The Chaser (song)

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"The Chaser"
Single by Infinite
from the EP Infinitize
Released May 15, 2012 (2012-05-15)
Recorded 2012
Genre Synthpop
Length 3:23
Label Woollim
Songwriter(s) Song Soo-yoon
Producer(s)
  • Han Jae-ho
  • Kim Seung-soo
  • Hong Seung-hyun
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"Only Tears"
(2012)		 "The Chaser"
(2012)		 "Man in Love"
(2013)
Music video
"The Chaser" on YouTube

"The Chaser" (Hangul: 추격자; RR: Chugyeogja) is a song recorded by South Korean boy group Infinite. It was released as the second single from the group's third extended play Infinitize, which was released through Woollim Entertainment on May 15, 2012. The song received critical acclaim, and was named the third best K-pop song of the 2010s by Billboard as well as one of Rolling Stone's best boy band songs of all time.

Reception

"The Chaser" on critic lists
Publication/critic List Rank Ref.
Billboard 20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2012 1 [1]
100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s 3 [2]
Ciarra Gaffney 25 Best K-pop Songs of the 2010s 7 [3]
Pitchfork 20 Essential K-Pop Songs No order [4]
Rolling Stone 75 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time 55 [5]
100 Greatest Songs in the History of Korean Pop Music 51 [6]

Music video and promotion

A teaser video of the song "The Chaser" was released on May 11, on Woollim Entertainment's YouTube account.[7][8] The music video premiered exclusively at Infinite's Showcase: The Mission, on May 15. After the showcase in Seoul, the music video was available on Woolim Entertainment's YouTube account, on their official website and on LOEN Entertainment's YouTube account.[9] Domestic promotions for "The Chaser" on weekly music programs began on May 17 on Mnet's M! Countdown.[10]

Accolades

Awards and nominations
Year Organization Award Result Ref.
2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Music Video Nominated [11]
Best Dance Performance – Male Group Nominated
SBS MTV Best of the Best Best Dance Music Video Won
Music program wins (7 total)
Program Date Ref.
M Countdown May 31, 2012 [12]
June 7, 2012 [13]
June 14, 2012 [14]
Music Bank June 1, 2012 [15]
Inkigayo June 3, 2012 [16]
June 10, 2012 [17]
Show Champion June 5, 2012 [18]
"The Chaser" on select listicles
Publication Year List Rank Ref.
Billboard 2012 20 Best K-pop Songs of 2012 1 [19]

Charts

References

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