She's Back (song)

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"She's Back"
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Single by Infinite
from the album First Invasion
ReleasedAugust 4, 2010 (2010-08-04)
Recorded2010
Genre K-pop, dance, electropop
Length3:15
Label Woollim Entertainment
Songwriter(s) Song Soo Yun, Mithra Jin, Han Jaeho, Kim Seungsoo
Producer(s) Kim Seungsoo
Infinite Koreansingles chronology
"Come Back Again"
(2010)		"She's Back"
(2010)		"BTD (Before the Dawn)"
(2011)
Music video
"She's Back" (Korean version) on YouTube

"She's Back" is a song released by the South Korean boy band Infinite. The song is the second single from their debut mini album First Invasion [1] and it was released as a digital single on August 4, 2010. [2] The song was later re-recorded in Japanese and will be used as the group's third Japanese single, released on August 29, 2012.

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Composition

The song was written by Song Soo Yun, Han Jaeho, Kim Seungsoo (also known as Sweetune) and Mithra Jin from Epik High. It was produced by Kim Seungsoo. Sweetune is also known for producing the songs "BTD (Before the Dawn)", "Be Mine" and "Paradise" of the group.

Promotions

The group started promoting the track on August 5, 2010, on Mnet's M! Countdown , following the promotions of their debut single "Come Back Again". The song was also promoted on the shows Music Bank , [3] Show! Music Core and Inkigayo . The promotions of the song and of the EP First Invasion ended on September 11, on MBC's Music Core. [4]

Music video

A teaser of the music video was released on August 1, 2010. [5] The music video was released on August 4, 2010, along with the digital release of the single. [6] The music video feature the group playing on a beach and on a swimming pool. It also features scenes of the group singing the song together.

Track listing

Korean digital single [2]
  1. She's Back - 3:15
  2. She's Back (Remix) - 3:11
Japanese Tsutaya rental single
  1. She's Back - 3:15
  2. She's Back (Music video)

Chart performance

The song debuted at the number 80 in Gaon's singles chart on the week of August 8 and climbed to the position 66 on the following week, making the peak of the song. On the following week the song dropped to number 95. The song was more successful than the previous single "Come Back Again".

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Gaon Weekly singles [7] 66
Gaon Monthly singles [7] 99

Japanese version

"She's Back"
ShesBack-japanese.jpeg
Regular edition cover
Single by Infinite
from the album Koi ni Ochiru Toki
B-side "TO-RA-WA" (Japanese version)
ReleasedAugust 29, 2012 (2012-08-29)
Recorded2010-2012
Genre J-pop, dance, electropop
Length3:16
Label Woollim Contents
Songwriter(s) Song Soo Yun, Mithra Jin, Han Jaeho, Kim Seungsoo
Infinite Japanesesingles chronology
"Be Mine"
(2012)		"She's Back"
(2012)
Music video
"She's Back" (Japanese version) on YouTube

Two years later after its original release, it was announced that the song was re-recorded in Japanese and was used as their third single in Japan. It was released on August 29, 2012, in 2 editions: CD+DVD limited [8] and Regular edition. [9]

Composition

All songs from the single were previously released in Korean on the group's debut EP First Invasion. The remix of the song "She's Back" was previously released on the digital single of the Korean version of the song. The B-side "TO-RA-WA" is a Japanese version of the song "Come Back Again".

Music video

A preview of the music video was released on July 20, 2012. [10] The full music video was released on July 26, 2012, on Woollim Entertainment's YouTube account. [11] The Japanese version of the music video follows the same concept of the Korean music video.

Track listing

All editions tracklist [12]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."She's Back" (Japanese version)Song Soo Yun, Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-Soo, Mithra Jin, Yumiko (Japanese lyrics)Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-Soo3:16
2."TO-RA-WA" (Japanese version)Kim Boo-min, Shinichi Yasuoka, Tetsuro Honda (Japanese lyrics), Tsuyoshi Shimizu Hiroshi (Japanese rap lyrics)Hitchhiker3:08
3."She's Back" (Korean Remix version)Song Soo Yun, Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo, Mithra Jin Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo3:11
Total length:9:32
DVD (CD+DVD Limited version) [13]
No.TitleLength
1."She's Back" (Music video - Japanese version) 
2."She's Back" (Music video - Making-of) 

Charts

Oricon

Oricon ChartPeakDebut salesSales total
Daily Singles Chart323,52938,998+
Weekly Singles Chart338,998

Release history

Release dates and formats for "She's Back"
RegionDateFormatLabel
South KoreaAugust 8, 2010 Digital download Woollim Entertainment
JapanFebruary 23, 2011Rental single
August 29, 2012 CD single, Digital download

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  2. 1 2 "(싱글) She's Back / Daum 뮤직 :: 언제 어디서나 Music on Daum". Daum Communications. 2010-08-04. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
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  8. ↑ "Ｓｈｅ'ｓ Ｂａｃｋ（完全限定生産盤） Ｉｎｆｉｎｉｔｅのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon . Retrieved 2012-07-26.
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