Mach (song)

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"Mach"
Mach-korean.jpeg
Digital cover
Single by Rainbow
from the album So Girls
ReleasedOctober 20, 2010 (2010-10-20)
Recorded2010
Genre
Length3:11
Label DSP Media
Songwriter(s)
  • Song Soo Yoon
  • Han Jae Ho
  • Kim Seung Soo
Rainbow singles chronology
"A"
(2010)		"Mach"
(2010)		"To Me"
(2011)

"Mach" is a song by South Korean girl group Rainbow. The song was released on October 20, 2010, and was later included on their second mini album So Girls . The song is also the group's second Japanese single. It was released on December 7, 2011 [1] in 4 different versions: 3 limited editions (CD+DVD, CD + 28-pages photobook and CD Only + Bonus track) and a regular edition.

Contents

Korean version

Background

A teaser photo with the concept of the song was released in October 18. [2] The song was released to follow up the promotions of the song "A". This version does not have a music video.

Track listing

All music is composed by Han Jae Ho and Kim Seung Soo

Korean digital single: [3]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Mach" (마하; Maha)Song Soo YoonHan Jae-Ho, Kim Seung Soo3:11
2."Mach" (Instrumental) Han Jae-Ho, Kim Seung Soo3:11
Total length:6:22

Composition

The song was produced by Sweetune (Han Jae Ho and Kim Seung Soo) and written by Song Soo Yun, who also produced their previous single "A".

Chart performance

South Korea

The song debuted at number 38 in the first week and climbed to the number 19 on the following week, which is currently the highest peak of the song. The song ranked at number 193 on Gaon's Yearly chart with 216,200,537 points and with 925,573 digital copies sold.

Charts

Korean version

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Gaon Weekly singles [4] 19
Gaon Monthly singles [4] 26
Gaon Yearly singles [4] 193

Japanese version

"Mach (マッハ)"
Mach-japanese.jpg
Regular edition cover
Single by Rainbow
from the album Over the Rainbow
B-side
  • "Not Your Girl"
  • "Mach" (Korean)
ReleasedDecember 7, 2011 (2011-12-07)
Recorded2011
Genre Dance-pop
Length3:12
Label Universal Sigma
Songwriter(s)
  • Song Soo-yun
  • Han Jae Ho
  • Kim Seung Soo
  • Natsumi Watanabe
  • Yu Shimoji
  • NICE73
  • Han Jae Ho
  • Kim Seung Soo
Rainbow singles chronology
"A"
(2011)		"Mach (マッハ)"
(2011)		"Hoi Hoi"
(2012)

The Japanese version follows the same concept of the Korean version. A teaser of the music video was released on November 15, 2011, on Universal Music Japan's YouTube account. [5] The full music video premiered on November 21 on the TV station Space Shower TV.

Composition

the lyricist of Japanese version : Natsumi Watanabe, Yu Shimoji and NICE73. The B-side is a Japanese version of the song "Not Your Girl", previously released in Korean, on their debut EP Gossip Girl .

Chart performance

Japan

The physical single debuted at the number 9 on Oricon's weekly chart with 15,506 copies sold in the first week. [6]

Track listing

Japanese single: [7]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Mach" (マッハ; Maha)Song Soo-yun, Han Jae Ho, Kim Seung Soo, Natsumi Watanabe, Yu Shimoji, NICE73Han Jae Ho, Kim Seung Soo3:11
2."Not Your Girl" (ノット ユア ガール; Notto Yua Gāru)Han Sang Won, Shihomi, NICE73Han Sang Won3:27
3."Mach" (Instrumental) Han Jae Ho, Kim Seung Soo3:12
Total length:9:50
Type C - Bonus track [1]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
4."Mach" (Korean version)Song Soo YoonHan Jae Ho, Kim Seung Soo3:11
Total length:13:01
DVD (Limited Edition - Type A) [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Mach" (Music video) 
2."Mach" (Music video - Dance version) 
3."Mach" (Music video - Behind the scenes) 

Charts

Oricon

Released Oricon ChartPeakDebut salesSales total
December 7, 2011Daily Singles Chart715,50621,984
Weekly Singles Chart [6] 9
Monthly Singles Chart39

Other charts

ChartPeak
position
Billboard Japan Hot 100 15
RIAJ Digital Track Chart weekly top 100 [9] 69

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
South KoreaOctober 20, 2010 Digital download, Promotional single DSP Media
JapanDecember 7, 2011 [7] CD single, Digital download Universal Sigma

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