Gone Not Around Any Longer

Gone Not Around Any Longer (Korean: 있다 없으니까; RR: Itda Eopseunikka) is the first extended play released by South Korean girl group Sistar's sub-unit Sistar19. It was released as a CD and online as a single on January 31, 2013 through Starship Entertainment.

Gone Not Around Any Longer
EP by Sistar19
Released	January 31, 2013
Recorded	2012
Genre	Pop
Length	14:27
Language	Korean
Label	Starship Entertainment
Producer	Brave Brothers Elephant Kingdom
Singles from Gone Not Around Any Longer
"Ma Boy" Released: May 3, 2011 "Gone Not Around Any Longer" Released: January 28, 2013

The song was a commercial success, peaking at number 1 on the Gaon Digital Chart,^[1] Gaon Download Chart,^[2] and Gaon Streaming Chart.^[3] The song has been streamed over 37,190,626 times and has sold over 1,723,704 downloads as of 2013.^[4][5]

Release

On January 24, 2013 Sistar19 has released teaser photos for their comeback and revealed that their new song will be releasing on January 31.^[6] Sistar19 was featured in a "bed pictorial" concept wearing knitwear while posing on a bed.

On January 28, 2013 Sistar19 released the teaser for their upcoming song "Gone Not Around Any Longer"!^[7] On January 31, 2013, the full Single and music video for "Gone Not Around Any Longer" were released simultaneously; the music video features actor Ahn Jae-hyun.^[8][9] The single was an immediate commercial success, gaining two "perfect all-kills" by hitting number one on all major Korean music charts and maintaining the position for two weeks.^[10] In addition, the song gained them their first number one on the Billboard "Korea K-Pop Hot 100" chart.^[11]

On February 7, 2013, Sistar19 released the rehearsal video for the track.

Promotion

Sistar19 had their comeback stage on M Countdown on January 31, 2013. The group also performed "Gone Not Around Any Longer" on various music shows such as Music Bank, Show! Music Core and Inkigayo in February. The song "SISTAR19" was used for the comeback week special performances. The song gave the group their first TV music show award on M Countdown on February 7.^[12]

Music program awards

Program	Date
M Countdown (Mnet)	February 7, 2013
	February 14, 2013
	February 21, 2013
Music Triangle (Mnet)	February 13, 2013
	February 20, 2013
	February 27, 2013
	March 6, 2013
Music Bank (KBS)	February 15, 2013
	February 22, 2013
	March 1, 2013
Show Champion (MBC Music)	February 20, 2013

Track listing

Gone Not Around Any Longer^[13]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangements	Length
1.	"SISTAR19"	Brave Brothers	Brave Brothers	Brave Brothers	0:46
2.	"Gone Not Around Any Longer" (있다 없으니까)	Brave Brothers	Brave Brothers, Elephant Kingdom	Brave Brothers, Elephant Kingdom	3:37
3.	"A Girl in Love" (나도 여자인데)	Brave Brothers, Chakun	Brave Brothers	Brave Brothers	3:08
4.	"Ma Boy"	Brave Brothers, War of the Stars	Brave Brothers	Brave Brothers	3:19
5.	"Gone Not Around Any Longer (있다 없으니까)" (Instrumental)		Brave Brothers, Elephant Kingdom	Brave Brothers, Elephant Kingdom	3:37
Total length:					14:27

Personnel

• Hyorin – vocals
• Bora – rap
• Brave Brothers – producing, songwriting, arranger, music

Charts

Album Weekly charts Chart (2013) Peak position South Korea (Gaon Album Chart)^[14] 2 Monthly charts Chart (2013) Position South Korea (Gaon Album Chart)^[15] 8 Year-end charts Chart (2013) Position South Korea (Gaon Album Chart)^[16] 99

Single "Gone Not Around Any Longer" Weekly charts Chart (2013) Peak position South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart)^[17] 1 South Korea (K-pop Hot 100)^[18] 1 US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)^[19] 5 Monthly charts Chart (2013) Position South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart)^[20] 1 Year-end charts Chart (2013) Position South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart)^[21] 3 South Korea (K-pop Hot 100)^[22] 1

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
South Korea	January 31, 2013	Digital download	Starship Entertainment LOEN Entertainment
	February 6, 2013	CD

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