB48 sister group JKT48 announced the release of "Manatsu no Sounds Good! - Musim Panas Sounds Good!", an Indonesian version of "Manatsu no Sounds Good!", as its fourth single for November 26, 2013.
=Track listing=
The single has two editions: Regular Version (CD+DVD) and Theater Version (CD only)
==Regular Version==
{{Track listing
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| title1 = Manatsu no Sounds Good! - Musim Panas Sounds Good!
| note1 =
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| title2 = BINGO!
| note2 =
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| title3 = Kimi to Boku no Kankei – Hubungan Kau Dan Aku
| note3 = "Relationship of You and Me"
| extra3 =
| writer3 =
| length3 =
| title4 = Manatsu no Sounds Good! – Summer Love Sounds Good!
| note4 =English Ver.
| writer4 =
| extra4 =
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{{Track listing
| headline = DVD
| extra_column =
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| title1 = Manatsu no Sounds Good! - Musim Panas Sounds Good! Music Video
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| title2 = Manatsu no Sounds Good! - Musim Panas Sounds Good! Music Video Behind the Scenes
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Bonus
- Team J Special Photo
- Team J & Team KIII Photo Group [Member Random]
==Theater Version==
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Manatsu no Sounds Good! - Musim Panas Sounds Good!
| note1 =
| writer1 = Yasushi Akimoto
| title2 = BINGO!
| note2 =
| writer2 =
| length2 =
| title3 = Kimi to Boku no Kankei – Hubungan Kau Dan Aku
| note3 = "Relationship of You and Me"
| writer3 =
| length3 =
| extra3 =
}}
;Bonus
- Trump Card
- Handshake Event Ticket
SNH48 version
The SNH48 version of this track entitled "盛夏好声音" was released in Summer 2015, and its music video was filmed in March 2015 for 10 days at somewhere in Saipan, United States.{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJSjawMMxbs | title = 高能预警，一大波大胸妹子清凉袭来（SNH48《盛夏好声音》正式版MV全网首发 | format = YouTube | author = SNH48 China | website = YouTube | author-link = SNH48 | date = May 14, 2015 }}
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/g/gKIZM-151/ "Manatsu no Sounds Good!" Type-A Regular Edition] at King Records
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