"Highway to Heaven" is a song by South Korean boy band
NCT 127, the Seoul-based sub-unit of South Korean boy band
NCT. It was released on May 14, 2019, by
SM Entertainment
SM Entertainment Co., Ltd. () is a South Korean multinational entertainment agency. It is one of South Korea's largest entertainment companies where it was established in 1995 by record executive and record producer Lee Soo-man. The company ha ...
, as a pre-release single 10 days before the release of the group's fourth EP, ''
We Are Superhuman''.
Background and release
The song was released as a pre-release single on May 14, 2019, alongside its music video.
The English version of "Highway to Heaven" was released on July 18.
Composition
According to
''Billboard'''s Tamar Herman, "Highway to Heaven" is a
synth-pop
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ballad
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.
The song was written by Sean Machum, Michael Foster, Charles Anderson, Wilbart "Vedo" McCoy III, Richard Garcia and Gaelen Whitemor, and produced by Soo Man-Lee, Sean Machum, Gaelen Whitmore, Richard Garcia, Michael Foster, and Charles Anderson, (
Social House
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History
Michael "Mikey" Foster and Charles "Scootie" Anderson formed Social House in 2015 after moving to Los Ange ...
) who produced
Ariana Grande
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's "
Thank U, Next" and "
7 Rings".
English version
The English version was released as a single on July 18 and on July 19 in South Korea.
Charts
Accolades
Release history
References
2019 songs
NCT 127 songs
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