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Halloween Night

Limited Edition Type-A Cover
Regular Edition Type-A Cover
Limited Edition Type-B Cover
Regular Edition Type-B Cover
Limited Edition Type-C Cover
Regular Edition Type-C Cover
Limited Edition Type-D Cover
Regular Edition Type-D Cover
Theater Edition Cover
Artist
AKB48
Single
Halloween Night (ハロウィン・ナイト)
Released
2015.08.26
2015.09.16 (Analog Edition)
Catalog Number
KIZM-90393~4 (Limited Edition Type-A)
KIZM-393~4 (Regular Edition Type-A)
KIZM-90395~6 (Limited Edition Type-B)
KIZM-395~6 (Regular Edition Type-B)
KIZM-90397~8 (Limited Edition Type-C)
KIZM-397~8 (Regular Edition Type-C)
KIZM-90399~400 (Limited Edition Type-D)
KIZM-399~400 (Regular Edition Type-D)
NMAX-1205 (Theater Edition)
NAS-2024 (Analog Edition)
Price
¥1,600 (Type-A, B, C, D)
¥1,000 (Theater Edition)
Type-A CD Tracklist
  1. Halloween Night (ハロウィン・ナイト)
  2. Sayonara Surfboard (さよならサーフボード; Goodbye Surfboard) (Under Girls)
  3. Kimi ni Wedding Dress wo... (君にウェディングドレスを…; A Wedding Dress for You...) (Future Girls)
  4. Halloween Night off vocal ver.
  5. Sayonara Surfboard off vocal ver.
  6. Kimi ni Wedding Dress wo... off vocal ver.
Type-A DVD Tracklist
  1. Halloween Night Music Video
  2. Sayonara Surfboard Music Video
  3. Kimi ni Wedding Dress wo... Music Video
Type-B CD Tracklist
  1. Halloween Night (ハロウィン・ナイト)
  2. Sayonara Surfboard (さよならサーフボード) (Under Girls)
  3. Kimi Dake ga Akimeiteita (君だけが秋めいていた; You Alone Turned Autumnal) (Upcoming Girls)
  4. Halloween Night off vocal ver.
  5. Sayonara Surfboard off vocal ver.
  6. Kimi Dake ga Akimeiteita off vocal ver.
Type-B DVD Tracklist
  1. Halloween Night Music Video
  2. Sayonara Surfboard Music Video
  3. Kimi Dake ga Akimeiteita Music Video
Type-C CD Tracklist
  1. Halloween Night (ハロウィン・ナイト)
  2. Mizu no Naka no Dendouritsu (水の中の伝導率; Conductivity in the Water) (Next Girls)
  3. Ippome Ondo (一歩目音頭; Dance for the First Step)
  4. Halloween Night off vocal ver.
  5. Mizu no Naka no Dendouritsu off vocal ver.
  6. Ippome Ondo off vocal ver.
Type-C DVD Tracklist
  1. Halloween Night Music Video
  2. Mizu no Naka no Dendouritsu Music Video
  3. Ippome Ondo Music Video
Type-D CD Tracklist
  1. Halloween Night (ハロウィン・ナイト)
  2. Mizu no Naka no Dendouritsu (水の中の伝導率) (Next Girls)
  3. Yankee Machine Gun (ヤンキーマシンガン)
  4. Halloween Night off vocal ver.
  5. Mizu no Naka no Dendouritsu off vocal ver.
  6. Yankee Machine Gun off vocal ver.
Type-D DVD Tracklist
  1. Halloween Night Music Video
  2. Mizu no Naka no Dendouritsu Music Video
  3. Yankee Machine Gun Music Video
Theater Edition CD Tracklist
  1. Halloween Night (ハロウィン・ナイト)
  2. Sayonara Surfboard (さよならサーフボード) (Under Girls)
  3. Gunzou (群像; Sculptures)
  4. Halloween Night off vocal ver.
  5. Sayonara Surfboard off vocal ver.
  6. Gunzou off vocal ver.
Analog Edition Tracklist
  1. [SIDE A] Halloween Night (ハロウィン・ナイト)
  2. [SIDE B] Halloween Night off vocal ver.


Information

"Halloween Night" is the 41st major single (43rd single overall) released by AKB48. The songs "Yankee Machine Gun" and "Gunzou" were used as the opening and ending themes for the dorama Majisuka Gakuen 5, starring AKB48.

Selected Members

AKB48 promoting the single

Members for this single were decided by the AKB48 41st Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo, which allowed fans to vote for the members who would participate in the single. The top 80 members were divided into five groups of sixteen, with the top-ranking member of each group at the center position for the song's music video. Listed in parentheses are the members' rankings in the election.

