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

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, released in Japan on May 23, 2012. In its first week, the CD single sold 1,616,795 copies according to

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and became AKB48's bestselling single. In August 2012, it was certified "2 Million" by

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. On December 30, 2012, the song won the Grand Prix at the 54th

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, making this their second consecutive win for the group. The single is

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and Asuka Kuramochi's final senbatsu recording with the group.

Release

"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 A backing track is an audio recording on audiotape, CD or a digital recording medium or a MIDI recording of synthesized instruments, sometimes of purely rhythmic accompaniment, often of a rhythm section or other accompaniment parts that live musi ...

versions, as well as four music videos and a member profile track. 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". Both editions are available with an alternative cover on the group's first pressings. 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". 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. - 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

Type-B

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. It was the first AKB48 single title track appearance for 15 people: Team 4's

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, Anna Iriyama,

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, Haruka Shimada,

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, Karen Iwata, Rena Katō,

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, and

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's Yuria Kizaki, Akane Takayanagi, and Kanon Kimoto,

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's Eriko Jō & HKT48's

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. * Team A: Asuka Kuramochi, Haruna Kojima,

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, Aki Takajō,

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* Team K:

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, Yūko Ōshima,

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, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama * Team B:

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, Mayu Watanabe * Team 4: Maria Abe,

, Anna Iriyama,

, Haruka Shimada,

, Suzuran Yamauchi, Karen Iwata, Rena Katō,

* Team S / AKB48 Team K:

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* Team S: Yuria Kizaki,

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* Team KII: Akane Takayanagi * Team E: Kanon Kimoto * Team N / AKB48 Team B: Miyuki Watanabe * Team N:

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* Team M: Eriko Jō * Team H:

"Mitsu no Namida"

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, 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,

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* Team 4: Mina Ōba, Yūka Tano, Mariko Nakamura,

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* Kenkyūsei: : Rina Izuta, Miyū Ōmori, Natsuki Kojima, Marina Kobayashi, Erena Saeed Yokota, Yukari Sasaki, Wakana Natori, Rina Hirata, Nana Fujita,

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, Ayaka Morikawa

"Chōdai, Darling!"

* Team A:

* Team K:

, Yūko Ōshima * Team B:

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, Mayu Watanabe * Team 4: Rena Katō,

"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,

, Shihori Suzuki * Team 4: Shiori Nakamata *

Team S:

* SKE48 Kenkyūsei: Kaori Matsumura *

Team N: Yūki Yamaguchi,

"Kimi no Tame ni Boku wa..."

Center: Yūko Ōshima * Team A: Misaki Iwasa * Team K: Yūko Ōshima, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama * Team B:

, Mayu Watanabe * Team 4:

Charts and certifications

Oricon charts

Billboard charts

Certifications

Accolades

JKT48 version

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. It was released on November 26, 2013.

Promotion and release

The AKB48 sister group

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

Bonus * Team J Special Photo * Team J & Team KIII Photo Group ember Random

Theater Version

;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

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Notes

References

External links

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