2010 single by Taeyang featuring G-Dragon
"I Need a Girl" |
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Single by Taeyang featuring G-Dragon |
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from the album Solar |
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Released | July 1, 2010 (2010-07-01) |
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Genre | R&B |
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Length | 3:40 |
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Label | YG |
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Songwriter(s) | |
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Producer(s) | Jeon Goon |
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Taeyang singles chronology |
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"Wedding Dress" (2009) | "I Need a Girl" (2010) | "I'll Be There" (2010) | |
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G-Dragon singles chronology |
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"Heartbreaker (Remix)" (2010) | "I Need a Girl" (2010) | "One of a Kind" (2012) | |
Music video |
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"I Need a Girl" on YouTube |
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"I Need a Girl" is a song recorded by South Korean singer Taeyang for his first studio album Solar (2010) through YG Entertainment. It features rap by G-Dragon, who co-wrote the song with producer Jeon Goon. The song was released on July 1, 2010, as the lead single from Solar.
Composition
"I Need a Girl" is described as an R&B song and lyrically describes about Taeyang's ideal type. Some parts of “I Need a Girl” lyrics are taken from the lyrics of Byeon Jin-seop’s song “My Ideal Type” (1989).[1]
"I Need a Girl" debuted at number seven on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart in the chart issue dated June 27 – July 3, 2010;[2] on its component charts, the song debuted at number four on the Gaon Download Chart,[3] and number 25 on the Gaon Streaming Chart.[4] The following week, the song rose to number four on the Gaon Digital Chart.[5] Subsequently, "I Need a Girl" ranked at number thirty-nine on its annual chart and has sold 1,876,167 digital copies in South Korea as of 2010.[6]
In United States, "I Need a Girl" debuted at number seventeen on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales in the chart issue dated July 31, 2010.[7]
Accolades
Music program awards Program | Date | Ref. |
Inkigayo | July 18, 2010 | [8] |
July 25, 2010 |
M Countdown | July 8, 2010 | [9] |
July 15, 2010 |
Music Bank | July 16, 2010 | [10] |
Charts
Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "I Need a Girl" Chart (2010) | Peak position | South Korea (Gaon)[5] | 4 | US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[7] | 17 | Monthly charts Monthly chart performance for "I Need a Girl" Chart (2010) | Peak position | South Korea (Gaon)[11] | 4 | | Year-end chart Year-end chart performance for "I Need a Girl" Chart (2010) | Position | South Korea (Gaon)[12] | 39 | |
References
- ^ "[태양 컴백③] '나만→눈코입→달링' 태양이 들려준 러브스토리" [[TAEYANG’s Comeback③] TAEYANG’s Love Story from “LOOK AT ME ONLY” to “EYES, NOSE, LIPS” and “DARLING”]. Osen (in Korean). Chosun. August 14, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ "2010년 28주차 Digital Chart" [Week 28 of 2010 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ "2010년 28주차 Download Chart" [Week 28 of 2010 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ "2010년 28주차 Streaming Chart" [Week 28 of 2010 Streaming Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 13, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ a b "2010년 29주차 Digital Chart" [Week 29 of 2010 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ "Gaon Download Chart of 2010". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ a b "Billboard World Digital Songs: Chart Search". Billboard. July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018.
- ^ "태양, 2주 연속 '인기가요' 1위 등극" [Taeyang tops 'Inkigayo' for 2 weeks in a row]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. July 25, 2010. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ "태양, 2주 연속 '엠카' 1위" [Taeyang tops 'M Countown' for 2 weeks in a row]. Osen (in Korean). Naver. July 16, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ 태양, 앨범 발표 2주만에 '뮤직뱅크' 1위 [Taeyang tops 'Music Bank' 2 weeks after album release]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. July 16, 2010. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
- ^ "2010년 07월 Digital Chart" [July 2010 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ "Gaon Yearly Digital Chart of 2010". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
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