Dancing King

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"Dancing King"
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Single by Yoo Jae-suk and Exo
from the album SM Station Season 1
ReleasedSeptember 17, 2016
Recorded2016
Studio
  • SM Blue Ocean (Seoul)
  • MonoTree (Seoul)
Genre
Label
Composers
  • Peter Tambakis
  • Sermstyle
  • Phil Cook
  • Otha "Vakseen" Davis III
  • MZMC
Lyricists
  • JQ
  • Jang Yeo-jin
Producers
  • Sermstyle
  • Phil Cook
Exo singles chronology
"Lotto"
(2016)
"Dancing King"
(2016)
"For Life"
(2016)
Music video
"Dancing King" on YouTube

"Dancing King" is a song by South Korean comedian Yoo Jae-suk and South Korean–Chinese boy band Exo. The song is a part of SM Station and is a collaboration single for the variety show Infinite Challenge. It was released digitally on September 17, 2016, by SM Entertainment.[1][2]

Background and release

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On September 12, 2016, it was revealed that the next SM Station single, titled "Dancing King" would feature Yoo Jae-suk and Exo and be released on September 17. It was also revealed that all the profits of the single would be donated.[3] The song has been described as "a dance song based on brass sound and passionate samba rhythm".[4] It was officially released on September 17.

Music video

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The music video was released following which featured Exo. It features shots of the dress rehearsal and the actual performance from Exo Planet 3 – The Exo'rdium concert in Bangkok interspersed with more lighthearted clips of Yoo Jae-suk and EXO members jamming out.

Live performance

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The artists performed the song at the ExoPlanet 3 – The Exo'rdium concert in Bangkok on September 11, 2016, before its release.[3] The performance was aired on episode no. 498 of Infinite Challenge which featured the artists' rehearsal for the song.[5]

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Dancing King"JQ, Jang Yeo-jinPeter Tambakis, Sermstyle, Phil Cook, MZMC, Otha `Vakseen` Davis IIISermstyle, Phil Cook04:04
2."Dancing King" (Instrumental) Peter Tambakis, Sermstyle, Phil Cook, MZMC, Otha `Vakseen` Davis IIISermstyle, Phil Cook04:04
Total length:08:08

Commercial performance

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The song debuted at No. 2 on the South Korean Gaon Digital Chart and on Billboard's US World Digital Songs chart.[6]

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from the single's liner notes, according to Melon.[7]

Studio

  • SM Blue Ocean Studio – recording
  • MonoTree Studio – recording, digital editing
  • doobdoob Studio – digital editing
  • SM Yellow Tail Studio – mixing
  • Sterling Sound – mastering

Personnel

  • SM Entertainmentexecutive producer
  • Lee Soo-manproducer
  • Exo – vocals
  • Yoo Jae-suk – vocals
  • JQ – lyrics
  • Jang Yeo-jin – lyrics
  • Sermstyle – producer, composition, arrangement
  • Phil Cook – producer, composition, arrangement
  • Peter Tambakis – composition
  • Otha "Vakseen" Davis III – composition
  • MZMC – composition
  • G-High – vocal directing, recording, Pro Tools operating, digital editing
  • ESBEE – background vocals
  • Kye Bum-joo – background vocals
  • Kim Cheol-sun – recording
  • Jang Woo-young – digital editing
  • Koo Jong-pil – mixing
  • Tom Coyne – mastering

Charts

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Sales

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Region Sales
South Korea (Gaon)[12] 648,506

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Result
2017 Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards Song of the Year (September) Nominated

Release history

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Region Date Format Label
South Korea September 17, 2016
Various

References

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