Sayonara Crawl Explained

Sayonara Crawl
Cover:KIZM-213_REG A.jpg
Alt:17
Caption:Type-A single cover
Type:single
Artist:AKB48
Album:Tsugi no Ashiato
Released: (Japan)
Genre:J-pop
Label:You, Be Cool! / King
Producer:Yasushi Akimoto
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is the 31st single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48; it was released in Japan on May 22, 2013.[1]

the CD single "Sayonara Crawl" had been shipped in 2.3 million copies, besting the group's previous record of 2.0 million from "Manatsu no Sounds Good!".[2] over 1.9 million copies have been sold.[3]

On 21 March 2022, Thai version of "Sayonara Crawl" has been sung by the combination members of BNK48 and CGM48.

Release

The single was released in the form of several different editions: 3 generally distributed editions titled Type A, Type K, and Type B and Theater Edition to be sold at the AKB48 Theater.

There are also limited editions of Types A, K, and B. All editions contained a voting card for the AKB48 2013 General Election to determine the lineup for the group's 32nd single.

The release marks the first time the group has presented a “quadruple center” lineup for the title track. The centers are: Tomomi Itano, Yuko Oshima, Haruka Shimazaki and Mayu Watanabe.

This is also the first time where Tomomi Itano performed as the center in AKB48 Single, but this time, in a Quadruple Center Format. This is the last single to feature members Sayaka Akimoto, Natsumi Matsubara, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Mika Komori, and Shiori Nakamata.

Track listing

The first 2 songs on the CD and the first 3 music videos on the DVD are the same for all versions.

Theater Edition

Members

"Sayonara Crawl"

Center: Mayu Watanabe, Tomomi Itano, Yuko Oshima, Haruka Shimazaki[4]

"Bara no Kajitsu"

Center: Natsuki Kojima, Nana Okada, Mako Kojima

"Ikiru Koto"

Center: Minami Takahashi, Mayu Watanabe

"How Come?"

Center: Tomomi Itano, Yuko Oshima, Jurina Matsui

"Romance Kenjū"

Center: Yuki Kashiwagi, Haruka Shimazaki

"Hasute to Wasute"

Center: Rina Kawaei

Note: This song is the result of a special episode of Mecha-Mecha Iketeru!, in which fifteen members of AKB48 participated in a surprise end-of-term exam to determine the "Center Baka" (センターバカ; Idiot Center). The seven members who ranked in the lower half of the class were named the "Baka 7" (バカ7; Seven Idiots), with Kawaei Rina becoming the "Center Baka" for placing last and performs with a harness on, with 'Hasute' and 'Wasute'. The title of the song comes from "Hasute to wasute ga nakayoku tsukutta" (ハステとワステが仲良く作った; "Haste and Waste made friends"), which was Kawaei's answer for translating "Haste makes waste" into Japanese. The title of the song is based on one of the answers Kawaei Rina gave in her test. The question was to translate the English phrase "Haste makes waste" into Japanese. Kawaei gave the answer ハステとワステが仲良く作った (Hasute and Wasute made friendly together), believing Haste and waste to be names. Listed in parentheses are each member's test rankings.

The performing members consist of the "Baka 7", the members with the lowest scores on a test on Japanese, maths, general knowledge, science and English, taken on the 'Mechaike Bakajo Test' dokkiri special. The ranking from lowest to highest was:Baka 7: Kawaei Rina (239), Takahashi Minami (259), Kojima Haruna (261), Shimazaki Haruka (278), Minegishi Minami (288), Sashihara Rino (293), Kashiwagi Yuki (323)

"Love Shugyō"

Center: Mako Kojima

Charts

Oricon charts

ReleaseOricon Singles ChartPeak positionDebut sales (copies)Sales total (copies)
May 22, 2013Daily Chart11,450,881[6] 1,933,500 <-- - 1,933,454 = 1,762,873 + 108,906 + 54,666 + 7,009 - -->[7]
Weekly Chart11,762,873[8]
Monthly Chart11,871,779[9]

G-music (Taiwan)

!Chart!Peak Position
Combo17[10]

