Juliette (Shinee song)
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"Juliette" is a song performed in Korean and later Japanese by the South Korea
South Korea
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n boy band, 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 "...

. The song is an instrumental remake of Corbin Bleu
Corbin Bleu
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's "Deal with It".

Korean version

The Korean version of "Juliette", released as a digital single on May 17, 2009, was included as the lead track in Shinee's second Korean EP
Extended play
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, Romeo
Romeo (EP)
Romeo is the second EP of South Korean boy group Shinee, released on May 21, 2009 in South Korea. The track "Juliette" were used as the promotional single, an instrumental remake of Corbin Bleu's "Deal with It"...

, released on May 25, 2009. The lyrics of the song were written by Jonghyun
Jonghyun
Kim Jonghyun , also known monomously as Jonghyun, is a South Korean idol singer, songwriter and dancer. He is most famous for being a member of the quintet contemporary R&B and pop boy band, Shinee and project ballad group SM The Ballad, both under the SM Entertainment label in South Korea...

, member of the band.

The single peaked at #39 on the weekly Oricon
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 chart and remained in the chart for consecutively three weeks.

Music video

A teaser of the accompanying promotional music video was released on May 15, 2009 followed by the release of the full music video two days later. Krystal Jung
Krystal Jung
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, a member of fellow labelmate girl group f(x)
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f is a five member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2009. The name is a play on the mathematical notation for function, and when input with different 'x', there can be many different outcomes. f strives to be the kind of girl group that can change and adapt to many situations....

, made an appearance in the music video. The dance version of the music video was released through SM Entertainment
SM Entertainment
S.M. Entertainment is an independent Korean record label, talent agency, producer, and publisher of pop music, founded by Lee Soo-man in South Korea...

's official YouTube
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 channel on June 10, 2009. The music videos featured a dance choreographed by Rino Nakasone Razalan
Rino Nakasone Razalan
Rino Nakasone Razalan born on June 11, 1979 is a dancer, choreographer from Okinawa, Japan. Rino participated in America's Best Dance Crew Season 3, alongside the crew Beat Freaks....

 of SM Entertainment. Rino has also choreographed dances of other of Shinee's singles including Replay
Replay (EP)
Replay is the Debut EP of South Korean boy group Shinee, released on May 22, 2008 from their label company, SM Entertainment. The EP was debuted at #10 on the Korean music charts and peaked at #8, selling 17,957 copies in the first half of 2008. The track "Noona Neomu Yeppeo " were used as the...

 and Lucifer
Lucifer (Shinee song)
"Lucifer" is a song performed by South Korean boy band Shinee. The song was written by Yoo Young-jin, who also penned the lyrics of many other songs performed by Shinee.-Korean version:...

.

Japanese version

The Japanese version of "Juliette" will be included as a single in their second Japanese release of the same name, scheduled to be released on August 29, 2011.

Music video

On July 18, 2011, EMI Music Japan unveiled the teaser for the music video of the Japanese version of the "Juliette" through their official YouTube
YouTube
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 channel. The full music video was released on August 8, 2011, through the same channel. Fellow labelmate and actress, Go Ara
Go Ara
Go Ara , often performing under the mononym Ara, is a South Korean actress, and model under record label and talent agency, SM Entertainment. She debuted in the 2003 Korean television drama, Sharp #1 as Lee Ok-lim.-Early life:...

, makes guest appearance in the music video. The music video featured the same dance as in the music video of Korean version, choreographed by Rino Nakasone Razalan
Rino Nakasone Razalan
Rino Nakasone Razalan born on June 11, 1979 is a dancer, choreographer from Okinawa, Japan. Rino participated in America's Best Dance Crew Season 3, alongside the crew Beat Freaks....

 of SM Entertainment.

Track listing

Chart performance

Chart Peak
position
Oricon
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Daily singles chart
1
Oricon Weekly singles chart 3

Sales and certification

Chart Amount
Oricon physical sales 70,000
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