It's You (Super Junior song)
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"너라고" is a digital single by Korean boy band
Super Junior
. It is the second promotional single for the group's third studio album Sorry, Sorry
and was digitally released on May 11, 2009. Three new tracks were added to the single on May 14, 2009, the same day as the physical release of the repackaged version of Sorry, Sorry.
."
Philippines, "It's You" peaked at #1, with only a 0.53% lead with Taylor Swift
's You Belong With Me
, which ranked #2 on that day. While on MYX
's international countdown, "It's You" peaked at #2, their highest ranking song on MYX
, after "Sorry, Sorry
" peaked only at #6 on the said countdown. It is also the 12th most voted international video on MYX's international year-end countdown , and 19th overall most voted music video of the year also in MYX's hit year-end countdown in 2009 (and the 3rd most voted K-Pop music video, second being "Nobody
" by the Wonder Girls and the first being "Fire
", by 2NE1).
was directed by Soo-Hyun Cho and filmed in a studio in Ilsan
, Gyeonggi-do
, South Korea in late April 2009. It premiered on the evening of May 12, 2009 on Cyworld with a positive reception. The music video was originally planned to be released on the same day as the repackaged album release, but because an unfinished version of it was illegally leaked on the morning of May 12, SM Entertainment decided to push forward the release time to 7 P.M. of that same day. There are slight differences in both versions. In the leaked unedited version, there are more scenes of Han Geng whispering the phrase "it's you" (너라고, Neorago) in Korean
, while in the official release, those scenes are replaced with the Super Junior members assembling to their stools. Certain scenes are also shot at different angles, and more special effects are added into the dancing scenes.
A second version of the music video, which excludes the intercut sequences of choreographed dancing, was released on May 15, 2009. The video opens with a scene of a girl returning her ring to Kibum. A loud heart beat sounds when Kibum painfully walks away with the ring in his hand. Kibum passes by Han Geng, who somberly looks down at his phone. He whispers "It's you, it's you, it's only you for me, it's you" in Korean and walks away. Donghae
appears behind him and walks down the street, followed by Kyuhyun
who walks after him. Kyuhyun walks past a car parked in a street intersection, and Yesung
walks out of the street. Leeteuk
appears behind Yesung, playing with a necklace. As he walks toward the end of the street, Siwon hesitantly walks toward a phone booth. Ryeowook
rushes past him holding a bouquet of flowers. As he smells the flowers, he whips past Kang-in
who is sitting down at a table angrily reading a letter. Kyuhyun appears again and quickly unbuttons his jacket, checking the time on his watch. He walks by Eunhyuk
, who is spraying graffiti
on the wall with the words "Only 4 U." Kang-in walks into a coffee shop and passes by Sungmin
who is writing a letter. Shindong
walks out of the coffee shop, passing by Ryeowook who has been waiting in front of the shop. Ryeowook angrily throws down his bouquet of flowers, looks at his watch, and walks away. He passes by Han Geng, who is emotionally talking through his phone. Han Geng walks past Yesung and Eunhyuk doing a handshake in an alleyway, and Yesung walks past Sungmin, who is now mailing his letter. Kyuhyun quickly walks past Sungmin and passes by Heechul in the middle of the street, who is sitting on his motorcycle and taking off his helmet. The rest of the Super Junior members appear walking by Heechul, and Siwon is now shouting through the phone. He slams the phone back and hits the phone booth. Donghae angrily walks by and steps back as the camera pans toward the rest of the Super Junior members standing behind Heechul. As Heechul whispers the same words Han Geng whispered in the beginning of the video, Kibum holds his ring to his heart and the rest of the members follow.
Boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on...
Super Junior
Super Junior
Super Junior is a South Korean boy band. Formed in 2005 by producer Lee Soo-man of SM Entertainment, the group comprised a total of thirteen members at its peak, and was once claimed to be the world's largest boy band...
. It is the second promotional single for the group's third studio album Sorry, Sorry
Sorry, Sorry
Sorry, Sorry is the award-winning third studio album by South Korean boy band Super Junior, released on March 12, 2009 in South Korea. Sorry, Sorry was a critically and commercially successful hit in Asia, becoming 2009's best-selling Korean-language album in South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, China,...
and was digitally released on May 11, 2009. Three new tracks were added to the single on May 14, 2009, the same day as the physical release of the repackaged version of Sorry, Sorry.
