I'm Your Girl (S.E.S. song)

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"I'm Your Girl"
SES I'm Your Girl cover.jpg
Single by S.E.S.
from the album I'm Your Girl
ReleasedNovember 1, 1997
Recorded1997
Genre
Length3:45
Label
Songwriter(s)Yoo Young-jin
Producer(s)Yoo Young-jin
S.E.S. singles chronology
"I'm Your Girl"
(1997) 		"Oh, My Love"
(1997)
Audio video
"I'm Your Girl" on YouTube

"I'm Your Girl" (Korean: 아임 유어 걸) is the debut single by South Korean girl group S.E.S., released via SM Entertainment on November 1, 1997, as part of the group's debut studio album of the same title. An R&B K-pop track, it was both written and produced by SM in-house producer Yoo Young-jin. The Japanese-language version of "I'm Your Girl" was included in the 12cm release of their Japan debut single "Meguri Au Sekai", with a special remix single released afterwards on December 10, 1998, through VAP.

Background[]

"I'm Your Girl" features rapping by Eric Mun and Andy Lee prior to their debut with Shinhwa.[1][2] The music video remained one of the most requested ones on popular music shows of the time for 13 to 14 weeks.[3] A remixed version of the song, featuring Japanese rapper Kreva, then a member of Kick the Can Crew, was included on the group's special single in Japan, released on December 10, 1998.[4] In 2001, the song was included on SM Entertainment's greatest hits album, SM Best Album 2.[5] The song was additionally included on S.E.S.'s 2003 Japanese compilation album of Korean songs, Beautiful Songs.

Reception[]

17 years after its release, the song re-charted on the Gaon Digital Chart at number 25 in the chart issue dated December 28, 2014 – January 3, 2015.[6] In a survey involving 30 experts and 2,000 people published by The Dong-a Ilbo in September 2016, "I'm Your Girl" was voted the third best female idol song by music experts and the seventh best female idol song among the public in the past 20 years.[7]

Music program awards
Program Date
MBC's Live Young Times February 21, 1998
February 28, 1998
SBS's Inkigayo February 22, 1998
March 1, 1998

Legacy[]

In 2014, webzine Music Taste Y included "I'm Your Girl" in their list of 120 Best Korean Dance Tracks of All Time at number 45, with critic Hong Hyuk-soo noting the song's "melodic simplicity and completeness" as well as the "neat arrangement and chorus, well-ordered characters and choreography" having been passed down to future generations as a textbook girl group song.[8] In Melon and Seoul Shinmun's 2021 ranking of the Top 100 K-pop Songs of All Time, "I'm Your Girl" placed at number 17, where music expert Lee Kyu-tak wrote that it "occupies a very important part in the history of K-pop, both in terms of the impact it had on the music world at the time of its release and the influence it had on future generations." Lee commented that along with H.O.T's "Descent of Warriors" and "Candy" (1996), "this song marked the beginning of K-pop and an important turning point that put SM Entertainment, the agency, in its current position."[9]

"I'm Your Girl" on critic lists
Publisher List Rank Ref.
The Dong-a Ilbo Best Female Idol Songs in the Past 20 Years 3 [7]
Melon Top 100 K-pop Songs of All Time 14 [10]
Music Taste Y 120 Best Dance Tracks of All Time 45 [8]
Mnet Legend 100 Songs N/A [11]

Track listing[]

[Meguri Au Sekai] 12cm tracklist[12]
  1. "Meguri Au Sekai" (めぐりあう世界; World Comes Around)
  2. "Believe in Love"
  3. "I'm Your Girl"
  4. "Oh, My Love"
Japanese remix single
  1. "Meguri Au Sekai" (Miami DJ Mix) (めぐりあう世界)
  2. "Believe in Love" (Jon Robinson Groove Mix)
  3. "(Cause) I'm Your Girl" (Kreva Mix)
  4. "Oh, My Love" (Cyber Soul Mix)

Charts[]

Weekly charts
Chart (1998, 2015) Peak
position
Japan Singles Chart (Oricon)[13]
Remix single 		82
South Korea (Gaon)[6] 25

Release history[]

Release history and formats for "I'm Your Girl"
Region Date Version Label
South Korea November 1, 1997 Korean version SM
Japan December 10, 1998 Japanese remix CD single VAP

References[]

  1. ^ Lee, Minji (December 28, 2014). "무한도전-토토가, SES 바다 여고시절과 똑같은 미모" (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved January 4, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Lee, Hyerin (December 12, 2014). "'무도' SES 영어랩은 유재석-하하.. 유진 대신 서현" (in Korean). Osen. Retrieved January 29, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Cho, Hyun-jin (May 16, 1998). "The Next Sounds You'll Hear...New Asian Talent". Billboard. Google Books: Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  4. ^ Amith, Dennis. "[World Groove] [Classics] S.E.S. – I'm your Girl CD single". J!Ent Online. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  5. ^ "SM Best Album 2". Naver Vibe. May 1, 2001. Retrieved January 4, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b "2015년 02주차 Digital Chart" [Week 2 of 2015 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "New survey ranks top K-pop artists & songs of the past 20 years". SBS PopAsia. September 2, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  8. ^ a b Hong, Hyuk-soo (July 21, 2014). "Dance Track 120 45위 – 에스이에스 (S.E.S.)『('Cause) I'm Your Girl』". Music Taste Y (in Korean). Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  9. ^ "K-pop 명곡 100: 14위 ('Cause) I'm Your Girl – S.E.S." (in Korean). Melon. August 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  10. ^ Hicap, Jonathan (August 29, 2021). "Top 100 K-pop songs of all time revealed". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  11. ^ Kim, Soo-jung (February 3, 2014). "'동백아가씨'부터 '강남스타일'까지, 대중 사로잡은 명곡은?" [From 'Camellia Lady' to 'Gangnam Style', which famous songs have captured the public?]. MediaUS. Retrieved January 3, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "めぐりあう世界 | S.E.S." (in Japanese). Oricon News. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  13. ^ "「s.e.s.」の芸能人名検索結果" [S.E.S. Japanese Discography on ORICON STYLE] (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
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