Type-A Cover
Type-B Cover
Type-C Cover
Type-D Cover
Theater Edition Cover

"Halloween Night"

Members who ranked 1st to 16th performed the single's title track.

(Center: Sashihara Rino)

The members wear themed costumes throughout the music video.

Sashihara Rino: Crow motif Witch (カラスモチーフの魔女)
Kashiwagi Yuki: Wild Beast Charmer S Queen (猛獣使いのS女王)
Watanabe Mayu: French Puppet Doll (操りフランス人形)
Takahashi Minami: Tin Cat (ブリキの猫)
Matsui Jurina: Spider (蜘蛛)
Yamamoto Sayaka: Western Knight Ghost (西洋の騎士の亡霊)
Miyawaki Sakura: Black Pierrot (ブラックピエロ)
Miyazawa Sae: Frankenstein (フランケンシュタイン)
Shimazaki Haruka: Skeleton (ガイコツ)
Yokoyama Yui: Dracula (ドラキュラ)
Kitahara Rie: Pirate Ghost (海賊の亡霊)
Watanabe Miyuki: Stuffed Rabbit Doll (ウサギのぬいぐるみ)
Matsumura Kaori: Blue-haired Mummy Man (青髪のミイラ男)
Takayanagi Akane: Twin Maid Half (双子のメイドの片割れ)
Shibata Aya: Twin Maid Half (双子のメイドの片割れ)
Mutou Tomu: Wolf (オオカミ)

"Sayonara Surfboard"

Members who ranked 17th to 32nd performed a coupling track as Under Girls.

Artist: Under Girls (アンダーガールズ)

(Center: Kodama Haruka)

"Mizu no Naka no Dendouritsu"

Members who ranked 33rd to 48th performed a coupling track as Next Girls.

Artist: Next Girls (ネクストガールズ)

(Center: Anai Chihiro)

"Kimi ni Wedding Dress wo..."

Members who ranked 49th to 64th performed a coupling track as Future Girls.

Artist: Future Girls (フューチャーガールズ)

(Center: Sato Sumire)

"Kimi Dake ga Akimeiteita"

Members who ranked 65th to 80th performed a coupling track as Upcoming Girls.

Artist: Upcoming Girls (アップカミングガールズ)

(Center: Saito Makiko)

"Ippome Ondo"

(Center: Watanabe Mayu)

"Yankee Machine Gun"

(Center: Shimazaki Haruka, Miyawaki Sakura)

"Gunzou"

Song Information

Lyrics
Akimoto Yasushi
Music
Inoue Yoshimasa
Other Information
Arrangement: Inoue Yoshimasa

Disambiguation

There are currently five versions of "Halloween Night" to be found in AKB48's discography. These versions are:

Halloween Night (Original)
Found on the "Halloween Night" single by AKB48 as track #1.
Halloween Night off vocal ver.
Found on the "Halloween Night" single by AKB48 as track #4. This is the standard version without the main vocals.
Halloween Night (JKT48)
Found on the "Halloween Night" single by JKT48 as track #1. This version is covered in Bahasa Indonesia by JKT48.
Halloween Night (Dangdut Version)
Found on the "Halloween Night" single by JKT48 as track #2. This version is covered in Bahasa Indonesia by JKT48.
Halloween Night (English Version)
Found on the "Halloween Night" single by JKT48 as track #6. This version is covered in English by JKT48.

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1,277,761
2 8 7 4 4 3 3 5 19,729
5 25 19 12 13 12 12 18 7,507
7 13 18 13 11 13 14 12 5,993
8 18 22 17 19 13 16 19 3,049
11 39 37 29 22 26 27 37 2,427
20 42 46 25 26 25 23 35 1,883
19 27 30 18 14 17 11 22 2,131
14 45 - 39 35 36 33 42 1,221
22 - - - 41 38 41 57 1,626
37 46 41 38 28 34 29 39 1,573
32 - - - - - - 76 738
36 38 - - - - - 64 1,329
- - - - - - - 138 532
- - - - - - - 161 357
- - - - - - - 116 555
- - - - - - - 133 474
- - - - - - - 130 424
- - - - - - - 137 279
- - - - - - - 143 254
3 weeks OUT
- - - - - - - 193 216
- - - - - - - 114 424
40 - 33 - - - - 74 767
29 weeks OUT
- - - - - - - 166 324
Year Month Month Sales
2015 August 1 1,277,761
2015 September 12 36,278

Total Reported Sales: 1,331,573*
Total Sales of 2015: 1,328,411 (#2 single of the year)

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 24

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