Bye Bye Happy Days!
| "Bye Bye Happy Days!" | ||||
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| Single by Kara | ||||
| from the album Fantastic Girls | ||||
| B-side | "My Boy" "Beautiful Night" |
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| Released | March 27, 2013 | |||
| Format | CD single, digital download | |||
| Genre | Pop, dance-pop | |||
| Length | 04:36 | |||
| Label | Universal Sigma | |||
| Writer(s) | Simon Isogai, Kim Won-hyun | |||
| Producer(s) | Simon Isogai, Kim Won-hyun | |||
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"Bye Bye Happy Days!" (バイバイ ハッピーデイズ! Baibai Happīdeizu!?) is the eighth Japanese single by South Korean girl group Kara. It was released on March 27, 2013.
The single was released in four different versions: two limited CD+DVD editions (A & B) and two CD only editions. CD+DVD edition A contained the standard track list and a DVD including the music video of the song, a dance version and the making of and CD+DVD edition B contained the standard track list also and a DVD including the music video for their song "Orion", which was released as the B-side from their previous single "Electric Boy", a close-up version and its making of. The first press edition of the CD only edition contained the standard track list with a bonus track, "Beautiful Night", which is the song used as the opening theme song for the groups anime KARA The Animation, whereas the regular CD only edition contains the standard track list only. All limited editions come with a trading card randomly selected from five kinds.
The song was written and composed by Simon Isogai, same composer of the songs "Winter Magic", "Ima, Okuritai 'Arigatō'" and "Orion", released by the group, with arrangements by ArmySlick. The b-side "My Boy" is a Japanese version of the song "Date (My Boy)", released on the group's third Korean album Step. It was originally written and composed by Kim Won-hyun, with Japanese translations by Kaori Moriwaka. The song "Beautiful Night", bonus track of the first press regular edition, is a Korean track written and composed by Kim Won-hyun. It was used as opening theme song for their anime KARA the Animation. The DVD of the limited edition type B includes the music video of the song "Orion", released as b-side of the previous single, "Electric Boy", and included as track number six of the album Girls Forever.
A teaser for the music video of "Bye Bye Happy Days!" was released on March 13, 2013 through Kara's official Japanese YouTube page. The full music video was released two days later on the TV channel Space Shower TV Plus.
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