Sakura Goodbye

"Sakura Goodbye"
Single by Scandal
from the album Best Scandal
Released	March 13, 2009
Format	CD (+DVD), digital download, 7" record
Genre	J-pop rock
Length	4:00
Label	Epic Records Japan
Writer(s)	Tomomi Ogawa
Scandal singles chronology
"Doll" (2008) "Sakura Goodbye" (2009) "Shōjo S" (2009)
Music video "Sakura Goodbye" on YouTube

"Sakura Goodbye" (SAKURAグッバイ) is the second major single (fifth overall) released by Japanese pop rock band Scandal. It was released in two versions: a limited CD+DVD edition and a regular CD-only edition. The title track was used as the 2009 ending theme for the television show "Mecha-Mecha Iketeru!".^[1] "Sakura Goodbye" was formerly called "Sakura" when the band performed it live during their indie days. The song has a graduation theme and the single released at the time of MAMI and TOMOMI's high school graduation.^[2] Copies of the single purchased at Tower Records came with a limited bonus sleeve from the band's endorsement for Nike Terminator. The single reached #30 on the Oricon weekly chart and charted for seven weeks, selling 6,995 copies.^[3]

Track listing

CD

CD (ESCL-3175 / ESCL-3173)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Sakura Goodbye" (SAKURAグッバイ)	TOMOMI, MASTERWORKS	MASTERWORKS	4:00
2.	"Tokyo"	Scandal, MASTERWORKS	MASTERWORKS	2:56
3.	"Sakura Goodbye (Instrumental)" (SAKURAグッバイ)	—	MASTERWORKS	3:59
Total length:				10:55

DVD

DVD (ESCL-3174)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Scandal Over USA -USA Live Tour- 2008 Premium Document Movie" (-USAライブツアー2008 プレミア・ドキュメント・ムービー)	20:25

References

1. "BEST★SCANDAL(通常盤)" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
2. "メンバー２名も今春卒業！制服ガールズバンドSCANDALが卒業ソングを熱唱" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
3. ＳＡＫＵＲＡグッバイ (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2012-04-16.