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&sq=&lang=&file=File:I_Need_U_Japan_Single_Regular_Edition.jpg) Japanese single regular edition and digital cover | ||||
| Single by BTS | ||||
| from the EP The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1 | ||||
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| Released | April 29, 2015 (South Korea) December 8, 2015 (Japan) | |||
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| Length | 3:31 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Pdogg | |||
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| "I Need U" on YouTube "I Need U" (Original version) on YouTube | ||||
"I Need U" (stylized in all caps) is a song recorded by South Korean boy band BTS as the lead single from their third extended play, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 1 (2015). The single was released by Big Hit Entertainment on April 29, 2015, in South Korea. It was the first of BTS' career to garner them a win on a South Korean television music show. Two remix versions of the song were subsequently released on the band's first compilation album The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever in 2016. By September 2016, the song had sold over 800,000 digital downloads domestically. In December 2019, its music video became BTS' 14th to surpass 200 million views.
A Japanese version of the song was released digitally and in physical format on December 8, 2015, through Pony Canyon in Japan. The physical single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) that same month for selling over 100,000 copies. The digital single received silver certification in June 2021 for surpassing 30 million streams. In 2019, Billboard ranked "I Need U" as the 80th greatest K-pop song on its list of the 100 Greatest K-pop Songs of the 2010s. BBC named it one of the songs that truly defined the 2010s, referring to it as the starting point where BTS would become worldwide sensations.[1]