Stop Girl

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U-Kiss Mini Album Vol. 7 - Stop Girl
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ReleasedSeptember 20, 2012 (2012-09-20)
Recorded2012
Genre K-pop, dance, soul
Length21:21
LanguageKorean
Label NH Media, Neowiz Internet, Windmill Media
WMCD-0155
U-KISS chronology
The Special To Kiss Me
(2012)
U-Kiss Mini Album Vol. 7 - Stop Girl
(2012)
Collage
(2013)
Singles from Stop Girl [1]
  1. "Stop Girl"
    Released: September 19, 2012

Stop Girl [2] [3] is the 7th Mini Album by South Korean boy band U-KISS. The title track is "Stop Girl" [4] and it is the first album without new member AJ who went on hiatus to Columbia University. [5] The music video for "Stop Girl" was released September 19, 2012. [6]

Contents

Release

On September 12, 2012 UKISS revealed the teaser for their new single "Stop Girl". It was followed up by the release of the music video on September 19. On September 23, they released the dance practice video for their lead single. [7]

"Stop Girl" will be the groups first comeback since the release of their Japanese single "One of You" on September 7 and their first Korean comeback since the release of "Believe" in June. The title track is written by Ryan Jeon, who also wrote their hit song "Neverland". [8] The physical album was released on September 20, along with the digital album as well. [7]

Track listing

The EP's tracks are as follows: [2] [3]

No.TitleLength
1."IMMA NEW THANG" (Intro)0:29
2."Stop Girl" (Title)3:27
3."Time To Go"3:01
4."Remember" (Acoustic Version)4:18
5."Sexy Baby"3:07
6."Stop Girl" (English Version)3:37
7."Stop Girl" (Instrumental)3:22
Total length:21:21

Charts

Singles ChartPeak position
Mnet [9] 15
Billboard Korea [10] 86
Gaon [11] 93
Domestic SalesPeak position
Gaon [12] 89

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