Sayonara Crawl

"Sayonara Crawl"
"Sayonara Crawl"
	Type-A single cover
Single by AKB48
from the album Tsugi no Ashiato
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 (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Label	You, Be Cool! / King
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
Music videos
	"Sayonara Crawl" (watch) on YouTube
	"Bara no Kajitsu" (watch) on YouTube
	"Ikiru Koto" (watch) on YouTube
	"How Come?" (watch) on YouTube
	"Romance Kenjū" (watch) on YouTube
	"Hasute to Wasute" (watch) on YouTube
	"Love Shugyō" (watch) on YouTube

"Sayonara Crawl" (さよならクロール, Sayonara Kurōru, "Goodbye Crawl") is the 31st single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48; it was released in Japan on May 22, 2013.^[1]

As of the release day,^[update] 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] As of June 16, 2013,^[update] 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.^[4]

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.

Type A

CD^{[n 1]}
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Sayonara Crawl" (さよならクロール)		4:57
2.	"Bara no Kajitsu" (バラの果実)	Under Girls (アンダーガールズ)	4:29
3.	"Ikiru Koto" (イキルコト)	Team A	3:59
4.	"Sayonara Crawl (instrumental)" (さよならクロール off vocal ver.)		4:56
5.	"Bara no Kajitsu (instrumental)" (バラの果実 off vocal ver.)		4:28
6.	"Ikiru Koto (instrumental)" (イキルコト off vocal ver.)		3:58

DVD^{[n 1]}
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sayonara Crawl (music video)" (さよならクロール Music Video)
2.	"Sayonara Crawl (music video "swimsuit ver.")" (さよならクロール Music Video 〜水着ver.〜)
3.	"Bara no Kajitsu (music video)" (バラの果実 Music Video)
4.	"Ikiru Koto (music video)" (イキルコト Music Video)
5.	"Making of "Sayonara Crawl" music video (part I)" (Making of さよならクロール Music Video（前編）)
6.	"Bonus Type A Tekken Para Para Manga "So Long!" (特典映像 Type A『鉄拳パラパラ漫画〜So long !〜』)

Type K

CD^{[n 2]}
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
3.	"How Come?" (How come ?)	Team K	4:10
6.	"How Come? (instrumental)" (How come ? off vocal ver.)		4:08

DVD^{[n 2]}
No.	Title	Length
4.	"How Come? (music video)" (How come ? Music Video)
5.	"Making of "Sayonara Crawl" music video (part II)" (Making of さよならクロール Music Video（前編）)
6.	"Bonus Type K Tekken Para Para Manga "Yume no Kawa"" (特典映像 Type K『鉄拳パラパラ漫画〜夢の河〜』)

Type B

CD^{[n 3]}
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
3.	"Romance Kenjū" (ロマンス拳銃 Romansu Kenjū)	Team B	3:50
4.	"Hasute to Wasute" (ハステとワステ "Haste and Waste")	BKA48	4:07
7.	"Romance Kenjū (instrumental)" (ロマンス拳銃 off vocal ver.)		3:50
8.	"Hasute to Wasute (instrumental)" (ハステとワステ off vocal ver.)		4:04

DVD^{[n 3]}
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Romance Kenjū (music video)" (ロマンス拳銃 Music Video)
5.	"Bonus Type B Tekken Para Para Manga "First Rabbit"" (特典映像 Type B『鉄拳パラパラ漫画〜ファースト・ラビット〜』)

Theater Edition

CD^{[n 4]}
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
3.	"Love Shugyō" (LOVE修行 Rabu Shugyō)	Kenkyūsei	4:43
6.	"Love Shugyō (instrumental)" (LOVE修行 off vocal ver.)		4:41

Members

"Sayonara Crawl"

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

Team A: Anna Iriyama, Rina Kawaei, Ayaka Kikuchi, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Yui Yokoyama, Mayu Watanabe
Team K: Maria Abe, Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Rie Kitahara, Mariya Nagao
Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Rena Katō, Haruna Kojima, Haruka Shimazaki, Reina Fujie
SKE48 Team S / Team K: Jurina Matsui
SKE48 Team S: Yuria Kizaki, Rena Matsui
SKE48 Team E: Kanon Kimoto
NMB48 Team N / AKB48 Team B: Miyuki Watanabe
NMB48 Team M / AKB48 Team A: Fūko Yagura
NMB48 Team N: Nana Yamada, Sayaka Yamamoto
HKT48 Team H / AKB48 Team A: Haruka Kodama
HKT48 Team H: Rino Sashihara, Sakura Miyawaki
HKT48 Kenkyuusei: Meru Tashima, Mio Tomonaga
JKT48 Team J / AKB48 Team B: Aki Takajō
SNH48 / AKB48 Team K: Sae Miyazawa

"Bara no Kajitsu"

Center: Natsuki Kojima, Nana Okada, Mako Kojima

Team A: Karen Iwata, Ryoka Oshima, Juri Takahashi, Yuka Tano
Team K: Tomu Muto
Team B: Natsuki Kojima
Kenkyuusei: Nana Okada, Mako Kojima
SKE48 Team KII: Manatsu Mukaida
SKE48 Team E: Nao Furuhata
NMB48 Team N: Akari Yoshida
NMB48 Team M: Keira Yogi
HKT48 Team H: Natsumi Matsuoka, Madoka Moriyasu
HKT48 Kenkyuusei: Marika Tani

