Chou HAPPY SONG (超HAPPY SONG; Super HAPPY SONG) is the second single of the fusion unit made of Berryz Koubou and ℃-ute called "Berryz Koubou×℃-ute," or "BeriKyuu" for short. This single was created when Tsunku mixed together the tracks "Because happiness" from Berryz Koubou's Ai no Album ⑧ and "Shiawase no Tochuu" from ℃-ute’s Dainana Shou "Utsukushikutte Gomen ne". Although the song was originally planned to be revealed at Hello! Project's 2012 Summer Concert, fans discovered this new song by editing them together in a mashup video in April 2012.[1] The combined song was subsequently officially uploaded onto YouTube. A digital version of this single was released on iTunes on April 28, 2012, and the physical copy of the single was released on June 20, 2012.
The Event V was released on September 1, 2012 at the Berryz Koubou×℃-ute Chou HAPPY SONG Hatsubai Kinen Akushukai at Amashin Archaic Hall[2] and the Chou HAPPY SONG Tsugunaga Momoko (Berryz Koubou) x Suzuki Airi (℃-ute) Special Taidan DVD (超HAPPY SONG 嗣永桃子(Berryz工房)×鈴木愛理(℃-ute)スペシャル対談DVD; Super HAPPY SONG Tsugunaga Momoko (Berryz Koubou) x Suzuki Airi (℃-ute) Special Talk DVD) was released on October 21, 2012 at the Berryz Koubou×℃-ute Chou HAPPY SONG Hatsubai Kinen Event at Yamano Hall in Tokyo.[3]
Tracklist[]
Digital[]
- Chou HAPPY SONG
- Because happiness - Berryz Koubou
- Shiawase no Tochuu (幸せの途中; In the Middle of Happiness) - ℃-ute
Regular Edition[]
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG
- Because happiness - Berryz Koubou
- Shiawase no Tochuu - ℃-ute
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver.) (Instrumental)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver. Berryz Koubou vo. Iri) (Instrumental)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver. ℃-ute vo. Iri) (Instrumental)
Limited Edition A[]
CD
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG
- Because happiness - Berryz Koubou
- Shiawase no Tochuu - ℃-ute
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver.) (Instrumental)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver. Berryz Koubou vo. Iri) (Instrumental)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver. ℃-ute vo. Iri) (Instrumental)
DVD
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Mix Ver.)
Limited Edition B[]
CD
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG
- Because happiness - Berryz Koubou
- Shiawase no Tochuu - ℃-ute
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver.) (Instrumental)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver. Berryz Koubou vo. Iri) (Instrumental)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver. ℃-ute vo. Iri) (Instrumental)
DVD
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Double Screen Ver.)
Limited Edition C[]
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG
- Because happiness - Berryz Koubou
- Shiawase no Tochuu - Berryz Koubou
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver.) (Instrumental)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver. Berryz Koubou vo. Iri) (Instrumental)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver. ℃-ute vo. Iri) (Instrumental)
Limited Edition D[]
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG
- Shiawase no Tochuu - ℃-ute
- Because happiness - ℃-ute
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver.) (Instrumental)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver. Berryz Koubou vo. Iri) (Instrumental)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Single Ver. ℃-ute vo. Iri) (Instrumental)
Single V[]
- Chou HAPPY SONG (MV)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Close-up BeriKyuu Ver.) (超HAPPY SONG (Close-up ベリキューVer.))
- Making of (メキング映像)
Event V (Chou HAPPY SONG)[]
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Shimizu Saki Solo Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Yajima Maimi Solo Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Tsugunaga Momoko Solo Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Tokunaga Chinami Solo Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Sudo Maasa Solo Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Natsuyaki Miyabi Solo Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Kumai Yurina Solo Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Nakajima Saki Solo Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Sugaya Risako Solo Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Suzuki Airi Solo Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Okai Chisato Solo Ver.)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Hagiwara Mai Solo Ver.)
Special Taidan DVD (Special Talk DVD)[]
- Tsugunaga Momoko (Berryz Koubou) x Suzuki Airi (℃-ute) Special Taidan (嗣永桃子(Berryz工房)×鈴木愛理(℃－ute)スペシャル対談)
- Chou HAPPY SONG (Dance Shot Ver.) (超HAPPY SONG (Dance Shot Ver.))
