Slow Dancing (V song)
{{Short description|2023 single by V}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Slow Dancing
| type = single
| cover = V - Slow Dancing remixes.png
| alt =
| caption = Remixes cover
| artist = V
| album = Layover
| released = September 8, 2023
| recorded =
| language = Korean
| studio = Hybe Studio
| genre = Soul
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=07}}
| label = Big Hit
| writer = {{hlist|Donghyun Kim|Freekind|Gigi|Jinsu Park|Cautious Clay|Sam Gendel}}
| producer = {{hlist|Freekind|Jinsu Park}}
| prev_title = Love Me Again
| prev_title2 = Rainy Days
| prev_year = 2023
| title = Slow Dancing
| year = 2023
| next_title = Wherever U R
| next_year = 2023
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|eI0iTRS0Ha8|"Slow Dancing"}}|type=single}}
}}
"Slow Dancing" is a song recorded by South Korean singer V of BTS for his debut album Layover. It was released by Big Hit Music on September 8, 2023, as the third single from the album.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bts-v-slow-dancing-video-1235408905/|title=BTS' V Spends the Day at the Beach With Friends in 'Slow Dancing' Video: Watch|last=Bowenbank|first=Starr|date=September 8, 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 30, 2023}} Produced by Jinsu Park and Freekind, who wrote the song alongside Donghyun Kim, Gigi, Cautious Clay, and Sam Gendel, "Slow Dancing" is a soul track driven by a simple jazz rhythm whose lyrics depict a "typical love story".
Music and lyrics
A 1970s romantic soul song with a simple jazz rhythm, "Slow Dancing" was written by its producers Freekind and Jinsu Park, together with Donghyun Kim, Gigi, Cautious Clay, and Sam Gendel. Lyrically, V sings of a "typical love story", with "one lover pining over another singing words such as 'It shouldn't feel like this, hurts too much already."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/v-layover/|title=V – Layover|last=Aitken|first=Abbie|date=September 8, 2023|magazine=Clash|access-date=September 30, 2023}}
Accolades
"Slow Dancing" won six first place trophies—it achieved a triple crown on M Countdown—on domestic television music shows, and two consecutive Melon Popularity awards for the weeks ending September 18 and 25, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.melon.com/melonaward/weekAward.htm|script-title=ko:주간 인기상|trans-title=Weekly Popularity|website=Melon|language=ko|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230925204313/https://www.melon.com/melonaward/weekAward.htm|archive-date=September 25, 2023|url-status=dead|access-date=September 25, 2023}} It was nominated for and won Best Music – Fall at the Fact Music Awards in October.{{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/018/0005592644|script-title=ko:세븐틴, '2023 TMA' 이견 없는 대상 [종합]|first=Ki-baek|last=Yoon|date=October 10, 2023|work=Edaily|language=ko|access-date=October 12, 2023}}
Track listing
- Digital download and streaming (remixes)
- "Slow Dancing" (FRNK remix) – 2:49
- "Slow Dancing" (Cautious Clay remix) – 2:51
Credits and personnel
- V – vocals
- Min Hee-jin – creative director, executive producer, vocal director
- Donghyun Kim – lyricist
- Gigi – lyricist
- Freekind – lyricist, composition, arrangement, Instrumentation, programmer, background vocals, record producer
- Jinsu Park – lyricist, composition, Instrumentation, programmer, record producer
- Cautious Clay – composition, arrangement, flute, background vocals
- Sam Gendel – composition, arrangement, saxophone
- Jang Jung Woo – vocal director, vocal editing
- MI.O – vocal director, vocal editing
- Son Yu Jeong – vocal editing, recording engineer
- Lee Pyeong Wook – recording engineer
- David Wrench – mixing engineer
- Dale Becker – mastering engineer
Charts
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|+ Monthly chart performance for "Slow Dancing" ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| South Korea (Circle){{cite web |title=Digital Chart – September 2023 |url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=09&hitYear=2023&termGbn=month&yearTime=3 |access-date=October 12, 2023 |website=Circle Chart |language=ko}}
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Release history
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|+Release dates and formats for "Slow Dancing" ! scope="col" | Region ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Format(s) ! scope="col" | Version ! scope="col" | Label ! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | Various
| September 8, 2023 | {{hlist|CD single|digital download|streaming}} | {{hlist|Original|piano}} | rowspan="2" | Big Hit |
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| October 23, 2023
| {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | Remixes | style="text-align:center" |{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5qVmDaecbgUasrvDudT39K|title=Slow Dancing (Remixes)|date=October 23, 2023|website=Spotify|access-date=October 23, 2023}} |
References
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Category:Hybe Corporation singles