Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) (song)
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| Single by Girls' Generation | ||||||||||||||||
| from the album Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) | ||||||||||||||||
| Released | June 22, 2009 (Korea) | |||||||||||||||
| Format | Digital download | |||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Genre | K-pop, synthpop, dance-pop | |||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:52 | |||||||||||||||
| Label | SM Entertainment | |||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Composer: Harambasic, Nermin/Jenssen, Robin/Svendsen, Ronny/Wik, Anne Judith/Schjoldan, Fridolin Nordso (Additional melody by Yoo Han-jin) Lyricist: Yoo Young-jin |
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| Producer | Lee Soo Man (executive), Yoo Young-jin |
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| Released | September 8, 2010 (Japan) December 11, 2010 (Philippines) |
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| Format | CD single , Digital download | |||||||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||||||
| Genre | Pop, electropop, dance-pop | |||||||
| Length | 3:44 | |||||||
| Label | Nayutawave Records | |||||||
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"Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" (Korean: 소원을 말해봐 (Genie))[1][2] is a dance-pop song from the second mini-album of the same title by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. Released digitally on June 22, 2009, the song became the group's 6th hit Korean single, topping various offline and online charts.
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[edit] Composition
Composed by Dsign Music (Anne Judith Wik, Robin Jenssen, Ronny Svendsen, Nermin Harambasic) and Fridolin Nordso, the song was originally titled "I Just Wanna Dance". After SM Entertainment had purchased the rights to the song, the lyrical story of the lyric was re-written with additional composition by Yoo Young-jin, and the melody arranged by Yoo Han-jin.[3]
According to the notable popular music critic Han Dong-Yoon (한동윤) of IZM, and an interview with Girls' Generation, the song is an electropop in Eurodance style, lacking the "hook" characteristics of previous single Gee, getting a heavy synthesizer intro.[4][5]
The song also uses the analog synthesizer performed by Yoo Young-jin and a musique concrete sound technique in the last part of the song.[5]
[edit] History
After the success of the last mini-album Gee, the group had a short hiatus. In late June, SM Entertainment announced that Girls' Generation would be making a comeback with a new single and showing a "Marine Girl" concept; Sowoneul Malhaebwa was then released digitally on June 22, 2009.[6][7] The group's first performance for the mini-album was on June 26 on KBS Music Bank.[8] Within a few days, the song topped on 10 different digital music charts.[9] The song was also rewarded as the most popular album and ringtone downloads.[10]
[edit] Japanese debut
"Genie" (stylised GENIE) is the official title for the debut in Japanese. The single was the first ever Japanese single released by Girls' Generation on September 8, 2010 in Japan. A new version of the music video was filmed to accompany the Japanese version, and the teaser was released on August 19, 2010. On August 26, 2010, the full music video was released. The song reached #5 on Oricon Charts on the releasing day. The song reached #2 on September 11, 2010.[11][12]
It was released in three editions, two CD+DVD (first press and regular), and a CD Only edition. First press CD+DVD edition includes a special photobook and a random (1 of 9) photocard. The single includes three versions of their Korean hit song, Tell Me Your Wish (Genie).
It was selected by iTunes Japan as the #1 Breakthrough Album of 2010 on 2010: Music, 2010 BEST chart.[13]
[edit] Music videos
The choreographer was Rino Nakasone Razalan.[14]
[edit] Korean version
The teaser video was released at 9:20 p.m. (KT) on June 19, 2009.[15] Later, the original video was released on June 26, 2009. In the music video, Yoona appears first sitting in a large lamp, the other members sitting around her. The music video cuts back and forth between the group performing the choreography and scenes from three separate rooms occupied by three different members each. Yoona, Yuri and Jessica are in a large pink bedroom, Tiffany, Taeyeon and Sunny are in a dance club or disco bar, while Seohyun, Sooyoung and Hyoyeon are in a room there is a large cake from which Seohyun pops out. The girls wear white uniforms and perform on a long runway-like stage with a large heart in the background, while on the other they are in khaki uniforms with the words "GIRLS' GENIE" in the background. The music video frequently shows the girls interacting with the camera and with arms that sometimes extend from either side of the screen to give the impression that the girls a interacting with the viewer personally. The stage sequences have heavy, flashy lights and moving spotlights to give strong and bright effects.[16]
[edit] Japanese version
The music video teaser was released August 16, 2010 and the full music video was released August 25, 2010, it was also there first video to be fillmed in Japan.
It begins with a young boy who found an old lamp and a scale model of a circus tent in an old attic. After rubbing the lamp, the camera zooms inside the tent where the Girls' Generation can be seen coming to life as the song begins to play. The girls then alternately switch to different costumes as the boy rubs the lamp once again, where in they are seen on an old television screen with a huge candy cane and colorful balloons. The music video ends with the boy rubbing the lamp again before magically disappearing into another scene where he is walking out of a limousine with Girls' Generation members meeting him on the red carpet at a premiere event. It appears that his wish had been granted by lamp. There are also individual close-up scenes of members dressed in old fashioned pink shirts.