Song history
"It's You" is written and produced by E-Tribe, the same composer who wrote several chart-topping songs. The collaboration was first announced on April 21, in which the group described the song to be "a mellow but trendy dance song" and very unlike the lively songs that E-Tribe has previously written for female singers. The song incorporates heavy electronic influences to a MIDI sequence, and it is expected to earn the same success as the urban funk song "Sorry, SorrySorry, Sorry (song)
"Sorry, Sorry" is a song performed by South Korean boy band Super Junior. It was released as a digital single on March 9, 2009 and was later included as the title single in the group's third studio album, Sorry, Sorry, released on March 12, 2009. This song was Super Junior's comeback single as a...
."
Promotion and chart performance
On May 9, 2009 the full-length single of "It's You" and screen shots of the respective music video were leaked on the Internet. Despite the leak, the single was officially released as a digital single on May 11, 2009, and quickly became the #1 song on Cyworld after only four hours of release. Two days later, the single reached top 5 on Mnet's Top 300 Chart, ranking #4. The first promotional performance for "It's You" was on May 17, 2009 on the SBS music program, Popular Songs (인기가요). On May 22, "It's You" was performed on Music Bank for the first, followed by the song's first award as #1 song of the week on the Music Bank weekly K-Chart. A week later, the song reached #1 on the Take 7 Chart for Popular Songs. The single also stayed as #1 in Thailand's Channel V Countdown Asia Chart for three consecutive weeks. On October 7, 2009, in a daily countdown by MYXMyx
myx or MYX is the music channel of ABS-CBN brand and the #1 music channel in the Philippines. It is also a part of Studio 23's program line-up. In 2007, MYX North America was launched in the United States....
Philippines, "It's You" peaked at #1, with only a 0.53% lead with Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America...
's You Belong With Me
You Belong with Me
"You Belong with Me" is a country pop song performed by American recording artist Taylor Swift. The song was co-written by Swift and Liz Rose and produced by Nathan Chapman with Swift's aid. It was released on April 21, 2009, by Big Machine Records as the third single from Swift's second studio...
, which ranked #2 on that day. While on MYX
Myx
myx or MYX is the music channel of ABS-CBN brand and the #1 music channel in the Philippines. It is also a part of Studio 23's program line-up. In 2007, MYX North America was launched in the United States....
's international countdown, "It's You" peaked at #2, their highest ranking song on MYX
Myx
myx or MYX is the music channel of ABS-CBN brand and the #1 music channel in the Philippines. It is also a part of Studio 23's program line-up. In 2007, MYX North America was launched in the United States....
, after "Sorry, Sorry
Sorry, Sorry
Sorry, Sorry is the award-winning third studio album by South Korean boy band Super Junior, released on March 12, 2009 in South Korea. Sorry, Sorry was a critically and commercially successful hit in Asia, becoming 2009's best-selling Korean-language album in South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, China,...
" peaked only at #6 on the said countdown. It is also the 12th most voted international video on MYX's international year-end countdown , and 19th overall most voted music video of the year also in MYX's hit year-end countdown in 2009 (and the 3rd most voted K-Pop music video, second being "Nobody
Nobody (Wonder Girls song)
"Nobody" is a dance pop song produced by Park Jin-Young and recorded by Korean girl group Wonder Girls. The song was released as a digital download single on September 22, 2008 in their native Korean...
" by the Wonder Girls and the first being "Fire
Fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition....
", by 2NE1).
Music video
The music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
was directed by Soo-Hyun Cho and filmed in a studio in Ilsan
Ilsan
Ilsan is the name of two districts or wards in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea...
, Gyeonggi-do
Gyeonggi-do
Gyeonggi-do is the most populous province in South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Suwon. Seoul—South Korea's largest city and national capital—is located in the heart of the province, but has been separately administered as a provincial-level special city since 1946...
, South Korea in late April 2009. It premiered on the evening of May 12, 2009 on Cyworld with a positive reception. The music video was originally planned to be released on the same day as the repackaged album release, but because an unfinished version of it was illegally leaked on the morning of May 12, SM Entertainment decided to push forward the release time to 7 P.M. of that same day. There are slight differences in both versions. In the leaked unedited version, there are more scenes of Han Geng whispering the phrase "it's you" (너라고, Neorago) in 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...
, while in the official release, those scenes are replaced with the Super Junior members assembling to their stools. Certain scenes are also shot at different angles, and more special effects are added into the dancing scenes.
