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 Koubouｘ℃-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 in April 2012, and it was subsequently played on 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.
Tracklist
Chou HAPPY SONG (MV)
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.)
Event V (Special Talk DVD)
- Tsugunaga Momoko x Suzuki Airi - Special Talk DVD ~Chou HAPPY SONG~
Featured Members
BeriKyuu promoting single
TV Performances
- [2012.06.26] Live B♪
Concert Performances
- Chou Happy Song
- Hello! Project Tanjou 15 Shuunen Kinen Live 2012 Natsu ~Ktkr Natsu no FAN Matsuri!~
- Hello! Project Tanjou 15 Shuunen Kinen Live 2012 Natsu ~Wkwk Natsu no FAN Matsuri!~
- 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 Fest~
- 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
- Japan Expo 15th Anniversary: Berryz Kobo×℃-ute in Hello!Project Festival
- Berryz Koubou Matsuri
Single Information
- Chou HAPPY SONG
- Lyrics & Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement: Okubo Kaoru
- Because Happiness
- Shiawase no Tochuu
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 Plata)".
- 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.
- Current Juice=Juice member 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.
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
Additional Videos
Because happiness (Music Only)
Shiawase no Tochuu (Music Only)
Combined Version (Music Only)
Double Screen Live Ver., Music L/R
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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