Most of the choreography remains the same as the Korean version, with a slight tweak to some of the steps. The difference is that in the Japanese version there are some parts where member Taeyeon moves to the front position to sing her solo verse before going back and rejoining the other girls to form a line. While in the Korean version, Taeyeon does not do this. Also, all the girls pose with a hand salute at the end. In the Korean version, only member Seohyun does it as her "end pose".
A dance version was also released which features the girls wearing their brown soldier uniforms which were one of the costumes that they wore in the music video.
[edit] 3D Version
On October 24, 2010 a Korean 3D version, was released for Samsung PAVV LED TV. It features three dance scenes, this version is the shortest one. There were also inter cut scenes of them looking at snow globes and inside the glass it shows a woman and man, standing still looking different ways in a bus shelter (with a poster sayber 37 and custom rims). There are also some changes: ing "I wish..." with a Mini Convertible in it), and the girls make things happen. In the video it shows all the girls watching the man and woman turn into a couple, as the man and woman drive off in a car (which is a Mini Convertible.
[edit] Live performance style
On stage, the girls were given a "military" concept for their performance of Tell Me Your Wish, dressing mostly in tight military jackets, miniskirts, and/or hot pants. The colours were mostly white navy shirts, khaki brown, and red,[5][17][18][19][20] although various uniforms were shown.
The group wished to show a mature image, in comparison to the innocence in Gee M/V. The choreography of the song, done by Rino Nakasone, was focused on synchronization and seductive images. Parts of the choreography became popular in Korea, including the "Jegi-kicking dance" (제기차기 춤) and the "Leg-beauty dance" (각선미 춤).[5][21][22][23][24][25]
[edit] Other versions and plagiarism Issues
Issues of plagiarism were caused by Uzbek singer Dineyra's song "Raqsga Tushgin". It was revealed that although the release of her song preceded the release of Girls' Generation's second mini-album, the Uzbekistan singer's song was recorded without obtaining proper permission from Universal Music, thus plagiarising Tell Me Your Wish (Genie).[26][27][28]
On May 19, 2010 Dutch singer Nathalie Makoma released her second single named "I Just Wanna Dance",[29] which is a licensed version of Girls' Generation's Genie. Nathalie sings the original English lyrics that were written for the song.
On June 3, 2011 British singer C.J. Lewis released an English Version of Genie.
[edit] Track listing
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| 1. | "Genie" (Japanese version) | 3:44 | |||||||
| 2. | "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" (Korean version) | 3:49 | |||||||
| 3. | "Genie" (Without main vocal) | 3:44 | |||||||
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Total length:
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11:17 | ||||||||
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| 1. | "Genie" (Music video) | ||||||||
| 2. | "Genie" (Music video - Dance version) (First Press only) | ||||||||
[edit] Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Oricon Daily singles | 2 |
| Oricon Weekly singles | 4 |
| Oricon Yearly singles | 58 |
| Billboard Japan Hot 100 | 4 |
| iTunes Japan | 1 |
| RIAJ Digital Track Chart | 8 |
| RIAJ Digital Track Chart yearly top 100[30] | 78 |
[edit] Sales and certifications
| Chart | Amount |
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| Oricon physical sales[31] | 150,105+ |
| RIAJ CD single certification | Gold (100,000+)[32] |
| RIAJ full-length cellphone downloads[33] | Platinum (250,000+) |
| RIAJ PC downloads[34] | Gold (100,000+) |
[edit] Awards
| Bout | Year | Date | Award | Title | Notes |
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| 24th | 2009 | December 10 | Golden Disk Awards | Grand Prize in Digital Releasing | [35] |
| Records of the Year in Digital Releasing |
Top 5 digital releases of the year[35] |
[edit] MTV Video Music Awards Japan
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
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| 2011 | Genie | Best Group Video | Won |
| Best Video Of The Year | Nominated | ||
| Best Karaoke! Song | Won |
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[edit] External links
- Girls' Generation – Official Website
- Girls' Generation – Official Website (Japanese)
- "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" – Cyworld BGM (Korean)
- "Genie" (single) – Cyworld BGM (Korean)
- "Genie" (song) – Cyworld BGM (Korean)
- "Genie" – Oricon (Japanese)
[edit] YouTube MV links
- "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" Korean Teaser MV on YouTube
- "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" Korean Music Video on YouTube
- "Genie" Japanese Teaser MV on YouTube
- "Genie" Japanese Music Video on YouTube
- "Genie" Japanese MV Dance Version on YouTube
- "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" in the Korean commercial of Samsung PAVV LED TV on YouTube
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