I Got a Boy (song)

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"I Got a Boy"
Single by Girls' Generation
from the album I Got a Boy
ReleasedJanuary 1, 2013 (2013-01-01)
Recorded2012
Studio SM Booming System, Seoul
Genre
Length4:31
Label
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s) Yoo Young-jin
Producer(s)
  • Will Simms
  • Yoo Young-jin
Girls' Generation singles chronology
"Dancing Queen"
(2012)		"I Got a Boy"
(2013)		"Love & Girls"
(2013)
Music video
"I Got a Boy" on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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"I Got a Boy" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation for their fourth Korean-language studio album of the same name. It was released on January 1, 2013, by SM Entertainment and KT Music. Produced by the group's long-time collaborator Yoo Young-jin and Will Simms, the song is described as a hybrid of various genres including bubblegum pop, dance, and electropop.

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"I Got a Boy" was met with critical acclaim from music critics, who praised its eclectic sound and noted it as a "phenomenon" that could challenge popular Western artists like Katy Perry or One Direction. It was a commercial success domestically, debuting at top of the Gaon Digital Chart and has sold over 1.3 million digital copies in South Korea in 2013. Internationally, the single peaked at number 98 on the Japan Hot 100 and number 3 on the US World Digital Songs.

A music video for the song was filmed in October 2012. It features hip hop-inspired dance moves choreographed by Nappytabs. It won the award for Video of the Year at the first YouTube Music Awards in 2013, which generated much attention for beating other popular nominees like Justin Bieber and Psy despite the fact that the group was considered lesser-known to the Western audience at the time. [2]

Background and composition

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"I Got a Boy"
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“I Got a Boy” was composed and arranged by European composers Will Simms, Sarah Lundbäck Bell, Anne Judith Wik, and South Korean composer Yoo Young-jin, with the Korean lyrics written by Yoo Young-jin, who is also the group’s longtime collaborator. The song was recorded at SM Entertainment studio, SM Booming System, and was produced by Will Simms and Yoo Young-jin. [3] The song was almost given to Missy Elliott before it was acquired by SM, where the A&R team “came up with various ideas by editing the song day and night.” [4] Girls' Generation member Tiffany said the song's eclectic structure was in part inspired by the group's managers, who encouraged them to release bolder music that suited them more as they aged, saying, “We had discussed that we wanted to do something more challenging. This felt like it was it, because I had never heard anything like it yet. The song is a song that keeps giving.” [4]

"I Got a Boy" is a K-pop and dubstep-type song that is described as an eclectic mix of various genres. According to U.S. magazine Billboard , the track features elements of electropop and minimal drum and bass. [5] The song also features nine distinct tonal shifts in the song, with Lundbäck Bell saying that SM Entertainment wanted it to sound like a musical showtune song, adding, "They said they really wanted to make the song into a musical feel, in the storyline. Because they really wanted the song to be about a girl that meets a boy and all her friends are telling her, like, ‘You’re an idiot. What can you see in this boy? He’s not good for you,’ and she's like ‘Well, I got a boy.’” [4] On reviewing I Got a Boy album for the same publication, Jeff Benjamin noted dubstep elements on the song. [6] Meanwhile, Rolling Stone 's Nick Catucci opined that "I Got a Boy" was made up of a range of genres from minimal R&B to "high-BPM" dance. [7] Writing for Time , Douglas Wolk described the track as a "monomaniacally charming" hybrid of bubblegum pop, dubstep, and hard rock. [8] Meanwhile, AllMusic's David Jefferies characterized "I Got a Boy" as a mix of dubstep, EDM, and pop-rap. [9] The song was composed in the key of E minor, with a tempo of 98 beats per minute. [10]

Music video and promotion

The music video was praised for its flamboyant fashion style, particularly with this scene in which Girls' Generation perform the choreography. Igotaboyvideo.png
The music video was praised for its flamboyant fashion style, particularly with this scene in which Girls' Generation perform the choreography.

On January 1, 2013, Girls' Generation performed "I Got a Boy" for the first time on their MBC comeback special Girls’ Generation’s Romantic Fantasy . [11] To further promote the song, the group appeared on several South Korean shows in 2013 including Mnet's M! Countdown, KBS' Music Bank , MBC's Music Core , and SBS's Inkigayo . [12] [13] [14]

The music video for the song was directed by Hong Won-ki for Zanybros, and was choreographed by Nappytabs, who had worked with the group's labelmates TVXQ and BoA. It aired on Mnet and was released on SM Entertainment's YouTube channel on January 1, 2013. [15]

According to MTV's Liza Darwin, the costumes featured in the music video included streetwear fashion such as Kenzo x Opening Ceremony, Adidas Collection by Jeremy Scott and printed leggings; Stüssy's "Good Vibe" T-shirt, Obey's "OG Basic" crewneck, and Joyrich varsity jacket. In the sleepover scene, the girls are seen wearing clothes by UK independent label Lazy Oaf, such as a Batman shirt, a "fruity" T-shirt, and a "pizza crewneck". The fashion style in the visual was hailed as "a kaleidoscopic streetwear explosion", and the music video itself "a fashion whirlwind ... jam-packed with rad clothes". [16] Clyde Barretto from Prefix magazine opined that the video was "more colorful than a rainbow" and featured "alluring" and "bombastic" dance moves. [17]

The video became an instant success on YouTube, achieving over 20 million views within six days and becoming the fastest K-pop video to achieve such a feat at its time of release. [18] It reached 200 million views on November 3, 2017, [19] and has since amassed over 247 million views on YouTube as of September 2021.

