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So Long!

Limited Edition Type-A Cover
Regular Edition Type-A Cover
Limited Edition Type-K Cover
Regular Edition Type-K Cover
Limited Edition Type-B Cover
Regular Edition Type-B Cover
Theater Edition Cover
Artist
AKB48
Single
So long!
Released
2013.02.20
Catalog Number
KIZM-90195~6 (Type-A Limited Editon)
KIZM-195~6 (Type-A Regular Editon)
KIZM-90197~8 (Type-K Limited Editon)
KIZM-197~8 (Type-K Regular Editon)
KIZM-90199~200 (Type-B Limited Editon)
KIZM-199~200 (Type-B Regular Editon)
NMAX-1145 (Theater Edition)
Price
¥1,600 (Type-A,B,C Editions)
¥1,000 (Theater Edition)
Type A CD Tracklist
  1. So long!
  2. Waiting room (Under Girls)
  3. Ruby (Shinoda Team A)
  4. So long! off vocal ver.
  5. Waiting room off vocal ver.
  6. Ruby off vocal ver.
Type A DVD Tracklist
  1. So long! Music Video
  2. Waiting room Music Video
  3. Ruby Music Video
  4. The 2nd KB48 Kohau Taikou Uta Gassen ~Summary~
Type K CD Tracklist
  1. So long!
  2. Waiting room (Under Girls)
  3. Yuuhi Marie (夕陽マリー) (Oshima Team K)
  4. So long ! off vocal ver.
  5. Waiting room off vocal ver.
  6. Yuuhi Marie off vocal ver.
Type K DVD Tracklist
  1. So long! Music Video
  2. Waiting room Music Video
  3. Yuuhi Marie Music Video (夕陽マリー)
  4. The 2nd KB48 Kohau Taikou Uta Gassen ~Red Team Digest~
Type B CD Tracklist
  1. So long!
  2. Waiting room (Under Girls)
  3. Soko de Inu no Unchi Funjau ka ne? (そこで犬のうんち踏んじゃうかね?) (Umeda Team B)
  4. So long! off vocal ver.
  5. Waiting room off vocal ver.
  6. Soko de Inu no Unchi Funjau ka ne? off vocal ver.
Type B DVD Tracklist
  1. So long! Music Video
  2. Waiting room Music Video
  3. Soko de Inu no Unchi Funjau ka ne? Music Video
  4. The 2nd KB48 Kohau Taikou Uta Gassen ~White Team Digest~
  5. Sugar Rush Music Video
Theater Edition
  1. So long!
  2. Waiting room (Under Girls)
  3. Tsuyoi Hana (強い花) (Kenkyuusei)
  4. So long! off vocal ver.
  5. Waiting room off vocal ver.
  6. Tsuyoi Hana off vocal ver.


Information

"So long!" is the 30th major single (32nd overall) released by AKB48. It was released in seven versions: three limited and three regular CD+DVD editions (types A, K, and B) and a limited CD-only theater edition.

Selected Members

AKB48 promoting the single
Type-A Cover
Type-K Cover
Type-B Cover

"So long!"

(Center: Watanabe Mayu)

"Waiting room"

Artist: Under Girls (アンダーガールズ)

(Center: Kawaei Rina, Tashima Meru)

"Ruby"

Artist: Shinoda Team A (篠田TeamA)

(Center: Takahashi Minami, Watanabe Mayu)

"Yuuhi Marie"

Artist: Oshima Team K (大島TeamK)

(Center: Oshima Yuko, Matsui Jurina)

"Soko de Inu no Unchi Funjau ka ne?"

Artist: Umeda Team B (梅田TeamB)

(Center: Kashiwagi Yuki, Shimazaki Haruka)

"Tsuyoi Hana"

Artist: Kenkyuusei (研究生)

Song Information

Lyrics
Akimoto Yasushi
Music
Kujime Shingo
Other Information
Arrangement: Nonaka "Masa" Yuichi

Disambiguation

There are currently two versions of "So long!" to be found in AKB48's discography. These versions are:

So long! (Original)
Found on the "So long!" single as track #1 and the Tsugi no Ashiato album as track #11 on Disc 1.
So long! off vocal ver.
Found on the "So long!" single as track #4. This is the standard version without the main vocals.

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1,035,986
1 5 4 3 3 2 2 3 50,403
2 14 11 8 6 5 5 8 13,367
3 20 16 16 13 10 13 13 7,808
6 13 15 17 16 17 16 14 5,768
13 34 34 26 21 25 24 31 3,062
18 32 37 35 30 30 28 37 1,774
25 - 46 40 46 41 - 46 1,247
21 - - 49 39 49 - 54 1,223
28 - - - - - - 84 885
- - - - - - 43 59 1,168
42 - - 28 26 - - 54 1,230
- - - - - - - 108 554
28 - - - - - - 84 1,021
- - - - - - - 143 503
- - - - - - - 98 675
27 - - - 29 - - 67 944
45 - - - - 31 47 65 906
24 - - 34 - 27 - 48 1,627
- - - - - - - 168 305
OUT 4 weeks
- - - - - - - 156 393
OUT 6 weeks
- - - - - - - 105 571
- - - - - - - 152 321
OUT 2 weeks
- - - - - - - 152 293
- - - 49 43 - - 67 819
Year Month Month Rank Sales
2013 February 1 1,086,389
2013 March 21 31,779

Total Reported Sales: 1,132,853* (#4 single of the year)

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 25

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