Featured Members[]
BeriKyuu promoting single
Single Information[]
- See also: Because Happiness and Shiawase no Tochuu
- Chou HAPPY SONG
- Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement: Okubo Kaoru
- Music Video: Takehisa Masaki
Performances[]
TV Performances[]
- [2012.06.26] Live B♪
Concert Performances[]
- Chou HAPPY SONG
- Hello! Project Tanjou 15 Shuunen Kinen Live 2012 Natsu
- Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2012 ~9gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~
- Hello! Project Tanjou 15 Shuunen Kinen Live 2013 Fuyu ~Bravo!~ (part of a medley)
- Hello! Project Yaon Premium LIVE ~Soto Fes~ supported by Hellosmile
- Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2013 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
- Japan Expo 15th Anniversary: Berryz Kobo×℃-ute in Hello! Project Festival
- Berryz Koubou 10 Shuunen Kinen Special Concert 2014 Thank You BeriKyuu! in Nippon Budokan
- Berryz Koubou Matsuri
- Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2015 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~ - Hello! Project with Natsuyaki Miyabi, Kumai Yurina
- Hello! Project 2017 SUMMER ~HELLO! MEETING~ - Kobushi Factory, Tsubaki Factory
- Kobushi Factory & Tsubaki Factory Premium Live 2018 Haru "KOBO" - Kobushi Factory, Tsubaki Factory
- Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project 2019 WINTER ~YOU & I~ - Sudo Maasa, Natsuyaki Miyabi, Kumai Yurina, Yajima Maimi, Nakajima Saki, Okai Chisato
- Kanazawa Tomoko LIVE 2020 ~Rose Quartz~ - Kanazawa Tomoko (part of a medley)
- Hello! Project Hina Fes 2022#Morning Musume '22 Premium - Haga Akane, Takase Kurumi
- Suzuki Airi LIVE PARTY No Live, No Life?? - Suzuki Airi (part of a medley)
- Hello! Project 25th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT "ALL FOR ONE & ONE FOR ALL!" ACT II - Sudo Maasa, Natsuyaki Miyabi, Kumai Yurina, Yajima Maimi, Suzuki Airi, BEYOOOOONDS
- Tsubaki Factory Concert Tour 2023 Aki Atarayo ~Yamagishi Riko ・ Kishimoto Yumeno Sotsugyou Special~ Akatsuki - Yamagishi Riko, Kishimoto Yumeno (part of a medley)
- Shiawase no Tochuu-
- Kobushi Factory Live Tour 2018 ~SHINE! Kobushi Tamashii!~ - Kobushi Factory
Event Performances[]
- Chou HAPPY SONG
- [2016.12.24] Morning Musume '16×ANGERME FC Event "Gachi☆Kira Christmas Sen" - Morning Musume, ANGERME
- [2024.05.14] ANGERME Sasaki Rikako & Kamikokuryo Moe FC Event 2024 ~RIKAMIKO II~ - Sasaki Rikako, Kamikokuryo Moe
Oricon Chart Positions[]
- Single
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 48,742 |
| 5 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 24 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 3,449 |
| 31 | 46 | - | 45 | - | - | - | 60 | 1,232 |
| 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 76 | 773 |
| - | - | - | - | 38 | - | - | 85 | 828 |
| 41 | 44 | - | - | 29 | - | - | 56 | 1,552 |
| 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 160 | 319 |
Total Reported Sales: 56,895
- Single V
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 9 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | - | 14 | 1,489 |
Total Reported Sales: 1,489
Trivia[]
- The LIVE Mix Ver. & Double Ver. are performances from "Berryz Koubou - Because happiness (4/29 @ Nakano Sun Plaza)" & "℃-ute - Shiawase no Tochuu (5/4 @ Nakato Sun Plaza)".
- The covers uses outfits from the albums Ai no Album ⑧ and Dainana Shou "Utsukushikutte Gomen ne".
- The first day sales of "Chou HAPPY SONG" were better than the first day sales of all Morning Musume singles from Onna ni Sachi Are to Ren'ai Hunter.
- The single surpassed Kimi wa Jitensha Watashi wa Densha de Kitaku in sales in its first week, making this Hello! Project Kids's highest selling single, until Kanashiki Amefuri / Adam to Eve no Dilemma.
- An app for this single was released for Android and iOS.
- At the beginning of the video, it shows the posters for Ai no Album ⑧ and Dainana Shou "Utsukushikutte Gomen ne" on the walls, but at the end it shows the posters for Chou Happy Song.
- Kanazawa Tomoko entered a DAM★Tomo contest for Chou HAPPY SONG (Single ver.) and won alongside two other girls, they performed "Chou HAPPY SONG" with BeriKyuu at the Hello! Project Tanjou 15 Shuunen Kinen Live 2012 Natsu ~Wkwk Natsu no FAN Matsuri!~ show on August 18 at Nakano Sunplaza as the opening act.
Videos[]
Audio[]
References[]
- ↑ Berryz工房「Because happiness」×℃-ute「幸せの途中」 (Original Fan-created Mashup Video)
- ↑ "＜Berryz工房×℃-ute イベントV「超HAPPY SONG」販売のお知らせ＞" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2012-08-29.
- ↑ "＜嗣永(Berryz工房)×鈴木(℃－ute)ＳＰ対談ＤＶＤ･イベントV「超HAPPY SONG」販売のお知らせ＞" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2012-10-19.
External Links[]
- Official site (archived)
- Discography:
- Single: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
- Single V: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS
- Wikipedia: Japanese, English
- Lyrics: Chou HAPPY SONG, Because Happiness, Shiawase no Tochuu
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