Midnight (Beast song)
"Midnight" | |
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Promotional single by Beast from the album Midnight Sun | |
Released |
July 15, 2012 (see release history) |
Format | Digital download |
Recorded | 2012 |
Genre | K-pop, Dance-pop |
Length | 03:54 |
Label | Cube Entertainment |
Writer |
Yong Jun-hyung Choi Kyu-sung Shinsadong Tiger |
Producer |
Choi Kyu-sung Shinsadong Tiger |
"Midnight (The Night I Count the Stars)" (Japanese: 星を数える夜 Hoshi wo Kazoeru Yoru; Korean: 별 헤는 밤 Byeol Heneun Bam) is a song released by the South Korean boy band Beast. It was released digitally in South Korea on July 15, 2012 as a pre-release single[1] of the group's fifth mini album Midnight Sun, released a week after.[2] The song was later re-recorded in Japanese and was used as the group's third Japanese single, released in October 17, 2012.[3]
Background
In July 12, Cube Entertainment announced that the song will be released as a pre-release single from the upcoming mini album Midnight Sun on July 15.[4] In July 15, "Midnight" was released digitally on South Korea music portal sites. On the same day, a theme music video of the song was also released.[5] Although the group used the same system that they used on the album Fiction and Fact, releasing a song as a pre-single one week before its official release, the song was not promoted.
Composition
"Midnight" was written by Yong Jun-hyung, Choi Kyu-sung and Shinsadong Tiger, which also composed the song (with exception of Jun-hyung).
Music video
The song doesn't have an official music video, in instead, Cube Entertainment released a one-minute and sixteen seconds theme music video. It was released along with the digital release of the song, in July 15, 2012. The theme music video features scenes that the group shot in New York during July 1 until July 7, 2012. Those scenes were also part of the music video for the lead single from Midnight Sun, the song "Beautiful Night".[6]
Track listing
Korean digital single:[1]
- "Midnight" (별 헤는 밤; Byeol Heneun Bam, The Night I Count the Stars) - 3:54
Chart performance
The song debuted at number two in Gaon's weekly singles chart with 43,855,691 points. The song also charted in Gaon's other charts: in the Streaming chart the song peaked at number 5, with 2,214,129 streams in the first week, in the Download chart it peaked at number two with 473,121 downloads in the first week, in the BGM chart it peaked number one, in Mobile chart it debuted at number ten and peaked at number nine and in the Karaoke chart it peaked at the number eighty-six. The song had better peaks on the charts than Midnight Sun's official lead single, "Beautiful Night". This is not the first time that the pre-single charts better than the lead single, it also happened with the singles from the group's first studio album Fiction and Fact, the songs "On Rainy Days" and "Fiction".
Charts
Chart | Peak position |
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South Korea Gaon Weekly singles chart[7] | 2 |
South Korea Gaon Weekly Domestic singles chart[7] | 2 |
South Korea Gaon Monthly singles chart[7] | 11 |
South Korea Gaon Weekly Streaming chart[7] | 5 |
South Korea Gaon Weekly Download chart[7] | 2 |
South Korea Gaon Weekly BGM chart[7] | 1 |
South Korea Gaon Weekly Mobile chart[7] | 6 |
South Korea Gaon Weekly Karaoke chart[7] | 86 |
South Korea Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100[8] | 6 |
Japanese version
"Midnight -Hoshi wo Kazoeru Yoru-" | ||||
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Regular edition cover | ||||
Single by Beast | ||||
B-side | "Amega Furu Nichi ni wa" | |||
Released |
October 17, 2012 (see release history) | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Recorded | 2012 | |||
Genre | J-pop, Dance-pop | |||
Length | 03:54 | |||
Label | Far Eastern Tribe Records | |||
Beast Japanese singles chronology | ||||
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Two weeks after announcing the Japanese release of the EP Midnight Sun, on September 23, Far Eastern Tribe Records, Japanese label of the group, announced that a Japanese re-recorded version of the song "Midnight" will be used as the group's third Japanese single.[3]
Background
The single was released in October 17, 2012 in ten different editions: 3 limited CD+DVD, a regular edition and six special solo covers edition. All CD+DVD editions comes with different features, Type A comes with the live special "2011.06.22 Beast Night" Vol. 1 and Vol. 3, Type B comes with the Vol. 2 and Vol. 4 and Type C with the music video of "Midnight" and its making-of video. The regular edition comes with the CD single itself and a special solo covers version comes with only "Midnight" on the single and with six different jacket covers of every member on them. The CD+DVD and regular editions also include a special random trading card, CD+DVD Type A will include a card of Doo-joon or Dong-woon, CD+DVD Type B will include a card of Gi-kwang or Jun-hyung, CD+DVD Type C will include a card of Yo-seob or Hyun-seung and Regular edition a collective card of the members, 1 random from 3 different types.[3] The b-side of the single, a Japanese version of "Biga Oneun Naren", was released the same way as "Midnight" in South Korea, one week after the album's release.
