Hands Up (NCT New Team song)

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"Hands Up"
NCT Hands Up.jpeg
Digital cover
Single by NCT New Team
from the album Wishful
LanguageJapanese
B-side "We Go!"
ReleasedOctober 8, 2023
Genre J-pop
Length3:14
Label Avex Trax
Composer(s)
  • Kenzie
  • Ludvig Evers
  • Jonatan Gusmark
  • Adrian McKinnon
Lyricist(s)
  • Kenzie
  • H. Toyosaki [A]
NCT New Team singles chronology
"Hands Up"
(2023)
"Wish"
(2024)
NCT singles chronology
"Fact Check"
(2023)
"Hands Up"
(2023)
"On My Youth"
(2023)
"Hands Up" track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Hands Up"
  • Kenzie
  • Ludvig Evers (Moonshine)
  • Jonatan Gusmark (Moonshine)
  • Adrian McKinnon
Moonshine3:14
2."We Go!"MEG.ME
  • Simon Janlöv
  • Daniel Caesar
Janlöv3:02
Total length:6:16

Charts

Chart performance for "Hands Up"
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Japan Heatseekers ( Billboard Japan ) [9] 8

Release history

Release history for "Hands Up"
RegionDateFormatVersionLabel
VariousOctober 8, 2023Japanese Avex
September 24, 2024Korean SM

Notes

  1. 1 2 Japanese version only

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