Skool Luv Affair

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Skool Luv Affair
BTS Skool Luv Affair.jpg
EP by
BTS
ReleasedFebruary 12, 2014
Recorded2014
Genre
Length35:30 (Skool Luv Affair)
43:17 (Skool Luv Affair Special Addition)
LanguageKorean
Label
Producer
BTS chronology
O!RUL8,2?
(2013)
Skool Luv Affair
(2014)
Dark & Wild
(2014)
Repackaged edition cover
BTS Skool Luv Affair Repackaged version.jpg
Skool Luv Affair Special Addition artwork
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro: Skool Luv Affair"Pdogg2:58
2."상남자" (Sangnamja; lit: Manly man / Boy In Luv)
Pdogg3:50
3."Skit: Soulmate"PdoggPdogg1:32
4."어디에서 왔는지" (Eodieseo wanneunji / Where did you come from?)
  • Kwon Dae Hee
  • Cream
  • Rap Monster
  • Suga
  • J-Hope
  • Kwon Dae Hee
  • Cream
4:00
5."하루만" (Haruman / Just One Day)
  • Pdogg
  • Rap Monster
  • Suga
  • J-Hope
Pdogg4:00
6."Tomorrow"
  • Suga
  • Slow Rabbit
  • Rap Monster
  • J-Hope
  • Suga
  • Slow Rabbit
4:22
7."BTS Cypher Pt. 2: Triptych"
  • Supreme Boi
  • Rap Monster
  • Suga
  • J-Hope
Supreme Boi4:48
8."등골브레이커 [lower-alpha 1] " (Deunggolbeureikeo / Spine Breaker)
  • Pdogg
  • OWO
3:59
9."Jump"
  • Suga
  • Pdogg
  • Supreme Boi
  • Rap Monster
  • J-Hope
  • Suga
  • Pdogg
  • Supreme Boi
3:57
10."Outro: Propose"
  • Slow Rabbit
  • Pdogg
Slow Rabbit2:03
Total length:35:29
Skool Luv Affair Special Addition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
11."Miss Right"
  • Pdogg
  • Slow Rabbit
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Rap Monster
  • Suga
  • J-Hope
Pdogg4:01
12."좋아요 [Slow Jam Remix]" (Joh-ayo / I Like It)
  • Brother Su
  • Pdogg
3:52
Total length:43:22
Skool Luv Affair Special Addition  Physical album
No.TitleLength
13."상남자" (Sangnamja; lit: Manly man / Boy In Luv, Instrumental)3:50
14."어디에서 왔는지" (Eodieseo wanneunji / Where did you come from? Inst.)4:00
15."하루만" (Haruman / Just One Day Inst.)3:59
16."Tomorrow" (Inst.)4:21
17."등골브레이커" (Deunggolbeureikeo / Spine Breaker Inst.)3:58
18."Jump" (Inst.)3:56
Total length:1:07:21
  1. Samples the 1975 song "Why do you call me?(왜불러)" by singer Song Chang sik. [33]

Charts

Skool Luv Affair Special Addition

A limited edition repackage of the album, titled Skool Luv Affair Special Addition, was announced by Big Hit on May 7, 2014. Pre-orders began the same day and the album was released on May 14. [55] This 3-disc version contained an 18-track CD with two new songs, "Miss Right" and "I Like It (Slow Jam Remix)", [55] followed by the original 10-song tracklist and six additional instrumentals found only on the physical album, as well as two DVDs featuring footage from BTS' showcase held in February that year and making of content. [55] [56] The album debuted at number one on the Week 21 issue of the Gaon Album Chart, for the period dated May 11–17, [57] and went on to sell 14,852 cumulative copies, ending 2014 as the 98th best-selling album of the year. [28]

After its initial pressing sold out, the album remained out of print for six years. On September 7, 2020, Big Hit announced that the repackage would be reprinted and re-released on October 13 due to the overwhelming response from the band's fandom in a survey conducted by the label in August through Weverse—data collected indicated that the Special Addition album was the number one piece of out-of-stock merchandise fans wanted made available again. [58] [59] Pre-orders took place from September 8 until the previously announced October release date. [60] The album reentered Gaon's monthly album chart, ranking fourth for October, [61] and sold 670,500 copies by the end of the year, making it the tenth best-selling album of 2020. [53] In Japan, the album debuted at number three on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart issue post-dated October 26, with 37,689 copies sold for the period dated October 12–18. [62] It sold 40,829 copies by the end of October and entered the monthly Albums Chart at number 10. [63] The album ranked 89th on Oricon's annual year-end chart. [64] In the US, the reissue debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 200 chart issue dated October 31 with 28,000 equivalent album units sold. Of this number, 26,000 were pure copies, which landed the album at number four on the Top Album Sales chart. [65] "Boy in Luv", "Just One Day", and "Tomorrow" re-entered the World Digital Songs chart, for the same issue date, and achieved new peaks at numbers three, five, and seven respectively. [66]

Release history

AlbumCountryDateFormatLabel
Skool Luv AffairSouth KoreaFebruary 12, 2014 CD, digital download Big Hit Entertainment
LOEN Entertainment
VariousDigital download
Skool Luv Affair Special AdditionSouth Korea
May 14, 2014
CD, digital download
VariousOctober 13, 2020CD

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