Cover of Regulate
I. Introduction
Regulate is a repackage of the album, Regular-Irregular from the permanent NCT sub-unit, NCT 127. It was released on November 23, 2018 with the lead single "Simon Says."
Background and Overview
SM Entertainment announced a repackage of NCT 127's first album Regular-Irregular on November 13, 2018. Member Winwin did not participate in the promotions for Regulate as he was preparing for his move to the new Chinese NCT sub-unit, WayV.
The album featured the 10 songs from Regular-Irregular, as well as three new songs, "Simon Says," "Welcome to My Playground" and a Korean version of "Chain," which had been previously released in Japanese on NCT 127's Japanese release Chain.
II. Tracklist
New tracks for the repackage are bold.
Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
"City 127" | JQ (Makeumine Works), Moon Hee-yeon (Makeumine Works), Taeyong, Mark | The Stereotypes, Micah Powell, Clarence Coffee Jr., Taeyong | The Stereotypes | 3:19 |
"Regular - Korean Version" | Coogie (ATM Seoul), Tommy $trate, Taeyong, Mark | Mike Daley, Mitchell Owens, Wilbart "Vedo" McCoy III, George Kranz, Yoo Young-Jin | Mike Daley, Mitchell Owens | 3:38 |
"Replay (PM 01:27)" | Bang Hye-hyun | LDN Noise, Varren Wade | LDN Noise | 3:40 |
"Welcome to My Playground" | Seo Ji-eum, Ra.D, BrotherSu, Taeyong, Mark | Johan Gustafsson (Trinity Music), Ra.D, BrotherSu | Johan Gustafsson (Trinity Music) | 3:59 |
"Knock On" | Zaya (Joombas), Kim Min-ji | Gene Noble, MZMC | MZMC | 3:26 |
"No Longer" | Hyun Hwang (MonoTree) | Andreas Oberg, Simon Petrén, Gustav Karlstrom, Onestar (Mono Tree), eSNa | Simon Petrén | 4:58 |
"My Van" | Kim Dong-hyun, Taeyong, Mark | Kim Dong-hyun, 250 | 250 | 3:26 |
"Interlude: Regular to Irregular" | - | Kim Kyung-min, Hitchhiker | Hitchhiker, Yi Nile | 3:10 |
"Simon Says" | JQ (Makeumine Works), DADA (Makeumine Works), Tommy $trate | Anne Judith Wik, Ronny Svendsen, Jin Suk Choi, Bobii Lewis, Yoo Young-jin | Dsign Music, Yoo Young-jin | 3:19 |
"Come Back" | Bong Nun-young, Ryu Da-som, Taeyong, Mark | Mike Daley, Mitchell Owens, Deez, Michael Jimenez, Jeremy "Tay" Jasper, MZMC | Mike Daley, Mitchell Owens, Deez, Michael Jimenez, Jeremy "Tay" Jasper, MZMC | 3:25 |
"Fly Away with Me" | Kang Eun-jung, Hwang Yoo-bin | Rory Wynne Andrew, Francesco Yates, Jenna Andrews, Dillon Pace | Dillon Pace | 3:33 |
"Chain - Korean Version" | JQ (Makeumine Works), On Gyeol, Sohlhee | 250, Albin Nordqvist | 250 | 3:43 |
"Regular - English Version" | Wilbart "Vedo" McCoy III, Taeyong, Mark | Mike Daley, Mitchell Owens, Wilbart "Vedo" McCoy III, George Kranz, Yoo Young-Jin | Mike Daley, Mitchell Owens | 3:39 |
"Run Back 2 U - Bonus Track" | Kim Min-seok, Double Dragon | Donald "haZEL" Sales, Double Dragon | Double Dragon | 3:39 |
III. Spotify Playlist
IV. Videos
Simon Says MV
Fly Away With Me MV
Simon Says Reaction
Simon Says Dance Practice
Simon Says Choreo Performance - Mark
Simon Says - Music Bank - Nov. 23, 2018
Chain (Korean) The Show - Nov. 27, 2018
Simon Says - Nov. 28, 2018
Chain (Korean) - Show Champion - Dec. 5, 2018
V. Concept Photos
VI. Reception
Regulate reached #2 on Korean Gaon Album Charts, #9 on the U.S. Billboard World Charts and #10 on the Japanese Oricon charts. The lead single "Simon Says" became the group's first song to reach #1 on the US Digital Song Sales chart. "Welcome to My Playground" also charted in the US at #7.