Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) (song)
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Single by Girls' Generation | |||||||
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Released | June 22, 2009 | ||||||
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Recorded | 2009 | ||||||
Genre | Bubblegum pop | ||||||
Length | 3:52 | ||||||
Label | S.M. Entertainment | ||||||
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Producer(s) | Yoo Young-jin | ||||||
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"Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" (Korean: 소원을 말해봐 (Genie); Sowoneul Malhaebwa (Genie)) is a song by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation, taken from their debut extended play with the same name (2009). The song was written by Anne Judith Wik, Robin Jenssen, Ronny Svendsen, Nermin Harambasic, Fridolin Nordso and Yoo Young-jin, with production handled by Young-jin. An uptempo electropop and dance pop track, "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" was recorded in their native Korean language and Japanese language, their first song in the latter. The lyrical content discusses themes of love.
With a Korean version released in June 2009 and the Japanese version in September 2010 respectively, "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" was met with positive reviews by most music critics, many of whom commended the songs production and vocal abilities. However, some critics felt the song was generic. Commercially, the song charted on several Korean and Japanese online charts.[1][2] It reached number four on the Japanese Oricon Singles Chart and number two on the Gaon Albums Chart in their respective languages. The song has sold over 600,000 units in Japan.
Three music videos were choreographed by Rino Nakasone. The Korean version features the group on a purple neon stage, the Japanese version features the group in a circus tent and the final was shot in 3D. Promoting the single on various Japanese and Korean TV music series, Girls' Generation performed "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" on the SM Town nationwide tour along with their 2011 Girls' Generation Tour and The First Japan Arena Tour.
Background
"Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" was released digitally on June 22, 2009.[3]
Composition
"Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" was written by Anne Judith Wik, Robin Jenssen, Ronny Svendsen, Nermin Harambasic and Fridolin Nordso.[4] Originally, the song was written for another undisclosed artist until S.M. Entertainment had purchased the rights to the song. This was then re-composed and re-written by Yoo Young-jin, and the melody was arranged by Yoo Han-jin.[5]
"Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" is an electropop song, with influence of eurodance. The song features a synthesized intro performed by TVXQ's Micky Yoochun, heard at the start of the Korean version, with the line, "Just turn it up, that's right, come on!". His voice is also used in the Korean music video, with the lines "Hey" and "Girls' Generation" being heard. The sound technique of, Musique concrète during the last chorus, in which group leader and main vocalist, Taeyeon, sings above the eight other girls – "Tell me your fantasy, without holding back. I'll show you the genie's path. Tell me your wish, without holding back, I, your genie, will grant them." - While the other girls sing the traditional chorus.[6]
Music video
The choreographer was Rino Nakasone Razalan.[7]
The teaser video was released at 9:20 p.m. (KT) on June 19, 2009.[8] 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 are interacting with the viewer personally. The stage sequences have heavy, flashy lights and moving spotlights to give strong and bright effects.[9]
3D version
On October 24, 2010 a 3D music video of the Korean version, was released for Samsung PAVV LED TV. The video begins with all nine girls sitting down, looking into crystal balls, then cutting into the beginning of the song with "Girls Generation" written in pink, sparkly lettering. The video features three dance sequences, one of which features a floor with cosmic-like sparkles coming out of it. During the video, it cuts to solo scenes of the girls playing with the crystal balls, inside are a man and a woman standing awkwardly beside each other at a bus stop, beside them is a poster with "I Wish" printed on it, and a red Mini Convertible is below it. The girls are then seen changing the couples clothes, and making the Mini appear out of the poster, signifying the girls are 'genies' and granting their wishes. The video ends with the girls waving goodbye to the couple, who then drive off in the car, with the number '37' printed on the side. The outfits worn by the girls follow the typical 'military' style, with two costumes being used. One featuring a black coat, tie and short-shorts, and a white undershirt. The other being all white, topped off with a white navy-esque hat.
