Sayonara Crawl


"Sayonara Crawl" is the 31st single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48; it was released in Japan on May 22, 2013.
As of the release day, the CD single "Sayonara Crawl" had been shipped in 2.3 million copies, besting the group's previous record of 2.0 million from "Manatsu no Sounds Good!"., over 1.9 million copies have been sold.

Release

The single was released in the form of several different editions: 3 generally distributed editions titled Type A, Type K, and Type B and Theater Edition to be sold at the AKB48 Theater.
There are also limited editions of Types A, K, and B. All editions contained a voting card for the AKB48 2013 General Election to determine the lineup for the group's 32nd single.
The release marks the first time the group has presented a “quadruple center” lineup for the title track. The centers are: Tomomi Itano, Yuko Oshima, Haruka Shimazaki and Mayu Watanabe.

Track listing

The first 2 songs on the CD and the first 3 music videos on the DVD are the same for all versions.

Type A

Type K

Type B

Theater Edition

Members

"Sayonara Crawl"

Center: Mayu Watanabe, Tomomi Itano, Yuko Oshima, Haruka Shimazaki
Center: Natsuki Kojima, Nana Okada, Mako Kojima

Billboard charts

Chart Peak
position
Japan 1

Oricon charts

ReleaseOricon Singles ChartPeak positionDebut sales Sales total
May 22, 2013Daily Chart11,450,8811,933,500
May 22, 2013Weekly Chart11,762,8731,933,500
May 22, 2013Monthly Chart11,871,7791,933,500
May 22, 2013---1,933,500

G-music (Taiwan)

Year-end charts

Chart Position
Billboard Japan Hot 1002
Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales1
Oricon yearly singles1

Release history

DateVersionCatalogFormatLabel
May 12, 2013Type-AFirst Press Limited Edition
Regular Edition 		CD+DVDKing Records
May 12, 2013Type-KFirst Press Limited Edition
Regular Edition 		CD+DVDKing Records
May 12, 2013Type-BFirst Press Limited Edition
Regular Edition 		CD+DVDKing Records
May 12, 2013TheaterRegular Version CDKing Records