Bingo! (AKB48 song)

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]

"Bingo!"
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	4:09:00
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)

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

Since many "Aitakatta" limited editions remained unsold, the Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru limited sets were produced in a smaller quantity, making it one of the rarer to find releases.[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.	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[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]

• 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

1. "AKB48公式サイト｜ディスコグラフィー" (in Japanese). AKS. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
2. "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. "アーティスト&楽曲検索 Bingo!" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-04-26.