Up & Down (song)

"Up & Down" (Hangul: 위아래) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group EXID. It was released on August 27, 2014, by Banana Culture as a digital single and it was later included in the group's second extended play, Ah Yeah (2015) and the group's debut Japanese studio album, Trouble (2019).

"Up & Down"
Single by EXID
from the album Ah Yeah and Trouble
Released
  • August 27, 2014 (2014-08-27) (Korean version)
  • January 10, 2017 (2017-01-10) (Chinese version)
  • August 22, 2018 (2018-08-22) (Japanese version)
Genre
Length3:09 (Korean)
3:13 (Japanese)
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Shinsadong Tiger
  • Beomi
  • LE
  • Nyangi
Producer(s)
  • Shinsadong Tiger
  • Beomi
  • LE
  • Nyangi
EXID singles chronology
"Every Night"
(2012)		 "Up & Down"
(2014)		 "Ah Yeah"
(2015)
EXID singles chronology
"Lady"
(2018)		 "Up & Down"
(2018)		 "Trouble"
(2019)

A Japanese-language version of the song was released as their debut single in Japan on August 22, 2018, marking the return of member Solji.

Composition

The song was written and produced by Shinsadong Tiger, Beomi, member LE and Nyangi.[1]

Release

"Up & Down" was released in South Korea as a digital single on August 27, 2014.[2]

In Japan, the song was released as a single album titled Up & Down Special Edition on August 22, 2018, as the group's debut Japanese single.[3]

Commercial performance

The song debuted at number 34 on the Gaon Digital Chart on the week ending November 22, 2014.[4] In its second week, the song placed at number 7, followed by three consecutive weeks at number 5 and a new peak at number 3 in its sixth week.[5][6][7][8][9] The song topped the chart on the week ending January 3, 2015.[10]

The song was the 77th best-selling song of 2014 with over 525,183 downloads sold.[11][12][13] It was also the 28th best-selling song of 2015 with 971,632 downloads sold.[14][15] It has sold over 1,496,815 downloads as of December 2015.

Japanese version

The single album debuted at number 15 on Oricon Singles Chart in its daily chart, and peaked at number 7 in its seventh day.[16][17]

The single debuted at number 18 on Oricon Singles Chart in its weekly chart, with 7,710 copies sold.[18]

Track listing
Korean version
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Up & Down" (위아래)
  • Shinsadong Tiger
  • Beomi
  • LE
  • Nyangi
  • Shinsadong Tiger
  • Beomi
  • LE
  • Nyangi
  • Shinsadong Tiger
  • Beomi
  • Nyangi
3:09
2."Up & Down" (Inst.) 
  • Shinsadong Tiger
  • Beomi
  • Nyangi
  • Shinsadong Tiger
  • Beomi
  • Nyangi
3:09
Total length:6:18
Japanese version
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Up & Down" (Japanese version)
  • Shinsadong Tiger
  • Beomi
  • LE
  • Nyangi
  • Shinsadong Tiger
  • Beomi
  • LE
  • Nyangi
  • Shinsadong Tiger
  • Beomi
  • Nyangi
3:13
2."Cream" (Japanese version)   3:16
3."Vaporize Yourself!"   3:31
4."Up & Down" (DJ moe remix)   3:15
Total length:13:15

Charts
Chart (2015) Peak

position

South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart)[10] 1
Chart (2018) Peak

position

Japan (Oricon Singles Chart)[18] 18

Sales
Country Sales
Japan (Oricon)[18][19] 9,213
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References
  1. "Song Information. Up & Down by EXID". www.melon.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  2. "위아래 by EXID. MelOn". www.melon.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  3. EXIDの「UP&DOWN[JAPANESE VERSION]SPECIAL EDITION - EP」 (in Japanese), 2018-08-22, retrieved 2018-08-28
  4. "48th Week of 2014 - Digital Chart". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  5. "49th Week of 2014 - Digital Chart". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  6. "50th Week of 2014 - Digital Chart". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  7. "51st Week of 2014 - Digital Chart". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  8. "52nd Week of 2014 - Digital Chart". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  9. "1st Week of 2015 - Digital Chart". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  10. "2nd Week of 2015 - Digital Chart". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  11. "2014 Year-end chart - Digital Chart". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  12. "November 2014 - Download Chart". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  13. "December 2014 - Download chart". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  14. "2015 Year-end chart - Digital Chart". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  15. "2015 Year-end chart - Download chard". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  16. "オリコンデイリー シングルランキング 2018年08月21日付 11～20位 | ORICON NEWS". 2018-08-22. Archived from the original on 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  17. "オリコンデイリー シングルランキング 2018年08月27日付 | ORICON NEWS". 2018-08-28. Archived from the original on 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  18. "2018年08月20日～2018年08月26日 オリコン週間 シングルランキング 11～20位". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  19. "オリコン週間 シングルランキング 2018年08月27日～2018年09月02日 41～50位 | ORICON NEWS". 2018-09-05. Archived from the original on 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
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