Checkmate (EP)

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Checkmate
Itzy - Checkmate.png
Digital cover
EP by
Itzy
ReleasedJuly 15, 2022
Length20:43
Language
  • Korean
  • English
Label
Itzy chronology
It'z Itzy
(2021)		Checkmate
(2022)		 Cheshire
(2022)
Singles from Checkmate
  1. "Sneakers"
    Released: July 15, 2022
Checkmate track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Sneakers"
  • Friday (Galactica *)
  • OGI (Galactica *)
  • Didrik Thott
  • Jessica Pierpoint
S. Thott2:59
2."Racer"
  • Noday
  • Iris Yerin Lee
  • Czaer
  • Czaer
  • Noday
  • Lee
Czaer3:12
3."What I Want"Saebom (Lalala Studio)
2:23
4."Free Fall"
  • Song Hee-jin (Solcire)
  • Kevin Oppa (Solcire)
  • Song
  • Kevin Oppa
  • Christoffer Semelius
Semelius2:59
5."365" Kenzie
  • Kenzie
  • Deez  [ ko ]
  • Yunsu
  • Ylva Dimberg
  • Deez
  • Yunsu
3:05
6."Domino"Hwang Eun-bit (PNP)
  • Christian Fast
  • Gusten Dahlqvist
  • Jonna Hall
Dahlqvist3:06
7."Sneakers" (English version)
  • Friday
  • OGI
  • D. Thott
  • Pierpoint
  • Sophia Pae
  • D. Thott
  • S. Thott
  • Pierpoint
S. Thott2:59
Total length:20:43

Notes

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Checkmate
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
South Korea (KMCA) [37] Million1,032,930 [36]

Release history

Release history for Checkmate
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousJuly 15, 2022 [38]

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