I Smile

"I Smile"
Single by Day6
from the album Sunrise
LanguageKorean
ReleasedJuly 7, 2017 (2017-07-07)
Length3:47
Label
Composers
Lyricists
Day6 singles chronology
"Dance Dance"
(2017)
"I Smile"
(2017)
"Hi Hello"
(2017)
Music video
"I Smile" on YouTube

"I Smile" is a song recorded by South Korean boy band Day6 for their first studio album Sunrise. It is the sixth single released as part of the Every Day6 project, in which the band would release two songs every month.

Release

On June 7, 2017, Day6 released the single "I Smile" and the song "Lean On Me" as well as the album Sunrise in which all other Every Day6 project songs were featured on the album.[1][2]

Composition

"I Smile" Is written by Young K and Wonpil and composed by Young K, Wonpil, Sungjin, Lee Woo Min and Homg Ji-sang.[3] The song is composed in the key E Major and has 124 beats per minute and a running time of 3 minutes and 47 seconds.[4] "I Smile" features a drum sound that leads the song with a variety of changes, it completes a resonating emotional rock by contrasting with the faint vocals. The song is about having a broken heart and trying to smile in front of the ex-lover. [5]

Promotion

Day6 performed "I Smile" on several music programs first on Mnet's M Countdown on June 8, KBS' Music Bank on June 9. MBC's Show! Music Core on June 10 and SBS' Inkigayo on June 11, 2017. [6]

Charts

Weekly chart performance
Chart (2017) Peak
position
South Korea (Circle)[7] 98
US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[8] 9

Sales

Country Sales
South Korea (digital)[9] 22,523

Release history

Release history
Region Date Format Label
Various June 7, 2017 JYP

References

  1. ^ Day6, 첫 정규앨범 발매 소식과 함께 티저 이미지 공개 '팬들 환호' [Day6 releases teaser image with news of first full album release 'fans cheer']. Daily Korea (in Korean). May 30, 2017. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  2. ^ Kim, Young-jin (June 7, 2017). 대중성 품은 밴드 데이식스, 공연+노력으로 다져진 첫 정규앨범(종합). Asia Today.
  3. ^ "I Smile" (in Korean). Dreamus. JYP Entertainment. May 1, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2020 – via Melon.
  4. ^ "Key & BPM for I Smile by Day6 | Tunebat". Tunebat. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  5. ^ Hwang, Hy-jin (March 4, 2024). 박진영 “쿨한 전환점 돈 DAY6 칭찬, 진짜 가격 행복을 알아보세요” (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved March 4, 2024 – via Naver.
  6. ^ Choi, Hyun-Jung (June 8, 2017). DAY6 정규 앨범 'SUNRISE', 9개국에서 1위 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved March 4, 2024 – via Naver.
  7. ^ "I Smile". June 20, 2017.
  8. ^ "Day6 Chart History: World Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  9. ^ Cumulative sales for I Smile: "2017년 23주차 Download Chart" [23rd week of 2017 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). KMCA. Retrieved June 15, 2017.