"'Voltage" is a song by the South Korean girl group

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. It is the group's first Japanese

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. The song was released by

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on April 6, 2022.

Composition

The single contains 4 tracks, including the title song 'Voltage' and the B-side 'Spice' with the instrumental versions of both songs. "Voltage" was written by

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who wrote some of

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's hit songs such as Candy Pop and

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. It was described as

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track that characterized by strong rap, Lyrically, it contains a message of that 'We will move forward confidently' by comparing the group's exhilarating energy to the song name 'Voltage'. It was composed in the

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, with a

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of 107 beats per minute.

Promotion

To promote "Voltage", Itzy performed the song at Venue 101.

Commercial performance

Prior to the release of the official release, the music video was released on March 24, it helped the single to climbed to the second place on

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daily single chart on April 5. In addition, it took the top spot on the Japanese Tower Records Daily Sales Chart, K-pop/World Reservation Chart, and K-pop/World Sales Chart, As of the 6th, it ranked 2nd on the Japanese iTunes K-Pop Daily Album Chart and 8th on the Worldwide iTunes Album Chart.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. *

– vocals *

– lyricist * Charlotte Wilson – composer, arranger * Frankie Day (THE HUB) – composer, arranger * Ayushy – composer, arranger * THE HUB 88 (THE HUB) – composer, arranger * SELAH – composer, arranger

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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