So Long! (AKB48 song)

As with many of AKB48's songs, the lyrics were written by Yasushi Akimoto. They begin: :"" which is romanized as: "So long! …hohoende! So long! ..jā matane, eda ni ikutsu ka no katai tsubomi, sakurazensen mada konainoni" and translated as: ''"So long! ..smiling! So long! ..yeah bye for now, in the branch some hard buds, before the cherry tree still doesn't come"'' ==Music video==

The music video for the song "So Long!" is directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi and produced by Yasushi Akimoto. Singer Mickey Curtis makes a special guest appearance in this video. ==Release==

The title track of this single was first unveiled on Tokyo Broadcasting System's Kayo Kyoku music programme on 22 January 2013. A six-minute version of the music video was subsequently unveiled on 24 January 2013 during the AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 100 2013 performance series. "So Long!" was released in Japan on February 20, 2013 in four different versions: Type A, Type K, Type B, and the Theater versions. == Track listing ==

Type-A Type-K Type-B Theater Edition == Members ==

"So Long!" Center: Mayu Watanabe • Team A: Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Mayu Watanabe, Yui Yokoyama • Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima • Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Haruna Kojima, Haruka Shimazaki • AKB48 Trainees: Minami Minegishi • SKE48 Team S / AKB48 Team K: Jurina Matsui, Rie Kitahara • SKE48 Team S: Rena Matsui • NMB48 Team N / AKB48 Team B: Miyuki Watanabe • NMB48 Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto • HKT48 Team H: Rino Sashihara "Waiting Room" The song is performed by Under Girls. Center: Rina Kawaei, Meru Tashima • Team A: Anna Iriyama, Ryoka Oshima, Rina Kawaei, Ayaka Kikuchi, Juri Takahashi • Team K: Mariya Nagao, Haruka Shimada • Team B: Mina Oba, Rena Katō, Reina Fujie • SKE48 Team S: Yuria Kizaki, Nanako Suga, Akari Suda • SKE48 Team E: Kanon Kimoto, Nao Furuhata • NMB48 Team N: Nana Yamada • NMB48 Team M: Fūko Yagura • NMB48 Team BII: Shu Yabushita • HKT48 Team H: Aika Ota, Haruka Kodama, Sakura Miyawaki • HKT48 Trainees: Meru Tashima "Ruby" • Team A: Karen Iwata, Rina Izuta, Anna Iriyama, Ryōka Ōshima, Tomomi Kasai (Last Single), Rina Kawaei, Ayaka Kikuchi, Riho Kotani, Marina Kobayashi, Sumire Satō, Mariko Shinoda, Juri Takahashi, Minami Takahashi, Yūka Tano, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Shiori Nakamata, Moeno Nitō (Last Single), Sakiko Matsui, Ayaka Morikawa, Yui Yokoyama, Mayu Watanabe "Yūhi Marie" • Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Maria Abe, Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Mayumi Uchida, Rie Kitahara, Asuka Kuramochi, Kana Kobayashi, Amina Satō, Haruka Shimada, Shihori Suzuki, Rina Chikano, Chisato Nakata, Sayaka Nakaya (Last Single), Mariya Nagao, Nana Fujita, Ami Maeda, Jurina Matsui, Natsumi Matsubara, Miho Miyazaki, Tomu Muto "Sokode Inu no Unchi Funjau kane?" • Team B: Anna Ishida, Haruka Ishida, Miori Ichikawa, Misaki Iwasa, Ayaka Umeda, Mina Ōba, Shizuka Ōya, Yuki Kashiwagi, Haruka Katayama, Rena Katō, Natsuki Kojima, Haruna Kojima, Mika Komori, Haruka Shimazaki, Miyu Takeuchi, Miku Tanabe, Mariko Nakamura, Wakana Natori, Misato Nonaka, Reina Fujie, Minami Minegishi, Suzuran Yamauchi, Miyuki Watanabe "Tsuyoi Hana" • Trainees: Miyu Omori, Yukari Sasaki, Rina Hirata, Moe Aigasa, Saho Iwatate, Ayano Umeta, Ayaka Okada, Saki Kitazawa, Ayana Shinozaki, Yurina Takashima, Yuiri Murayama, Shinobu Mogi, Hikari Hashimoto, Mako Kojima, Mitsuki Maeda, Miki Nishino, Nana Okada, Natsuki Uchiyama == Charts ==

Billboard charts Oricon charts G-music (Taiwan) Year-end charts ==References==