Marry U
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"Marry U" is a song by South Korean boy band
Super Junior
. The song is produced by Lee Soo Man
for Super Junior's second album, Don't Don
. The song is a combination of soft contemporary R&B
, simple pop ballad melodies, and also with elements of jazz
and rap.
A new version of the ballad with extra vocals of Han Geng and Shindong
was released in a repackaged version of Don't Don on November 5, 2007, which also became the promotional release of the single. "Marry U" stayed as #1 for three consecutive weeks on TV and radio stations in South Korea since its release in November.
with soft rapping
and gentle vocalization
and harmonization
. The theme of the song involves a sweet proposal and a confession of love, with repeating imagery of a bride and groom walking towards the moons and stars. The lyrics support long-lasting love and describes that although growing older, the love will never leave.
The only difference between the first and second version of "Marry U" are the switching of solo positions. In the original version, Han Geng, Shindong
, and Kibum do not have solos. However, Han Geng and Shindong
gained solos in the second version. Han Geng sings Heechul's original solo and Shindong
raps to the second half of Eunhyuk
's second solo. Heechul's solo is switched to rapping to the second half of Eunhyuk's first solo.
effects instead of actual scenery. Super Junior filmed the video wearing white tuxedos, surrounded by green screen
.
The music video begins with Super Junior sleeping on top of a graphical city, with Eunhyuk
rapping, which is then followed by Heechul's rap. As Heechul continues rapping, the video merges into the city, with a yellow taxi cab driving in the streets. A girl, played by Girls' Generation
's Yoona
exits the taxi and arrives in front of a circus, and enters it. As the girl watches the performances, the camera closes onto her face and her head breaks apart, revealing a girl sitting on her bed in her room.
Super Junior appears between intervals every once in a while, singing and rapping to the song. As Donghae
raps, the camera shows the girl sleeping on her desk. The video then showed water droplets growing into trees of ice, emitting a bright glow. A piece of outstretched cloth hovers above the tree, and hot air balloons, with phones attached to them, hang above the cloth, with the girl staring at it. The girl goes back into the taxi and arrived at the concert, watching Super Junior dance to the song in a fantasy-like surrounding.
Throughout the video, the scenery used subtly displays a story of which someone is holding a concert for a former lover, confessing love and re-committing themselves to each other. Unlike previous promo singles from Super Junior, "Marry U" is a mid-tempo ballad, and the song does not require extremely difficult dance choreography like what the group's previous singles required. In the first half of the music video, Super Junior is mainly shown sitting on high platforms singing to the song, with shots of the girl and also scenery composed of CG artworks. At the end of the video where the girl sits down to enjoy the group dancing, the group dances in a fantasy-like surrounding, with slow and gentle choreography. The ending scene shows the girl smiling and nodding, a diamond ring glinting on her finger.
to be performed overseas as Super Junior performed this song at the 2007 Tencent Stars Magnificent Ceremony in Beijing
, China
on November 17, 2007. Unlike previous performances where they danced to "Marry U", Super Junior performed the song sitting on bar stool
s.
Despite wide promotional uses of the single, "Marry U" did not meet the achievements like what the album's first single, "Don't Don
," had set. "Marry U" met impressive debut ranks in online charts and had stayed in the charts for many months, but the single failed to win the SBS Popular Songs Mutizen Song and M.NET's #1 M! Countdown song.
and the second special single to release in Japan
by Super Junior
. The single comes with two different jackets; the first of the jackets contains a CD and a DVD of making-of footage while the second jacket contains only a CD with a photobook. The single peaked at #9 on Japan's Oricon Daily Chart in its first day of release.
The single is a compiled single with a total of four tracks, all which are title tracks from Super Junior, Super Junior-T
, Super Junior-K.R.Y, and Super Junior-Happy
.
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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...
. The song is produced by Lee Soo Man
Lee Soo Man
Lee Soo Man is a South Korean entrepreneur and the founder & chairman of S.M. Entertainment Co.,Ltd. Group, which includes two subsidiaries specializing in K-pop groups....
for Super Junior's second album, Don't Don
Don't Don
Don't Don is the second studio album by Korean boy band Super Junior. It was released by SM Entertainment on September 20, 2007 in South Korea...
. The song is a combination of soft contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
, simple pop ballad melodies, and also with elements of jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and rap.
A new version of the ballad with extra vocals of Han Geng and 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...
was released in a repackaged version of Don't Don on November 5, 2007, which also became the promotional release of the single. "Marry U" stayed as #1 for three consecutive weeks on TV and radio stations in South Korea since its release in November.
Song history
"Marry U" was originally track 6 from the original album, Don't Don, which was released on September 20, 2007. However, a new version of "Marry U" was released on the first repackaged version of the album on November 5, 2007. "Marry U" is a light R&B balladBallad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
with soft rapping
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
and gentle vocalization
Vocal music
Vocal music is a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but does not feature it prominently is generally considered instrumental music Vocal music is a genre of...
and harmonization
Harmony
In music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches , or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Harmony is often said to refer to the "vertical" aspect of music, as distinguished from melodic...
. The theme of the song involves a sweet proposal and a confession of love, with repeating imagery of a bride and groom walking towards the moons and stars. The lyrics support long-lasting love and describes that although growing older, the love will never leave.
The only difference between the first and second version of "Marry U" are the switching of solo positions. In the original version, Han Geng, 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...
, and Kibum do not have solos. However, Han Geng and 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...
gained solos in the second version. Han Geng sings Heechul's original solo and 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...
raps to the second half of 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...
's second solo. Heechul's solo is switched to rapping to the second half of Eunhyuk's first solo.
