Producer(s) Yasushi Akimoto | Label You, Be Cool! / King | |
B-side "Bara no Kajitsu""Ikiru Koto" (Type A)"How Come?" (Type K)"Romance Kenjū" (Type B)"Hasute to Wasute" (Type B)"Love Shugyō" (Theater Edition) Released May 22, 2013 (2013-05-22) (Japan) Format CD single, digital download | ||
"Sayonara Crawl" (さよならクロール, "Goodbye Crawl") is the 31st single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48; it was released in Japan on May 22, 2013.
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As of the release day, 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!". As of June 16, 2013, over 1.9 million copies have been sold.
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.
Track listing
The first 2 songs on the CD and the first 3 music videos on the DVD are the same for all versions.
"Sayonara Crawl"
Center: Mayu Watanabe, Tomomi Itano, Yuko Oshima, Haruka Shimazaki
"Bara no Kajitsu"
Center: Natsuki Kojima, Nana Okada, Mako Kojima