| "Bingo!" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by AKB48 | ||||
| from the album Set List: Greatest Songs 2006–2007 | ||||
| B-side | "Only Today" | |||
| Released | July 18, 2007 (2007-07-18) | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4:09 | |||
| Label | Defstar | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Yasushi Akimoto, Hideki Naruse, Tetsuya Ouchi | |||
| Producer(s) | Yasushi Akimoto | |||
| AKB48 singles chronology | ||||
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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.
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.
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!".
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
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Arranger | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bingo!" | Yasushi Akimoto, Hideki Naruse, | Tetsuya Ouchi | 4:09 |
| 2. | "Only Today" | Akimoto, Ouchi | Ouchi | 4:17 |
| 3. | "Bingo! (Instrumental)" | Akimoto, Naruse | Ouchi | 4:09 |
| 4. | "Only Today (Instrumental)" | Akimoto, Ouchi | Ouchi | 4:17 |
| Total length: | 17:00 | |||
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Bingo! | |
| Oricon Weekly Chart | 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.
- Team A - Tomomi Itano, Haruna Kojima, Atsuko Maeda, Minami Minegishi, Rina Nakanishi, Mai Oshima, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi,
- Team K - Sayaka Akimoto, Tomomi Kasai, Yuka Masuda, Sae Miyazawa, Manami Oku, Erena Ono, Yuko Oshima
- Team B - Natsumi Hirajima, Yuki Kashiwagi, Mayu Watanabe
References
- "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.
- ^ "Bingo! AKB48's impressive show of numbers". supermerlion. Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
- "AKB48 Bingo! 【初回生産限定盤】" (in Japanese). Sony Music Japan. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
- ^ "アーティスト&楽曲検索 Bingo!" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
| AKB48 singles | |
|---|---|
| Set List: Greatest Songs 2006–2007 | |
| Kamikyokutachi | |
| Koko ni Ita Koto | |
| 1830m | |
| Tsugi no Ashiato | |
| Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe! | |
| 0 to 1 no Aida | |
| Thumbnail | |
| Bokutachi wa, Ano Hi no Yoake wo Shitteiru | |
| Non-album singles | |
| Other singles | |
| Other songs | |
