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"Scream"
Japanese Type A single cover
Single by 2NE1
from the album Collection
B-side	"Fire" (Japan)
Released	March 28, 2012
Recorded	2012
Genre	Dance-pop house eurodance
Length	3:42
Label	YGEX Avex Trax
Songwriter(s)	Teddy Park Dee.P Verbal
Producer(s)	Teddy Park Dee.P
2NE1 singles chronology
"Go Away" (2011) "Scream" (2012) "I Love You" (2012)
Music video
"Scream" (Short Ver.) on YouTube

"Scream" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group 2NE1. It was released through YGEX alongside the group's Japanese compilation album Collection on March 28, 2012, and marked the first and only original Japanese song by the group. "Scream" serves as the second single promoted off the record after "Go Away", which was released in November 2011. A remix of the song by M-Flo was released digitally on Recochoku on March 14, 2012, before the single itself was released on March 28. A recording of "Scream" in Korean was included on the tracklist of 2NE1's second studio album Crush, which was released in February 2014.

Editions

The single was released in three different versions, two limited CD+DVD editions and a regular CD only. First press edition come with a sleeve cover and the regular edition also includes a 22-page booklet consisting of pictures of the group and lyrics to "Scream" and "Fire". Type A's DVD contains the music video of the title track "Scream", the making of the music video and exclusive footage of 2NE1 in the Philippines. Type B comes with various footage from Season 3 of "2NE1TV" and is approximately 30 minutes long.

Commercial performance

The song is, to date, 2NE1's least successful Japanese single. Despite the song peaking at number 7 and selling 3,278 copies in the first day while their previous Japanese single, "Go Away", peaked at number 9, the song dropped off the Oricon Daily chart after 4 consecutive days of charting whereas "Go Away" charted for 7 days. The song debuted at number 18 on the Japan Hot 100. In 2014, the Korean version of the track peaked at number 17 on the Gaon Digital Chart for two consecutive weeks.

Track listing

Accolades

Credits and personnel

• 2NE1 – vocals, background vocals
  • CL – lyricist (Korean ver.)
• Verbal – lyricist (Japanese ver.)
• Teddy Park – lyricist, composer, arranger
• Future Bounce
  • Dee.P – composer, arranger

Charts

Release history

References

1. "Collection 2NE1 CD Album" (in Japanese). CDJapan. March 28, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
2. "Scream [w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type A] 2NE1 CD Maxi" (in Japanese). CDJapan. March 28, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
3. "Scream [w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type B] 2NE1 CD Maxi" (in Japanese). CDJapan. March 28, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
4. ^ "2NE1 Chart History – Japan Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
5. ^ "Digital Chart – Week 11 of 2014". Circle Chart (in Korean). March 9–15, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
6. "빅뱅·투애니원·씨엔블루, 유럽인 선정 K팝 최고 스타" [Big Bang, 2NE1, CNBLUE, selected as top K-pop stars by Europeans]. Edaily (in Korean). Naver. December 10, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
7. "홈쇼핑 배경음악으로 가장 많이 흘러나온 곡은?" [Which song played the most as the background music for home shopping?]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). January 1, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
8. "2NE1 Japanese Discography on Oricon Style" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
9. "Adult Contemporary Airplay". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). April 11, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
10. "2NE1 Chart History – K-pop Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
11. "2NE1 Chart History – World Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
12. "Digital Chart – March 2014". Circle Chart (in Korean). March 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2022.

External links

• 2NE1 official site

• 2012 singles
• 2NE1 songs
• Eurodance songs
• Songs in Japanese
• YG Entertainment singles
• Songs written by Verbal (rapper)
• 2012 songs
• Songs written by Teddy Park
• Song recordings produced by Teddy Park