Genre Pop, dance-pop Label Universal Sigma | Length 04:36 | |
B-side "My Boy"
"Beautiful Night" Released March 27, 2013 (2013-03-27) Format CD single, digital download | ||
"Bye Bye Happy Days!" (バイバイ ハッピーデイズ!, Baibai Happīdeizu!) is the eighth Japanese single by South Korean girl group Kara. It was released on March 27, 2013.
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Background
The single was released in four different versions: two limited CD+DVD editions (A & B) and two CD only editions. CD+DVD edition A contained the standard track list and a DVD including the music video of the song, a dance version and the making of and CD+DVD edition B contained the standard track list also and a DVD including the music video for their song "Orion", which was released as the B-side from their previous single "Electric Boy", a close-up version and its making of. The first press edition of the CD only edition contained the standard track list with a bonus track, "Beautiful Night", which is the song used as the opening theme song for the groups anime KARA The Animation, whereas the regular CD only edition contains the standard track list only. All limited editions come with a trading card randomly selected from five kinds.
Composition
The song was written and composed by Simon Isogai, same composer of the songs "Winter Magic", "Ima, Okuritai 'Arigatō'" and "Orion", released by the group, with arrangements by ArmySlick. The b-side "My Boy" is a Japanese version of the song "Date (My Boy)", released on the group's third Korean album Step. It was originally written and composed by Kim Won-hyun, with Japanese translations by Kaori Moriwaka. The song "Beautiful Night", bonus track of the first press regular edition, is a Korean track written and composed by Kim Won-hyun. It was used as opening theme song for their anime KARA the Animation. The DVD of the limited edition type B includes the music video of the song "Orion", released as b-side of the previous single, "Electric Boy", and included as track number six of the album Girls Forever.
Music video
A teaser for the music video of "Bye Bye Happy Days!" was released on March 13, 2013 through Kara's official Japanese YouTube page. The full music video was released two days later on the TV channel Space Shower TV Plus.
Chart performance
The physical single debuted at the position number three on Oricon's daily chart, selling 25,552 copies in its first day. On the next day, the single climbed to the position number two, selling 12,880 copies. On the third day, the single remained to the position number two, selling 9,265 copies. On the fourth and fifth days the single sold 7,729 and 6,217 copies respectively. With the total of 61,643 copies sold within the first 5 days, the single surpassed the first week sales of "Electric Boy", which sold 57,942 copies in its first week.