Manatsu no Sounds Good!

'")[note 1] is the 26th single by the Japanese girl idol group AKB48, released in Japan on May 23, 2012.

[4] On December 30, 2012, the song won the Grand Prix at the 54th Japan Record Awards, making this their second consecutive win for the group.

[5] The single is Atsuko Maeda and Asuka Kuramochi's final senbatsu recording with the group.

[6] The Type-B edition is also a CD+DVD set, composed of the same tracks as Type-A except "Chōdai, Darling!

[2][11] It was the first AKB48 single title track appearance for 15 people: Team 4's Maria Abe, Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Haruka Shimazaki, Haruka Shimada, Miyu Takeuchi, Karen Iwata, Rena Katō, Rina Kawaei, and Juri Takahashi, SKE48's Yuria Kizaki, Akane Takayanagi, and Kanon Kimoto, NMB48's Eriko Jō & HKT48's Haruka Kodama.

The AKB48 sister group JKT48 announced the release of "Manatsu no Sounds Good!