Permission to Dance

Digital Cover

Artist

BTS

Digital Single

Permission to Dance

Released

2021.07.23

Tracklist

1. Permission to Dance
2. Permission to Dance (R&B Remix)
3. Permission to Dance (Instrumental)

Information

"Permission to Dance" is a song recorded by BTS. It was first released as a B-side on their English single "Butter". It was co-composed by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and Johnny McDaid from the band Snow Patrol. It debuted at Number #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

On July 23rd, they released the first remix of the song: "Permission to Dance (R&B Remix)". It was described as a song with a distinct 1990’s sensibility whose minimalistic synth sounds will make one focus even more on the vocals.

Live Performances

• [2021.07.09] Naver NOW Comeback Special: A Butterful Getaway with BTS
• [2021.07.13] The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
• [2021.07.13] TBS' Music Day 2021
• [2021.07.27] Live Lounge special: BTS @ Radio 1
• [2021.09.20] 76th United Nations General Assembly: SDG Moment
• [2021.09.25] Global Citizen Live
• [2021.10.02] The Fact Music Awards
• [2021.11.23] The Late Late Show with James Corden

Song Information

Songwriting

Johnny McDaid, Steve Mac, Ed Sheeran, Jenna Andrews

Vocals

Jimin, Jung Kook, SUGA, V, Jin, j-hope, RM

Other Information

Original Version

Producer: Steve Mac, Stephen Kirk, Jenna Andrews

Vocal Arrangement: Pdogg

Countermelody: Jenna Andrews

Guitar: John Parricelli

Bass: Ed Sheeran

Drums: Stephen Kirk, Chris Laws

Keyboard: Alex Bilo, Stephen Kirk, Steve Mac

Strings Arrangement: Dave Arch

Recording Engineer: Rob Grimaldi, Chris Laws, Keith Parry, Pdogg, Dan Pursey, Juan "Saucy" Peña

Mixing Engineer: Șerban Ghenea

Mixing Assistant: John Hanes

Masteirng: Chris Gehringer

R&B Remix

Remix: Hiss noise

Keyboard: Hiss noise, Pdogg

Synthesizer: Hiss noise

Mixing Engineer: Park Jin Se

Masteirng: Chris Gehringer

Music Video

PV Shot

The music video for "Permission to Dance" was directed by Choi Yong Seok from Lumpens. It was filmed both in Seoul and Los Angeles.

Credits:

• Director: Yong Seok Choi (Lumpens) & Woogie Kim (MOTHER)

-SEOUL credits:

• 1st AD: Jihye Yoon (Lumpens)
• 2nd AD: Ran Ro (Lumpens)
• PA: Soeyoung Park, Chanyang Kim

• Producer: Emma Sungeun Kim (GE Production)
• Production manager: Park Jin Sung
• Assistant Production: Seo Min ho, Kim Byeongman, Choi Seung Won, Ahn Joo Young, Kim Areum

• Director of Photography: Hyunwoo Nam (MOTHER)
• Focus Puller: Sangwoo Yun
• 2nd AC: Eunki Kim
• 3rd AC: Youngseo Park
• DIT: Minjoo You
• B Camera Operator: Eumko
• Jimmy Jib: Youngjoong Kim, Hyun In Kim, Sunghoon Kim
• Techno Crane: Service Vision

• Gaffer: Song Hyunsuk (Real Lighting)
• Lighting Crew: Choi Jung Hyun, Hwang Uigyu, Park Gyutae, Park Yeonghwan, Jang Yunseok, Sim Junhyeok, Park Seounghun, Woo Sujin, Kim Yeongjin

• Production Designer: Jinsil Park, Bona Kim(MU:E)
• Assistant Art team: Yeri Kang, Jieun Yoon, A yeong Choi (MU:E), Jihye An, Jooho Jeong,Taegwan Nam, June Heo, Seonghun Kim, Chaemin Jung, Ryoonha Kim, Suyeon Park
• Art-team Manager: ilho Heo (MU:E)

• Set: Yonghwi Cho, Euljung Kim, Hyeokjun Lee(ILL SAN ARTCENTER)

• Mural Design Collaboration: Abel Macias

• DI: LUCID COLOUR
• Colorist: Wonseok Ko
• DI Crew: Seonyoung Lee, Minjeong Kim, Hwa Dong Jeon, Jaeyeon Baek, Somi Na, Dain Kim, Sujeong Park
• DI Producer: Sooyun Hyun

-LA credits:

• Executive Producer: Katt Kim (MOTHER)

• LA Production Company: Ways & Means
• Executive Producers: Lana Kim, Jett Steiger
• Head of Production: Lauren Skillen

• Director of Photography: Andy Kim (MOTHER)

• Producer: Brandon Robinson
• Production Manager: Nick Andrus
• Production Coordinator: Brendan Lynch

• 1st Assistant Director: Bashir Taylor
• 2nd Assistant Director: Carlos Salazar

• 1st AC: Misael Audelo
• 2nd AC: Genevieve Agar

• VTR: Robbie Johnson
• Playback: Dylan Silverglate

• Key Grip: Aram Martirosyan
• Gaffer: Mike Misslin
• Swing / Driver: Mason Malone

• Production Designer: Taylor Almodovar
• Art Director: Justin Gardner
• Set Dresser: Hannah Olsen
• Art PA: Corey Boldt

• Location Manager: Paris Cronin
• Sire Rep: Mark Vigil

• Craft Service: Itan Chavira
• Studio Teacher: Saena Yi

• Set PAs: Danny Alvarez, Mollie Lemm, Federica Lomoriello, Lydia Alexander Du Veaux
• Office PA: Deanna Faour
• Truck PA: Richie Jacobo

• Seoul Production Company: MOTHER

• Supervising Creative: Doori Kwak
• Producer: Daye Noh

• Production Designer: Ina Hwang
• Production Design Assistant: Songwoon Kim

• Lighting Team: Best Boy Lighting - Seongil Lee, Jiwoo Hong

Accolades

Awards

• [2021.09.28] Meus Prêmios Nick - [Won] Challenge Hits of the Year
• [2022.01.27] Gaon Chart Music Awards - [Won] Song of the Year – July
• [2022.03.14] Japan Gold Disc Award - [Won] Best 5 Songs by Streaming
• [2022.05.15] Billboard Music Awards - [Nominated] Top Selling Song
• [2022.08.28] MTV Video Music Awards - [Nominated] Best Choreography

TV Music Shows

• [2021.07.17] MBC Show! Music Core #1
• [2021.07.18] SBS Inkigayo #1
• [2021.07.21] MBC Show Champion #1
• [2021.07.23] KBS Music Bank #1
• [2021.07.28] MBC Show Champion #1
• [2021.07.30] KBS Music Bank #1
• [2021.08.08] SBS Inkigayo #1
• [2021.08.15] SBS Inkigayo #1

Melon Popularity Award

• [2021.07.19] Weekly Popularity Award
• [2021.07.26] Weekly Popularity Award
• [2021.08.02] Weekly Popularity Award
• [2021.08.09] Weekly Popularity Award
• [2021.08.16] Weekly Popularity Award

Certifications

• [2021.09] Recording Industry Association of Japan - Downloads: Gold (100,000 cumulative downloads)
• [2023.02] Recording Industry Association of Japan - Streaming: Triple Platinum (300,000,000 cumulative streams)
• [2022.10] Circle Chart - Streaming: Platinum (100,000,000 cumulative streams)

Charts

Gaon Digital Chart

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Position	9	2	2	5	6	6	7	8	9	10
	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Week 20
Position	9	9	7	9	11	13	16	16	17	18
	Week 21	Week 22	Week 23	Week 24	Week 25	Week 26	Week 27	Week 28	Week 29	Week 30
Position	23	25	29	30	37	38	36	37	39	43
	Week 31	Week 32	Week 33	Week 34	Week 35	Week 36	Week 37	Week 38	Week 39	Week 40
Position	47	41	42	44	46	45	44	48	52	52
	Week 41	Week 42	Week 43	Week 44	Week 45	Week 46	Week 47	Week 48	Week 49	Week 50
Position	54	58	52	64	56	57	60	62	47	41
	Week 51	Week 52	Week 53
Position	41	44	50

Year Month Rank 2021 July 3 August 6 September 9 October 12 November 17 December 30

