Touch (Miss A song)

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"Touch"
Single by Miss A
from the EP Touch
ReleasedFebruary 20, 2012
Recorded2012
Genre K-pop
Length3:58
Label JYP
Songwriter
Producer
  • Park Jin-Young
Miss A singles chronology
"Good-bye Baby"
(2011)
"Touch"
(2012)
"I Don't Need a Man"
(2012)
Music video
"Touch" on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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"Touch" is a song recorded by K-pop girl group Miss A for their first EP Touch . The song served as the group's fifth single in February 2012.

Contents

Release

On February 20, 2012, both the music video for "Touch" and their first EP Touch were released.

Composition

"Touch", was written, composed and arranged by Park Jin-Young with Hong Ji Sang also doing doing the arrangement. [2] The song is composed in the key C major and has 117 beats per minute and a running time of 3 minutes and 57 seconds. [3] "Touch" is described as a song that sings "Love Blooms in Pain." The lyrics express of being hurt by love but starting a new love in that pain are repeated with an addictive melody. [4]

Promotion

Miss A held their first comeback stage on February 23, 2012, on M Countdown , [5] they also performed on M Countdown on March 1, [6] March 8 [7] and March 23. [8] They also performed on KBS's Music Bank on March 2 [9] and SBS's Inkigayo on March 3. [10]

Accolades

Music program awards
ProgramDateRef.
M Countdown March 1, 2012 [11]
Show Champion February 28, 2012 [12]
March 6, 2012
Music On Top March 7, 2012 [13]
Inkigayo March 4, 2012 [14]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations for "Touch"
Award ceremonyYearCategoryResultRef.
Golden Disc Awards 2012 Digital BonsangWon [15] [16]
Popularity AwardNominated
MSN International AwardNominated
MSN Southeast Asian AwardNominated
Seoul Music Awards 2013Bonsang AwardWon [17]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart positions
Chart (2012)Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon) [18] 2
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100) [19] 2
US World Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [20] 6

Monthly charts

Chart (February 2012)Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon) [21] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon) [22] 35

Sales

CountrySales
South Korea (digital) [23] 2,675,320

Release history

Release history for "Touch"
RegionDateFormatLabel
VariousFebruary 20, 2012 Digital download JYP

References

  1. "Touch". IZM . March 3, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2012.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Touch" (in Korean). Dreamus. JYP Entertainment. February 20, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2012 via Melon.
  3. "Key & BPM for Touch by Miss A | Tunebat". Tunebat. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  4. Miss A, 1st place in M-Car after a week of comeback with 'Touch' (in Korean). Newsen. March 3, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2012 via Naver.
  5. Miss A 'Touch' music video YouTube surpassed 1 million, expectation UP (in Korean). Newsen. February 22, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012 via Naver.
  6. Lim, Soojin (March 22, 2012). 'M-Car' 미쓰아의 신곡 'Touch'가 절제된 섹시한 아름다움을 보여줍니다 (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved March 22, 2012 via Naver.
  7. "빅뱅, '엠카' 1위...'블루' 파워 빅뱅". n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  8. Lim, Soojin (March 23, 2012). 'M-Car' 미쓰‐A의 컴백 (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved March 23, 2012 via Naver.
  9. 케이윌, '뮤직뱅크' 첫 1위…'울먹울먹' 감격 소감. n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2021 via Naver.
  10. "'Inful song' 미쓰에이 'Touch', 남자의 마음은 꿈같은 섹시함에 의해 '뜨거운다'". 뉴스1 (in Korean). March 3, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  11. "미쓰에이, 컴백 후 가요프로 첫 1위 '터치'". n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  12. "miss A's "Touch" crowned 'Champion Song' on MBC Music's 'Show Champion'". Allkpop . Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  13. "저도 만지는 방법을 알고 있습니다". n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  14. "miss A wins 'Inkigayo' mutizen + Performances from March 4th!". Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  15. Golden Disk Awards in Malaysia: List of nominees. hellokpop. December 8, 2012
  16. GALAXY The 27th GDA in Kuala Lumpur Nominees. Hype Malaysia. December 10, 2012.
  17. elliefilet (January 31, 2013). "Winners from the '22nd Seoul Music Awards'". Allkpop . Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  18. "Touch". February 19–25, 2012.
  19. "Touch". Billboard . March 10, 2012.
  20. "Digital Chart – February 2012". Circle Chart (in Korean). February 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  21. "Digital Chart – 2012". Circle Chart (in Korean). January 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  22. Cumulative sales for Touch: 2012년 Download Chart. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2017.