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)
Format	Maxi single (CD, CD+DVD)
Genre	J-pop
Label	Hachama
Writer(s)	Tsunku
Producer(s)	Tsunku
S/mileage singles chronology
"Choto Mate Kudasai!" (2011) "Dot Bikini" (2012) "Suki yo, Junjō Hankōki" (2012)
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:

• Ayaka Wada
• Kanon Fukuda
• Kana Nakanishi
• Akari Takeuchi
• Rina Katsuta
• Meimi Tamura

Track listing

Regular Edition

All songs written and composed 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 songs written and composed 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

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.
3. "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