''I Got a Boy'' (stylized in
all caps
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) is the fourth Korean
studio album
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(sixth overall) by South Korean girl group
Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation (), also known as SNSD, is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment. The group is composed of eight members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun. Originally a nine-piece ensembl ...
. It was released for
digital download on January 1, 2013, by
S.M. Entertainment
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, and was made available for
physical sales the following day by
KT Music. Musically, the album is characterized as combining elements from a wide range of
genres
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including
R&B,
new wave, and
EDM
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* Electronic dance music
* Early Day Miners, American band
Science and technology
* Electric dipole moment
* Electrical discharge machining
* Electronic distance measurement
*Entry, Descent, and landing demonstrat ...
. This is the last studio album and Korean studio album with their founding member
Jessica before her dismissal of the group in 2014 and subsequent departure from SM Entertainment in 2015.
''I Got a Boy'' received mixed reviews from
music critics
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; it was praised for its eclectic musical styles, however several were favorable towards only a few songs on the album. Commercially, it was a success domestically, peaking atop the South Korean
Gaon Album Chart
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and became the second best-selling album of 2013 in the country. The album additionally charted at number seven on the Japanese
Oricon Albums Chart
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, number three on the Taiwanese
G-Music
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chart, and number one on the ''
Billboard
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'' World Albums.
To promote the album, Girls' Generation appeared and performed on several
music programs including ''
Music Bank
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* ''Music Bank'' (TV program), a South Korean music program by KBS
**''Music Bank World Tour
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'' and ''
Show! Music Core
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'' in early 2013. The album's
lead single
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Release s ...
was "
Dancing Queen
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", a remake of
Duffy's 2008 single "
Mercy
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", released on December 21, 2012. The second single, "
I Got a Boy
''I Got a Boy'' (stylized in all caps) is the fourth Korean studio album (sixth overall) by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was released for digital download on January 1, 2013, by S.M. Entertainment, and was made available for ...
", was released on January 1, 2013, and was subjected to major attention from Western media outlets following its winning Video of the Year at the inaugural
YouTube Music Awards
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History
The 2013 edition of the YTMAs were held at Pier 36 in New York City and were broadcast live at ' ...
.
Promotion
Release
After the group's label S.M. Entertainment revealed the group intended to return in January 2013,
MBC announced on December 11, 2012, that the group would be receiving a separate broadcast depicting the album process in preparation of the album's release in January 2013.
The single track, "Dancing Queen", was released on December 21, 2012. The title track, "I Got a Boy", was released digitally on January 1, 2013. The full album was released on January 2, 2013. Prior to the release in October, member Seohyun said: "This album is really different from our usual ones. It’s like challenging a person's limits. I'm looking forward to what the fans will think, and because it’s still a secret amongst us, I just feel nervous."
Live performances
The first of the group's comeback performances began on January 3, 2013, on
Mnet
M-Net (an abbreviation of Electronic Media Network) is a South African pay television channel established by Naspers in 1986. The channel broadcasts both local and international programming, including general entertainment, children's series, ...
's ''
M! Countdown
''M Countdown'' () is a South Korean music program broadcast by Mnet. The show features appearances by popular music artists who also perform live on stage. It is broadcast from CJ E&M Center Studio in Sangam-dong, Mapo District, Seoul.
Bro ...
''. Seven members appeared on Mnet's ''Wide Open Studio'' program prior to their comeback performance,
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*Yuri (Japanese name), also Yūri, feminine Jap ...
and
Hyoyeon
Kim Hyo-yeon (born September 22, 1989), referred to as Hyoyeon or DJ Hyo, is a South Korean singer, dancer, DJ, and television personality. She debuted as a member of the girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007, which went on to become one ...
were not present as they were preparing to emcee ''M! Countdown''. The group continued their first week of performances for the album on
KBS' ''
Music Bank
Music Bank may refer to:
* ''Music Bank'' (TV program), a South Korean music program by KBS
**''Music Bank World Tour
The ''Music Bank'' World Tour is a worldwide live concert tour of South Korean music show '' Music Bank'' by the Korean Broa ...
