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Oh! (2010)
Where the lyrics of Oh! take you, and where it was really made.
Oh! was the best-selling album of 2010 in South Korea only when its sales were combined with its repackage, Run Devil Run.
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Recording place of Oh! (2010)
Recording site Booming Studio — MusicBrainz registers Booming Studio as the recording place of this album. The point marks the registered location at city-level accuracy, not a verified street address. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Album story
Overview
- Oh!: second studio album by the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation
- Released by SM Entertainment on January 28, 2010
- Lead single: Oh!, released to digital sites on January 25, 2010
- Repackaged version Run Devil Run released on March 17, 2010
- Follow-up single from the repackage: Run Devil Run
Background
- Physical and online pre-orders totaled 150,000 copies before full release
- Various album tracks charted in the top ten of various charts after release
- Oh! sold 30,000 copies on its first day of sale
- Released internationally via iTunes on February 8, 2010
- Group began promoting the album on MBC's Show! Music Core on January 30, 2010
- Repackage Run Devil Run presented a new concept based on a Dark Girls' Generation theme
- Album track Forever featured on the OST of the drama Pasta in April 2010
Recording
- MusicBrainz lists Booming Studio as the recording place of this album
- The place is registered by coordinates only, not a verified street address
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Oh! | 3:09 |
| 2 | Show! Show! Show! | 3:38 |
| 3 | 뻔&Fun (Sweet Talking Baby) | 3:30 |
| 4 | 영원히 너와 꿈꾸고 싶다 (Forever) | 4:30 |
| 5 | 웃자 (Be Happy) | 3:31 |
| 6 | 화성인 바이러스 (Boys&Girls) | 3:47 |
| 7 | 카라멜 커피 (Talk To Me) | 3:27 |
| 8 | 별별별 (☆★☆) | 4:30 |
| 9 | 무조건 해피엔딩 (Stick Wit U) | 2:47 |
| 10 | 좋은 일만 생각하기 (Day By Day) | 3:51 |
| 11 | Gee | 3:21 |
| 12 | 소원을 말해봐 (Genie) | 3:49 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Formed by SM Entertainment; known as SNSD and SoShi
- Originally a nine-member group; Jessica departed in September 2014, leaving eight members
- Members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, Seohyun
- Debuted August 5, 2007 with "Into the New World"
Career
- 2009 breakthrough with "Gee", a record nine consecutive weeks at No. 1 on KBS Music Bank
- Oh! (2010) won the Disk Daesang at the Golden Disc Awards, the first and only female act to win the Album Daesang
- Japanese debut in 2011; first non-Japanese girl group to have three number-one albums on the Oricon Albums Chart
- Called "The Nation's Girl Group" in South Korea
- First Asian girl group to reach five YouTube music videos with over 100 million views
- Subgroups TTS, Girls' Generation-Oh!GG, and Girls' Generation-HRS; members have pursued solo careers since 2017
- Reunited for the 15th anniversary in 2022 with Forever 1
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Han Dong-yoon of IZM felt that "Oh" was less interesting musically compared to "Gee" and "Genie".
- Han also gave Run Devil Run a negative review, questioning the group's abrupt change in concept.
- Seong Won-ho of the same publication gave the single "Run Devil Run" 1.5 stars out of 5, feeling that the translated Korean lyrics and vocals were a downgrade from the original version by Kesha.
Records
- Gaon Album Chart 2010: Oh! ranked second best-selling release, with 197,934 copies sold
- Run Devil Run ranked fourth best-selling release of 2010, with 136,851 copies sold
- Combined sales made Oh! the best-selling album of 2010, exceeding Super Junior's Bonamana and its repackage combined
- At the 25th Golden Disc Awards, Girls' Generation won the Album Daesang, the first female group to do so in the ceremony's history, with Oh!
- Oh! reached number one on the Gaon Digital Chart
- Run Devil Run ranked number one on the Gaon Digital Chart for two weeks, the group's second number-one single on that chart
- B-side downloads in 2010: Star Star Star 1,480,417; Show Show Show 1,020,710
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- Initial demo of Run Devil Run was recorded by Kesha, then its rights were sold to SM Entertainment and given to Girls' Generation.
- The first Oh! stage on Music Core had a broadcast error with a few seconds of dead air near the end.
- The broadcast error was parodied on YouTube, mixing in clips of the drama IRIS, and drew attention from Korean netizens.
- Photos of the members with a dark concept, called Black SoShi, were released online from March 11, 2010.
- An official iPhone application offered 30-second previews of all album songs in its free version and full tracks in its paid version.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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