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's sixth single, and the fourth major single released through DefSTAR Records, on July 18, 2007.

Promotion

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", although the theme is totally different. All 46 members of AKB48 participated in the video clip, filmed in

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. Each CD also includes 2 DVDs, one is video clip and the other is "Making of "Bingo!". Sony Music offered high resolution closeup portraits of the 18 Senbatsu members as wallpaper downloads on their website for the limited duration of 36 hours after the song's release.

Reception

The single charted 5 weeks in the top 200 with the highest rank at #6, then-highest ever record for AKB48. "Bingo!" sold 25,611 copies.

Track listing

Charts

Reported sales

Personnel

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Minami Takahashi is a Japanese idol, singer, tarento and a former member of the Japanese girl idol group AKB48. She is in Team A of AKB48. She became the first of AKB48 and its sister groups. In an interview with Nippon Television in June 2010, AKB48 produc ...

Atsuko Maeda is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the idol girl group AKB48, and was one of the most prominent members in the group at the time, regarded as the group's "absolute ace", "immovable center", and the "Face of AKB." After ...

The title track was sung by 18 members, including 3 members chosen from Team B. It was also the debut for then-youngest member

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. *Team A -

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, Rina Nakanishi,

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, *Team K -

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, Yuka Masuda,

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*Team B -

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bingo AKB48 songs 2007 singles Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto Defstar Records singles 2007 songs MNL48 songs