'', MBC's ''
Music Core
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'' and
SBS's ''
Inkigayo
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'' on January 4, 5 and 6, respectively. Girls' Generation held an hour-long "Virtual Concert" broadcast live via Naver Music on January 5, 2013, where they perform "I Got a Boy", "Talk Talk" and "Dancing Queen". The group also performed five songs from the album on their MBC comeback special; ''
Girls' Generation's Romantic Fantasy
''Girls' Generation's Romantic Fantasy'' was a 2013 New Year's Day comeback special broadcast on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) at 23:15 on 1 January 2013, starring South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. The special follows the group in ...
'' on January 1, 2013. The group also performed on
KBS Hope Concert. The group performed "I Got a Boy" and "Dancing Queen" in Dream K-Pop Fantasy concert held in
Manila
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,
Philippines
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
on January 19, 2013, making it their first overseas performance of both songs. On
KBS Yoo Hee-Yeol's Sketchbook, the group performed "I Got a Boy", "Dancing Queen", and "Lost in Love". They performed their single "I Got a Boy" as part of the setlist on their
Second Japan Arena Tour.
The album was officially tour promoted on
Girls' Generation World Tour Girls & Peace
Girls' Generation World Tour "Girls & Peace" is the third concert tour by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. The tour was officially announced in April 2013 after the last 2 days of "2nd Japan Tour" with two dates in South Korea and p ...
, began on June 8, 2013, in
Olympic Gymnastics Arena
The Olympic Gymnastics Arena (), also known as the KSPO Dome since 2018, is an indoor arena located within the Olympic Park in Seoul, South Korea. It has a capacity of 15,000 and can be extended upto 20,000.
It was constructed between 31 Aug ...
,
Seoul
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,
South Korea
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, finished on February 15, 2014, in
Cotai Arena
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,
Macau
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. The tour also promotes their third studio album,
The Boys, officially.
Composition
Dsign Music
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, the group of famous composers that composed the hit song, "
Genie
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– are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabian religious systems and later in Islamic mytho ...
", as well as the top composers of Europe including Will Simms and Sarah Lundback, and the composer from Korea, Young-Jin Yoo participated in the making of the album. "I Got a Boy" is an electronic dance song that mixes pop, retro, and urban genres. "Talk Talk" is the Korean version of Boomerang which was included in their second Japanese studio album ''
Girls & Peace
''Girls' Generation II ~Girls & Peace~'' is the second Japanese studio album and the fifth overall by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was released on November 28, 2012, through Nayutawave Records. ''Girls & Peace'' is the first rel ...
'', and the Korean lyrics tell a guy who does not understand a girl's heart should try to talk to his girl that it gives the feeling different from Japanese version while it has the same melody and arrangement.
"Baby Maybe", mixes lyrics written by Girls' Generation members Sooyoung, Yuri, and Seohyun that expresses the fluttering heart of a girl in love. "XYZ" with a powerful synthesizer pattern is also written by Yuri and Seohyun. The album also contains "Lost in Love (유리아이)", a duet by Taeyeon and Tiffany expresses the changes of heart that accepts the breakup with a lover as time passes. The track "Promise" is a mid-tempo
soul
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ballad composed and arranged by British songwriter Joseph Belmaati in his debut collaboration with the group. The lyrics were penned by Mo-ul and contain a message for the fans.
"Express 999" is retro pop combining 1980s new wave
influences, and various genres. "Look at Me" combines organic beats, a playful melody, and easy-to-sing-along chorus. "
Romantic St." is a
swing jazz style song.
Singles
"
Dancing Queen
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" was released as a pre-release single on December 21, 2012.
