Manatsu no Sounds Good!

"Manatsu no Sounds Good!" (真夏のSounds good !) is the 26th single by the Japanese girl idol group AKB48, released in Japan on May 23, 2012.

In its first week, the CD single sold 1,616,795 copies according to Oricon and became AKB48's bestselling single. In August 2012, it was certified "2 Million" by RIAJ. On December 30, 2012, the song won the Grand Prix at the 54th Japan Record Awards, making this their second consecutive win for the group.

The single is Atsuko Maeda and Asuka Kuramochi's final senbatsu recording with the group.

Release
"Manatsu no Sounds Good" comprises various editions released on May 23, 2012.

The first presses of the single came with a ticket to vote in the AKB48 27th Single Senbatsu Election (to choose the members to be featured in the next AKB48's single, to be released in the summer.)

The Type-A edition comes in a CD+DVD set, consisting of six tracks, half of which are off vocal versions, as well as four music videos and a member profile track. The Type-B edition is also a CD+DVD set, composed of the same tracks as Type-A except "Chōdai, Darling!", which is replaced by "Gugutasu no Sora". Both editions are available with an alternative cover on the group's first pressings.

The Theater edition comes in a CD with the same tracks as Type-A but "Chōdai, Darling!", which is replaced by "Kimi no Tame ni Boku Wa".

As of the day of its release, AKB48 shipped a personal record of 2.0 million copies.

Instead releasing a normal MV (which was censored due to references of girls suffering), an alternative dance shot MV was released.

Track listing
The first two songs on the CD and their off-vocal versions are the same for all editions. The first 3 music videos on the DVD are the same for both Type-A and Type-B.

"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"
The title track featured 36 members, the largest number of participants on an AKB48 single title track since "Everyday, Katyusha", which featured 26 members.

It was the first AKB48 single title track appearance for 15 people: Team 4's Maria Abe, Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Haruka Shimazaki, Haruka Shimada, Miyu Takeuchi, Karen Iwata, Rena Katō, Rina Kawaei, and Juri Takahashi, SKE48's Yuria Kizaki, Akane Takayanagi, and Kanon Kimoto, NMB48's Eriko Jō & HKT48's Haruka Kodama.


 * Team A: Asuka Kuramochi, Haruna Kojima, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takajō, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda
 * Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama
 * Team B: Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Mayu Watanabe
 * Team 4: Maria Abe, Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Haruka Shimazaki, Haruka Shimada, Miyu Takeuchi, Suzuran Yamauchi, Karen Iwata, Rena Katō, Rina Kawaei, Juri Takahashi
 * Team S / AKB48 Team K: Jurina Matsui
 * Team S: Yuria Kizaki, Rena Matsui
 * Team KII: Akane Takayanagi
 * Team E: Kanon Kimoto
 * Team N / AKB48 Team B: Miyuki Watanabe
 * Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto
 * Team M: Eriko Jō
 * Team H: Haruka Kodama

"Mitsu no Namida"
Performed by Special Girls
 * Team A: Misaki Iwasa, Aika Ōta, Shizuka Ōya, Chisato Nakata, Sayaka Nakaya, Ami Maeda, Natsumi Matsubara
 * Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Mayumi Uchida, Ayaka Umeda, Ayaka Kikuchi, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Moeno Nitō, Misato Nonaka
 * Team B: Kana Kobayashi, Mika Komori, Amina Satō, Sumire Satō, Natsuki Satō, Mariya Suzuki, Rina Chikano, Yuka Masuda, Miho Miyazaki
 * Team 4: Mina Ōba, Yūka Tano, Mariko Nakamura, Mariya Nagao
 * Kenkyūsei: : Rina Izuta, Miyū Ōmori, Natsuki Kojima, Marina Kobayashi, Erena Saeed Yokota, Yukari Sasaki, Wakana Natori, Rina Hirata, Nana Fujita, Tomu Mutō, Ayaka Morikawa

"Chōdai, Darling!"

 * Team A: Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda
 * Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima
 * Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki, Mayu Watanabe
 * Team 4: Rena Katō, Haruka Shimazaki

"Gugutasu no Sora"
Center: Haruka Ishida
 * Team A: Haruka Katayama, Asuka Kuramochi, Aki Takajō, Haruka Nakagawa
 * Team K: Miku Tanabe, Reina Fujie, Sakiko Matsui, Yui Yokoyama
 * Team B: Haruka Ishida, Rie Kitahara, Shihori Suzuki
 * Team 4: Shiori Nakamata
 * SKE48 Team S: Rena Matsui
 * SKE48 Kenkyūsei: Kaori Matsumura
 * NMB48 Team N: Yūki Yamaguchi, Sayaka Yamamoto

"Kimi no Tame ni Boku wa..."
Center: Yūko Ōshima
 * Team A: Misaki Iwasa
 * Team K: Yūko Ōshima, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama
 * Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Mayu Watanabe
 * Team 4: Mariya Nagao

JKT48 version
"Manatsu no Sounds Good! - Musim Panas Sounds Good!" is the fourth released single from the Indonesian idol girl group JKT48. It was released on November 26, 2013.

Promotion and release
The AKB48 sister group JKT48 announced the release of "Manatsu no Sounds Good! - Musim Panas Sounds Good!", an Indonesian version of "Manatsu no Sounds Good!", as its fourth single for November 26, 2013.

Track listing
The single has two editions: Regular Version (CD+DVD) and Theater Version (CD only)

Regular Version
Bonus
 * Team J Special Photo
 * Team J & Team KIII Photo Group [Member Random]

Theater Version

 * Bonus
 * Trump Card
 * Handshake Event Ticket

SNH48 version
The SNH48 version of this track entitled "盛夏好声音" was released in Summer 2015, and its music video was filmed in March 2015 for 10 days at somewhere in Saipan, United States.