A second version of the music video, which excludes the intercut sequences of choreographed dancing, was released on May 15, 2009. The video opens with a scene of a girl returning her ring to Kibum. A loud heart beat sounds when Kibum painfully walks away with the ring in his hand. Kibum passes by Han Geng, who somberly looks down at his phone. He whispers "It's you, it's you, it's only you for me, it's you" in Korean and walks away. Donghae
Donghae (entertainer)
Lee Donghae , better known mononymously as Donghae , is a Korean singer and occasional actor. He is a part of the thirteen member South Korean boyband Super Junior. He is one of the three main dancers alongside fellow band members Eunhyuk and Shindong, and is part of its subgroup, Super Junior-M...
appears behind him and walks down the street, followed by Kyuhyun
Kyuhyun
Cho Kyuhyun , best known mononymously as Kyuhyun, is a Korean pop singer. He is the youngest member of a very popular boy band Super Junior. In Super Junior, he is a main vocalist. He is also one of the first four Korean artists to appear on Chinese postage stamps...
who walks after him. Kyuhyun walks past a car parked in a street intersection, and Yesung
Yesung
Kim Jong-woon , better known by his stage name Yesung, is a South Korean idol singer and occasional actor. He is one of the four lead vocalists of the boy band Super Junior. He was once a radio host for his own radio program, M.I.R.A.C.L.E for You, which ended its broadcast in September 2007...
walks out of the street. Leeteuk
Leeteuk
Park Jung-su , better known by his stage name Leeteuk , is a South Korean idol singer, presenter, and occasional actor. He is the leader of the super boy band Super Junior. To prevent confusion with famous Korean veteran actress Park Jeong-su, he decided to use the name 'Leeteuk'...
appears behind Yesung, playing with a necklace. As he walks toward the end of the street, Siwon hesitantly walks toward a phone booth. Ryeowook
Ryeowook
Kim Ryeo-wook , best known mononymously as Ryeowook, is a Korean singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He is one of the four lead vocalists of the super boy band Super Junior, and is also a member of Super Junior-K.R.Y and Super Junior-M, two subgroups that are branched out from the main group...
rushes past him holding a bouquet of flowers. As he smells the flowers, he whips past Kang-in
Kang-In
Kim Young-woon , better known by his stage name Kangin, is a South Korean idol singer, actor, MC, presenter, and a member of the super boy band Super Junior. His name 'Kangin' , meaning strong benevolence, was given to him to complement his personality. Currently, Kangin will not be joining Super...
who is sitting down at a table angrily reading a letter. Kyuhyun appears again and quickly unbuttons his jacket, checking the time on his watch. He walks by Eunhyuk
Eunhyuk
Lee Hyuk-jae , better known by his stage name Eunhyuk, is a South Korean idol singer, dancer, rapper, presenter, song writer, and occasional actor. He is a part of the thirteen member South Korean boyband Super Junior. His position in the group is the lead rapper and one of the three lead dancers...
, who is spraying graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
on the wall with the words "Only 4 U." Kang-in walks into a coffee shop and passes by Sungmin
Sungmin
Lee Sungmin 이성민 , or most commonly known as Sungmin 성민, is a South Korean idol singer and actor. He is one of the four lead vocalists and one of the main dancer of the South Korean boy band Super Junior. He is also a member of Super Junior subgroup Super Junior-T, Super Junior-H and recently became...
who is writing a letter. Shindong
Shindong
Shin Dong-hee , better known by his stage name Shindong, is a South Korean idol singer, actor, presenter, and one of the four lead dancers of the boy band Super Junior. He is a dancer but also a rapper, often co-writing rap lyrics with Eunhyuk...
walks out of the coffee shop, passing by Ryeowook who has been waiting in front of the shop. Ryeowook angrily throws down his bouquet of flowers, looks at his watch, and walks away. He passes by Han Geng, who is emotionally talking through his phone. Han Geng walks past Yesung and Eunhyuk doing a handshake in an alleyway, and Yesung walks past Sungmin, who is now mailing his letter. Kyuhyun quickly walks past Sungmin and passes by Heechul in the middle of the street, who is sitting on his motorcycle and taking off his helmet. The rest of the Super Junior members appear walking by Heechul, and Siwon is now shouting through the phone. He slams the phone back and hits the phone booth. Donghae angrily walks by and steps back as the camera pans toward the rest of the Super Junior members standing behind Heechul. As Heechul whispers the same words Han Geng whispered in the beginning of the video, Kibum holds his ring to his heart and the rest of the members follow.
Digital release
- 너라고 (It's You) – 3:51
- 그녀는 위험해 (She Wants It) "She's Dangerous (She Wants It)" – 3:55
- 사랑이 죽는 병 (Love Disease) "Dying Love (Love Disease)" – 3:30
- 첫번째 이야기 (Love U More) "The First Story (Love U More)" – 3:08