"Roly-Poly" is a dance pop song by South Korean girl group T-ara. It was taken from their second mini album John Travolta Wannabe, released on June 29, 2011. The song was written and produced by Shinsadong Tiger and Choi Gyu Sung, who were also behind the group's hit song "Bo Peep Bo Peep". "Roly-Poly" won three weekly #1 awards on Mnet's M! Countdown and SBS's Inkigayo, and went on to becoming the top grossing and most downloaded song of 2011 with a record $2 million in sales[1] and 4,680,253 downloads.[2]
A remix of the song titled "Roly-Poly in Copacabana" was released on August 2[3] and was used for the group's follow up promotions.
"Roly-Poly" is being made into a musical starring T-ara's Hyomin, Jiyeon and Soyeon, Davichi's Kang Min Kyung, MBC's I Am a Singer Jang Hyejin, musical star Park Hyemim and MBC's We Got Married Lee Jang Woo.[4]
The song was re-released in Japanese on February 29, 2012, as the group's third single.[5]
Track listing
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1. |
"Roly-Poly" (Japanese ver.) | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-Sung, Shoko Fujibayashi (Japanese lyrics) | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-Sung |
3:36 |
2. |
"Kojinmaru~Uso~" (コジンマル; Geojitmal[note 1]; 嘘; Lies) | Cho Young Soo, Kei (Japanese lyrics) | Cho Young Soo |
3:49 |
3. |
"Roly-Poly" (Japanese ver. - Instrumental) | | |
3:36 |
4. |
"Kojinmaru~Uso~" (Instrumental) | | |
3:46 |
Total length: |
14:44 |
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1. |
"Roly-Poly" (Japanese ver.) | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-Sung, Seiko Fujibayashi (Japanese lyrics) | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-Sung |
3:36 |
2. |
"Apple is A" (Japanese ver.) | Cho Young Soo, Seiko Fujibayashi (Japanese lyrics) | Cho Young Soo |
3:10 |
3. |
"Roly-Poly" (Japanese ver. - Instrumental) | | |
3:36 |
4. |
"Apple is A" (Instrumental) | | |
3:08 |
Total length: |
13:28 |
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1. |
"Roly-Poly" (Japanese ver.) | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-Sung, Seiko Fujibayashi (Japanese lyrics) | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-Sung |
3:36 |
2. |
"Roly-Poly in Copacabana" (Roly-Poly in コパカバーナ; Kopakabāna) (Japanese ver.) | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-Sung, Seiko Fujibayashi (Japanese lyrics) | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-Sung |
3:31 |
3. |
"Roly-Poly" (Japanese ver. - Instrumental) | | |
3:36 |
4. |
"Roly-Poly in Copacabana" (Japanese ver. - Instrumental) | | |
3:33 |
5. |
"Bo Peep Bo Peep" (Korean version - Live ver. from T-ARA First Show Case in SHIBUYA-AX 2011.7.5) (Bonus track) | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-Sung | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-Sung |
4:12 |
Total length: |
18:24 |
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1. |
"Roly-Poly (Japanese ver.) Music Video" |
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2. |
"コジンマル~嘘~ (Japanese ver.) Music Video" |
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"Roly-Poly (Japanese ver.) Music Video Dance Feature ver." |
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"Roly-Poly (Japanese ver.) Music Video Making" |
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Charts
South Korea
Japan
Oricon
Released |
Oricon Chart |
Peak |
Debut Sales |
Sales Total |
Chart Run |
February 29, 2012 |
Daily Singles Chart |
3 |
14,999 (Daily) 41,285 (Weekly) 62,774 (Yearly) |
62,774 |
14 weeks |
Weekly Singles Chart |
3 |
Monthly Singles Chart |
12 |
Yearly Singles Chart |
127 |
Other Charts
Footnotes
References
External links
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