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

AKB48 Kenkyuusei: Moe Aigasa, Saho Iwatate, Natsuki Uchiyama, Ayano Umeta, Miyū Ōmori, Ayaka Okada, Nana Okada, Saki Kitazawa, Mako Kojima, Yukari Sasaki, Ayana Shinozaki, Yurina Takashima, Miki Nishino, Hikari Hashimoto, Rina Hirata, Mitsuki Maeda, Minami Minegishi, Yuiri Murayama, Shinobu Mogi

Charts

Billboard charts

Billboard weekly chart
Chart (2013)	Peak position
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100)^[5]	1

Oricon charts

Release	Oricon Singles Chart	Peak position	Debut sales (copies)	Sales total (copies)
May 22, 2013	Daily Chart	1	1,450,881^[6]	1,933,500 ^{[note 1]}
	Weekly Chart	1	1,762,873^[7]
	Monthly Chart	1	1,871,779^[8]

G-music (Taiwan)


Chart	Peak Position
Combo	17^[9]

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)	Position
Billboard Japan Hot 100^[10]	2
Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales^[11]	1
Oricon yearly singles^[12]	1

Release history

Date	Version	Catalog	Format	Label
May 12, 2013	Type-A	First Press Limited Edition (KIZM-90213~4)^{[n 5]} Regular Edition (KIZM-213~4)^{[n 1]}	CD+DVD	King Records
	Type-K	First Press Limited Edition (KIZM-90215~6)^{[n 6]} Regular Edition (KIZM-215~6)^{[n 2]}
	Type-B	First Press Limited Edition (KIZM-90217~8)^{[n 7]} Regular Edition (KIZM-217~8)^{[n 3]}
	Theater	Regular Version (NMAX-1150)^{[n 4]}	CD

Notes

^ 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.

References

Releases

^ ^a ^b ^c "さよならクロール＜Type A＞通常盤(マキシ＋DVD複合)". King Records. 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
^ ^a ^b ^c "さよならクロール＜Type K＞通常盤(マキシ＋DVD複合)". King Records. 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
^ ^a ^b ^c "さよならクロール＜Type B＞通常盤(マキシ＋DVD複合)". King Records. 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
^ ^a ^b "さよならクロール【劇場盤】". King Records. 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
^ "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. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
^ "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. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
^ "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. Retrieved 2013-08-09.

Other references

^ "AKB48、今年の総選挙は立候補制＆日産スタジアムで開票" (in Japanese). Natalie. 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
^ "ＡＫＢ最新曲が過去最多の初回230万枚". Nikkansports. 2013-05-22.
^ "Weekly Oricon Chart: Albums/Singles/Music-DVDs". aramatheydidnt. 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
^ ^a ^b "AKB48′s "Sayonara Crawl" To Have 4 Centers". Japanverse. 2013-04-28. Archived from the original on 2013-05-07.
^ "Japan Hot 100: Jun 08, 2013". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
^ "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 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
^ "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". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
^ "2013年05月のCDシングル月間ランキング（2013年05月度）". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-06-21.
^ "G-Music 風雲榜 (綜合榜)". 2012-09-09. Archived from the original on 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 Year End - Charts - Japan". Billboard-Japan.com. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
^ "Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales Year End - Charts - Japan". Billboard-Japan.com. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
^ "2013年のCDシングル年間ランキング" [2013 CD Single Yearly Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2012. Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.

External links

Official announcement of the title - AKB48 official site

[11] 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.

[typea-5] "さよならクロール＜Type A＞通常盤(マキシ＋DVD複合)". King Records. 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-08-09.

[typek-6] "さよならクロール＜Type K＞通常盤(マキシ＋DVD複合)". King Records. 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-08-09.

[typeb-7] "さよならクロール＜Type B＞通常盤(マキシ＋DVD複合)". King Records. 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-08-09.

[typetheater-8] "さよならクロール【劇場盤】". King Records. 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-08-09.

[typealtd-18] "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. Retrieved 2013-08-09.

[typekltd-19] "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. Retrieved 2013-08-09.

[typebltd-20] "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. Retrieved 2013-08-09.

[1] "AKB48、今年の総選挙は立候補制＆日産スタジアムで開票" (in Japanese). Natalie. 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2013-04-17.

[2] "ＡＫＢ最新曲が過去最多の初回230万枚". Nikkansports. 2013-05-22.

[3] "Weekly Oricon Chart: Albums/Singles/Music-DVDs". aramatheydidnt. 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2013-06-18.

[4centers-4] "AKB48′s "Sayonara Crawl" To Have 4 Centers". Japanverse. 2013-04-28. Archived from the original on 2013-05-07.

[9] "Japan Hot 100: Jun 08, 2013". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-06-03.

[10] "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 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-05-22.

[12] "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". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2013-05-30.

[13] "2013年05月のCDシングル月間ランキング（2013年05月度）". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-06-21.

[14] "G-Music 風雲榜 (綜合榜)". 2012-09-09. Archived from the original on 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2019-09-16.

[15] "Billboard Japan Hot 100 Year End - Charts - Japan". Billboard-Japan.com. Retrieved December 13, 2013.

[16] "Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales Year End - Charts - Japan". Billboard-Japan.com. Retrieved December 13, 2013.

[17] "2013年のCDシングル年間ランキング" [2013 CD Single Yearly Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2012. Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.

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