I Don't Need a Man (Miss A song)

"I Don't Need a Man"
Single by Miss A
from the EP Independent Women Part III
ReleasedOctober 15, 2012
Recorded2012
GenreK-pop
Length3:30
LabelJYP
Songwriter
Producer
  • Park Jin-young
Miss A singles chronology
"Touch"
(2012)
"I Don't Need a Man"
(2012)
"Hush"
(2013)
Music video
"I Don’t Need A Man" on YouTube

"I Don't Need A Man" (Korean: 남자 없이 잘 살아; RR: namja eopsi jal sara) is a song recorded by K-pop girl group Miss A for their second EP Independent Women Part III. The song served as the group's sixth single in October 2012.

Release

On October 15, 2012, both the music video for "I Don't Need a Man" and their second EP Independent Women Part III were released.

Composition

"I Don't Need a Man" was written and composed by JYP Entertainment founder Park Jin-young.[1] The song is composed in the key C major and has 156 beats per minute and a running time of 3 minutes and 30 seconds.[2]

Publication lists

Publication lists for "I Don't Need A Man"
Critic/Publication List Rank Ref.
Popjustice Top 15 K‑Pop Singles of 2012 6 [3]
Spin Top 20 K-pop Singles of 2012 3 [4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart positions
Chart (2012) Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon)[5] 3
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100)[6] 4
US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[7] 5

Monthly charts

Chart (October 2012) Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon)[8] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon)[9] 64

Sales

Country Sales
South Korea (digital)[10] 1,714,745

Release history

Release history for "I Don’t Need A Man"
Region Date Format Label
Various October 15, 2012 Digital download JYP

References

  1. ^ "I Don't Need A Man" (in Korean). Dreamus. JYP Entertainment. October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015 – via Melon.
  2. ^ "Key & BPM for I Don't Need A Man by Miss A | Tunebat". Tunebat. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  3. ^ Myers, Owen (December 30, 2012). "The Top 15 K-Pop Singles of 2012". Popjustice. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Bevan, David (December 12, 2012). "K-Pop Fizz Fizz: Life After Psy". Spin. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  5. ^ "I Don't Need a Man". October 14–20, 2012.
  6. ^ "I Don't Need a Man". Billboard. November 3, 2012. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  7. ^
  8. ^ "Digital Chart – October 2012". Circle Chart (in Korean). October 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  9. ^ "Digital Chart – 2012". Circle Chart (in Korean). January 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  10. ^ Cumulative sales for I Don't Need a Man: