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Are you Happy? / A gonna is Morning Musume '18's 65th single. It was released on June 13, 2018 in 5 editions: 2 regular and 3 limited. The first press of the regular editions came with a random trading card of 14 kinds depending on the jackets (28 in total). Limited Edition SP came with an event lottery serial number card.

This is the last single to feature 12th generation member Ogata Haruna.

Tracklist[]

CD[]

  1. Are you Happy?
  2. A gonna
  3. Are you Happy? (Instrumental)
  4. A gonna (Instrumental)

Limited Edition A DVD[]

  1. Are you Happy? (Music Video)

Limited Edition B DVD[]

  1. A gonna (Music Video)

Limited Edition SP DVD[]

  1. Are you happy? (Dance Shot Ver.)
  2. A gonna (Dance Shot Ver.)
  3. "Are you Happy?" MV Satsuei Making Eizou (MV撮影メイキング映像; MV Shoot Making Footage)

Event V[]

  1. Are you Happy? (Close-up Ver.)
  2. A gonna (Close-up Ver.)

Featured Members[]

MM18-AreyouHappy

Morning Musume '18 promoting "Are you Happy?"

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Morning Musume '18 promoting "A gonna"

Single Information[]

Are you Happy?
A gonna
  • Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
  • Arrangement, Keyboard, and Programming: Okubo Kaoru
  • Chorus: Oda Sakura
  • Dance Choreography: YOSHIKO[1]
  • Music Video: Okawa Shin

Performances[]

TV Performances[]

  • [2018.05.28] The Girls Live (A gonna)
  • [2018.06.03] Shibuya Note (Are you Happy?)
  • [2018.06.04] The Girls Live (Are you Happy?)
  • [2018.06.05] FULL CHORUS
  • [2018.06.15] Buzz Rhythm 02 (A gonna)
  • [2018.06.27] TV Tokyo Music Festival 2018 (Are you Happy?)
  • [2018.07.06] Music Station (Are you Happy?)
  • [2018.07.14] Ongaku no Hi 2018 (A gonna)
  • [2018.07.25] 2018 FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri (Are you Happy?)

Concert Performances[]

An asterisk (*) is used when a song is performed in the entirety of a Hello! Project CITY CIRCUIT concert tour, including special, final, and graduation dates.
If the song is only performed for a part of the tour, the specific tour/concert name will be written without asterisk.

Are you Happy?
A gonna

Event Performances[]

Are you Happy?
  • [2019.08.10] ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL

Chart Positions[]

Oricon Chart Positions[]

Daily & Weekly Rankings
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1
100,436
3
4,761
5 4 9 1
3,804
1 114,105
16 19 7 27 32 38 36 16 4,556
38 - 13 41 - - - 41 1,781
- - 2
3,025
- - - - 18 3,371
- - 4 - - - - 21 3,019
- - - 8 - - - 43 1,578
- - 14 - - - - 39 1,961
Monthly Ranking
Year Month Month Rank Sales Ref
2018 June 4 120,442 [2]
Yearly Ranking
Year Year Rank Sales Ref
2018 53 130,371 [3]

Total Reported Sales: 130,371*

Billboard Japan Top Single Sales[]

Week Rank Sales Ref
1 156,458 [4]
17 4,533 [5]
30 2,467 [6]
13 5,688 [7]
20 4,746 [8]
26 2,788 [9]
Out for 1 week.
24 3,593 [10]

Total Reported Sales: 180,273*

Recochoku Music Video Rankings[]

Song Daily Rank Weekly Rank Monthly Rank
Are you Happy? 2 4 9
A gonna 4 7 17

Other Chart Rankings[]

Country Chart Highest
Position
Ref
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Billboard Japan Single Sales (First Three Days) 1
(149,359)
[11]
Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales Year End 2018 42 [12]
"Are you Happy?" only
Billboard Japan Hot 100 1 [13]
Billboard Japan Top Download Songs 23 [14]
CDTV Original Ranking 1 [15]
"A gonna" only
Billboard Japan Top Download Songs 40 [14]

Trivia[]

  • Makino Maria is the center for ‘’Are you Happy?’’, and Sato Masaki is the center for ‘’A Gonna’’.
  • The single was announced on May 5, 2018 at the Morning Musume Tanjou 20 Shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2018 Haru ~We are MORNING MUSUME~ in Hokkaido.[16]
  • This is the first single to not feature Kudo Haruka since "Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa wo Honki de Negatterun da yo!".
  • "A gonna" is a pun on the phrase "ee gana" (ええがな), which is Kansai dialect for "ii ja nai ka" (いいじゃないか), meaning "why not?" or "who cares?".
  • The "Are you Happy?" music video was shot at Fuefukigawa Fruit Park in Yamanishi Prefecture.[17][18] The indoor plaza was also the location for T&C Bomber's "HEY! Mahiru no Shinkirou".
  • This is the first single to sell over 100,000 copies on the first day since "Tsumetai Kaze to Kataomoi / ENDLESS SKY / One and Only" in 2015, which it also reached daily #1 on the Oricon singles chart, easily beating "F.L.Y. BOYS F.L.Y. GIRLS" by LDH group GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE by over 24,000 copies.
  • This is the first weekly #1 to feature the 13th and 14th generations, and the last weekly #1 to feature Ogata Haruna.
  • This is the sixth of 9 consecutive singles to have a lineup change (First single without Kudo Haruka and last single of Ogata Haruna).
  • In a Billboard Japan interview with the 12th generation members, Ogata revealed that the single was recorded while she was still waiting for the results of her university entrance exams and had not yet made the decision to graduate.[19]

Videos[]

Are you Happy? (MV) (Promotion Edit)
A gonna (MV) (Promotion Edit)

Are you Happy? (VR)
A gonna (VR)

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "振付しましたシリーズ☆" (in Japanese). Room No.445. 2018-05-28.
  2. https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/m/2018-06/
  3. https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/y/2018/p/6/
  4. "【ビルボード】モーニング娘。'18『Are you Happy?/A gonna』が156,458枚を売上げて週間セールス首位" (in Japanese). Billboard JAPAN. 2018-06-18.
  5. http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2018&month=07&day=2
  6. http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2018&month=07&day=9
  7. http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2018&month=07&day=16
  8. http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2018&month=07&day=23
  9. http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2018&month=07&day=30
  10. http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2018&month=08&day=13
  11. "【先ヨミ】モーニング娘。'18の両A面SGが15万枚目前の売上で首位 AKB48/GENERATIONSが続く" (in Japanese). Billboard JAPAN. 2018-06-14.
  12. http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales_year&year=2018
  13. http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2018&month=06&day=25
  14. 14.0 14.1 http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=dlsongs&year=2018&month=06&day=25
  15. https://twitter.com/TBSCDTV/status/1010570680268492800
  16. Ishida Ayumi. "北海道はでっかい‥‥どー!石田亜佑美" (in Japanese). Morning Musume Tenkigumi Official Blog. 2018-05-05.
  17. https://twitter.com/Alphafree_music/status/1001407095638409216
  18. https://twitter.com/Alphafree_music/status/1001839227812773889
  19. "モーニング娘。'18尾形春水卒業記念12期全員インタビュー" (in Japanese). Billboard JAPAN. 2018-06-19.

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