Composition
The Japanese version of the song is a re-recorded version of the Korean version with Japanese lyrics. The b-side is a Japanese version of the song "Biga Oneun Naren", which like "Midnight", was originally recorded in Korean and re-recorded with Japanese lyrics. The original version of the song was written and composed by Choi Kyu-sung. Both songs were translated to Japanese by Rina Moon.
Music video
The music video for the Japanese version of the song premiered in September 27, exclusively on MTV Japan.[9][10] Cube Entertainment uploaded the video on Beast's YouTube account on September 29.
Track listing
Special solo jacket covers only:[11][12][13][14][15][16]
- "Midnight -Hoshi wo Kazoeru Yoru-" (星を数える夜; At Night I Count the Stars) (Japanese version) - 3:54
Limited CD+DVD A,[17] B[18] and C[19] and Regular edition:[20][21] | ||||
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
1. | "Midnight -Hoshi wo Kazoeru Yoru-" (星を数える夜; At Night I Count the Stars) (Japanese version) | Yong Jun-hyung, Choi Kyu-sung, Shinsadong Tiger (Original), Rina Moon (Japanese translator) | Choi Kyu-sung, Shinsadong Tiger | 3:54 |
2. | "Amega Furu Nichi ni wa" (雨が降る日には; On Rainy Days) (Japanese version) | Choi Kyu-sung (Original), Rina Moon (Japanese translator) | Yong Jun-hyung, Choi Kyu-sung | 3:43 |
3. | "Midnight -Hoshi wo Kazoeru Yoru-" (Instrumental) | Choi Kyu-sung, Shinsadong Tiger | 3:54 | |
4. | "Amega Furu Nichi ni wa" (Instrumental) | Yong Jun-hyung, Choi Kyu-sung | 3:43 | |
Total length: |
15:10 |
DVD (Limited CD+DVD Type A):[17] | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Special" (2011.06.22 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 1) | |
2. | "Shock" (Japanese version) (2011.06.22 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 1) | |
3. | "Fiction" (2011.06.22 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 1) | |
4. | "Bad Girl" (Japanese version) (2011.06.22 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 1) | |
5. | "Shock" (Japanese version) (2011.06.23 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 3) | |
6. | "Fiction" (2011.06.23 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 3) | |
7. | "Biga Oneun Naren" (2011.06.23 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 3) | |
8. | "Bad Girl" (Japanese version) (2011.06.23 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 3) |
DVD (Limited CD+DVD Type B):[18] | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Special" (2011.06.22 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 2) | |
2. | "Biga Oneun Naren" (2011.06.22 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 2) | |
3. | "Beautiful" (2011.06.22 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 2) | |
4. | "Bad Girl" (Japanese version) (2011.06.22 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 2) | |
5. | "Fiction" (2011.06.23 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 4) | |
6. | "Shock" (2011.06.23 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 4) | |
7. | "Easy" (2011.06.23 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 4) | |
8. | "Bad Girl" (Japanese version) (2011.06.23 BEAST NIGHT Vol. 4) |
DVD (Limited CD+DVD Type C):[19] | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Midnight -Hoshi wo Kazoeru Yoru-" (Music video) | |
2. | "Midnight -Hoshi wo Kazoeru Yoru-" (Music video - Making-of) |
Chart performance
Oricon chart
Released | Oricon Chart | Peak | Debut Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
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October 17, 2012 | Daily Singles Chart[22] | 4 | 13,003 | 26,042+ | 4 weeks |
Weekly Singles Chart | 6 | 20,761 | |||
Monthly Singles Chart | 21 | 25,409 | |||
Yearly Singles Chart |
Release history
Country | Date | Format | Label |
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South Korea | July 15, 2012 | Digital download | Cube Entertainment |
Japan | October 7, 2012 | Ringtone[23] | Far Eastern Tribe Records |
October 17, 2012 | Digital download,[21] CD single |
References
- 1 2 "(싱글) Midnight (별 헤는 밤) / Daum 뮤직 :: 언제 어디서나 Music on Daum" (in Korean). Daum Communications. 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ "(EP) Midnight Sun / Daum 뮤직 :: 언제 어디서나 Music on Daum" (in Korean). Daum Communications. 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- 1 2 3 "BEAST 待望のNew Single「Midnight –星を数える夜- (Japanese Version)」2012年10月17日リリース決定!!" (in Japanese). Universal Music Group. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- ↑ 컴백! 비스트, '미드나이트' 음원 선공개..팬들 '두근' (in Korean). Nate. 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ 비스트, 드디어 컴백 스타트…'미드나이트 선'은 어떤 앨범? (in Korean). Nate. 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ '컴백 임박' 비스트, 뮤비 촬영차 美뉴욕행..'최초 로케' (in Korean). Osen. 2012-07-03. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Gaon Search - BEAST" (in Korean). Gaon. 2012-08-01.
- ↑ "Korea K-Pop Hot 100 Music Chart". Billboard. 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ↑ "BEAST / EXCLUSIVE / Recommend / MTV JAPAN" (in Japanese). MTV Japan. 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
- ↑ "BEAST 「Midnight –星を数える夜-」ミュージックビデオ独占先行オンエア MTV「EXCLUSIVE」に決定!" (in Japanese). Universal Music Group. 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
- ↑ "BEAST / Midnight -星を数える夜- ドゥジュン盤【ストア限定】【CD Maxi】【2012年10月17日発売】 / BEAST / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music Group. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- ↑ "BEAST / Midnight -星を数える夜- ヒョンスン盤【ストア限定】【CD Maxi】【2012年10月17日発売】 / BEAST / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music Group. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- ↑ "BEAST / Midnight -星を数える夜- ジュンヒョン盤【ストア限定】【CD Maxi】【2012年10月17日発売】 / BEAST / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music Group. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- ↑ "BEAST / Midnight -星を数える夜- ヨソプ盤【ストア限定】【CD Maxi】【2012年10月17日発売】 / BEAST / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music Group. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- ↑ "BEAST / Midnight -星を数える夜- ギグァン盤【ストア限定】【CD Maxi】【2012年10月17日発売】 / BEAST / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music Group. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- ↑ "BEAST / Midnight -星を数える夜- ドンウン盤【ストア限定】【CD Maxi】【2012年10月17日発売】 / BEAST / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music Group. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- 1 2 "BEAST / Midnight -星を数える夜-【初回限定盤A】【CD Maxi】【+DVD】【2012年10月17日発売】 / BEAST / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music Group. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- 1 2 "BEAST / Midnight -星を数える夜-【初回限定盤B】【CD Maxi】【+DVD】【2012年10月17日発売】 / BEAST / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music Group. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- 1 2 "BEAST / Midnight -星を数える夜-【初回限定盤C】【CD Maxi】【+DVD】【2012年10月17日発売】 / BEAST / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music Group. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- ↑ "BEAST / Midnight -星を数える夜-【通常盤】【CD Maxi】【2012年10月17日発売】 / BEAST / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music Group. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- 1 2 "iTunes - ミュージック - Beast「Midnight -星を数える夜- - EP」" (in Japanese). iTunes Store. 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ↑ ORICON STYLE編集長のTwitter 2012年10月17日の発言 on Twitter. 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ↑ "「Midnight -星を数える夜-」 着うた(R) 10月7日(日)からレコチョク独占先行で ダウンロードスタート!!" (in Japanese). Universal Music Group. 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
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