Don't Leave Me (BTS song)

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"Don't Leave Me"
Single by BTS
from the album Face Yourself
LanguageJapanese
ReleasedApril 4, 2018
Genre
Length3:47
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)UTA
BTS Japanese singles chronology
""MIC Drop/DNA/Crystal Snow""
(2017) 		""Don't Leave Me""
(2018) 		"Fake Love/Airplane Pt. 2"
(2018)

"Don't Leave Me" is a song recorded by South Korean boy group BTS for their third Japanese studio album Face Yourself (2018). Released through Universal Music Japan, it is the third single from the album and also serves as the original soundtrack for the Japanese series Signal (2018).[1]

Composition

The single has been described as "a forward-thinking, genre-bending pop anthem of the highest quality", with samples of electronica and rap found throughout the song.[2] It was produced by UTA, with "hitman" bang, Hiro, Pdogg, SUNNY BOY, & UTA writing lyrics for the piece.[3]

The song is in the key of A♭ minor and it is 147 beats per minute running 3:47 minutes long.[4]

Reception

"Don't Leave Me" debuted on the Oricon Weekly Digital Singles chart in Japan at number 28, with 4,611 digital copies sold for the period dated April 2–8.[5] In the United States, it topped the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart issue dated April 14, 2018,[6] with 9,000 copies sold, marking BTS' fifth-biggest sales debut for a song and sixth-biggest sales week overall. The band earned its seventh number-one entry on the ranking, further extending its record as the act with the most number-one's in the history of the chart.[7]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Finland Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[8] 4
France (SNEP)[9] 91
Japan Digital Singles (Oricon)[5] 18
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[10] 21
South Korean International (Gaon)[11] 20
US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2018) Position
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[12] 96

Certifications and sales

Sales and certifications for "Don't Leave Me"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[13] Gold 20,000‡
Japan — 4,611[5]
United States — 9,000[14]
Streaming
Japan (RIAJ)[15] Gold 50,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "연간 2018년 14주차 Download Chart". Gaon (in Korean). Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  2. ^ Wass, Mike (3 April 2018). "K-Pop Gods BTS Drop "Don't Leave Me" & "Let Go" From Japanese LP, 'Face Yourself'". idolator.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "FACE YOURSELF [Regular Edition] BTS (Bangtan Boys) CD Album". CDJapan. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  4. ^ "BTS Song Search". tunebat.com. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  5. ^ a b c オリコン週間 デジタルシングル（単曲）ランキング 2018年04月02日～2018年04月08日 11～20位 (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "World Digital Song Sales (April 14, 2018)". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 24, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  7. ^ Benjamin, Jeff (April 9, 2018). "BTS Score Seventh No. 1 on World Digital Song Sales Chart With 'Don't Leave Me'". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 18, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  8. ^ "Finland Digital Song Sales". Billboard. September 8, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  9. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés" (in French). April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 Charts". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  11. ^ "2018 Gaon International Digital Chart - Week 14". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  12. ^ "JAPAN HOT 100". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  13. ^ "Brazilian single certifications – BTS – Don't Leave Me" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  14. ^ Benjamin, Jeff (April 11, 2018). "BTS Score Seventh No. 1 on World Digital Song Sales Chart With 'Don't Leave Me'". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 18, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  15. ^ "Japanese single streaming certifications – BTS – Don't Leave Me" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved May 28, 2023. Select 2023年4月 on the drop-down menu
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