In the Japanese official title, there is a space between "good" and "!". (真夏のSounds good !) is the 26th

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by the Japanese girl

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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

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'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 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 "

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" 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 "

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", which featured 26 members. It was the first AKB48 single title track appearance for 15 people: Team 4's

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, Rena Katō, Rina Kawaei, and Juri Takahashi, SKE48's Yuria Kizaki, Akane Takayanagi, and Kanon Kimoto, NMB48's Eriko Jō & HKT48's

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. * Team A:

, Haruna Kojima, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takajō, Minami Takahashi,

* Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama * Team B: Tomomi Kasai,

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, Rie Kitahara, Mayu Watanabe * Team 4: Maria Abe,

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, 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:

"Mitsu no Namida"

Performed by Special Girls * Team A:

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Aika Ōta , is a former member of the Japanese idol group HKT48, the captain of its Team KIV. She has also been a member of AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai, and portrayed Kazue Kae in ''Tomie Unlimited is a 2011 Japanese psychological-body horror film ...

, Shizuka Ōya, Chisato Nakata, Sayaka Nakaya, Ami Maeda, Natsumi Matsubara * Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Mayumi Uchida,

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, Ayaka Kikuchi, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Moeno Nitō, Misato Nonaka * Team B: Kana Kobayashi, Mika Komori, Amina Satō,

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, Natsuki Satō, Mariya Suzuki,

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* Team 4:

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, 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, Tomu Mutō, Ayaka Morikawa

"Chōdai, Darling!"

* Team A: Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi,

* Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima * Team B:

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, Mayu Watanabe * Team 4: Rena Katō,

"Gugutasu no Sora"

Center:

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* Team A: Haruka Katayama,

, Aki Takajō, Haruka Nakagawa * Team K:

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, Reina Fujie, Sakiko Matsui, Yui Yokoyama * Team B:

, 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:

* Team K: Yūko Ōshima, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama * Team B:

, Rie Kitahara, Mayu Watanabe * Team 4:

Charts and certifications

Oricon charts

Billboard charts

Certifications

Accolades

JKT48 version

"" is the fourth released single from the Indonesian idol

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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

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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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