"You, My Star" () is a song by South Korean musician

Jung Yong-hwa Jung Yong-hwa (; ; born June 22, 1989), also known mononymously as Yonghwa, is a South Korean singer, musician and actor. He is the leader, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band CNBLUE. Jung made his television debut in ''You're ...

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. Written in dedication to his fans, the song was released on December 23, 2013, under

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. Two days prior, Jung performed the song on the year-end music program ''

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''. "You, My Star" debuted and peaked at number 22 on South Korea's national

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; all proceeds went to the label's charity Love FNC.

Background and composition

"You, My Star" is an acoustic folk track written to showcase Jung's appreciation of his fans. The song was written and composed by Jung; Han Seung-hoon and Go Jin-young also contributed to the composition. It is composed in the key of

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using

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with a tempo of 105

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Release and promotion

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Jung first performed "You, My Star" at the ''

'' on December 21, 2014. It was digitally released two days later, with full proceeds going towards

's charity Love FNC. It was later included as a

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on his debut solo album '' One Fine Day'' (2015). Jung also performed the song with Min-ah of

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on the January 25, 2015 broadcast of

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's (SBS) music program ''

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'' for its 800th episode. A music video for the song was uploaded on February 26; Jung dedicated it to his fans. He went on to perform the song at 15th annual

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Critical reception

Writing for Idology as 'Mimyo', musician Moon Yong-min noted that the song "progresses neatly with a refreshing rhythm", pointing out that the "organization of drums and the guitar gently varies over the progression of each section". Citing the difference between

's music, he expressed that "showing a sense of maturity with this kind of relaxed and refreshingly moderate song is not a bad idea".

Commercial performance

On the chart dated December 21 – 27, 2014, "You, My Star" debuted at number 22 on South Korea's national

, selling 45,234

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and accumulating 730,091

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in its first week of release. By the end of the month, the song sold 54,883 downloads in the country, and 73,332 downloads by the end of January of the following year.

Charts

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References

External links

* {{Jung Yong-hwa 2014 songs 2014 singles Charity singles Contemporary folk songs Jung Yong-hwa songs Songs in Korean FNC Entertainment singles Songs written by Jung Yong-hwa South Korean folk songs