So long!

Promotional Image

CD+DVD Type-A

CD+DVD Type-K

CD+DVD Type-B

CD Only (Theater Edition)

CD Information

Artist

AKB48

Single

So long!

Release Date

2013.02.20

Label/Catalog Number/Price

Label: You, Be Cool!/KING RECORDS

KIZM-90195～6 (Limited Edition Type-A, CD+DVD) / ￥1,524

KIZM-195～6 (Regular Edition Type-A, CD+DVD) / ￥1,524

KIZM-90197～8 (Limited Edition Type-K, CD+DVD) / ￥1,524

KIZM-197～8 (Regular Edition Type-K, CD+DVD) / ￥1,524

KIZM-90199～200 (Limited Edition Type-B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,524

KIZM-199～200 (Regular Edition Type-B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,524

NMAX-1145 (Theater Edition, CD) / ￥0,952

Regular Edition Details

CD

1. So long! / Senbatsu
2. Waiting Room / Undergirls
3. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Ruby / Team A
   • (Type-K Exclusive track) Yuuhi Marie (夕陽マリー) / Team K
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Sokode inu no unchi fun jau ka ne? (そこで犬のうんち踏んじゃうかね？) / Team B
4. So long! (off-vocal)
5. Waiting Room (off-vocal)
6. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Ruby (off-vocal)
   • (Type-K Exclusive track) Yuuhi Marie (off-vocal)
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Sokode inu no unchi fun jau ka ne? (off-vocal)

DVD

1. So long! Music Video
2. Waiting Room Music Video
3. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Ruby Music Video
   • (Type-K Exclusive track) Yuuhi Marie Music Video
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Sokode inu no unchi fun jau ka ne? Music Video
4. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Kouhaku Omnibus
   • (Type-K Exclusive track) Kouhaku Akagumi Digest
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Kouhaku Shirogumi Digest
5. • (Type-B Exclusive track) Sugar Rush Music Video

Theater Edition Details

CD

1. So long!
2. Waiting Room
3. Tsuyoi Hana (強い花) / Kenkyuusei
4. So long! (off-vocal)
5. Waiting Room (off-vocal)
6. Tsuyoi Hana (off-vocal)

Included Members

"So long!"

★ Senbatsu (選抜) (16 Members) (Watanabe Mayu Center)

• Team A: Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Yokoyama Yui, Watanabe Mayu
• Team K: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Kitahara Rie
• Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki, Kojima Haruna, Shimazaki Haruka, Minegishi Minami
• Team S: Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena
• Team N: Yamamoto Sayaka, Watanabe Miyuki
• Team H: Sashihara Rino

"Waiting Room"

Undergirls (アンダーガールズ) (22 Members) (Kawaei Rina & Tashima Meru Centers)

• Team A: Iriyama Anna, Oshima Ryoka, Kawaei Rina, Kikuchi Ayaka, Takahashi Juri
• Team K: Shimada Haruka, Nagao Mariya
• Team B: Oba Mina, Kato Rena, Fujie Reina
• Team S: Kizaki Yuria, Suga Nanako, Suda Akari
• Team E: Kimoto Kanon, Furuhata Nao
• Team N: Yamada Nana
• Team M: Yagura Fuuko
• Team BII: Yabushita Shu
• Team H: Ota Aika, Kodama Haruka, Miyawaki Sakura
• HKT48 Kenkyuusei: Tashima Meru

"Ruby"

Team A (チームA) (21 Members) (Takahashi Minami & Watanabe Mayu Centers)

• Team A: Iriyama Anna, Iwata Karen, Izuta Rina, Oshima Ryoka, Kasai Tomomi, Kawaei Rina, Kikuchi Ayaka, Kotani Riho, Kobayashi Marina, Sato Sumire, Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Juri, Takahashi Minami, Tano Yuka, Nakatsuka Tomomi, Nakamata Shiori, Nito Moeno, Matsui Sakiko, Morikawa Ayaka, Yokoyama Yui, Watanabe Mayu

