Lee So Ra — Song Request (feat. SUGA)
Song Request was released on January 22, 2019. The track was composed by Epik High’s Tablo and DEE.P, and the lyrics were written by Tablo and Suga. Tablo revealed in a radio interview that he recommended Suga to Lee So Ra and finishing the song took them 2 years because both Suga and So Ra wanted to make it perfect. The song features a sentimental melody line and lyrics that express the emotions of turning on the radio when feeling lonely.
Achievements of Song Request
— Ranked #1 on 7 K-Charts after the release and achieved an all-kill(Melon, Naver, Mnet, Genie, Bugs, Soribada and Olleh)
— Ranked #4 on Melon Monthly Chart
— Had 721,741 ULs on Melon in 24H
— Ranked #38 on Melon Yearly Domestic Chart and #43 on Yearly Overall Chart
— Ranked #37 on Gaon Year End Digital Chart with 540M points, #20 on Download Chart and #42 on Streaming Chart
— Ranked #3 for 2 weeks on Gaon Weekly Chart
— Is currently #2 Most Streamed Collaboration by SUGA on Melon
— Has 1,8M ULs and 36M+ streams on Genie
— Has 4M ULs and 113M+ streams on Melon
— Debuted at #1 on Worldwide iTunes Songs Chart
— Debuted at #2 on Billboard World Digital Song Sales Chart
— Achieved 43 Realtime All-Kills after the release
— It was the first song by a Korean Female Soloist (Lee Sora) to make it to the Top 5 on US iTunes
— Spent 107 Hours at #1 on Melon
— Received #1 on Melon Weekly Popularity Award 5 times
— Spent 38 weeks on Gaon Weekly Chart and 26 weeks on Melon Weekly Chart
— Ranked #2 on China’s QQ Music Chart
Ranks of Song Request on Gaon and its digital points
#3 40,278,677
#3 39,313,281
#4 30,096,338
#6 30,278,977
#6 32,107,951
#8 27,746,438
#9 25,425,939
#12 23,059,130
#18 19,640,462
#22 19,736,446
#26 17,817,144
#29 16,552,073
#38 14,388,810
#39 13,605,026
#42 12,962,473
#45 12,200,118
#50 11,276,288
#53 10,796,600
#55 10,280,261
#60 9,944,680
#66 9,405,124
#73 8,095,855
#75 8,801,998
#85 9,140,623
#99 6,687,109
#100 6,048,681
#103 5,778,029
#108 5,237,381
#117 4,683,071
#123 4,506,100
#124 4,466,484
#136 4,325,276
#150 3,606,000
#159 3,473,867
#169 3,284,444
#178 3,114,005
#183 2,987,600
#200 2,772,077
