Bitansan / Potsuri to / Good bye & Good luck!

Bitansan / Potsuri to / Good bye & Good luck! (微炭酸/ポツリと/Good bye & Good luck！; Lightly Carbonated / Isolated / Good bye & Good luck!) is Juice=Juice's 11th single. It was released on February 13, 2019 in 7 editions: 3 regular and 4 limited. The first press of the regular editions included a random trading card of 9 kinds depending on the jacket (27 in total). Limited Edition SP included an event lottery serial number card. This is their first single to be certified gold by the RIAJ, recognizing the sale of over 100,000 copies.^[1]

This is the first single to feature Inaba Manaka and the last to feature Yanagawa Nanami.^[2]

TracklistEdit

CDEdit

1. Bitansan
2. Potsuri to
3. Good bye & Good luck!
4. Bitansan (Instrumental)
5. Potsuri to (Instrumental)
6. Good bye & Good luck! (Instrumental)

Limited Edition A DVDEdit

1. Bitansan (Music Video)

Limited Edition B DVDEdit

1. Potsuri to (Music Video)

Limited Edition C DVDEdit

1. Good bye & Good luck! (Music Video)

Limited Edition SP DVDEdit

1. Bitansan (Dance Shot Ver.)
2. Potsuri to (Dance Shot Ver.)
3. Good bye & Good luck! (Close-up Ver.)

Event VEdit

1. Bitansan (Close-up Ver.)
2. Potsuri to (Close-up Ver.)
3. Good bye & Good luck! (Another Edit.)
4. Making Eizou (メイキング映像; Making-of Video)

Featured MembersEdit

• Miyazaki Yuka
• Kanazawa Tomoko
• Takagi Sayuki
• Miyamoto Karin
• Uemura Akari
• Yanagawa Nanami (last)
• Dambara Ruru
• Inaba Manaka (debut)

Single InformationEdit

Bitansan

• Lyrics: Yamazaki Aoi
• Composition and Arrangement: KOUGA
• Chorus: Shiobara Namiko^[3]
• Music Video: Sugiyama Hiroki

Potsuri to

• Lyrics and Composition: Nakajima Takui
• Arrangement: Hamada Pierre Yusuke
• Chorus: Shiobara Namiko^[3]
• Music Video: Kojima Takayuki

Good bye & Good luck!

• Lyrics: Miura Yoshiko
• Composition: KOUGA
• Arrangement: Sumikama Tomohiro
• Demo Vocals: Shiobara Namiko^[3]
• Music Video: Imamura Shigeru

TV PerformancesEdit

• [2019.01.29] The Girls Live (Bitansan)
• [2019.02.04] The Girls Live (Potsuri to)
• [2019.02.11] The Girls Live (Good bye & Good luck!)
• [2019.03.11] FULL CHORUS

Concert PerformancesEdit

Bitansan

• Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project 2019 WINTER ~YOU & I~
• Juice=Juice LIVE TOUR 2019 ~GO FOR IT!~
• Juice=Juice & Country Girls LIVE ~Yanagawa Nanami Sotsugyou Special~
• Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project Hina Fes 2019
• Juice=Juice CONCERT TOUR 2019 ~JuiceFull!!!!!!!~
• Juice=Juice LIVE TOUR 2019 ~Con Amor~
• Juice=Juice CONCERT 2019 ~octopic!~
• Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2019 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
• Juice=Juice LIVE TOUR 2020 ~NEW SENSATION~

Potsuri to

• Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project 2019 WINTER ~NEW AGE~
• Juice=Juice LIVE TOUR 2019 ~GO FOR IT!~
• Juice=Juice CONCERT TOUR 2019 ~JuiceFull!!!!!!!~
• Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2019 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
• Kanazawa Tomoko LIVE 2020 ~Rose Quartz~ - Kanazawa Tomoko

Good bye & Good luck!

• Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project 2019 WINTER ~YOU & I~
• Juice=Juice LIVE TOUR 2019 ~GO FOR IT!~
• Juice=Juice & Country Girls LIVE
• Hello Pro Premium Juice=Juice CONCERT TOUR 2019 ~JuiceFull!!!!!!!~ FINAL Miyazaki Yuka Sotsugyou Special

Chart PositionsEdit

Oricon Chart PositionsEdit

Daily & Weekly Rankings

Monthly Ranking

Total reported sales: 66,612

Yearly Ranking

Weekly Combined Ranking

Total reported points: 63,832

Billboard Japan Top Single SalesEdit

Total reported sales: 98,040

Recochoku Music Video RankingsEdit

Other Chart RankingsEdit

Country	Chart	Highest Position	Ref
Japan	Billboard Japan Single Sales (First Three Days)	2 (89,151)	[13]
	Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales Year End	65	[14]
	"Bitansan" only
	mora Daily Hi-Res Single Ranking	1	[15]
	Billboard Japan Hot 100	3	[16]
	Billboard Japan Top Download Songs	48	[17]
	CDTV Original Ranking	2	[18]
	"Potsuri to" only
	mora Daily Hi-Res Single Ranking	2	[15]
	"Good bye & Good luck!" only
	mora Daily Hi-Res Single Ranking	3	[15]

TriviaEdit

• The single was first announced on The Girls Live on November 26, 2018.^[19]
• Miyamoto Karin and Inaba Manaka's drama scenes for the "Bitansan" music video were filmed in Odaiba. They started laughing in the middle of shooting a serious scene when the Gundam statue nearby started playing the "Tobe! Gundam" theme song.^[20][21]
• The "Bitansan" dance shots were filmed in Fresa Yoshimi's (Yoshimi Town Hall) Sky Hall, which was previously used for Tsubaki Factory's "Shuukatsu Sensation" music video.^[22]
• The "Good bye & Good luck!" music video was filmed on December 14, 2018^[23] at theSOHO Office's SKYTERRACE and theCanteen in Odaiba.^[24][25]
• "Potsuri to" was later covered by its songwriter Nakajima Takui on his best album BEST YOURS II 2010-2020 Double Decade.
• This is Juice=Juice's first gold certified single.
• Juice=Juice is the second Hello! Project act, excluding Morning Musume, to have a single that was certified gold by the RIAJ since Gomattou in 2003.
• Juice=Juice is the fourth Hello! Project act not affiliated with Morning Musume to have any of their singles be certified gold by the RIAJ after Taiyou to Ciscomoon, Matsuura Aya, and ℃-ute.
• This was their highest selling single until "Hitori de Ikiraresou" tte Sore tte Nee, Homete Iru no? / 25sai Eien Setsu.

ReferencesEdit

External LinksEdit

• Discography: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS
• Event V Announcement