Year Month Rank 2022 January 37 February 41 March 44 April 53 May 59 June 45

Year	Rank
2021	25

Oricon Charts

Permission to Dance

Streaming Chart Week Rank Views 1 2 9,691,689 2 1 21,430,094 3 1 15,578,772 4 1 13,169,106 5 1 11,410,673 6 1 9,707,356 7 2 9,089,162 8 1 8,965,550 9 1 8,010,652 10 2 7,391,619 11 3 7,131,083 12 1 7,591,267 13 2 7,015,510 14 2 7,411,011 15 2 6,049,132 16 4 5,856,079 17 4 5,721,449 18 8 5,316,185 19 9 5,052,989 20 10 4,832,630 21 10 4,782,033 22 8 4,355,633 23 11 5,131,425 24 13 4,473,586 25 14 4,218,148 26 15 4,048,161 27 20 3,643,677 28 20 3,660,690 29 x 3,443,710 30 20 3,364,350 31 x 9,445,292 32 x 33 x 34 22 3,141,185 35 20 2,962,350 36 x 3,149,055 37 18 3,816,765 38 21 3,305,716 39 25 3,138,153 40 27 3,041,624 41 24 3,162,407 42 x 3,146,500 43 21 3,572,527 44 x 20,743,715 45 x 46 x 47 x 48 x 49 x 50 18 3,572,527 51 22 3,345,308 52 26 x 53 33 x 54 35 x 55 35 2,706,463 56 34 2,687,817 57 38 2,508,667 58 44 2,407,097 59 44 2,291,603 60 47 2,249,984 61 46 2,153,833 62 42 2,301,792 63 42 2,232,282 out for one week 65 48 2,161,081

Digital Single Chart Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Downloads 1 1 1 1 39,871 2 1 1 1 9 3 2 2 28,483 3 2 3 2 5 4 4 2 17,789 7 5 5 3 9 7 4 4 10,133 4 5 x 6 8 7 9 6 7,593 x 10 x 10 x x x 11 7,261 x 10 x x 7 9 x 10 7,761 x 8 x x x x x 9 5,227 x x x x x x x 16 4,428 x x x x x x x 17 4,311 x x x x x x x 19 3,667 x 2 x 3 8 5 7 5 7,113 9 10 x 8 9 9 x 9 4,961 x 8 x x x x 10 11 3,815 x x x x x x x 17 3,474 x x x x x x x 23 2,667 x x x x x x x 20 2,910 x x x x x x x 30 2,650 x x x x x x x 30 2,251 x x x x x x x - 6,062 x x x x x x x - x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 28 2,960

• Total Reported Downloads: 181,449*
  • Total Reported Downloads in 2021: 175,387 (#17 Digital Track of the Year)
• Total Reported Views: 338,708,420*
  • Total Reported Views in 2021: 190,089,803 (#11 Streaming Song of the Year)
  • Total Reported Views in 2022: 148,618,617 (#23 Streaming Song of the Year)

Permission to Dance (R&B Remix)

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank
				10	11	-	-

Recochoku Single Chart

Permission to Dance

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 8 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 5 3 4 2 7 5 7 4 12 8 6 5 8 7 10 9 14 8 10 11 12 12 17 14 11 17 16 15 15 11 15 15 6 5 10 11 12 10 23 15 13 18 18 16 14 20 30 15 17 20 23 18 19 12 19 18 13 12 19 15 17 15 30 29 30 34 22 17 20 2 7 3 10 4 5 6 7 11 17 14 12 11 14 10 15 14 27 19 17 13 15 12 13 23 17 27 15 17 22 x 28 x 23 27 23 28 22 21 18 46 22 24 19 18 26 42 24 40 41 35 36 43 36 40 27 43 36 45 37 36 41 39 61 65 42 48 57 42 47 45 41 49 40 40 34 41 36 39 33 62 55 56 39 37 40 27 26 35 28 27 30 26 33 34 43 60 53 62 45 105 64 76 83 101 96 111 x 57 76 44 60 63 54 x 98 66 73 69 59 67 69 x 74 62 69 61 73 66 65 71 68 84 70 78 64 90 80 110 79 68 76 66 57 98 103 87 52 52 63 54 85 x 108 139 126 64 102 96 109 118 125 104 91 103 104 90 76 146 109 91 61 74 84 115 60 89 86 117 108 72 80 80 80 126 66 60 89 72 85 73 110 142 79 61 44 40 45 21 35 55 41 47 27 41 79 43 57 79 63 49 71 68 66 73 93 120 121 104 86 92 87 60 63 103 81 131 88 45 73 66 40 70 76 75 68 77 51 33 22 46 39 54 52 42 55 86 46 84 76 46 52 65 59 77 60 34 43 142 59 137 59 89 49 72 79 79 58 94 79 158 50 110 46 75 88 145 90 133 104 135 73 77 77 70 76 67 55 48 x 55 58 58 49 52 54 - - 100 53 78 96 155 55 25 31 44 40 46 38 68 79 76 123 87 142 102 100 84 98 76 81 86 90 73 78 82 93 140 129 141 79 118 112 165 89 96 160 134 166 118 126 126 - 143 100 168 154 90 129 111 x - 85 - - 121 178 - 186 - 178 - - 170 - 170 - - x 179 - - 187 164 141 - - 190 187 84 183 179 175 - 193 - 143 - 155 82 122 187 x 181 82 - 157 155 - - 98 189 193 199 158 135 140 135 - 88 85 172 128 161 127 183 91 122 91 164 131 126 x - 145 - 111 - 182 177 198 - 170 141 148 193 180 157 - - - - 98 145 142 93 127 - 196 - x x - x x x x 119 187 171 170 - 172 185 147 x 168 - 165 141 - - - - 174 - - 157 138 - - - - - 187 124 124 - - - - - - - - - - 161 - - - out for three weeks - - 94 - - - - - out for one week 198 - - - 161 - - - out for one week 158 - - - - - - - out for one week - - - - - - 189 - - 190 - - - - - - out for three weeks - - - 180 - - - - 168 - - - - 172 - - out for 12 weeks - - - - 196 - - - out for 3 weeks - - - - 34 50 190 71 97 193 - - - 173 178 -

