U-Go-Girl

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"U-Go-Girl"
Single by Lee Hyori
from the album It's Hyorish
LanguageKorean
ReleasedJuly 12, 2008 (2008-07-12)
Recorded2008
Genre Dance-pop
Length3:09
Label Mnet Media
Songwriter(s) E-Tribe
Producer(s) E-Tribe
Lee Hyori singles chronology
"Cat on the Roof"
(2008)		"U-Go-Girl"
(2008)		"Hey Mr. Big"
(2008)
Music video
"U-Go-Girl" on YouTube

"U-Go-Girl" is a song by South Korean recording artist Lee Hyori, featuring rapper Nassun. It was first made available to digital outlets in South Korea a couple days prior to the release of her third studio album, It's Hyorish , on July 12, 2008. A dance-pop number with hip hop influences, "U-Go-Girl" was written and produced by songwriting duo E-Tribe, who would later compose Girls' Generation's "Gee" (2009) and Miss A's "Hush" (2013). "U-Go-Girl" was made available via Mnet.com along with the second title track "Hey, Mr. Big" as one of the pre-releases. [1]

Contents

Background

Lee's third studio album along with its two title tracks were unveiled on July 9, 2008, and was originally intended to be released a week later on July 16. The album marked Lee's first album since Dark Angel in 2006. [2] Mnet Media initially planned to pre-release five of the upcoming album's songs, including "U-Go-Girl" and "Hey, Mr. Big", on July 14. After several of the album's songs were illegally leaked to YouTube, however, Mnet Media pushed up the release of "U-Go-Girl" to July 12, 2008. The full album was released a day earlier than intended, on July 15. [3]

Composition and promotion

"U-Go-Girl" is a hip-hop dance number with its lyrical content directed towards her female fans, featuring lyrics that loosely translate to "don't be shy, show yourself boldly". [4] Lee appeared and promoted the single on several South Korean music programs, including Music Bank , Show! Music Core , and Inkigayo . [5] In December 2008, Lee performed the song at her first solo concert titled Lee Hyori the Invincible at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium. [6]

Accolades

Awards and nominations for "U-Go-Girl"
YearAward-giving bodyCategoryResultRef.
2008 Mnet KM Music Festival Best Female Artist Won [7]
Best Dance Performance Won
Song of the Year Nominated [8]
Music program awards
ProgramDateRef.
Inkigayo July 27, 2008 [9]
August 3, 2008 [10]
August 10, 2008 [11]
M! Countdown July 31, 2008 [12]
August 14, 2008
August 21, 2008
Music Bank August 1, 2008 [13]
August 8, 2008 [14]
August 15, 2008

Music video

The music video for "U-Go-Girl" was shot during the first week of July 2008. An official from Mnet said that the video's concept would be "fit for the summer mood." [15] Upon the video's release, however, it was met with controversy as Lee, who wore a nurse outfit in the video, was accused of representing nurses as a sexual object. Several scenes in the video was also criticized for resembling Christina Aguilera's work. The music video was soon re-uploaded and the controversial scenes were deleted. [16]

Covers

The song has been covered various times by other K-pop artists. Girls' Generation covered "U-Go-Girl" on the 200th episode special of Show Music Core on February 20, 2010. [17] In 2015, the song was performed by Nayeon, Chaeryeong, Mina, and Jeongyeon during the girl group survival show Sixteen; [18] while the show's final lineup, who formed the girl group Twice, performed the same song at the 2016 MBC Korean Music Festival on December 31, 2016. Seventeen also performed a cover of the song at the 2016 SBS Gayo Daejeon , [19] while (G)I-dle covered it on a Show! Music Core special stage on August 11, 2018. Everglow performed a cover of the song for CON:nected Live in 2020, while Itzy's Yuna performed the song at the 2022 KBS Song Festival on December 16.

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