Cherry Bomb (EP)

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Cherry Bomb
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EP by
ReleasedWednesday, June 14, 2017 (2017-06-14) [1]
Recorded2017
StudioSM Studios, Seoul, South Korea
Genre
Length24:38
Language
  • Korean
  • English
Label
NCT 127 chronology
Limitless
(2017)
Cherry Bomb
(2017)
Chain
(2018)
NCT chronology
The First
(2017)
Cherry Bomb
(2017)
We Young
(2017)
Cherry Bomb track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Cherry Bomb"
3:56
2."Running 2 U"
  • Karl "KP" Powell (The Colleagues)
  • Harrison Johnson (The Colleagues)
  • Ryan Christian (The Colleagues)
  • Adrian McKinnon
  • Jeremy "Tay" Jasper
  • Otha "Vakseen" Davis III
  • MZMC
The Colleagues2:47
3."0 Mile"
  • Christian Fast
  • Henrik Nordenback
3:23
4."Sun & Moon" (sung by Taeil, Johnny, Taeyong, Yuta, Doyoung, & Jaehyun)Nonfiction3:07
5."Whiplash" (sung by Jaehyun, Mark, Taeyong, Doyoung & Taeil)
  • Taeyong
  • Mark
  • JQ (Makeumine Works)
  • Oneru (Makeumine Works)
  • Xitsuh
  • The Stereotypes
  • Joseph "220" Park (Iconic Sounds)
3:21
6."Summer 127"
  • Taeyong
  • Mark
  • $ÜN (Joombas)
  • Bae Min-soo (Joombas)
  • seizetheday (Joombas)
  • CiaNo (Joombas)
  • Kim In-hyung
  • Shin Hyuk (Joombas)
  • Davey Nate (Joombas)
  • Devin Hoffman (Dysplay)
  • Eric Scullin (Dysplay)
  • Jass Reyes
  • DK (Joombas)
  • Chek Parren (Joombas)
Joombas3:37
7."Cherry Bomb" (Performance version)
  • Taeyong
  • Mark
  • Deepflow
  • Lim Jung-hyo
  • Oh Min-joo
  • Dem Jointz
  • Jennifer Decilveo
  • Deez
  • Jakob Mihoubi (Jay & Rudy)
  • Rudi Daouk (Jay & Rudy)
  • Michael Woods (Rice N' Peas)
  • Kevin White (Rice N' Peas)
  • Andrew Bazzi (Rice N' Peas)
  • MZMC
  • Dem Jointz
  • Deez
  • Yoo Young-jin
4:21
Total length:24:38

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [33] 18
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [34] 2
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [35] 21
US World Albums (Billboard) [36] 2

Sales

RegionSales
Japan (Oricon) [37] 8,457
South Korea (Gaon) [38] 127,642

Accolades

Music program awards

SongProgramDate
"Cherry Bomb" M! Countdown (Mnet)June 22, 2017

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
South KoreaJune 14, 2017 CD, digital download
VariousDigital download

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