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"Bingo!"
Single by AKB48
from the album Set List: Greatest Songs 2006–2007
B-side"Only Today"
ReleasedJuly 18, 2007 (2007-07-18)
Genre Pop
Length4:09
Label Defstar
Songwriter(s) Yasushi Akimoto, Hideki Naruse, Tetsuya Ouchi
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
" Keibetsu Shiteita Aijō"
(2007)
"Bingo!"
(2007)
" Boku no Taiyō"
(2007)

Bingo! (stylised as BINGO!) is Japanese idol group AKB48's sixth single, and the fourth major single released through DefSTAR Records, on July 18, 2007. [1]

Promotion

The music video was filmed by the same director filmed " Seifuku ga Jama o Suru", although the theme is totally different. All 46 members of AKB48 participated in the video clip, filmed in Onjuku, Chiba and Makuhari Messe. [2]

Each "Shokai Genteiban" (初回限定版, The first edition) CD also includes 2 DVDs, one is video clip and the other is "Making of "Bingo!". [3]

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. [2]

Reception

[2] The single charted 5 weeks in the top 200 with the highest rank at #6, then-highest ever record for AKB48. [4] "Bingo!" sold 25,611 copies.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ArrangerLength
1."Bingo!" Yasushi Akimoto, Hideki Naruse,Tetsuya Ouchi4:09
2."Only Today"Akimoto, OuchiOuchi4:17
3."Bingo! (Instrumental)"Akimoto, NaruseOuchi4:09
4."Only Today (Instrumental)"Akimoto, OuchiOuchi4:17
Total length:17:00

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Bingo!
Oricon Weekly Chart [4] 6

Reported sales

Chart Amount
Oricon physical sales 26,000

Personnel

Center: Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda

The title track was sung by 18 members, including 3 members chosen from Team B. It was also the debut for then-youngest member Manami Oku. [2]

References

  1. ^ "AKB48公式サイト|ディスコグラフィー" (in Japanese). AKS. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  2. ^ a b c d "Bingo! AKB48's impressive show of numbers". supermerlion. Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
  3. ^ "AKB48 Bingo! 【初回生産限定盤】" (in Japanese). Sony Music Japan. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
  4. ^ a b "アーティスト&楽曲検索 Bingo!" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-04-26.