"Dancing Queen", a remake of Welsh singer
Duffy's song "
Mercy
Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French ''merci'', from Medieval Latin ''merced-'', ''merces'', from Latin, "price paid, wages", from ''merc-'', ''merxi'' "merchandise") is benevolence, forgiveness, and kindness in a variety of ethical, relig ...
" was recorded in 2008 as a comeback song after a nine-month hiatus, however plans were scrapped due to copyright issues and the group went with "
Gee".
"
I Got a Boy
''I Got a Boy'' (stylized in all caps) is the fourth Korean studio album (sixth overall) by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was released for digital download on January 1, 2013, by S.M. Entertainment, and was made available for ...
" was released digitally on January 1, 2013. The "I Got A Boy" music video and album were released simultaneously at 5 p.m.
KST. The video, as well as the teaser in the "Dancing Queen" video, became the center of public scrutiny after several screenshots from the video circulated on the internet with
Sunny's hat having the words "WELCOME MOTHERF★CKERS" printed on it.
Reception
''I Got a Boy'' received mixed reviews from
music critics
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. David Jeffries from
AllMusic
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called the album an "explosion," writing: "Fans will embrace it with open arms, while mega-fans should also clear some shelf space since the physical edition of the album was made available with ten different covers, one for each member of the group and then one with the whole crew."
Jeff Benjamin writing for ''
Billboard
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'' wrote that the album's musical styles "satisfy not only K-pop fans but also listeners of all types of popular music" with elements of "forward-thinking" genres such as EDM, R&B, and new wave.
Hwang Seon-eop from South Korean online magazine ''
IZM'', however, was less enthusiastic towards the album's "experimental" styles and singled out "Baby Maybe" and "Romantic St." as the two better songs on the album.
Several music critics from webzine ''
Weiv
''Weiv'' (, stylised in eiv is a South Korean online magazine that publishes music reviews, articles, and interviews with artists. The webzine was founded in August 1999 by Shin Hyeon-joon, a professor at Sungkonghoe University
Sungkonghoe U ...
'' were generally unfavorable of the album; critic Choi Min-woo wrote that "in the end, the only thing that stands out is 'I Got A Boy'". ''
Idology
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''s Mimryo likewise complimented the musicality of the title track, although he expressed boredom with the remainder of the record.
A week after the release of "Dancing Queen," the song was number one on the Gaon Single chart. ''I Got a Boy'' debuted at the number two spot of ''Billboards World Album Chart. They also placed 2nd on the Heatseekers Albums Chart and 23rd on the Independent Albums Chart. The album ranked 7th on Oricon Weekly Chart and ranked 22nd on Oricon Monthly Chart. "I Got a Boy" also rank first on Five Music Korean-Japanese Chart in
Taiwan
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for two weeks in a row.
Track listing
Credits adapted from
Naver
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;Notes
* "Dancing Queen" (recorded in 2008) is a remake of the song, "
Mercy
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", by
Welsh
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* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
singer
Duffy.
* "Baby Maybe" was originally co-written as a demo in English by English singer-songwriter
Pixie Lott
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under the title as "What You Do." The song was later given to Girls' Generation with Seohyun, Yuri and Sooyoung re-writing the lyrics in Korean.
* "Talk Talk" (previously titled ''Boomerang'') was recorded in 2008. A Japanese version was included in their second Japanese studio album, ''
Girls & Peace
''Girls' Generation II ~Girls & Peace~'' is the second Japanese studio album and the fifth overall by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was released on November 28, 2012, through Nayutawave Records. ''Girls & Peace'' is the first rel ...
'' (2012).
* "Lost in Love" is a duet song sung by
Taeyeon
Kim Tae-yeon (; born March 9, 1989), known mononymously as Taeyeon, is a South Korean singer. She debuted as a member of girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007, which went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea and on ...
and
Tiffany.
* "Express 999" is a reference to the
Anime
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Galaxy Express 999
is a Japanese manga series. It is written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a number of anime films and television series. It is set in a spacefaring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer ...
.
