Dazzling Girl

"Dazzling Girl"

Regular edition CD cover
Single by Shinee
from the album Boys Meet U
B-side "Run with Me"
Released October 3, 2012 (2012-10-03) (digital single)
October 10, 2012 (2012-10-10) (physical album)
Format CD single, CD+DVD,
digital download
Recorded 2012
Genre J-pop
Length 03:32
Label EMI Music Japan
Writer(s) Sara Sakurai, Rx
Producer(s) Speedball (Justin Trugman & Jaakko Manninen), San-e Ichii (executive producer), Jiro Koyasu, Lee Soo Man
Shinee Japanese singles 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] 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]

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 31, 2012.[4] 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]

On October 12, 2012 Shinee performed Dazzling Girl for the first time live on a 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]

Track listing

Limited editions and CD only regular edition:
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Dazzling Girl"  Sara Sakurai, RxDrew Ryan Scott, Rob. A!, Justin Trugman, Jaakko Manninen, Walter Afanasieff, Rx 3:32
2. "Run With Me"  Kanata OkajimaPeter Habib, Adam Nierow, Erika Nuri 3:12
Total length:
 06:45

Chart performance

Oricon Chart

Oricon Chart Peak Debut Sales Sales Total Chart Run
Daily Singles Chart 2 55,543 110,548+ [9] 7 weeks
Weekly Singles Chart 2 97,111
Monthly Singles Chart 4 109,032
Yearly Singles Chart 71 110,230

Other charts

Country Chart Peak
position
Japan Recochoku "Chaku-Uta" daily singles 1
Recochoku "Chaku-Uta" weekly singles 5
Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay [10] 28
Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay [11] 8
Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales [12] 2
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [12] 2
Taiwan G-Music Asia Chart[13] 1
G-Music Combo Chart [14] 10

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Japan (RIAJ)[2] Gold 100,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Japan October 10, 2012 CD, Digital download EMI Music Japan
South Korea June 12, 2013 Digital download SM Entertainment

References

  1. ↑ "SHINee ranks as the top-selling Korean artist in Japan for October with "Dazzling Girl"". Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Gold certifications of October 2012". Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-12-27.
  3. ↑ "Dazzling Girl certified Gold". Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ "SHINee's "Dazzling Girl" preview released in Jewelry Maki CM". Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  5. ↑ "SHINee Releases MV Teaser for Upcoming Japanese Single "Dazzling Girl"". Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  6. ↑ "http://www.shineee.net/index.php?showtopic=39584". Retrieved October 3, 2012. External link in |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "Dazzling Girl live". Retrieved October 12, 2012.
  8. ↑ "日本テレビ系「ハッピーMusic」10月19日～4週連続コメント出演！" (in Japanese). Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Oricon" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Billboard Japan Adult Airplay" (in Japanese). billboard-japan.com. year=2012, month=10, day=29
  11. ↑ "Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay" (in Japanese). billboard-japan.com. year=2012, month=10, day=22
  12. 1 2 "Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales" (in Japanese). billboard-japan.com. year=2012, month=10, day=22
  13. ↑ "SHINee's "Dream Girl" ranks #1 on G-Music Asia Chart". Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  14. ↑ "SHINee's "Dream Girl" ranks #2 on Hit FM's Asia Chart". Retrieved 12 April 2013.
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