Dot Bikini

"Dot Bikini"
"Dot Bikini"
Single by S/mileage
from the album S/mileage Best Album Kanzenban 1
A-side	"Dot Bikini"
B-side	"Smile Blues" (limited editions); "Koibito wa Kokoro no Ōendan" (Regular Ed.);
Released	May 2, 2012 (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Label	Hachama
Songwriter(s)	Tsunku
Producer(s)	Tsunku
S/mileage singles chronology
Music video
	"Dot Bikini" on YouTube

"Dot Bikini" (ドットビキニ, "Polka Dot Bikini") is the 10th major single by the Japanese girl idol group S/mileage. It was released in Japan on May 2, 2012, on the label Hachama.

The physical CD single debuted at number 6 in the Oricon weekly singles chart.^[1]

B-sides

The B-side of the regular edition is a cover of the 2001 song "Koibito wa Kokoro no Ōendan" by the group Country Musume that released it as a single in 2001.

Release

The single was released in five versions: four limited editions (Limited Editions A, B, C, and D) and a regular edition.

All the limited editions came with a sealed-in serial-numbered entry card for the lottery to win a ticket to one of the single's launch events.

Personnel

S/mileage members:

Track listing

Regular Edition

All tracks are written by Tsunku

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dot Bikini" (ドットビキニ)
2.	"Koibito wa Kokoro no Ōendan" (恋人は心の応援団) (a cover version of a song by Country Musume)
3.	"Dot Bikini (Instrumental)"

Limited Editions A, B, C, D

All tracks are written by Tsunku

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dot Bikini"
2.	"Smile Blues" (すまいるブルース)
3.	"Dot Bikini (Instrumental)"

Limited Edition A DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dot Bikini (Dance Shot Ver.)"

Limited Edition B DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dot Bikini (Minna Shugo Ver.)"

Limited Edition C DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dot Bikini (Dance Shot Ver. II)"

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Daily Singles Chart)^[2]	4
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart)^[3]	6
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100)	46

References

^ "オリコン週間 CDシングルランキング 2012年04月30日～2012年05月06日" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
^ "2012年05月06日のCDシングルデイリーランキング（2012年05月06日付）". Oricon. Archived from the original on 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
^ "ドットビキニ | アンジュルム | ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

External links

Profile of the CD single on the official website of Hello! Project
Profile of the CD single on the official website of Up-Front Works

[Oricon_Japanese_Singles_Weekly-1] "オリコン週間 CDシングルランキング 2012年04月30日～2012年05月06日" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

[2] "2012年05月06日のCDシングルデイリーランキング（2012年05月06日付）". Oricon. Archived from the original on 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

[Oricon_profile-3] "ドットビキニ | アンジュルム | ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

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