Going Dumb

"Going Dumb" is a song by Swedish DJ Alesso and Chinese musician Corsak. It was released on 19 March 2021 in two versions: one by the two producers, and another with vocals in Korean from K-pop group Stray Kids.^[3] The song accompanies the third anniversary of the battle royale game PUBG Mobile, and is featured as background music in the mobile game.^[3][4] It is Stray Kids' first collaboration.^[5]

"Going Dumb"
Single by Alesso and Corsak
Language	English Korean
Released	19 March 2021 (2021-03-19)
Genre	Electropop[1]
Length	2:48
Label	Liquid State
Songwriter(s)	Alessandro Lindblad Calle Lehmann Haee (Stray Kids version)[2]
Producer(s)	Alesso[2]
Alesso singles chronology
"Leave a Little Love" (2021) "Going Dumb" (2021) "Chasing Stars" (2021)
Corsak singles chronology
"Evergreen" (2021) "Going Dumb" (2021) "Empty Bullets" (2021)
Stray Kids singles chronology
"All In" (2020) "Going Dumb" (2021) "Mixtape: Oh" (2021)
Music video
"Going Dumb" on YouTube

With the song's debut at number 13 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, Forbes noted that Stray Kids became one of the few Korean acts to appear on the chart.^[6] A lyric video was released the same day as the song,^[7] and a behind-the-scenes music video was released on 8 April 2021, which shows the artists' recording and production process in Seoul, Stockholm and Shanghai.^[8] The official music video was released on 7 May.^[9]

The remix version by Low Steppa was released on 14 May,^[10] and Mike Williams was released on 28 May.^[11]

Track listing

• Digital download^[12]

1. "Going Dumb" – 2:48
2. "Going Dumb" (with Stray Kids) – 2:49

• Digital download (Low Steppa remix)^[10]

1. "Going Dumb" (Low Steppa remix) – 3:17

• Digital download (Mike Williams remix)^[11]

1. "Going Dumb" (Mike Williams remix) – 2:46

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[2]

• Alesso – producer, songwriter
• Corsak – co-producer, vocals
• Stray Kids – vocals (Stray Kids version)
• Calle Lehmann – co-producer, songwriter
• Haee – songwriter (Stray Kids version)

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Going Dumb" Chart (2021) Peak position Hungary (Single Top 40)[13] 27 South Korea Download Chart (Gaon)[14] 178 Spain Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[15] 10 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 63 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[17] 13

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for "Going Dumb" Chart (2021) Position US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[18] 46

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Going Dumb"

Region	Date	Format	Version	Label	Ref.
Various	19 March 2021	Digital download streaming	Original	Liquid State	[12]
	14 May 2021		Low Steppa remix		[10]
	28 May 2021		Mike Williams remix		[11]