Overdose (EP)

Overdose is the second extended play of the South Korean boy band Exo. It was released on May 7, 2014 by the label S.M. Entertainment and distributed by KT Music.

Overdose
EP by Exo
Released	May 7, 2014 (2014-05-07)
Recorded	2014
Genre	K-pop, dance
Length	18:33
Language	Korean, Chinese
Label	S.M. Entertainment
Producer	Lee Soo-man, The Underdogs, Yoo Young-jin,
Exo chronology
''Miracles in December (2013) Overdose Exology Chapter 1: The Lost Planet (2014)
Singles from Overdos
"Overdose" Released: May 7, 2012

Background and release

The EP was intended to be released on April 21, 2014 , but its release was postponed due to the sinking of Sewol on April 16. The album was later released on May 7, 2014. On May 15, 2014, the leader of EXO-M, Kris, filed a lawsuit against S.M. Entertainment to cancel his contract for the company's violation of human rights and unattended health.^[1]

The Korean edition was positioned in number 2 on Billboard's World Albums Chart and 129 in Billboard 200 , that made EXO Korean male group with the highest Billboard 200 charts.^[2][3]

Promotion

Before the release of Overdose Exo made their promotions with a showcase at the Jamsil Arena in Seoul on 15 April. 1 to April 9 did a sponsored by Samsung contest allowed fans to enter and win tickets to attend the showcase. The group members promoted in South Korea and China separated in the respective sub-groups.^[4][5]

Tracklist

Korean version
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"중독 (Overdose)"	Kenzie The Underdogs	The Underdogs	3:25
2.	"월광 (Moonlight)"	Seo Ji-eum	The Underdogs	4:26
3.	"Thunder"	Jeon Gan-di	Will Simms Hiten Bharadia Raphaella Mazaheri-Asadi	3:13
4.	"Run"	Seo Ji-eum	Ana Diaz Jarrad Rogers Natalia Hajjara Yoo Han-jin	3:37
5.	"Love, Love, Love"	Seo Ji-eum	Deez Jimmy Burney Daniel "Obi" Klein	3:55
6.	"Overdose (EXO-K version)" (CD only)	Kenzie The Underdogs	The Underdogs	3:25
Total length:				18:35

Chinese version
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	" 上瘾 (Overdose)"	黄貞穎 Annakid The Underdogs	The Underdogs	3:25
2.	"月光 (Moonlight)"	林欣晔	The Underdogs	4:26
3.	"雷电 (Thunder)"	林欣晔 Will Simms Hiten Bharadia Raphaella Mazaheri-Asadi	Will Simms Hiten Bharadia Raphaella Mazaheri-Asadi	3:13
4.	"奔跑 (Run)"	Zhou Mi	Ana Diaz Jarrad Rogers Natalia Hajjara Yoo Han-jin	3:37
5.	"梦中梦 (Love, Love, Love)"	黄貞穎 Annakid	Deez Jimmy Burney Daniel "Obi" Klein	3:55
6.	"Overdose (EXO-M version)" (CD only)	黄貞穎 Annakid The Underdogs	The Underdogs	3:25
Total length:				18:35

Charts

Korean and Chinese versions

Chart	Peak position
	Overdose (Kor ver.)	Overdose (Chn ver.)
South Korea Gaon Weekly Albums Chart	1	2
South Korea Gaon Monthly Albums Chart	1	2
South Korea Gaon 2014 Yearly Albums Chart	1	2
South Korea Gaon 2015 Yearly Albums Chart	93	—
Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	3	5
Japan Oricon Monthly Albums Chart	11	19
US Billboard World Albums Chart	2	5
US Billboard Heatseekers Albums	1	—
US Billboard 200	129	—

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Exo

Award	Nominated work	Category	Result
Golden Disk Awards	Overdose	Disk Bonsang	Won
		Disk Daesang	Won
		Digital Bonsang	Nominated
MelOn Music Awards		Album of the Year	Nominated
Mnet Asian Music Awards		UnionPay Song of the Year	Nominated
		UnionPay Album of the Year	Won
Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards		Artist of the Year (Album) - 2nd Quarter	Won
SBS Awards Festival		Best Album	Won
8th Miguhui Awards		Best Performance Award	Won
2014 Bugs Music Awards		Top 10 Albums	Won
3rd YinYueTai V-Chart Awards		Album of the Year — Korea	Won

Awards won on Music Shows

Date	Music Show	Song
May 14, 2014	Show Champion	"중독 (Overdose)" (EXO-K)
May 15, 2014	M! Countdown
May 22, 2014
May 16, 2014	Music Bank
May 23, 2014
May 17, 2014	Show! Music Core
May 24, 2014
May 18, 2014	Inkigayo
May 25, 2014
June 1, 2014
May 10, 2014	Global Chinese Music	上癮 (Overdose) (EXO-M)
May 17, 2014

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Worldwide	May 7, 2014	CD Digital download	S.M. Entertainment
South Korea			S.M. Entertainment KT Music

Album sales

Chart	Sales
Japan (Oricon)	15,000+ (Chinese version)
	37,000+ (Korean version)
South Korea (Gaon)	283,039+ (Chinese version)
	400,092+ (Korean version)