Music video
Different from previous works from the group, a majority of the music video is done with high-definite CG artworkCG artwork
CG is a term most commonly known in the West for its use in Japanese webpages to denote digital artwork. In traditional Japanese, it is an abbreviation of the Japanese gairaigo , used to refer to any form of digital artwork, from digitally shaded dōjinshi to legitimate cinematic art...
effects instead of actual scenery. Super Junior filmed the video wearing white tuxedos, surrounded by green screen
Green Screen
The Green Screen international wildlife film festival is held annually in Eckernförde, Germany. The festival shows full-length and short nature documentaries about animals in their natural habitat. It is the only festival of its kind in Germany...
.
The music video begins with Super Junior sleeping on top of a graphical city, with 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...
rapping, which is then followed by Heechul's rap. As Heechul continues rapping, the video merges into the city, with a yellow taxi cab driving in the streets. A girl, played by Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation is a nine-member South Korean electropop girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. The nine members are: Taeyeon , Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun...
's Yoona
Im Yoona
Im Yoona commonly stylized as YoonA , is a South Korean idol singer, Dancer, Actress, and Promotional model. She is a member of the Korean girl group, Girls' Generation. She made her debut as an actress in the 2007 Korean drama, 9 Ends, 2 Outs. She is often considered to be the "face" of the...
exits the taxi and arrives in front of a circus, and enters it. As the girl watches the performances, the camera closes onto her face and her head breaks apart, revealing a girl sitting on her bed in her room.
Super Junior appears between intervals every once in a while, singing and rapping to the song. As 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...
raps, the camera shows the girl sleeping on her desk. The video then showed water droplets growing into trees of ice, emitting a bright glow. A piece of outstretched cloth hovers above the tree, and hot air balloons, with phones attached to them, hang above the cloth, with the girl staring at it. The girl goes back into the taxi and arrived at the concert, watching Super Junior dance to the song in a fantasy-like surrounding.
Throughout the video, the scenery used subtly displays a story of which someone is holding a concert for a former lover, confessing love and re-committing themselves to each other. Unlike previous promo singles from Super Junior, "Marry U" is a mid-tempo ballad, and the song does not require extremely difficult dance choreography like what the group's previous singles required. In the first half of the music video, Super Junior is mainly shown sitting on high platforms singing to the song, with shots of the girl and also scenery composed of CG artworks. At the end of the video where the girl sits down to enjoy the group dancing, the group dances in a fantasy-like surrounding, with slow and gentle choreography. The ending scene shows the girl smiling and nodding, a diamond ring glinting on her finger.
Promotional uses and reception
"Marry U" became the main title of Super Junior's first mini concert, Super Junior Marry U Mini Concert. The mini concert had two shifts, one in the afternoon and one in the night. The concert was held in Seoul Shindolim Technomart on November 15, 2007. Taking the theme of a marriage proposal, each of the thirteen members prepared rings to give to certain lucky fans, presenting it to them like how they would propose to their girlfriends. "Marry U" is also the first single from Don't DonDon't Don
Don't Don is the second studio album by Korean boy band Super Junior. It was released by SM Entertainment on September 20, 2007 in South Korea...
to be performed overseas as Super Junior performed this song at the 2007 Tencent Stars Magnificent Ceremony in Beijing
Beijing
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, China
China
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on November 17, 2007. Unlike previous performances where they danced to "Marry U", Super Junior performed the song sitting on bar stool
Bar stool
Bar stools are a type of tall stool, often with a foot rest, which because of their height and narrowness are designed for seating in a public house or bar...
s.
Despite wide promotional uses of the single, "Marry U" did not meet the achievements like what the album's first single, "Don't Don
Don't Don (song)
"돈 돈! ", literally translated to "Money, Money! ", is an R&B/rock song written by Yoo Young Jin and Groovie K for the Korean boy band Super Junior, which was released in their second album, Don't Don on September 20, 2007...
," had set. "Marry U" met impressive debut ranks in online charts and had stayed in the charts for many months, but the single failed to win the SBS Popular Songs Mutizen Song and M.NET's #1 M! Countdown song.
Chart performance
| Charts (2007) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Chart Korea | 1 |
| M.NET M!Countdown Chart | 2 |
| Popular Songs Take 7 Charts | 2 |
Japan release
"Marry U" is the unofficial third CD singleCD single
A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...
and the second special single to release in 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...
by 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...
. The single comes with two different jackets; the first of the jackets contains a CD and a DVD of making-of footage while the second jacket contains only a CD with a photobook. The single peaked at #9 on Japan's Oricon Daily Chart in its first day of release.
The single is a compiled single with a total of four tracks, all which are title tracks from Super Junior, Super Junior-T
Super Junior-T
Super Junior-Trot , officially known as Super Junior-T is the second official sub-unit of Korean boy band Super Junior. They are the first idol group known for capitalizing trot music, the oldest form of Korean pop music...
, Super Junior-K.R.Y, and Super Junior-Happy
Super Junior-Happy
Super Junior-Happy , sometimes referred to as SJ-H or Suju-Happy , is the fourth official sub-unit of Korean boy band Super Junior. Super Junior-Happy contains six Super Junior members, Leeteuk , Yesung, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, and Eunhyuk.-History:By 2008, all of the Super Junior members have...
.
Track listing
- Marry U / SUPER JUNIOR
- ROKKUKO!!! / SUPER JUNIOR-T
- 歩みを止めて / SUPER JUNIOR-K.R.Y.
- 料理王(COOKING? COOKING!) / SUPER JUNIOR-Happy
DVD
- Marry U / SUPER JUNIOR
- ROKKUKO!!!/ SUPER JUNIOR-T
- 料理王(COOKING? COOKING! )/ SUPER JUNIOR-Happy
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Chart positions
| Charts (2008) | Debut Position |
Peak Position |
|---|---|---|
| Oricon Daily Singles Chart | 9 | 9 |
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | - | - |