Oh! (Girls' Generation album)

Oh!
Studio album by Girls' Generation
Released	January 28, 2010 (2010-01-28) (South Korea) (see release history)
Recorded	2009
Genre	Pop, electropop, dance-pop
Length	43:40
Label	SM Entertainment, Avex Asia
Producer	Lee Soo Man
Girls' Generation chronology
Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) (2009) Oh! / Run Devil Run (2010) Hoot (2010)
Alternative cover
Repackage album cover as Run Devil Run
Singles from Oh!
"Oh!" Released: January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25) "Run Devil Run" Released: March 17, 2010 (2010-03-17)

Oh! is the award-winning second full-length album by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was released on January 28, 2010 in Korea.^[1][2] It features the lead single "Oh!"

The album was re-released in March 2010, and "Run Devil Run" became the second single from the album.^[3]

History

In January 2010, SM Entertainment confirmed that the group will be back in February with their second full-length album;^{[citation needed]} the release date was eventually moved up to January 28.

Initial interest in the album was high, as physical and online pre-orders of the album totaled 150,000 copies.^[4] On its first day of sale, Oh! sold 30,000 copies.^[5] The album was released in more than 80 countries including the U.S., Canada, England, France, Japan, China and Ireland via iTunes on February 8, 2010.^[6][7]

The group began promoting their album on MBC's Music Core on January 30.^[1][2] The group also performed "Show! Show! Show!" as a part of their special comeback stage on Music Core and SBS's Inkigayo.

Upon the album's full release, various album tracks charted in the top ten of various charts.^[8]

In April 2010, one of the songs in their album entitled, "영원히 너와 꿈꾸고 싶다 (Forever)" has been featured on the OST of the drama Pasta.^[9]

Repackaging release

A "repackaged" version of the album was released in March, with a new concept based around a "Dark Girls' Generation" theme. The new single "Run Devil Run" was released as a digital single on March 17, 2010.^[10] A demo, guide version of the song was originally recorded by Ke$ha; however, the song's rights were then sold to SM Entertainment, and subsequently assigned to Girls' Generation.^[3] The music video was released on March 18, with their first comeback performance on KBS's Music Bank.^[3][11]

SM Entertainment later stated that Yoona was the girl on the cover.^[12]

Global releasing history

Version	Country	Date	Distributing label	Format
Oh!	South Korea	January 28, 2010	SM Entertainment	CD
	Japan	February 2, 2010	Rhythm Zone
	Hong Kong	February 19, 2010 [13]	Avex Asia
	Thailand	March 9, 2010	GMM Grammy
	Taiwan	March 12, 2010 [14]	Avex Taiwan
	Philippines	March 19, 2010	Universal Records
Run Devil Run	South Korea	March 22, 2010	SM Entertainment	CD
	Taiwan	April 23, 2010 [15]	Avex Taiwan
	Philippines	May 22, 2010 (Special Release) May 29, 2010 (Official Release)	Universal Records

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Translation	Length
1.	"Oh!"	Kim Yeong-hoo, Kim Jeong-bae	Kenzie		3:07
2.	"Show! Show! Show!"	Kim Bumin	Hitchhiker		3:34
3.	"뻔 & Fun (Sweet Talking Baby)"	Song Jaewon	Double J Show	Fun & Fun (Sweet Talking Baby)	3:31
4.	"영원히 너와 꿈꾸고 싶다 (Forever)" (Yeongwon-hi Neowa Kkumkkugo Sipda (Forever))	Kim Jinhwan	Kim Jinhwan	I Want to Dream with You Forever (Forever)	4:40
5.	"웃자 (Be Happy)" (Utja (Be Happy))	E-Tribe	E-Tribe, J-STA, Gong Hyunsik	Let's Laugh (Be Happy)	3:31
6.	"화성인 바이러스 (Boys & Girls)" (feat. Key of Shinee (Hwaseong-in Baireoseu (Boys & Girls)))	Hwang Chanhee, Jo Eunhee	Hwang Chanhee, Park Junho	Martian Virus (Boys & Girls)	3:46
7.	"카라멜 커피 (Talk to Me)" (Jessica and Tiffany duet (Kalamel Keopi (Talk to Me)))	Kim Heewon	Machan Taylor, Jo Yonghun	Caramel Coffee (Talk to Me)	3:28
8.	"별별별 (☆★☆)" (Byeol Byeol Byeol (☆★☆))	E-Tribe	E-Tribe, Go Myungjae	Star! Star! Star! (☆★☆)	4:41
9.	"무조건 해피엔딩 (Stick wit U)" (Mujogeon Haepiending)	Lee Jae Myoung	Lee Jae Myoung	Just Happy Ending (Stick wit U)	2:49
10.	"좋은 일만 생각하기 (Day by Day)" (Taeyeon, Jessica, Tiffany, Seohyun, Sunny (Joh-eun Ilman Saeng-gakhagi (Day by Day)))	Yoo Young-suk	Yoo Young-suk, MIHO	Thinking Only of Good Things (Day by Day)	4:01
11.	"Gee" (Bonus Track)	E-Tribe	E-Tribe		3:20
12.	"소원을 말해봐 (Genie)" (Bonus Track (Sowon-eul Malhaebwa (Genie)))	Yoo Young-jin	Harambasic, Nermin/Jenssen, Robin/Svendsen, Ronny/Wik, Anne Judith/ Schjoldan, Fridolin Nordso, Yoo Young-jin (Additional melody), Yoo Han-jin	Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)	3:50

Tracklisting for the repackaged version

The following tracks were added in the album repackage.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Run Devil Run"	3:20
2.	"Oh!"	3:07
3.	"Echo"	3:30
4.	"별별별 (☆★☆) (Acoustic R&B version)" (Byeol Byeol Byeol (☆★☆) (Acoustic R&B version))	4:29
5.	"Show! Show! Show!"	3:38
6.	"뻔&Fun (Sweet Talking Baby)"	3:30
7.	"영원히 너와 꿈꾸고 싶다 (Forever)"	4:40
8.	"웃자 (Be Happy)" (Utja (Be Happy))	3:31
9.	"화성인 바이러스 (Boys & Girls)" (feat. Key of Shinee (Hwaseong-in Baireoseu (Boys & Girls)))	3:46
10.	"카라멜 커피 (Talk to Me)" (Jessica and Tiffany duet (Kalamel Keopi (Talk to Me)))	3:28
11.	"별별별 (☆★☆)" (Byeol Byeol Byeol (☆★☆))	4:41
12.	"무조건 해피엔딩 (Stick wit U)" (Mujogeon Haepiending)	2:49
13.	"좋은 일만 생각하기 (Day by Day)" (Taeyeon, Jessica, Tiffany, Seohyun, Sunny (Joh-eun Ilman Saeng-gakhagi (Day by Day)))	4:01
14.	"Gee" (Bonus Track)	3:20
15.	"소원을 말해봐 (Genie)" (Bonus Track (Sowon-eul Malhaebwa (Genie)))	3:50

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by Bluetory by CN Blue	Gaon Chart weekly number-one weekly album January 30-February 13, 2010	Succeeded by Run Devil Run by Girls' Generation
Preceded by I Did Wrong (Korean: 잘못했어) by 2AM	Gaon Chart monthly number-one album March 27, 2010	Succeeded by Shine A Light by G-Dragon
Preceded by Incumbent	Gaon Chart monthly number-one album January–February 2010	Succeeded by Run Devil Run by Girls' Generation

Awards

• 25th Golden Disk Awards: Disk Bonsang Award
• 25th Golden Disk Awards: Disk Daesang Award

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Sorry, Sorry by Super Junior	Golden Disk Awards for Disk Daesang (Album of the Year) 2010	Succeeded by Incumbent

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Girls Generation to release 2nd album". Korea Herald. 21 January 2010. http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2010/01/22/201001220013.asp. Retrieved 21 January 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} (Korean) "소녀시대 'Oh!', again '걸그룹 열풍?'". Today Korea. 21 January 2010. http://www.todaykorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=95002. Retrieved 21 January 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} (Korean) Yang, Ji-won. 소녀시대 후속곡 ‘런 데빌 런’ 공개 직후 음원 차트 1위 (Girls' Generation Follow-up Single "Run Devil Run" #1 on Music Charts After Release). JoongAng Ilbo. March 17, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
4. ^ (Korean) '소녀시대 돌풍' 앨범 선주문만 벌써 15만장(Girls' Generation Online Pre-orders of Album Already at 150,000). Korea Economic Daily. January 28, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
5. ^ (Korean) Kim, Hyeong-wu. 소녀시대 음원 이어 앨범도 1위 대박 ‘하루만에 3만장 판매’ (Girls' Generation Have #1 Album After #1 Song; "30,000 Copies in One Day"). Newsen. January 29, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
6. ^ Han Sang-hee: Girls' Generation Garners Global Fans Thru iTunes. The Korea Times. February 12, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
7. ^ (Korean) 소녀시대, '오!'로 전세계 공략 나선다 (SNSD, taking the whole world by storm with "Oh!"). Star News. February 9, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
8. ^ (Korean) Girls '28 days released two CDs Vol 3 above chart, the explosion sweeping '1). JoongAng Ilbo/Newsen. January 30, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
9. ^ http://koreanactresses.blogge.rs/tag/shinee/?vm=r
10. ^ (Korean) Lee, Eon-hyeok. 소녀시대, 블랙소시 전원공개 “퍼포먼스 기대돼” 관심폭발 (Girls' Generation Releases All "Black Girls' Generation" Pictures, High Expectations for "Performance"). JoongAng Ilbo/Newsen. March 15, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
11. ^ (Korean) Baek, Ki-hye. `블랙소시` 베일 벗은 소녀시대, 신곡 음원 공개 (Veil is Removed from "Black Girls' Generation", New Single Released). Korea Economic Daily. March 17, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
12. ^ (Korean) Yang Seung Jun. [1]SPN Daily. March 19, 2010. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
13. ^ (Chinese) Avex Asia Oh! album info 19 February 2010
14. ^ (Chinese) Avex Taiwan Oh! album info 12 March 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-12
15. ^ (Chinese) Avex Taiwan Run Devil Run album info 23 April 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-12

External links

• Oh! at Discogs
• "Oh!" Music Video on YouTube
• "Run Devil Run" Korean Music Video on YouTube
• "Run Devil Run" Japanese Music Video on YouTube