"Bo Peep Bo Peep" is a song by South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n girl group T-ara

T-ara

T-ara is a South Korean girl group formed by Core Contents Media in 2009. Before their debut, there was a high level of interest in the group as they were called "Super Rookies" and had been training for three years prior to debut....

. It is the first lead track (of two) from the album Absolute First Album

Absolute First Album

Absolute First Album is an album by South Korean girl group T-ara. The album was initially planned to be released earlier as a mini-album, however, it was decided that a full album would be released instead...

, the other being "Like The First Time" (Korean

Korean language

Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...

: 처음처럼). The song won 5 weekly #1 awards on KBS

KBS

Korean Broadcasting System is the biggest of four major Korean television networks.- Structure :KBS is a 'public organization' that, by law, receives public funding from the Korean Government but is independently managed. As mentioned on the Korean Constitution, the president of KBS is...

 Music Bank

Music Bank (TV series)

Music Bank is a South Korean music television program broadcast by Korean Broadcasting System, KBS. It airs live every Friday at 6:10 PM KST. It is currently hosted by guest MCs...

and SBS Inkigayo. It was later re-recorded in Japanese for the group's debut single, which was released on September 28, 2011. The single has sold a total of 76,135 copies to date, peaking at #1 on Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

's weekly chart.

History

For the group's comeback, T-ara released three music videos for the songs "Bo Peep Bo Peep" and "Like the First Time". 9,000 netizens from over 9 music portal sites voted in a poll determining which song T-ara will be promoting, but despite "Like the First Time" being the winning song, the group promoted "Bo Peep Bo Peep" on music shows instead. T-ara held their comeback stage on KBS

KBS

Korean Broadcasting System is the biggest of four major Korean television networks.- Structure :KBS is a 'public organization' that, by law, receives public funding from the Korean Government but is independently managed. As mentioned on the Korean Constitution, the president of KBS is...

 Music Bank

Music Bank (TV series)

Music Bank is a South Korean music television program broadcast by Korean Broadcasting System, KBS. It airs live every Friday at 6:10 PM KST. It is currently hosted by guest MCs...

 on December 4.

Japanese version

On August 4, 2011, it was announced that T-ara will be debuting in Japan with a Japanese remake of "Bo Peep Bo Peep". The single was released on September 28 as two limited editions and a regular edition, with a Japanese version of their song "I Go Crazy Because of You" as the accompanying b-side. The music video was released on September 1 on the Japanese cable television

Cable television

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 network Space Shower TV. The single debuted on Oricon's Daily Chart at No. 1 with 20,068 copies sold on the first day. They are the first Korean girl group to achieve the number 1 spot and the third Korean group after MBLAQ

MBLAQ

MBLAQ is a South Korean quintet boy band created by Korean entertainer Rain under J.Tune Camp. The group consists of Seung Ho , G.O , Joon , Cheondoong/Thunder , and Mir...

's "Your Luv

Your Luv

Your Luv is a song released by the South Korean boy band MBLAQ. It's the group's Japanese debut single and it was released on May 4, 2011 via Sony Music Records Japan.-Promotions:...

" and SHINee

SHINee

Shinee is a contemporary R&B South Korean boy band. Formed by SM Entertainment in 2008, they made their debut on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo with their promotional single, "Noona Neomu Yeppeo "...

's "Replay -Kimi wa Boku no Everything-". The single debuted at No. 1 on Oricon's Weekly Chart with 49,712 copies sold, making them the first foreign group and also the first Korean girl group to debut at No. 1;".

Tracklisting

Korean version

Chart	Peak position
Gaon Gaon Chart The Gaon Chart is a national record chart of South Korea. It is complied by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism; with an aim to create a national chart for Korea similar to the Billboard charts and Oricon charts... single chart	4

Oricon Chart

Released	Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...  Chart	Peak	Debut sales	Sales total
September 28, 2011	Daily Singles Chart	1	49,712	79,073
	Weekly Singles Chart	1
	Monthly Singles Chart	7

Other charts

Chart	Peak position
Billboard Japan Hot 100 Japan Hot 100 The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com ....	1
RIAJ Digital Track Chart RIAJ Digital Track Chart The is chart ranks the best selling digital singles in Japan, provided by the Recording Industry Association of Japan since April 2009. The chart measures cellphone downloads ....	3
RIAJ Digital Track Chart (LOVE ME! ~Anata no Sei de Kurisou~)	91

Cover versions

In 2010, Taiwanese entertainer Lotus Wang did a cover of the song under the title "Bobee 保庇". It became a dance craze and was picked by CNN's Phil
Han for the "Best Viral Video of the Week", which lead to controversy from Korean neitizens complaining that the song 'wasn't original' and that they failed to mention the original title or T-ara's name at all.

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...	November 27, 2009	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	Core Contents Media
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	September 28, 2011	CD single	EMI Music Japan
	October 5, 2011	Digital download