Love or Take

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Love or Take
Pentagon Love or Take.jpg
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EP by
ReleasedMarch 15, 2021 (2021-03-15)
Genre
Length21:07
LanguageKorean
Label Cube
Producer
Pentagon chronology
We:th
(2020)
Love or Take
(2021)
Do or Not
(2021)
Pentagon EP chronology
We:th
(2020)
Love or Take
(2021)
Do or Not
(2021)
Love or Take track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."10s and" (10초 전)
  • Hui
  • Wooseok
  • chAN's
  • DARM
  • chAN's
  • Darm
2:53
2."Do or Not"
  • Hui
  • Wooseok
  • Hui
  • Nathan
  • Wooseok
Nathan3:08
3."1+1"
  • Jo Yoon-gyung
  • Wooseok
LDN Noise2:58
4."Baby I Love You"
  • Kino
  • Nathan
  • Hoho
  • Nathan
  • Hoho
3:12
5."That's Me"
  • Hui
  • Wooseok
  • Hui
  • Wooseok
  • chAN's
  • Darm
  • chAN's
  • Darm
2:44
6."Sing-a-song" (Korean : 노래해;lit. Sing)
  • Hui
  • Wooseok
  • Hui
  • Wooseok
  • chAN's
  • chAN's
  • Nomal (Party in my pool)
2:51
7."Boy in Time" (소년감성) (Hui solo) (bonus track)HuiHuiHong So-jin3:39
Total length:21:07

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
South Korea112,823 [26]

Release history

Release formats for Love or Take
RegionDateFormatDistributorRef.
South KoreaMarch 15, 2021 Digital download, streaming [4]
Various
South KoreaMarch 16, 2021 CD
Various

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