"Highway to Heaven" | ||||
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Single by NCT 127 | ||||
from the EP We Are Superhuman | ||||
Released | May 14, 2019(Korean) July 18, 2019 (English) | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:20 | |||
Label | SM | |||
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Music video | ||||
"Highway to Heaven" on YouTube |
"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, as a pre-release single 10 days before the release of the group's fourth EP, We Are Superhuman.
The song was released as a pre-release single on May 14, 2019, alongside its music video.[2]
The English version of "Highway to Heaven" was released on July 18.[3]
According to Billboard's Tamar Herman, "Highway to Heaven" is a synth-pop ballad.[4]
The song was written by Sean Machum, Michael Foster, Charles Anderson, Wilbart "Vedo" McCoy III, Richard Garcia, Gaelen Whittemore, danke (lalala Studio), Cho Mi-yang, Min Yeon-jae and January 8th, and produced by Bochum, Whittemore and Social House, who produced Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next" and "7 Rings".[5]
The English version was released as a single on July 18 and on July 19 in South Korea.
Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[6] | 5 |
Critic/Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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Billboard | The 25 Best K-pop Songs of 2019 | 16 | [7] |
MTV | The Best K-pop B-sides of 2019 | 3 | [8] |
Refinery29 | The 20 best K-pop songs of 2019 | 4 | [9] |
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[10]
Region | Date | Format | Version | Label |
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South Korea | May 14, 2019 | Korean | ||
Various | ||||
United States | July 18, 2019 | English | ||
Various | ||||
South Korea | July 19, 2019 | |||
United States | August 6, 2019 | Contemporary hit radio[11] | Caroline |