The War (album)

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The War
ThewarEXO.jpeg
Korean version digital cover artwork
Studio album by
Exo
ReleasedJuly 18, 2017 (2017-07-18)
Recorded2017
StudioSM Studios (Seoul)
Genre
Length31:35
Language
Label SM
Producer
Exo chronology
For Life
(2016)
The War
(2017)
EXO PLANET #3-The EXO'rDIUM[dot]
(2017)
Singles from The War
  1. "Ko Ko Bop"
    Released: July 18, 2017
The War Korean version
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."The Eve (前夜)" (전야;Jeon-ya)
  • Hwang Yoo-bin
  • Rice N' Peas
2:56
2."Ko Ko Bop"
3:10
3."What U Do?"3:51
4."Forever"
3:51
5."Diamond" (다이아몬드;Daiamondeu)3:31
6."Touch It" (너의 손짓;Neoui Sonjit;lit. Your Signs)3:30
7."Chill" (소름;Soreum;lit. Creeps)
  • Droyd
  • Julien Maurice Moore
  • G.Soul
  • Jeremy "Tay" Jasper
  • Otha "Vakseen" Davis III
  • MZMC
  • Droyd
3:08
8."Walk on Memories" (기억을 걷는 밤;Gieokeul Geotneun Bam;lit. A Night of Walking Memories)
  • Justin Reinstein (Mussashi)
  • Wassily Gradovsky
  • Wassily Gradovsky
3:52
9."Going Crazy" (내가 미쳐;Naega Michyeo)
3:46
Total length:31:35
The War Chinese version
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."The Eve" (破风)
  • Rice N' Peas
2:56
2."Ko Ko Bop" (叩叩趴)
3:10
3."What U Do?" (可爱·可恶)3:51
4."Forever" (我加你等于永远)
3:51
5."Diamond" (C乐章)
  • Lu Yi Qiu
3:31
6."Touch It" (指语)
  • Li Yi Xuan
3:30
7."Chill" (寒噤)
  • Yang Yo-jung
  • Droyd
  • Julien Maurice Moore
  • G.Soul
  • Jeremy "Tay" Jasper
  • Otha "Vakseen" Davis III
  • MZMC
  • Droyd
3:08
8."Walk on Memories" (梦回暮夜)
  • Justin Reinstein (Mussashi)
  • Wassily Gradovsky
  • Wassily Gradovsky
3:52
9."Going Crazy" (疯语者)
  • Lu Yi Qiu
3:46
Total length:31:35
The War: The Power of Music Korean version
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."The Eve (前夜)" (전야;Jeon-ya)
  • Hwang Yoo-bin
  • Rice N' Peas
2:56
2."Power"
3:42
3."Sweet Lies"
3:36
4."Ko Ko Bop"
3:10
5."What U Do?"3:51
6."Forever"
3:51
7."Boomerang" (부메랑;Bumerang)3:00
8."Diamond" (다이아몬드;Daiamondeu)3:31
9."Touch It" (너의 손짓;Neoui Sonjit;lit. Your Signs)3:30
10."Chill" (소름;Soreum;lit. Creeps)
  • Droyd
  • Julien Maurice Moore
  • G.Soul
  • Jeremy "Tay" Jasper
  • Otha "Vakseen" Davis III
  • MZMC
  • Droyd
3:08
11."Walk on Memories" (기억을 걷는 밤;Gieokeul Geotneun Bam;lit. A Night of Walking Memories)
  • Justin Reinstein (Mussashi)
  • Wassily Gradovsky
  • Wassily Gradovsky
3:52
12."Going Crazy" (내가 미쳐;Naega Michyeo)
3:46
Total length:41:53
The War: The Power of Music Chinese version
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."The Eve" (破风)
  • Rice N' Peas
2:56
2."Power" (超音力)
3:42
3."Sweet Lies" (甜蜜謊言)
3:36
4."Ko Ko Bop" (叩叩趴)
3:10
5."What U Do?" (可爱·可恶)3:51
6."Forever" (我加你等于永远)
3:51
7."Boomerang" (愛迴旋)3:00
8."Diamond" (C乐章)
  • Lu Yi Qiu
3:31
9."Touch It" (指语)
  • Li Yi Xuan
3:30
10."Chill" (寒噤)
  • Yang Yo-jung
  • Droyd
  • Julien Maurice Moore
  • G.Soul
  • Jeremy "Tay" Jasper
  • Otha "Vakseen" Davis III
  • MZMC
  • Droyd
3:08
11."Walk on Memories" (梦回暮夜)
  • Justin Reinstein (Mussashi)
  • Wassily Gradovsky
  • Wassily Gradovsky
3:52
12."Going Crazy" (疯语者)
  • Lu Yi Qiu
3:46
Total length:41:53

Charts

Korean and Chinese versions

Weekly charts

Chart (2017)Peak chart positions
The WarThe War: TPOM
KoreanChineseKoreanChinese
Chinese Albums (YinYueTai) [52] 1212
French Download Albums (SNEP) [53] 2436
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [54] 735
Japanese Western Albums (Oricon) [55] 14
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [56] 1212

Monthly charts

Chart (2017)Peak chart positions
The WarThe War: TPOM
KoreanChineseKoreanChinese
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [57] 22
Japanese Western Albums (Oricon) [58] 110
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [59] 1224

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)Position
The WarThe War: TPOM
KoreanChineseKoreanChinese
Chinese Albums (YinYueTai) [60] 781324
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [61] 223764
US World Albums (Billboard) [62] 7

Combined versions

Chart (2017)Peak chart positions
The WarThe War:
TPOM
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [63] 92
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [64] 76
French Download Albums (SNEP) [65] 2436
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard) [66] 1112
New Zealand Heatseekers (RMNZ) [67] 4
Scottish Albums (OCC) [68] 93
UK Download Albums (OCC) [69] 27
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [70] 14
UK Independent Album Breakers (OCC) [71] 2
US Billboard 200 [72] 87
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [73] 3
US World Albums (Billboard) [74] 1

Sales

CountrySalesTotal
The WarThe War: TPOM
Korean
version
Chinese
version
Korean
version
Chinese
version
China (Xiami) [75] 365,332192,460194,870116,579869,241
Japan (Oricon) [76] 43,1477,59550,742
South Korea (Gaon) [77] 990,658135,267514,44559,6121,699,403
US (Nielsen) [78] 11,00011,000

Release history

RegionDateEditionFormatLabel
VariousJuly 18, 2017The War Digital download SM
South KoreaJuly 19, 2017 CD
JapanJuly 21, 2017
VariousSeptember 5, 2017The War: The Power of MusicDigital download, CD

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