| "Manatsu no Sounds Good!" | ||||
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 cover for Type-A edition | ||||
| Single by AKB48 | ||||
| from the album Tsugi no Ashiato | ||||
| B-side | "Mittsu no Namida" | |||
| Released | May 23, 2012 (Japan) | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Label | You, Be Cool! / King | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics) | |||
| Producer(s) | Yasushi Akimoto | |||
| AKB48 singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| Manatsu no Sounds Good! (Dance Ver.) on YouTube | ||||
"Manatsu no Sounds Good!" (真夏のSounds good !, "Midsummer 'Sounds good !'")[note 1] is the 26th single by the Japanese girl idol group AKB48, released in Japan on May 23, 2012.[1][2]
In its first week, the CD single sold 1,616,795 copies according to Oricon and became AKB48's bestselling single.[3] In August 2012, it was certified "2 Million" by RIAJ.[4] 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.[5]
The single is Atsuko Maeda and Asuka Kuramochi's final senbatsu recording with the group.[1][2]
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- ^ a b "【3/25UP!!】「AKB48 27thシングル選抜総選挙」開催決定!!" (in Japanese). King Records. March 25, 2012. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- ^ a b "AKB48、過去最多36人で新曲初披露 HKT兒玉ら15人が初選抜" (in Japanese). Oricon. March 24, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
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- ^ ＡＫＢ４８がレコ大連覇！"センター"まゆゆ号泣. SANSPO.COM (in Japanese). December 30, 2012. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-31.