Saikō Kayo

"Saikō Kayo" (最高かよ) is the 8th single by the Japanese idol girl group HKT48. It was released on September 7, 2016.^[1] It was number-one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart on its release,^[2] selling 269,907 copies.^[3] As of September 26, 2016 (chart issue date), it had sold 283,726 copies.^[4] It was also number-one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.^[5]

"Saikō Kayo"
Cover of Type-A edition.
Single by HKT48
A-side	"Saikō Kayo"
B-side	Soramimi Rock Yume Hitotsu (Type A) Yozora no Tsuki o Nomikomou (Type B) Go Bananas! (Type C) Onna no Ko Damon, Hashiranakya! (Theater Edition)
Released	September 7, 2016 (2016-09-07)
Genre	J-pop
Label	Universal Music [ja]
Songwriter(s)	Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
HKT48 singles chronology
"74 Okubun no 1 no Kimi e" (2016) "Saikō Kayo" (2016) "Bagutte Iijan" (2017)
Music videos
"Saikō Kayo" (最高かよ)(Short version) on YouTube
"Go Bananas!"(Short version) on YouTube
"夜空の月を飲み込もう"(Short version) on YouTube
"空耳ロック"(Short version) on YouTube

Full version music video, included only in limited editions, was released on YouTube on February 15, 2017 (except in countries which apply the YouTube Red).

Track listing

Type-A

CD^[1][6]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Saikō Kayo (最高かよ)"	4:33
2.	"Soramimi Rock (空耳ロック)"	4:58
3.	"Yume Hitotsu (夢ひとつ)"	4:41
4.	"Saikō Kayo (最高かよ)" (Instrumental)	4:32
5.	"Soramimi Rock (空耳ロック)" (Instrumental)	4:58
6.	"Yume Hitotsu (夢ひとつ)" (Instrumental)	4:42

DVD^[6]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Saikō Kayo (最高かよ) Music Video"
2.	"Soramimi Rock (空耳ロック) Music Video"
3.	"Yume Hitotsu (夢ひとつ) Music Video"
4.	"HKT48 no Danketsu Shūgaku Ryokō (HKT48の団結修学旅行) Vol.1"

Type-B

CD^[7][8]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Saikō Kayo (最高かよ)"	4:33
2.	"Soramimi Rock (空耳ロック)"	4:58
3.	"Yozora no Tsuki o Nomikomou (夜空の月を飲み込もう)"	3:53
4.	"Saikō Kayo (最高かよ)" (Instrumental)	4:32
5.	"Soramimi Rock (空耳ロック)" (Instrumental)	4:58
6.	"Yozora no Tsuki o Nomikomou (夜空の月を飲み込もう)" (Instrumental)	3:55

DVD^[8]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Saikō Kayo (最高かよ) Music Video"
2.	"Soramimi Rock (空耳ロック) Music Video"
3.	"Yozora no Tsuki o Nomikomou (夜空の月を飲み込もう) Music Video"
4.	"HKT48 no Danketsu Shūgaku Ryokō (HKT48の団結修学旅行) Vol.2"

Type-C

CD^[9][10]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Saikō Kayo (最高かよ)"	4:33
2.	"Soramimi Rock (空耳ロック)"	4:58
3.	"Go Bananas!"	4:05
4.	""Saikō Kayo" (最高かよ)" (Instrumental)	4:32
5.	"Soramimi Rock (空耳ロック)" (Instrumental)	4:58
6.	"Go Bananas!" (Instrumental)	4:07

DVD^[10]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Saikō Kayo (最高かよ) Music Video"
2.	"Soramimi Rock (空耳ロック) Music Video"
3.	"Go Bananas! Music Video"
4.	"HKT48 no Danketsu Shūgaku Ryokō (HKT48の団結修学旅行) Vol.3"

Theater Edition

CD^[11][12]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Saikō Kayo (最高かよ)"	4:33
2.	"Soramimi Rock (空耳ロック)"	4:58
3.	"Onna no Ko Damon, Hashiranakya! (女の子だもん、走らなきゃ!)"	3:37
4.	""Saikō Kayo" (最高かよ)" (Instrumental)	4:32
5.	"Soramimi Rock (空耳ロック)" (Instrumental)	4:58
6.	"Onna no Ko Damon, Hashiranakya! (女の子だもん、走らなきゃ!)" (Instrumental)	3:39

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Japan Singles Chart (Oricon)[1]	1
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard)[5]	1
Japan Radio Songs (Billboard)[13]	78
Japan Top Singles Sales (Billboard)[14]	1

Personnel

Saikō Kayo

16 members were selected for this song.^[15] The choreographic center is Hana Matsuoka.^[16]

Yuriya Inoue, Aika Ōta, Yui Kōjina, Haruka Kodama, Rino Sashihara, Meru Tashima, Miku Tanaka, Yūka Tanaka, Mio Tomonaga, Mai Fuchigami, Natsumi Matsuoka, Hana Matsuoka, Sakura Miyawaki, Aoi Motomura, Madoka Moriyasu, Nako Yabuki

Soramimi Rock

Sung by Team TII members.^[17]

Yume Hitotsu

Sung by Chihiro Anai and her companies.^[17]

Yozora no Tsuki o Nomikomou

Sung by Team H members.^[17]

Go Bananas!

Sung by Team KIV members.^[17]

Onna no Ko Damon, Hashiranakya!

Hana Matsuoka's solo song.^[12]

Further reading

• HKT48 (7 September 2016a). Saikō Kayo (Type-A ed.). Universal Music. ASIN B01IDAOCBG. UPCH-80442.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• HKT48 (7 September 2016b). Saikō Kayo (Type-B ed.). Universal Music. ASIN B01IDAOC98. UPCH-80443.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• HKT48 (7 September 2016c). Saikō Kayo (Type-C ed.). Universal Music. ASIN B01IDAOC84. UPCH-80444.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• HKT48 (7 September 2016t). Saikō Kayo (Theater ed.). Universal Music. ASIN B01LLNH1HO. PRON-5012.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)