"You Think" is a song performed 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-piec ...

. It was released on August 19, 2015, as the third single from the group's fifth

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'' Lion Heart'' by

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Composition

"You Think" was described by Jeff Benjamin from ''

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'' as a

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-friendly song featuring trap beats. Meanwhile,

Arirang ''Arirang'' ( ) is a Korean folk song. There are about 3,600 variations of 60 different versions of the song, all of which include a refrain similar to "arirang, arirang, arariyo" (""). It is estimated that the song is more than 600 years old ...

deemed it a "powerful pop dance song". The song's arrangement features high-pitched belts and brassy horns that were described to "create subtle, siren-like tones on the irresistible dance break." Lyrically, the song expresses a woman's warning towards a former male lover, who spreads bad rumors about her after they have broken up. In an interview, Girls' Generation member

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 ...

described the song as an opportunity to "demonstrate Girls' Generation's performance and vocal skills properly".

Music video

The video has Girls' Generation members portrayed as cool, mature women with the choreography of the song being its main highlight. Jeff Benjamin from ''Billboard'' stated, "Staying in line with the top-notch choreography shown in '

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,' the video again sees Girls' Generation attempting more intricate routines than they have in years — to must-watch results." The choreography employed several moves including "leg spreads, athletic twirls, sensual hair flips and booty pops" and was choreographed by Kyle Hanagami.

Charts

Release history

Credits

Credits are adapted from ''Lion Heart'' liner notes.

Studio

* SM LVYIN Studio –

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* SM Yellow Tail Studio – mixing * Ingrid Studio – recording,

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, additional vocal editing * doobdoob Studio – recording * Sterling Sound – mastering

Personnel

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– executive producer *

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– producer * Kim Young-min – executive supervisor *

– vocals,

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* Cho Yoon-kyung – lyrics * MQ – lyrics *

Sara Forsberg Sara Maria Forsberg (; born 2 May 1994), formerly known professionally as SAARA, Smo, Smoukahontas, or Smokahontas, is a Finnish singer, songwriter, YouTube personality, and television presenter. As a singer, Forsberg was signed to Capitol Reco ...

–

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* Dante Jones – composition, arrangement * Brandon Sammon – composition, arrangement * Denzil "DR" Remedios – composition, arrangement * Ryan S. Jhun – composition, arrangement * Jussi Ilmari Karvinen – composition, arrangement * Kenzie – vocal directing * Lee Ji-hong – recording * Jung Eun-kyung – recording, digital editing, additional vocal editing * Kim Eun-cheol – recording * Gu Jong-pil – mixing * Tom Coyne – mastering

References

External links

* {{Authority control Girls' Generation songs Songs with feminist themes 2015 singles South Korean hip-hop songs SM Entertainment singles 2015 songs Songs written by Sara Forsberg Songs written by Ryan S. Jhun Songs with lyrics by Jo Yoon-kyung