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)Position
Billboard Japan Hot 100[11] 2
Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales[12] align=center 1
Oricon yearly singles[13] 1

Release history

Date Version Catalog Format Label
May 12, 2013Type-AFirst Press Limited Edition (KIZM-90213~4)[14]
Regular Edition (KIZM-213~4)[15] 		CD+DVDKing Records
Type-KFirst Press Limited Edition (KIZM-90215~6)[16]
Regular Edition (KIZM-215~6)[17]
Type-BFirst Press Limited Edition (KIZM-90217~8)[18]
Regular Edition (KIZM-217~8)[19]
TheaterRegular Version (NMAX-1150)[20] CD

References

Releases
Other references

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: AKB48、今年の総選挙は立候補制＆日産スタジアムで開票. Natalie. 2013-03-27. 2013-04-17. Japanese.
  2. News: ＡＫＢ最新曲が過去最多の初回230万枚. Nikkansports. 2013-05-22.
  3. Web site: Weekly Oricon Chart: Albums/Singles/Music-DVDs . aramatheydidnt . 2013-06-16 . 2013-06-18.
  4. News: AKB48′s "Sayonara Crawl" To Have 4 Centers. Japanverse. 2013-04-28. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130507064748/http://japanverse.com/2013/04/akb48s-sayonara-crawl-to-have-4-centers/. 2013-05-07.
  5. Web site: Japan Hot 100: Jun 08, 2013 . . 2013-06-03.
  6. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130522115400/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2013-05-21/ . 2013-05-22 . dead . 2013年05月21日のCDシングルデイリーランキング（2013年05月21日付） . Oricon Style . 2013-05-22 . Japanese.
  7. Oricon sales figures are from the first four weeks on Chart as logged from http://stage48.net/wiki/index.php/Sayonara_Crawl. Exact sales figures are not available as Oricon does not count sales below the top 200; this figure is rounded to the nearest hundred.
  8. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130530094733/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2013-06-03/ . 2013-05-30 . dead . Oricon Style . 2013年05月20日〜2013年05月26日のCDシングル週間ランキング（2013年06月03日付 . 2013-05-30 . Japanese .
  9. Web site: 2013年05月のCDシングル月間ランキング（2013年05月度） . Oricon Style . 2013-06-21 . Japanese.
  10. Web site: G-Music 風雲榜 (綜合榜). 2012-09-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20130528153229/http://www.g-music.com.tw:80/GMusicBillboard0.aspx. 2019-09-16. 2013-05-28.
  11. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot 100 Year End - Charts - Japan . December 13, 2013 . Billboard-Japan.com .
  12. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales Year End - Charts - Japan . December 13, 2013 . Billboard-Japan.com .
  13. Web site: 2013年のCDシングル年間ランキング . 2013 CD Single Yearly Ranking . . Japanese . 2012 . December 26, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131226041417/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/RankNavigationCalendar.php?_=1388031242514&kbn=js&type=y&date=2013&url_date=2013&trigger=load . December 26, 2013.
  14. Web site: さよならクロール ＜Type A＞初回限定盤(マキシ＋DVD複合) . King Records . 2013-05-22 . 2013-08-09.
  15. Web site: さよならクロール＜Type A＞通常盤(マキシ＋DVD複合) . King Records . 2013-05-22 . 2013-08-09.
  16. Web site: さよならクロール ＜Type K＞初回限定盤(マキシ＋DVD複合) . King Records . 2013-05-22 . 2013-08-09.
  17. Web site: さよならクロール＜Type K＞通常盤(マキシ＋DVD複合) . King Records . 2013-05-22 . 2013-08-09.
  18. Web site: さよならクロール＜Type B＞初回限定盤(マキシ＋DVD複合) . King Records . 2013-05-22 . 2013-08-09.
  19. Web site: さよならクロール＜Type B＞通常盤(マキシ＋DVD複合) . King Records . 2013-05-22 . 2013-08-09.
  20. Web site: さよならクロール【劇場盤】 . King Records . 2013-05-22 . 2013-08-09.

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