Personnel
Credits for ''I Got a Boy'' adapted are from album liner notes.
* Girls' Generation –
vocals
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**
Taeyeon
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– main vocal, background vocal
**
Jessica – main vocal, background vocal
**
Sunny – lead vocal, background vocal
**
Tiffany – lead vocal, background vocal
**
Hyoyeon
Kim Hyo-yeon (born September 22, 1989), referred to as Hyoyeon or DJ Hyo, is a South Korean singer, dancer, DJ, and television personality. She debuted as a member of the girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007, which went on to become one ...
– vocal, rapper
**
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– vocal, rapper, songwriter, background vocals
**
Sooyoung
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– vocal, rapper, songwriter
**
Yoona
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– vocal, rapper
**
Seohyun
Seo Ju-hyun (; born June 28, 1991), known professionally as Seohyun, is a South Korean singer, actress and songwriter. She debuted as a member of girl group Girls' Generation (and later its subgroup Girls' Generation-TTS) in August 2007, which ...
– lead vocal, background vocal, songwriter
*
Yoo Young-jin
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–
producer, songwriter, translator,
audio mixing
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, recording
* Will Simms – songwriting, producer
* Yang Geunyeong – background vocals
*
Anne Judith Wik – songwriter
* Sarah Lundback Bell – songwriter
* Kim Jungbae – guitar
* Yoong – strings
* Park Chang-hyun – songwriting, background vocal, producer, piano, keyboard, programming
* Shim Sangwon – string arrangement, conductor
* Choi Wonhyuk – bass guitar
* Moul – songwriter
* Joseph Belmaati – songwriter, producer
* Stephen Andrew Booker – songwriter, producer
* Aimee Ann Duffy – songwriter
* Nam Goongjin – recording, mixing
* Im Kwangwook – arrangement
* Mich Hansen – songwriter, producer
* Jonas Jeberg – songwriter
* Ruth-Anne Cunningham – songwriter
* Jung Eunkyung – recording
* Jung Euisuk – recording, mixing
* Kim Jung-bae – songwriter
* Goo Jongpil – mixing
* Kim Tae-sung – songwriter, translator
* Im Yoonjae – vocal director
* Charlie Mason – songwriter, producer
* Oscar Gorres – songwriter, songwriter
* Danny Saucedo – songwriter
* Choi Yeongkyung – vocal director
* Lee Sungho – recording
* Lee Joohyung – recording
* Kim Jung-bae – songwriting
* Shinmin – string arrangement, conductor
* Hong Junho – guitar
* Lee Sanghoon – drums
*
Kenzie – organ, producer, recording, vocal director
* Jun Gandi – songwriter
* Johan Gustafson – songwriter, producer
* Jee Yoon Yoo – songwriter
* Lee Shinsung – songwriter
* Fredrik Häggstam – songwriter, producer
* Sebastian Lundberg – songwriter, producer
*
Pixie Lott
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– songwriter
* Louis Schoorl – songwriter
* Hwang Hyun – vocal director, recording
* Lee Joohyung – vocal director
* Choi Yeongkyung – background vocals
* Jonathan Yip – producer
* Ray Romulus – producer
* Reremy Reeves – producer
* Kim Taesung – arrangement
* Kim Yongshin – arrangement
* Nam Goongjin – mixing
* Kim Jiyeon – background vocal
* Lee Joohyung – recording
* Hyuk Shin – songwriter, producer
* Matthew Heath – songwriter
* Hailey Collier – songwriter
* DK – songwriter
*
Jordan Kyle – songwriter, producer
* Lee Yoonji – guitar
* Lee Chanmi – songwriter
* Sumi – songwriter
*
Lee Soo Man
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* Lee (given name), a given name in English
Surname
* Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee:
** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname
** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese s ...
– executive producer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
External links
Girls' Generation official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:I Got A Boy
2013 albums
Girls' Generation albums
SM Entertainment albums
KMP Holdings albums
Korean-language albums