Bingo! (AKB48 song)
2007 single by AKB48
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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.[1]
| "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 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4:09 | |||
| Label | Defstar | |||
| Songwriters | Yasushi Akimoto, Hideki Naruse, Tetsuya Ouchi | |||
| Producer | Yasushi Akimoto | |||
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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
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Arranger | Length |
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| 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
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