"Yuuhi Marie"

Team K (チームK) (21 Members)

• Team K: Abe Maria, Akimoto Sayaka, Itano Tomomi, Uchida Mayumi, Oshima Yuko, Kitahara Rie, Kuramochi Asuka, Kobayashi Kana, Sato Amina, Shimada Haruka, Suzuki Shihori, Chikano Rina, Nakata Chisato, Nagao Mariya, Nakaya Sayaka, Fujita Nana, Maeda Ami, Matsui Jurina, Matsubara Natsumi, Miyazaki Miho, Muto Tomu,

"Sokode inu no unchi fun jau ka ne?"

Team B (チームB) (23 Members) (Kashiagi Yuki & Shimazaki Haruka Centers)

• Team B: Ishida Anna, Ishida Haruka, Ichikawa Miori, Iwasa Misaki, Umeda Ayaka, Oba Mina, Oya Shizuka, Kashiwagi Yuki, Katayama Haruka, Kato Rena, Kojima Natsuki, Kojima Haruna, Komori Mika, Shimazaki Haruka, Takeuchi Miyu, Tanabe Miku, Nakamura Mariko, Natori Wakana, Nonaka Misato, Fujie Reina, Minegishi Minami, Yamauchi Suzuran, Watanabe Miyuki

"Tsuyoi Hana"

Kenkyuusei (研究生) (18 Members) (Kojima Mako Center)

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

Oricon Chart Positions

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales	Releases
13.02.18	--	*1	*1	*1	*1	*1	*1	**1	1,035,986
13.02.25	*1	*5	*4	*3	*3	*2	*2	**3	*50,403
13.03.04	*2	14	11	*8	*6	*5	*5	**8	*13,367
13.03.11	*3	20	16	16	13	10	13	*13	**7,808
13.03.18	*6	13	15	17	16	17	16	*14	**5,768
13.03.25	13	34	34	26	21	25	24	*31	**3,062
13.04.01	18	32	37	35	30	30	28	*37	**1,774
13.04.08	25	**	46	40	46	41	**	*46	**1,247
13.04.15	21	**	**	49	39	49	**	*54	**1,223
13.04.22	28	**	**	**	**	**	**	*84	***,885
13.04.29	**	**	**	**	**	**	43	*59	**1,168
13.05.06	42	**	**	28	26	**	**	*54	**1,230
13.05.13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	108	***,554
13.05.20	28	**	**	**	**	**	**	*84	**1,021	Sayonara Crawl single
13.05.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	143	***,503
13.06.03	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*98	***,675
13.06.10	27	**	**	**	29	**	**	*67	***,944
13.06.17	45	**	**	**	**	31	47	*65	***,906
13.06.24	24	**	**	34	**	27	**	*48	**1,627
13.07.01	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	168	***,305
OUT	4 weeks
13.08.05	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	156	***,393
OUT	6 weeks									Koisuru Fortune Cookie single
13.09.23	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	105	***,571
13.09.30	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	152	***,321
OUT	2 weeks
13.10.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	152	***,293
13.10.28	**	**	**	49	43	**	**	*67	***,819	Heart Ereki single

Total Reported Sales: 1,132,853
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 25

Trivia

• So long! is AKB48's 30th single.
• It's a graduation themed song.
• It's Watanabe Mayu's first time being center of a single.
• Nakaya Sayaka, Kasai Tomomi, and Nito Moeno's last single.
• The Senbatsu of this single was nearly identical to the Senbatsu for UZA except for the exclusion of Miyawaki Sakura for Kitahara Rie.
• The music video is a 60 minute long movie.
• This is the eighth AKB48 single with an English name. The first one being BINGO!, the second being River, the third one being Heavy Rotation, fourth being Beginner, fifth being Flying Get, sixth being GIVE ME FIVE!, and seventh being Gingham Check.
• There were also three TV dramas titled "So long!", one for each Team.