| "Step" | ||||
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Kara_-_Step_Japan_ver._Cover.jpg) Japanese digital single cover | ||||
| Single by Kara | ||||
| from the album Step | ||||
| Released | September 6, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
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| Length | 3:21 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Sweetune | |||
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| "Step'" on YouTube | ||||
"Step" is a song by South Korean girl group Kara from their third Korean-language studio album (fourth overall) of the same name. It was released as the lead single from the album on September 6, 2011, via DSP Media. The song was both written and produced by Han Jae-ho and Kim Seung-soo of Sweetune, who had worked on many of the group's previous records. In Japan, the song was made available to digital platforms on February 22, 2012, although no physical single was released for the song.
Commercially, "Step" peaked at number two on both Gaon and the K-pop Hot 100, garnering over 2,780,000 downloads throughout 2011. In Japan, it also peaked at number two on the RIAJ digital chart and number 38 on the Japan Hot 100. The song has been positively received by critics—it was ranked at number 14 on Spin's list of 21 Greatest K-pop Songs of All Time[1] and number 17 on Billboard's list of Top 100 K-pop Songs of the 2010s.[2] An arranged version of "Step" was featured in the international arcade music games DJ Max Technika 3 and Pump It Up Fiesta 2.
- ^ David Bevan and Chuck Eddy (June 1, 2012). "The 21 Greatest K-Pop Songs of All Time". Spin. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
- ^ "Top 100 K-pop songs of all time revealed". Manila Bulletin. August 29, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2022.