Kick Back

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Kick Back
Kick Back digital cover.jpg
Digital and Stranger version cover
EP by
WayV
ReleasedMarch 10, 2021 (2021-03-10)
Recorded2021
Genre
Length21:07
Language
Label
Producer
WayV chronology
Awaken the World
(2020)		Kick Back
(2021)		 Phantom
(2022)
NCT chronology
Loveholic
(2021)		Kick Back
(2021)		 Hot Sauce
(2021)
Kick Back track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Kick Back" (Chinese :秘境; pinyin :Mìjìng; lit. 'Secret Place')Pan Yanting
3:50
2."Action Figure" Lin Xinye  [ zh ]
  • Bobii Lewis
  • Ebenezer Olaoluwa Fabiyi
  • Magnus Klausen
  • Junny
  • Lewis
  • Fabiyi
  • Klausen
3:19
3."Horizon" (Chinese :天空海; pinyin :Tiānkōng Hǎi; lit. 'Sky and Sea') (performed by Kun, Ten and Xiaojun) Xiaohan
Petrén3:31
4."All For Love" (Chinese :梦尽; pinyin :Mèngjìn; lit. 'End of Dream')Pan
Bowe3:17
5."Good Time" DeerJenny  [ zh ]
Choi3:20
6."Kick Back" (Korean version) Kim Min-ji
  • Philippon
  • Kara
  • Moore
  • Jhun
  • Philippon
  • Yoo
3:50
Total length:21:07

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Kick Back
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Finnish Physical Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [28] 8
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [29] 39
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [30] 13
Japan Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [20] 35
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [22] 1

Monthly charts

Monthly chart performance for Kick Back
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [31] 25
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [32] 6

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Kick Back
Chart (2021)Position
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [33] 47

Certifications

Certifications for Kick Back
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
South Korea (KMCA) [34] Platinum250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for Kick Back
RegionDateFormatLabel
ChinaMarch 10, 2021Label V
Various
China CD
  • Label V
  • Owhat
South Korea
Various
South KoreaMarch 26, 2021 [35] Kihno

Notes

  1. ↑ Hosted by the Hong Kong Asia Pacific International Group and Sunway Records, the Asian Pop Music Awards bases its winners on "Asian Pop Music Chart" which opened on September 2019. [26]

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