Live performances
On stage, the girls were given a "military" concept for their performance of "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)," dressing mostly in tight military jackets, miniskirts, and/or hot pants. The colours were mostly white navy shirts, khaki brown, and red,[6] although various uniforms were shown.[10][11][12][13]
The group wished to show a mature image, in comparison to the innocence portrayed during "Gee". The choreography of the song, done by Rino Nakasone Razalan, 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).[6][14][15][16][17][18]
The song has been performed on two SM Town tours, In 2010, using the "Rock Tronic" remix, which was also used on their first tour, and then again in 2011 for the continuation of the 2010 SMTown tour. The remix contains a rock inspired dance-break, where the girls perform in-sync routines, the echo of the line "Sowoneul Marhaebwa" ("Tell me your wish") can be heard, also. The group's first performance for the mini-album was on June 26 on KBS Music Bank.[19] Within a few days, the song topped on 10 different digital music charts.[20] The song was also rewarded as the most popular album and ringtone downloads.[21]
"Genie" was featured as the opening number for the Girls' first Japan tour, and on the 2nd Asia tour. The performance begins with the girls appearing from an odd-shaped cocoon-like prop, where they are assembled in the shape of a pyramid; Taeyeon on top, followed by Jessica and Tiffany, then the remaining girls, Seohyun, Hyoyeon, Sunny, Yoona, Yuri and Sooyoung, on the third level. The song starts with Taeyeon singing the first line of Genie, and then is repeated by Jessica, Tiffany and Yoona, and then again by the remaining girls, then, the girls begin to sing the song. The remix features a rap interlude performed by Tiffany; "Welcome to my show, it's a revolution, this is my Girls' Generation / Everyone rock with me, take it in all right / Get hype! Jump! Let's party all night / I know we the ones to make you super crazy / Wanna be your genie more than one night / Watchin' me, feelin' me, callin' my name / I just want you and me to feel the same / Come on and move it, put your hands up in the air / Everybody lose control, and hands up in the air."
After the rap, Tiffany replaces the word "DJ" in the line "DJ, put it back on," with the specific city, or venue, they are performing at. When they performed at Japan, for example, Tiffany would say, "Japan, put it back on!". During their performance of the song at the 62nd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen in 2011, Tiffany says "Akagumi, put it back on!" as they were part of the all-female Akagumi (red team). On January 14, 2013, they performed the song on the Philippines' Dream K-Pop Fantasy Concert, Tiffany said, "Philippines, put it back on!".
Japanese version
"Genie" | |||||||
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Single by Girls' Generation | |||||||
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Released | September 8, 2010 | ||||||
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Recorded | 2010 | ||||||
Genre | Bubblegum pop | ||||||
Length | 3:44 | ||||||
Label | Nayutawave | ||||||
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Producer(s) | Yoo Young-jin | ||||||
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Stylized as "Genie", the Japanese version of the song is also the debut single by Girls' Generation in Japan, which was released on September 8, 2010. 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.[22][23] The song 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 also includes the Korean version, "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)."
It was selected by iTunes Japan as the #1 Breakthrough Album of 2010 on 2010: Music, 2010 BEST chart.[24]
The single sold 115,575 physical units in Japan in 2010.[25]
Music video
The music video teaser was released August 16, 2010 and the full music video was released August 25, 2010, it was also their first video to be filmed in Japan.
It begins with a young boy (Exo's Chanyeol) 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 is implied 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.