Critical reception

"I Got a Boy" received critical acclaim from music critics. The Los Angeles Times music critic Randall Roberts called it a "scattered anthem" and a "gleefully chaotic" song that could "indicate pop music's future trajectory." [20] Billboard K-Town columnist Jeff Benjamin praised the song as "one of the most-forward thinking lead pop singles heard in any country" [6] for its intense mix of different sounds and melodies, and commended Girls’ Generation for "[setting] the bar truly high for pop in 2013." [5] [6] Staff writers of Entertainment Weekly picked "I Got a Boy" as Girls' Generation "key track" and recommended the group as one of the fifteen "artists to watch" in 2013. [21]

Rolling Stone's contributor Nick Catucci described the song as a "musical gymnastics routine." [7] Upon reviewing I Got a Boy album for AllMusic, David Jefferies named "I Got a Boy" a highlight on the album. [9] Time named "I Got a Boy" the 5th best song on their Top 10 Songs of the Year list, calling it a "pop phenomenon" that rivals the likes of One Direction and Katy Perry. [8] In August 2014, Pitchfork Media's Jakob Dorof listed the song as part of his 20 Essential K-Pop Songs Lists, writing that "I Got a Boy" helped "prove the adventurousness of K-pop’s listenership," and believed it was "perhaps the most structurally variable mega-hit since 'Bohemian Rhapsody'." [22] In 2017, Billboard named the song number 21 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. [23] At the end of 2019, the publication named the song as one of the 100 songs that defined the 2010s [4] [24] as well as their fifth best K-pop song of the 2010s. [25]

"I Got a Boy" on critic lists
PublicationYearListRankRef.
Billboard 201320 Best K-pop Songs of 2013: K-Town Picks10 [26]
2017The 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time21 [23]
2019The 100 Greatest K-pop Songs of the 2010s5 [25]
100 Songs That Defined the DecadeNo order [4]
2023100 Best Pop Songs Never to Hit the Hot 10027 [27]
The Dong-a Ilbo 2016Best female songs according to experts6 [28]
Melon 2021Top 100 K-pop Songs of All Time33 [29]
Pitchfork 201420 Essential K-pop SongsNo order [22]
Time 2013Top 10 Songs of 20135 [8]

Accolades

Girls' Generation at the 2014 Golden Disc Awards Girls' Generation at the Golden Disk Awards in 2014.jpg
Girls' Generation at the 2014 Golden Disc Awards

The song was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards. [30] The music video for "I Got a Boy" won the award for Video of the Year at the first YouTube Music Awards, held on November 3, 2013, at Pier 36 in New York City. [2] Following the event, Girls' Generation received a considerable amount of negative feedback from Western audience as the group was not well known in the United States compared to other nominees for the same category including Psy, Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. [31] [32] As a result of the controversial event, the music video gained 86,000 views on the awards day, up from 25,000 the day before. The following five days, it achieved an increase of 327% in viewership. [33]

Awards and nominations
YearOrganizationAwardResultRef.
2013 Gaon Chart Music Awards Song of the Month (January)Won [34]
Mnet 20's Choice Awards Hot Online MusicNominated
Mnet Asian Music Awards Song of the YearNominated
YouTube Music Awards Video of the YearWon [35]
2014 Golden Disc Awards Digital BonsangNominated
Myx Music Awards Favorite K-Pop VideoNominated [36]
Music program awards
ProgramDateRef.
M Countdown January 10, 2013 [37]
January 17, 2013 [38]
January 24, 2013 [39]
Music Bank January 11, 2013 [40]
January 18, 2013
January 25, 2013

Commercial performance

"I Got a Boy" was a domestic success; it debuted atop the South Korean Gaon Singles Chart on the week commencing December 30, 2013, selling 319,824 copies within its first week of release. [41] The following week, the single dropped to number four, selling 242,803 copies. [42] The single sold over 1.35 million copies in South Korea in 2013, becoming the 13th best-selling single of the year in the country. [43] On the K-pop Hot 100, "I Got a Boy" debuted at number 36 on the week of January 12, 2013. [44] The following week, the single charted at number one on the chart and remained its peak for a further week. [45] [46] Furthermore, the song hit number 1 on 3 different main charts on Gaon: digital chart, streaming chart, download chart in January chart. [47] [48] [49] It was also a success on South Korea's music programs, achieving the top spot on M Countdown (three consecutive weeks), [50] and Music Bank (three consecutive weeks). [51] Internationally, "I Got a Boy" became the fourth best-selling K-pop single in the United States in 2013, behind Psy's "Gangnam Style" and "Gentleman" and Big Bang's "Fantastic Baby". [52]

Credits

Credits adapted from I Got a Boy album liner notes. [3]

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Personnel

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