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238:composition
22:"Checkmate"
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1345:Categories
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355:References
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293:Music Bank
191:Music Bank
90:2015-01-20
1273:Checkmate
1255:That Girl
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304:salarymen
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153:Checkmate
1287:Japanese
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61:Language
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1234:Mileage
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720:10asia
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325:Charts
319:Taipei
280:JJ Lin
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