The Road: Winter for Spring

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The Road: Winter for Spring
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Single album by
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2022 (2022-02-28)
StudioSM Studios
(Seoul, South Korea)
Genre
Length14:26
LanguageKorean
Label
Producer Lee Soo-man
Super Junior chronology
The Renaissance
(2021)
The Road: Winter for Spring
(2022)
The Road
(2022)

The Road: Winter for Spring is a Korean-language single album by South Korean boy band Super Junior, released on February 28, 2022. [2] The single album features the vocals of nine Super Junior members, which are Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun.

Contents

Background

On February 14, 2022, the group released a promotional image for the single album. [3] On February 16, 2022, the group announced that they would release it on February 28, 2022. [4] [5] The behind-the-scenes of the music video for the lead single, "Callin'", was released on Super Junior's official YouTube channel on March 2, 2022.

Promotion

The group held a live event on their official YouTube channel on March 1, 2022. [6] [7] They performed the lead single, "Callin'", on M Countdown on March 3, 2022, marking their comeback. [8] They also made appearances on Music Core and Inkigayo . [9] [10]

Track listing

The Road: Winter for Spring track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Callin'" Kenzie KenzieKenzie3:48
2."Analogue Radio" Jo Yoon-kyung
  • KYUM LYK(153/Joombas)
  • Baek LYK
  • KYUM LYK(153/Joombas)
  • Baek LYK
3:25
3."Callin'" (instrumental) KenzieKenzie3:48
4."Analogue Radio" (instrumental) 
  • KYUM LYK(153/Joombas)
  • Baek LYK
  • KYUM LYK(153/Joombas)
  • Baek LYK
3:25
Total length:14:26

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for The Road: Winter for Spring
Chart (2022)Peak
position
South Korean Albums (Circle) [11] 1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for The Road: Winter for Spring
Chart (2022)Position
South Korean Albums (Circle) [12] 77

Credits

Credits adapted from the single album's liner notes. [13]

Studio

Personnel

Release history

Release history for The Road: Winter for Spring
RegionDateFormatLabel
South KoreaFebruary 28, 2022 CD
Various
  • SM
  • Label SJ

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