I. Introduction
Helicopter is the last single (a final release with member Elkie, who departed from the group and Cube Entertainment on February 3, 2021) by CLC which was released by Cube Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M on September 2, 2020. An English version of the song was released on the same day.
II. Background & Release
The song is produced by Hyuk Shin of 153/Joombas Music Group, Melanie Joy Fontana, Michel Lindgren Schulz, and Jisoo Park, also of 153/Joombas. The song is written by Cho Yookyung, CLC's Jang Yeeun, and BreadBeat with Melanie Joy Fontana credited on the English version of the song.
On August 13, 2020, it was reported that the group will return in early September. It was also revealed that the music video for the song was already filmed. On August 26, in a TV appearance on Weekly Idol, the group performed a snippet from the song.
III. Tracklist
| Title | Writer | Producer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helicopter | Yeeun, Jo Yoon Kyung, BreadBeat | Michel Lindgren Schulz, Jisoo Park (153/Joombas), Hyuk Shin | 3:45 |
| Helicopter (Eng Ver.) | Yeeun, Jo Yoon Kyung, BreadBeat | Melanie Joy Fontana, Michel Lindgren Schulz, Jisoo Park (153/Joombas), Hyuk Shin | 3:45 |
IV. Spotify Playlist
V. Videos
VI. Concept Pictures
VII. Reception
On September 4, it was reported that the song topped the iTunes Top Songs chart in 10 regions, including New Zealand, Mongolia, Bahrain, Bolivia, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Estonia, Chile, and Cambodia, and placed fourth on the Worldwide Chart. Six days later, the song topped the chart in the eleventh region, Hong Kong. On September 10, it was reported that the group sold 12,834 physical copies in its first week—a figure over 3.5 times higher than CLC’s previous first-week sales record of 3,574 (set by their EP No.1, which they released in January 2019). The song debuted at number 116 on the Gaon Download Chart, for the week ending September 5, 2020 and it debuted at number 4 on the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart. Helicopter peaked at number 6 on the US World Digital Song Sales, for the week ending September 12, becoming their sixth Top 10 single on the chart and third Top 10 in 2020, after Me and Devil. It also peaked at number 87 on the K-pop Hot 100 for the week ending September 26, their first entry on the chart.
