| "I Got a Boy" | ||||
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| Single by Girls' Generation | ||||
| from the album I Got a Boy | ||||
| Released | January 1, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Studio | SM Booming System, Seoul | |||
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| Length | 4:31 | |||
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| Lyricist(s) | Yoo Young-jin | |||
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| "I Got a Boy" on YouTube | ||||
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| Rolling Stone |    [1] |
"I Got a Boy" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation for their fourth Korean-language studio album of the same name. It was released on January 1, 2013, by SM Entertainment and KT Music. Produced by the group's long-time collaborator Yoo Young-jin and Will Simms, the song is described as a hybrid of various genres including bubblegum pop, dance, and electropop.
"I Got a Boy" was met with critical acclaim from music critics, who praised its eclectic sound and noted it as a "phenomenon" that could challenge popular Western artists like Katy Perry or One Direction. It was a commercial success domestically, debuting at top of the Gaon Digital Chart and has sold over 1.3 million digital copies in South Korea in 2013. Internationally, the single peaked at number 98 on the Japan Hot 100 and number 3 on the US World Digital Songs.
A music video for the song was filmed in October 2012. It features hip hop-inspired dance moves choreographed by Nappytabs. It won the award for Video of the Year at the first YouTube Music Awards in 2013, which generated much attention for beating other popular nominees like Justin Bieber and Psy despite the fact that the group was considered lesser-known to the Western audience at the time.[2]
- ^ "Girls' Generation "I Got a Boy" Song Review". Rolling Stone. January 11, 2013. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ Holpuch, Amanda (November 4, 2013). "YouTube music awards make chaotic and messy debut". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014.