Year Month Rank 2021 July 2 August 12 September 10 October 21 November 42 December 48 2022 January 65 February 89 March 51 April 63 May 74 August 182 September 148 October 183

Permission to Dance (Instrumental)

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank
				-	52	-	184

Permission to Dance (R&B Remix)

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank 13 11 29 33 - 98 - 115 103 154 - -

Year Month Rank 2021 July 147

Recochoku Album Chart

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank 24 8 19 30 123 27 41 156 158 45 132 79 68 61 189 - - 43 - 160 - 86 - - 89 - - 113 - 78 - - 111 - - - 197 - - - - - - 159 28 75 - - - - - - out for two weeks - 42 - 141 - 120 - - out for one week - 90 - - - - - out for two weeks 57 - - - - - - - out for five weeks - 82 - - - - - - out for 18 weeks - - - - - - 124 -

Year Month Rank 2021 July 136 August 200

Billboard Japan Charts

Permission to Dance

Download Songs

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Position	1	2	2	4	6	11	9	9	15	15
	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Week 20
Position	20	5	8	13	16	20	21	32	31	45
	Week 21	Week 22	Week 23	Week 24	Week 25	Week 26	Week 27	Week 28	Week 29	Week 30
Position	34	42	31	46	63	57	62	67	76	60
	Week 31	Week 32	Week 33	Week 34	Week 35	Week 36	Week 37	Week 38	Week 39	Week 40
Position	79	92	79	77	67	54	37	51	69	68
	Week 41	Week 42	Week 43	Week 44	Week 45	Week 46	Week 47	Week 48	Week 49	Week 50
Position	67	47	61	48	79	86	88	59	79	45
	Week 51	Week 52
Position	72	80

Streaming Songs

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Position	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3
	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Week 20
Position	4	2	3	3	4	5	5	8	8	10
	Week 21	Week 22	Week 23	Week 24	Week 25	Week 26	Week 27	Week 28	Week 29	Week 30
Position	9	9	13	16	16	19	19	24	24	23
	Week 31	Week 32	Week 33	Week 34	Week 35	Week 36	Week 37	Week 38	Week 39	Week 40
Position	24	28	27	25	25	23	23	26	24	25
	Week 41	Week 42	Week 43	Week 44	Week 45	Week 46	Week 47	Week 48	Week 49	Week 50
Position	25	23	24	26	28	30	27	26	25	24
	Week 51	Week 52	Week 53	Week 54	Week 55	Week 56	Week 57	Week 58	Week 59	Week 60
Position	25	30	38	38	40	37	41	44	46	46

Permission to Dance (R&B Remix)

Download Songs

	Week 1
Position	34

United World Charts

Week Rank Points 29 / 2021 3 324,000 30 / 2021 5 261,000 31 / 2021 6 218,000 32 / 2021 11 178,000 33 / 2021 12 159,000 34 / 2021 16 143,000 35 / 2021 15 134,000 36 / 2021 16 125,000 37 / 2021 26 104,000 38 / 2021 26 96,000

Week Rank Points 39 / 2021 28 99,000 40 / 2021 28 100,000 41 / 2021 31 86,000 42 / 2021 34 78,000

• Total Reported Points: 2,105,000*
  • Total Reported Points in 2021: 2,105,000* (#38 Track of 2020)

Disambiguation

Permission to Dance

Found on the "Butter" physical single as track #2. This is the standard version of the song.

Permission to Dance (Instrumental)

Found on the "Butter" physical single as track #4. This is the standard version without its main vocals.

Permission to Dance (R&B Remix)

Found on the "Permission to Dance" digital single as track #2. This is the first official remix of the song.

External Links

• YouTube: Official Teaser | Official MV
• Listen on Spotify: Digital Single