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 plagiarizing "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." However, Nathalie sings the original English lyrics that were written for the song.[29]
On June 3, 2011, British singer C.J. Lewis released an English version of "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)."[30]
Track listing
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
1. | "Genie" (Japanese version) | Yoo Young-jin, Kanata Nakamura | Anne Judith Wik, Robin Jenssen, Ronny Svendsen, Nermin Harambasic, Fridolin Nordsø, Yoo Young-jin | 3:44 |
2. | "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" (Korean version) | Yoo Young-jin | Anne Judith Wik, Robin Jenssen, Ronny Svendsen, Nermin Harambasic, Fridolin Nordsø, Yoo Young-jin | 3:49 |
3. | "Genie" (Without main vocal) | Anne Judith Wik, Robin Jenssen, Ronny Svendsen, Nermin Harambasic, Fridolin Nordsø, Yoo Young-jin | 3:44 | |
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11:17 |
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Genie" (Music video) | |
2. | "Genie" (Music video – Dance version) (First Press only) |
Credits
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Credits are adapted from Japanese CD single liner notes.[31]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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Japan (RIAJ)[39] physical single |
Gold | 115,575^ |
Japan (RIAJ)[40] digital download |
Platinum | 250,000* |
Japan (RIAJ)[41] full-length Chaku-Uta |
Platinum | 250,000^ |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
Awards
Bout | Year | Date | Award | Title | Notes |
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24th | 2009 | December 10 | Golden Disk Awards | Grand Prize in Digital Releasing | [42] |
Records of the Year in Digital Releasing |
Top 5 digital releases of the year[42] |
MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Year | Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
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2011 | "Genie" | Best Group Video | Won | [43][44] |
Video Of The Year | Nominated | |||
Best Karaoke! Song | Won |
References
- Notes
- ↑ "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" was released in South Korea in 2009, therefore it failed to enter the Gaon Singles Chart, which launched in 2010. Nonetheless, the Japanese version of the song entered the Gaon Album Chart at number two in 2011.[35]
- Footnotes
- ↑ Hicap, Jonathan M. Girls Generation’s new album a smash hit. Manila Bulletin. January 30, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
- ↑ Girls and boys take Golden Disks. JoongAng Daily. December 11, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
- ↑ Jang, Hwi-jae (June 17, 2009). 소녀시대, 타이틀곡 ‘소원을 말해봐’로 활동 재개 [Girls' Generation, Title Song "Tell Me Your Wish" for Comeback] (in Korean). TodayKorea. Archived from the original on August 8, 2009.
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- 1 2 3 연예 – 기사내용 – "지금이 소녀시대일까?…아직, 우리시대는 멀었다" (인터뷰). Sportsseoul.com (2010-06-13). Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
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- ↑ 마린룩. asiae.co.kr. 2009.07.10
- ↑ 마린 룩도 섹시하게~ 이보다 'HOT' 할 순 없다! . bntnews.
- ↑ mk 뉴스 – 걸그룹 패션, 입맛대로 골라입기 [패션분석③]. News.mk.co.kr. Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
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- ↑ 컴백 소녀시대 “이번 춤 이름은 제기차기춤-각선미춤” – 손에 잡히는 뉴스 눈에 보이는 뉴스 – 뉴스엔. Newsen.com (2009-06-26). Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
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- ↑ 엉덩이춤-시건방춤-최면춤, 팬들은 지금 '댄스 작명' 열풍 – 아시아경제. Asiae.co.kr. Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
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- ↑ (Korean) 소녀시대, 25일 두 번째 싱글 '소원을 말해봐' 공개 (Girls' Generation, Second Single "Tell Me Your Wish" Released on 22nd). CNB News. June 22, 2009. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
- ↑ (Korean) 소녀시대, 전 음원 차트 1위 석권. 또 ‘올 킬’…. (Girls' Generation' Tops All Digital Charts, "All Kill" Again...). SportsKhan. July 1, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
- ↑ Park, Young-woong. 소녀시대, "소원을 말해봐"로 음반·음원·벨소리 1위 석권 (Girls' Generation Tops Album, Single, and Ringtone Charts with "Genie"). MyDaily. July 6, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
- ↑ (Korean) 소녀시대 오리콘 주간 4위 ‘해외 女가수 데뷔 최고성적 역사 썼다’ (Girls 4 on the Oricon Weekly ' best international female sexual history of a singer wrote Newsen. Retrieved September 15, 2010.
- ↑ K-POPガールズ本命・少女時代、日本デビュー作が歴代最高記録 ニュース-ORICON STYLE. Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
- ↑ 소시 '지니', 日아이튠즈 올해의 신인 팝앨범 선정 : 네이트 뉴스. News.nate.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
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- ↑ '소원을 말해봐' 저작권자, "소녀시대의 표절 아니다" (in Korean). Chosun.com. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
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- ↑ 'Genie' Mired in Plagiarism Dispute, The Korea Times, July 4, 2009
- ↑ I JUST WANNA DANCE – NEW SINGLE. nathaliemusic.tv
- ↑ "C.J. Lewis - GENIE". universalmusicjapan. YouTube.
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- ↑ "Billboard Japan Hot 100: 2010/09/20". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ↑ レコード協会調べ (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012.
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- ↑ "Gaon Album Chart: Week 22, 2011" (in Korean). Gaon Album Chart. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
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- ↑ "RIAJ Statistics (August 2011)" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013.
- 1 2 2009년 제24회 골든 디스크 수상자. webpage (in Korean). Golden Disk Awards. 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
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