('Cause) I'm Your Girl

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"('Cause) I'm Your Girl"
SES I'm Your Girl cover.jpg
Japanese remix single cover
Single by S.E.S. featuring Eric and Andy of Shinhwa
from the album I'm Your Girl
ReleasedNovember 1, 1997
Recorded1997
Studio SM Studios, Seoul
Genre
Length3:45
Label
Composer(s) Yoo Young-jin
Lyricist(s) Yoo Young-jin
S.E.S. singles chronology
"('Cause) I'm Your Girl"
(1997)		"Oh, My Love"
(1997)
Music video (remastered)
"I'm Your Girl" on YouTube

"('Cause) I'm Your Girl" is the debut single by South Korean girl group S.E.S., released via SM Entertainment on November 1, 1997, as part of the group's debut studio album I'm Your Girl . An R&B K-pop track, it was both written and produced by SM in-house producer Yoo Young-jin. A remix single of "('Cause) I'm Your Girl" was released in Japan on December 10, 1998, through VAP.

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Background

"('Cause) I'm Your Girl" features rapping by Eric and Andy prior to their debut with Shinhwa. [1] [2] The music video remained one of the most requested ones on popular music shows of the time for 13 to 14 weeks. [3] A Japanese version of the song was included in the 12cm release of their Japanese debut single "Meguri Au Sekai", released on October 21, 1998. A remixed version of the song, featuring Japanese rapper Kreva (then a member of Kick the Can Crew) was released as part of a remix single on December 10. [4]

In 2001, the song was included on SM Entertainment's greatest hits album, SM Best Album 2. [5] The song was additionally included on S.E.S.'s 2003 Japanese compilation album of Korean songs, Beautiful Songs . In 2014, a remake music video featuring D.O. of Exo was released.

Reception

17 years after its release, the song re-charted on the Gaon Digital Chart at number 25 in the chart issue dated December 28, 2014 – January 3, 2015. [6] In a survey involving 30 experts and 2,000 people published by The Dong-a Ilbo in September 2016, "('Cause) I'm Your Girl" was voted the third best female idol song by music experts and the seventh best female idol song among the public in the past 20 years. [7]

Music program awards
ProgramDateRef.
MBC's Live Young Times February 21, 1998 [8]
February 28, 1998 [9]
SBS's Inkigayo February 22, 1998
March 1, 1998

Legacy

In 2014, webzine Music Y included "('Cause) I'm Your Girl" in their list of 120 Best Korean Dance Tracks of All Time at number 45, with critic Hong Hyuk-soo noting the song's "melodic simplicity and completeness" as well as the "neat arrangement and chorus, well-ordered characters and choreography" having been passed down to future generations as a textbook girl group song. [10] In Melon and Seoul Shinmun 's 2021 ranking of the Top 100 K-pop Songs of All Time, "('Cause) I'm Your Girl" placed at number 17, where music expert Lee Kyu-tak wrote that it "occupies a very important part in the history of K-pop, both in terms of the impact it had on the music world at the time of its release and the influence it had on future generations." Lee commented that along with H.O.T's "Descent of Warriors" and "Candy" (1996), "this song marked the beginning of K-pop and an important turning point that put SM Entertainment, the agency, in its current position." [11]

Critic lists and polls
PublisherYearListRankRef.
The Dong-a Ilbo 2016Best female songs according to experts3 [7]
Best female songs according to the public7
Melon 2021Top 100 K-pop Songs of All Time14 [12]
Music Y 2014120 Best Dance Tracks of All Time45 [10]
Mnet 2014Legend 100 SongsN/A [13]
Rolling Stone 2023100 Greatest Songs in the History of Korean Pop Music27 [14]

Track listing

Japanese remix single
  1. "Meguri Au Sekai" (Miami DJ Mix) (めぐりあう世界)
  2. "Believe in Love" (Jon Robinson Groove Mix)
  3. "('Cause) I'm Your Girl" (Kreva Mix)
  4. "Oh, My Love" (Cyber Soul Mix)

Charts

Weekly charts

Japanese remix single
Chart (1998)Peak
position
Japan Singles Chart (Oricon) [15] 82
Korean version
Chart (2015)Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon) [6] 25

Release history

Release history and formats for "('Cause) I'm Your Girl"
RegionDateVersionLabel
South KoreaNovember 1, 1997Korean version SM Entertainment
JapanDecember 10, 1998Japanese remix CD single VAP

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