| "Through the Night" | ||||
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| Single by IU | ||||
| from the album Palette | ||||
| Released | March 24, 2017 | |||
| Genre | Ballad, Folk, Acoustic | |||
| Length | 4:13 | |||
| Label | Fave | |||
| Songwriter(s) | IU | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Through the Night" on YouTube | ||||
"Through the Night" (Korean: 밤편지; RR: Bampyeonji; lit. Night letter)[1] is a song by South Korean singer-songwriter IU for her fourth studio album Palette (2017). Written by IU and composed and produced by Kim Je-hwi and Kim Hee-won, the song served as the lead single of Palette, released on March 24, 2017. Marking her return to music, the stripped-down song offers a sharp departure from her previous single "Twenty-Three".
"Through the Night" was a major success in South Korea, debuting at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart before becoming IU's 14th number one single in South Korea the following week—enabling her to extend her lead over idol groups Big Bang, 2NE1 and Sistar, which each had nine. It experienced tremendous longevity; as of March 2022, it has never once fallen out of the major music charts in South Korea, being listed within the top 100 of the Gaon year-end chart every single year since. "Through the Night" is the third best-selling single in South Korea since 2010 with more than six million digital downloads.
The song won Song of the Year at the annual Golden Disc Awards in addition to Song of the Year (March) and Long-Run Song of the Year at the 7th Gaon Chart Music Awards.[2] Its accompanying music video was directed by Lee Rae-kyung, and was the second most viewed Korean music video by a female soloist on YouTube in 2017, after IU's own song from the same album, "Palette".
- ^ "Through the Night – Single". iTunes Store. March 24, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
- ^ "[가온차트어워드] 아이유 5관왕 등극+워너원 돌풍 거셌다(종합)". Naver. Retrieved February 14, 2018.