"The Reason Why Opposites Attract" Released: December 9, 2004
An Ordinary Day (also called Chapter 6) is the sixth album of the South Korean pop music group g.o.d. It was released in December 2004, nearly two years after their previous album. In between, member Yoon Kye-sang had left the group and pursued acting. The album was their first release as a quartet and since switching from Sidus to JYP Entertainment.[1]
Overview
The album's overall theme is centered around first love, heartbreak and loss. The songs are largely pop or R&B but feature a more diverse array of genres. The Korean-language pop culture website Star News noted that the album showed more of each member's individuality and unique singing and rapping styles compared to their past albums.[2]
Reception
"An Ordinary Day" and "The Reason Why Opposites Attract" won first place on the music programsInkigayo and Music Camp (the former incarnation of Show! Music Core), with the latter song winning a Triple Crown on Inkigayo.
In popular culture
In 2005, "An Ordinary Day" (보통날) and "Promise" (약속) were chosen as default tunes installed in LG Cyon's 340 series cellular phones.[3] "An Ordinary Day" was chosen by the g.o.d members as the song to be remade for their 2014 reunion album Chapter 8. Original composer Kwon Tae-eun rearranged the song and added a part for Yoon Kye-sang.
In 2014 HyunA's song "From When and Until When" (어디부터 어디까지), which she co-wrote with labelmate Hyunsik of BtoB, attracted attention and some controversy when listeners realized that several lines were exactly the same as the lyrics of the song "The Reason Why Opposites Attract" (반대가 끌리는 이유). HyunA and Hyunsik later admitted that they had intentionally incorporated the lyrics as a fan homage to g.o.d's 15th anniversary reunion that year and apologized for failing to inform songwriter Park Jin-young and the g.o.d members.[4][5][6][7][8]
Track listing
All lyrics and music is written and composed by Park Jin-young, except where noted.[9]
An Ordinary Day track listing
No.
Title
Lyrics
Music
Length
1.
"The Day Love Was Complete" (사랑이 전부였던 날; Sarang-i jeonbuitdeon nal)
^"6집 보통날". Naver Music. Naver. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^2004.12월 – 가요 음반 판매량 [2004.12 – Sales volume] (in Korean). Music Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on March 22, 2005. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
^2004년 가요음반판매량 [2004 Album Sales Figures] (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
^2005.03월 – 가요 음반 판매량 [2005.03 – Sales volume] (in Korean). Music Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on May 27, 2005. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
