"Shy Boy" (
Korean
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: 샤이보이) is a single by South Korean girl group
Secret
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. It is released as a CD single on January 6, 2011 through
TS Entertainment
TS Entertainment (also known as TS ENTER (티에스이엔티이알)) was a South Korean record label and entertainment agency founded in 2008 by Kim Tae‑song (김태송). It was located at Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The compan ...
. The song was written and produced by Kang Jiwon and Kim Kibum. It was remade with Japanese lyrics and was on Secret's first Japanese
EP, ''
Shy Boy
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''. According to
Gaon, "Shy Boy" has sold over 2,215,864 digital downloads in South Korea as of December 31, 2011.
Release
Secret released the teaser for their single "Shy Boy" on January 2, 2011. The single was released on music stores and digital music sites on January 6, 2011. The official music video was unveiled on the same day. On January 21, 2011, it was announced that the single album has sold all of the initial shipments. A representative from TS Entertainment said, "The album sales are exceeding our expectations. It’s a shame that we couldn’t provide enough copies to music stores, but we will deliver more supplies as soon as possible."
Promotions
Secret had their comeback performance on ''
M! Countdown
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B ...
'' on January 6, 2011. The group also performed Shy Boy on various music shows such as ''
Music Bank
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**''Music Bank World Tour
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'', ''
Music Core
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'' and ''
Inkigayo'' in January and February 2011.
Chart performance
In South Korea, "Shy Boy" entered the
Gaon Single Chart
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s at number 18 during the week of January 8, 2011. "Shy Boy" rose to number 2 the following week and fell down to number 4 in its third week of its chart run. The song continued its success and stayed in the top 10 for another 3 weeks. In a year-end chart by Olleh Music, "Shy Boy" ranked at number 5 for best selling and most streamed songs for the year.
"Shy Boy" also has an accompanying CD single release. The album debuted at Number 11 in
Gaon Monthly Album Charts selling 7,818 copies in the month of January. As of November 2011, "Shy Boy" sold 21,294 copies in South Korea.
Music video
The music video for "Shy Boy" features an American retro background from the 60s. Directed by Johnny Bro's Hong Wonki, the music video was released on January 6, 2011. The video has a "swing dance concept" with outfits, hairstyles and sets that draws inspirations from the American culture in 1950s. Additionally, labelmate Son Heonsoo makes a surprise appearance in the music video. As well as fellow labelmates
Bang Yong-guk
Bang Yong-guk (born March 31, 1990), also known mononymously as Yongguk, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and best-selling author who served as the leader of boy group B.A.P up until his departure from TS Enterta ...
,
Kim Himchan, and
Moon Jongup from
B.A.P
B.A.P (; an acronym for Best Absolute Perfect) was a South Korean boy band formed in 2012 under TS Entertainment.
B.A.P made their musical debut with the single "Warrior" on January 26, 2012, followed by the release of their debut EP ''Warrio ...
.
Track listing
Awards and nominations
Credits and personnel
These credits were adapted from the ''Shy Boy'' liner notes.
*Kim Tae-sung – executive producer
co-producing
*Song Jieun – vocals
*Han Sunhwa – vocals
*Jun Hyoseong – vocals
*Jung Hana – vocals, rap
*Kang Jiwon – co-producing, songwriting, arranger, music
*Kim Kibum – co-producing, songwriting, music
Charts
Album chart
Sales
Singles chart
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References
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2011 singles
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