"Halloween Night" | ||||||||||||||
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Single by AKB48 | ||||||||||||||
from the album 0 to 1 no Aida | ||||||||||||||
A-side | "Halloween Night" | |||||||||||||
B-side | "Sayonara Surfboard" (Types A, B, and the Theater Edition) "Kimi ni Wedding Dress o..." (Type A) "Kimi dake ga Akimeiteita" (Type B) "Kegarete Iru Shinjitsu" (Type C) "Mizu no Naka no Dendōritsu" (Types C and D) "Ippome Ondo" (Type C) "Yankee Machinegun" (Type D) Gunzō (Theater Edition) |
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Released | August 26, 2015AKB48/JKT48) October 12, 2015 (SNH48) |
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Genre | J-pop | |||||||||||||
Length | 5:05 | |||||||||||||
Label | You, Be Cool! / King | |||||||||||||
Writer(s) | Title song: Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics) / Yoshimasa Inoue (music) |
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Producer(s) | Yasushi Akimoto | |||||||||||||
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"Halloween Night" (ハロウィン・ナイト?) is the 41st single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on August 26, 2015. It was number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, with 1,277,761 copies also becoming the best-selling single in Japan in August. It was also number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. A JKT48 version of this song was released on the same day, while a SNH48 version was released in October 12.
The member lineup for the title track and several supporting B-sides was determined by the results from the annual election held by AKB48 and its several sister groups (in 2015 it was called "AKB48 41st Single Senbatsu General Election").Rino Sashihara, having won the election, serves as the center (choreography center) in the title song.
The title track is done in a dark disco style, as opposed to the brightness of "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" (the girl group's election single of 2 years ago). JKT48, the Jakarta-based sister group to AKB, released a dangdut version of the song.
The full version music video (included only in limited editions) was released on YouTube in December 9th, along with the 42nd single "Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby".