Slow Dancing (V song)

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"Slow Dancing"
V - Slow Dancing remixes.png
Remixes cover
Single by V
from the album Layover
LanguageKorean
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2023
Studio Hybe Studio
Genre Soul
Length3:07
Label Big Hit
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Freekind
  • Jinsu Park
V singles chronology
"Love Me Again" / "Rainy Days"
(2023)		"Slow Dancing"
(2023)		"Wherever U R"
(2023)
Music video
"Slow Dancing" on YouTube

"Slow Dancing" is a song recorded by South Korean singer V of BTS for his debut album Layover . It was released by Big Hit Music on September 8, 2023, as the third single from the album. [1] Produced by Jinsu Park and Freekind, who wrote the song alongside Donghyun Kim, Gigi, Cautious Clay, and Sam Gendel, "Slow Dancing" is a soul track driven by a simple jazz rhythm whose lyrics depict a "typical love story".

Contents

Music and lyrics

A 1970s romantic soul song with a simple jazz rhythm, "Slow Dancing" was written by its producers Freekind and Jinsu Park, together with Donghyun Kim, Gigi, Cautious Clay, and Sam Gendel. Lyrically, V sings of a "typical love story", with "one lover pining over another singing words such as 'It shouldn't feel like this, hurts too much already." [2]

Accolades

"Slow Dancing" won six first place trophies—it achieved a triple crown on M Countdown —on domestic television music shows, and two consecutive Melon Popularity awards for the weeks ending September 18 and 25, 2023. [3] It was nominated for and won Best Music – Fall at the Fact Music Awards in October. [4]

Music program awards for "Slow Dancing"
ProgramDateRef.
M Countdown September 14, 2023 [5]
September 21, 2023 [6]
September 28, 2023 [7]
Music Bank September 15, 2023 [8]
September 22, 2023 [9]
Show Champion September 20, 2023 [10]

Track listing

  1. "Slow Dancing" (FRNK remix) – 2:49
  2. "Slow Dancing" (Cautious Clay remix) – 2:51

Credits and personnel

Charts

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Slow Dancing"
RegionDateFormat(s)VersionLabelRef.
VariousSeptember 8, 2023
  • Original
  • piano
 Big Hit [33]
October 23, 2023
  • Digital download
  • streaming
Remixes [34]

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