My Voice (album)

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My Voice
Taeyeon My Voice album cover.jpg
Digital and Fine version cover
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2017
Recorded2016–2017
Genre
Length41:15
LanguageKorean
Label SM
Producer Lee Soo-man
Taeyeon chronology
Why
(2016)
My Voice
(2017)
This Christmas: Winter Is Coming
(2017)
Singles from My Voice
  1. "11:11"
    Released: November 1, 2016
  2. "Fine"
    Released: February 28, 2017
  3. "Make Me Love You"
    Released: April 5, 2017
My Voice – Digital standard edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Fine"Jinli (Full8loom)
Rice n' Peas3:29
2."Cover Up"Realmeee
  • Grades
  • Caroline Ailin
  • Realmeee
3:26
3."Feel So Fine" (날개;Nalgae;lit. Wings) Moon Hye-min
  • Courtney Jenaé Stahl
  • Daniel Durn Jørgensen (Cynosure Music)
  • Katrine Neya Klith Jørgensen (Cynosure Music)
  • Johan Gustafsson (Trinity Music)
  • Sebastian Lundberg (Trinity Music)
  • Fredrik Häggstam (Trinity Music)
3:39
4."I Got Love" Kenzie
  • Thomas Troelsen
  • Eyelar
3:10
5."I'm Ok"
  • Yorkie (Devine Channel)
  • Ryu Woo
  • Fabio BOI Angelini
3:34
6."Time Lapse" Kim Jong-wan
  • Kim Jong-wan
  • Zooey
  • Kim Jong-wan
  • Zooey
4:14
7."Sweet Love"Kenzie
The Stereotypes3:04
8."When I Was Young"Lee Joo-hyoung (MonoTree)Lee Joo-hyoung (MonoTree)Lee Joo-hyoung (MonoTree)3:52
9."Lonely Night"KenzieKenzieKenzie3:43
10."Love in Color" (수채화;Suchaehwa;lit. Watercolor) Lee Yoon-seol
  • Myah Marie Langston
  • Krysta Youngs
2:57
11."Fire"
3:07
12."Eraser"
Dillon Pace2:54
Total length:41:15
My Voice – Physical standard edition (bonus track)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
13."Time Spent Walking Through Memories" (기억을 걷는 시간;Gieog-eul Geonneun Sigan)Kim Jong-wanKim Jong-wanHong So-jin3:53
Total length:45:19
My Voice – Deluxe edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Make Me Love You" Jo Yoon-kyung
  • Aaron Benward
  • Matthew Tishler
  • Felicia Barton
3:33
2."Fine"Jinli (Full8loom)
  • Michael Woods (Rice n' Peas)
  • Kevin White (Rice n' Peas)
  • Andrew Bazzi (Rice n' Peas)
  • Shaylen Carroll
  • MZMC
Rice n' Peas3:29
3."Cover Up"Realmeee
  • Grades
  • Caroline Ailin
  • Realmeee
  • Grades
  • Caroline Ailin
  • Realmeee
3:26
4."Feel So Fine" (날개;Nalgae;lit. Wings)Moon Hye-min
  • Courtney Jenaé Stahl
  • Daniel Durn Jørgensen (Cynosure Music)
  • Katrine Neya Klith Jørgensen (Cynosure Music)
  • Johan Gustafsson (Trinity Music)
  • Sebastian Lundberg (Trinity Music)
  • Fredrik Häggstam (Trinity Music)
3:39
5."I Got Love"Kenzie
  • Kenzie
  • Thomas Troelsen
  • Eyelar
  • Thomas Troelsen
  • Eyelar
3:10
6."I'm Ok"
  • Yorkie (Devine Channel)
  • Ryu Woo
  • Fabio BOI Angelini
3:34
7."Time Lapse"Kim Jong-wan
  • Kim Jong-wan
  • Zooey
  • Kim Jong-wan
  • Zooey
4:14
8."Sweet Love"Kenzie
The Stereotypes3:04
9."When I Was Young"Lee Joo-hyoung (MonoTree)Lee Joo-hyoung (MonoTree)Lee Joo-hyoung (MonoTree)3:52
10."I Blame on You"Yorkie (Devine Channel)
  • Ryan Henderson
  • Richard Beynon
3:23
11."Lonely Night"KenzieKenzieKenzie3:43
12."11:11" Kim Eana
  • Christian Vinten
  • Chelcee Grimes
3:43
13."Love in Color" (수채화;Suchaehwa;lit. Watercolor)Lee Yoon-seol
  • Myah Marie Langston
  • Krysta Youngs
  • Myah Marie Langston
  • Krysta Youngs
2:57
14."Fire"
  • JQ (Makeumine Works)
  • Jo Mi-yang (Makeumine Works)
  • Myah Marie Langston
  • Bennett Armstrong
  • Justyn Armstrong
  • Daren Rauer
  • Carah Faye
  • My Crazy Girlfriend
  • Carah Faye
3:07
15."Eraser"
  • Mafly (Joombas)
  • Lee Seu-ran
  • Dillon Pace
  • Sean Douglas
  • Felicia Barton
Dillon Pace2:54
16."Curtain Call" Jang Yoon-ji
  • PhD
  • Tebey Ottoh
  • Noel Salmon
3:52
17."Time Spent Walking Through Memories" (CD bonus track)
(기억을 걷는 시간;Gieogeul Geonneun Sigan)
Kim Jong-wanKim Jong-wanHong So-jin3:53
Total length:59:50

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of My Voice. [32]

Charts

Sales

Country Sales amount
Japan8,800 [19]
South Korea151,329 [37]
South Korea (deluxe)105,518 [37]

Release history

RegionDateFormatEditionLabelRef.
South KoreaFebruary 28, 2017Standard SM Entertainment [38]
VariousDigital download [39]
South KoreaApril 5, 2017
  • CD
  • digital download
Deluxe [40]
VariousDigital download [41]
TaiwanMay 9, 2017CD Universal Music Taiwan [42]

See also

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