Chocolate (EP)

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Chocolate
Changmin - Chocolate.png
Digital cover
EP by
Max Changmin
ReleasedApril 6, 2020 (2020-04-06)
Recorded2019–2020
StudioSM Studios, Seoul, South Korea
Genre K-pop
Length20:18
LanguageKorean
Label
Producer
Max Changmin chronology
Close to You
(2015)		Chocolate
(2020)		Human
(2021)
Singles from Chocolate
  1. "Chocolate"
    Released: April 6, 2020
Chocolate track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Chocolate"Changmin
2:52
2."High Heels"Bottle God (X &)
  • Bottle God (x&)
  • Aisle (이아일)
Bottle God (x&)3:40
3."Lie" (featuring Chungha) Seo Ji-eum
Hitimpulse3:26
4."Piano"Hwang YubinThomas TroelsenThomas Troelsen3:11
5."Me, Myself & I"Bottle God (X&)Bottle God (X&)Bottle God (X&)3:44
6."No Tomorrow"Changmin
  • Jake Torrey
  • Omega
  • Bram Inscore
3:25
Total length:20:18

Charts

Chart performance for Chocolate
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [22] 3
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [23] 2
Chart performance for singles from Chocolate
SongChart (2020)Peak
position
"Chocolate"South Korea (Gaon) [24] 100

Release history

Release history and formats for Chocolate
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
South KoreaApril 6, 2020 [25]
Various
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 [26]

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