Gee (Girls' Generation song)

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"Gee"
Single by Girls' Generation
from the album Gee
Released January 5, 2009 (2009-01-05)
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 3:20
Label S.M. Entertainment
Writer(s)
  • Ahn Myung-won
  • Kim Young-deuk
Producer(s) E-Tribe
Girls' Generation Korean singles chronology
"Baby Baby"
(2008)		 "Gee"
(2009)		 "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)"
(2009)
Music video
"Gee" on YouTube

"Gee" is a Korean song by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation, released as the lead single from their first EP Gee on January 5, 2009. It eventually set a record for being number one on KBS's music show Music Bank for nine consecutive weeks. The music video for "Gee" has been viewed more than 150 million times on YouTube.[1] A Japanese version of the song was later released on October 20, 2010.

Background and release

"Gee" is a fast-tempo song about a girl who has fallen in love for the first time.[2] The title is supposed to be an exclamation of surprise, an expression similar to “Oh my gosh”, or more similarly, "Gee!" in English.[3] Girls' Generation had their first promotional activity for the song on the MBC's music show Music Core on January 10.[4] "Gee" eventually became a hit, achieving nine consecutive number one wins on the KBS's Music Bank,[5][6] and eight consecutive wins on the Mnet 's chart,[7] setting a record at the time. It was named as the "Song of the decade" by South Korea's online music website, MelOn,[8] and chosen to be the most popular song of 2009 on Music Bank.[9] The song has also won several major awards such as "Digital Daesang" and "Digital Bonsang" at the 2009 Golden Disk Awards,[10] "Daesang" and "Digital Music" awards at the 19th Seoul Music Awards,[11] and "Song of the Year" at the 7th Korean Music Awards.[12]

In popular culture

A parody of "Gee", called "Hee", has gained popularity among Korean citizens. It is a combination of the instrumental of "Gee" and some extremely venomous dialogue from the drama Temptation of Wife.[13]

A viral video named Showa Era Gee (Grandpa Showa era) (Gee しょうわ時代 （爺爺爺－昭和時代))?) was posted on YouTube on Aug 15, 2011 featuring elderly men in a shoe shop dancing to the Japanese version of "Gee". The video was originally on SMAPxSMAP Japanese show. It was also posted on Smosh website and was reviewed by "AtomicMari" on "Smosh Pit Weekly".

The CGI movie series Dead Fantasy (created by Monyreak 'Monty' Oum) used the song in a music video for the series.

Music video

There are three full music videos for the Korean version of Gee. The video with the storyline was released on January 7, 2009. It features the girls as mannequins in a store who come to life after the employee closes and leaves the store. Shinee member Minho plays the employee. At the end of the video, the girls run away as they're mannequins and Minho comes in and looks at a work board. The dance scenes show the girls dancing in a white room wearing different colored shorts. The other two videos are dance versions of the music video. The first one shows the girls dancing in the store, without the "mannequin storyline" while the second one simply shows the girls dancing before a white background which is used in the original music video.

Japanese version

"Gee"
Single by Girls' Generation
from the album Girls' Generation
Released October 20, 2010 (2010-10-20)
Format
Genre
Length 3:23
Label Nayutawave
Writer(s) Kanata Nakamura
Producer(s) E-Tribe
Girls' Generation Japanese singles chronology
"Genie"
(2010)		 "Gee"
(2010)		 "Mr. Taxi / Run Devil Run"
(2011)
Music video
"Gee (Japanese ver.)" on YouTube

A Japanese version of "Gee" was released on October 20, 2010 in Japan by Nayutawave Records as Girls' Generation's second single in the country, preceded by "Genie".[14] The single peaked at number two on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and number one on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart, becoming the first by a non-Japanese girl group to do so.

On October 6, 2010, the Japanese music video of "Gee" was released. Shinee's Minho once again plays a role, this time as a customer, of the store run by Girls' Generation. Throughout the video they dance in the shop, and instead of showing them wearing different colored shorts as they did in the Korean version, this time they wore jeans. It also has new scenes of the girls dressing up, which are in the second chorus. When Minho comes in the store the girls hear the door and they drop everything in their hands, but pick them back up and run to Minho. There are still mannequins in the video this time but they are real ones and cannot come alive. The video shows the girls hiding behind the mannequins at the very beginning.

