Dazzling Girl

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"Dazzling Girl"
Shineedgcover.jpg
Regular edition CD cover
Single by Shinee
from the album Boys Meet U
B-side "Run with Me"
ReleasedOctober 3, 2012 (2012-10-03)(digital single)
October 10, 2012 (2012-10-10)(physical album)
Recorded2012
Genre J-pop
Length3:32
Label EMI Music Japan
Songwriter(s) Sara Sakurai, Rx
Producer(s) Speedball (Justin Trugman & Jaakko Manninen), San-e Ichii (executive producer), Jiro Koyasu, Lee Soo Man
Shinee Japanesesingles chronology
"Sherlock"
(2012)
"Dazzling Girl"
(2012)
"1000nen, Zutto Soba ni Ite..."
(2012)
Music video
"Dazzling Girl" on YouTube

"Dazzling Girl" is the fifth Japanese single of South Korean boy group, Shinee, released on October 10, 2012. This is their first original Japanese single after their previous singles having been remakes of their Korean singles. Shinee ranked as the top-selling Korean artist in Japan for October with "Dazzling Girl". [1] [ better source needed ] Selling over 109,032 copies in a month, "Dazzling Girl" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of over 100,000. [2]

Contents

Background and release

On October 3, 2012, EMI released "Dazzling Girl" through iTunes Japan. On November 12, 2012, according to the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), "Dazzling Girl" was certified Gold for shipped more than 100,000 albums and placed second on the Oricon Weekly Chart. [3]

Promotion

A preview of "Dazzling Girl" was released in a commercial for Jewelry Maki on August 24, 2012. [4] [ better source needed ] The song was selected to be the theme song of Japanese television show Sukkiri!! and it began to air with this theme song starting from October 1 for a month. [5] [6] [ better source needed ]

On October 12, 2012, Shinee performed "Dazzling Girl" for the first time live on the Japanese music show Happy Music. [7] Shinee continued to make appearances at Happy Music for 4 consecutive weeks as guests' comments. They also performed at Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ on October 21, 2012, and at Music Japan on October 28, 2012. [8]

Music video

The music video was directed by Hideaki Sunaga. [9] It features the members of Shinee as photographers, stylists, and make-up artists as they prepare a model (played by Natsuki Fujimoto [10] ) for a photo shoot.

Track listing

Limited editions and CD only regular edition:
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Dazzling Girl"Sara Sakurai, RxDrew Ryan Scott, Rob. A!, Justin Trugman, Jaakko Manninen, Walter Afanasieff, Rx3:32
2."Run With Me"Kanata OkajimaPeter Habib, Adam Nierow, Erika Nuri3:12
Total length:06:45
CD only regular edition:
No.TitleLength
3."Dazzling Girl" (Instrumental)3:32
4."Run With Me" (Instrumental)3:12
Limited Edition Type B:
No.TitleLength
3."Bodyguard" (Rearranged, Japanese version)3:15
DVD (Limited Edition Type A)
No.TitleLength
1."Dazzling Girl Music Video"4:12
2."Dazzling Girl Jacket & Music Video Shooting Sketch"15:32

Chart performance

Oricon Chart

Oricon ChartPeakDebut SalesSales TotalChart Run
Daily Singles Chart255,543110,548+ [11] 7 weeks
Weekly Singles Chart297,111
Monthly Singles Chart4109,032
Yearly Singles Chart71110,230

Other charts

CountryChartPeak
position
JapanBillboard Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay [12] 28
Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay [13] 8
Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales [14] 2
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [14] 2
TaiwanG-Music Asia Chart [15] 1
G-Music Combo Chart [16] 10

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [2] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
JapanOctober 10, 2012 CD, Digital download EMI Music Japan
South KoreaJune 12, 2013Digital download SM Entertainment

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