The single sold 130,145 physical copies in 2010, becoming the 49th best-selling single of the year in Japan.[15] The song reached number one on the RIAJ's weekly digital track chart on October 26,[16] and eventually was ranked fifty-seventh and twenty-third on Billboard's 2010 & 2011 Japan Hot 100 charts, respectively.[17][18] In January 2014, "Gee" was certified "Million" by the RIAJ, achieving more than one million digital downloads.[19]

Track listing

CD single[20]
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Gee" (Japanese version) Kanata Nakamura E-Tribe 3:23
2. "Gee" (Korean version)
  • Ahn Myung-won
  • Kim Young-deuk
 E-Tribe 3:23
3. "Gee" (without main vocal)   E-Tribe 3:21
Total length:
 10:05

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Japan (RIAJ)[31]
physical single		 Gold 130,145
Japan (RIAJ)[32]
digital download		 Platinum 250,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[33]
Chaku-Uta		 2× Platinum 500,000
Japan (RIAJ)[34]
full-length Chaku-Uta		 Million 1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Awards

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Korean version of "Gee" was released in 2009, therefore it did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, which launched in 2010. Nevertheless, the Japanese version peaked at number three on the Gaon Album Chart in 2011.[25]

References

  1. ↑ "Gee" Music Video (Korean version) SM's official YouTube channel (June 8, 2009). Retrieved on December 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ SNSD teaser released, fresh and bright charms shown (in Korean) Hankyung.com (January 3, 2009). Retrieved on December 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ Girls' Generation Has Returned! "Comeback After 9 Months, We're Excited" Interview Part 1 (in Korean) Newsen.com (January 6, 2009). Retrieved on December 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ Girls' Generation comes back after 9 months "cute dance" (in Korean) Newsen.com (January 11, 2009). Retrieved on December 20, 2014.
  5. ↑ Girls Generation to Return With New Album Koreatimes.co.kr (June 15, 2009). Retrieved on January 27, 2015.
  6. ↑ Girls' Generation topped Music Bank for 9 consecutive weeks (in Korean) Newsen.com (March 13, 2009). Retrieved on December 19, 2014.
  7. ↑ Girls' Generation broke Mnet's record, staying at number 1 for 8 consecutive weeks (in Korean) Newsen.com (March 3, 2009). Retrieved on December 19, 2014.
  8. ↑ Legendary ‘Gee’ is officially ‘Song Of The Decade’ Korea.com (April 29, 2011). Retrieved on December 20, 2014.
  9. ↑ Girls' Generation's "Gee" is most popular song of 2009 on Music Bank (in Korean) Newsen.com (December 25, 2009). Retrieved on December 19, 2014.
  10. ↑ Half worthy awards ceremony, music fans feel bitter (in Korean) News.mk.co.kr (December 11, 2009). Retrieved on December 19, 2014.
  11. ↑ Girls' Generation won digital music award at Seoul Music Awards (in Korean) Newsen.com (February 3, 2010). Retrieved on December 19, 2014.
  12. ↑ Girls' Generation, 韩 Pop Music 'netizens selected geurupsang (in Korean) Star.mt.co.kr (March 30, 2010). Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  13. ↑ Kim, Swung-yen. ‘아내의 유혹’ 신애리, 노래 ‘hee’로 가수 데뷔? (Wife's Temptation Shin Ae-ri, Debuting as Singer with "Hee"?). Maeil Yungaburra. February 27, 2009. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
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  16. ↑ RIAJ Digital Track Chart for October 20-26, 2010 (in Japanese) Recording Industry Association of Japan (October 2010) Retrieved on October 29, 2010.
  17. ↑ Billboard's 2010 Japan Hot 100 Billboard (2010). Retrieved on December 19, 2014.
  18. ↑ Billboard's 2011 Japan Hot 100 Billboard (2011). Retrieved on December 19, 2014.
  19. ↑ Recording Industry Association of Japan's certification for January 2014 (in Japanese) RIAJ (January 2014). Retrieved on December 19, 2014.
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  35. ↑ (Korean) 디지털 뮤직 어워드. Cyworld. Retrieved January 13, 2010.
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  37. ↑ (Korean) 소녀시대, 韓대중음악상 '네티즌 선정 그룹상 (Girls' Generation, 韩 Pop Music 'netizens selected geurupsang) Money Today. March 30, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
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  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 (Korean)Golden Disk Awards: 수상자 (Golden Disk Awards Winners List). Golden Disk Awards. Retrieved December 10, 2009.

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