Bo Peep Bo Peep

"Bo Peep Bo Peep"
Single by T-ara
from the album Absolute First Album
Released	November 27, 2009 (see release history)
Genre	K-pop dance-pop electropop
Length	3:46
Label	Mnet Media Core Contents Media
Writer(s)	Shinsadong Tiger Choi Kyu-sung
Producer(s)	CJ E&M Core Contents Media
T-ara Korean singles chronology
"TTL Listen 2"" (2009) "Bo Peep Bo Peep" (2009) "Cheoeum Cheoreom" (2009)

"Bo Peep Bo Peep"
Single by T-ara
from the album Jewelry Box
B-side	LOVE ME ! ～あなたのせいで狂いそう～
Released	September 28, 2011 (see release history)
Format	CD single digital download
Length	03:49
Label	EMI Music Japan[1]
Writer(s)	Shinsadong Tiger Choi Kyu-sung Zoop (Japanese lyrics)
T-ara Japanese singles chronology
"Bo Peep Bo Peep" (2011) "Yayaya" (2011)

"Bo Peep Bo Peep" is a song by South Korean girl group T-ara. It is the first lead track (of two) from the album Absolute First Album, the other being "Like The First Time" (Korean: 처음처럼). The song won 5 weekly number one awards on KBS Music Bank and SBS Inkigayo. It was later re-recorded in Japanese for the group's debut single, which was released on September 28, 2011. The single has sold a total of more than 87,168 copies to date, peaking at number one on Oricon's weekly chart. The single was certified Gold for a shipment of over 100,000 paid downloads by the RIAJ.^[2]

History

For the group's comeback, T-ara released music video teasers for the songs "Bo Peep Bo Peep" and "Like the First Time". Around 9,000 netizens from over 9 music portal sites voted in a poll determining which song will become the album's title track, but despite "Like the First Time" being the winning song and lead track to the album, the group promoted "Bo Peep Bo Peep" on music programs after it was well received by critics who felt that it would be the group's first hit. The group held their comeback stage on KBS Music Bank on December 4.

Japanese version

On August 4, 2011, it was announced that T-ara would be debuting in Japan with a Japanese version of "Bo Peep Bo Peep". The single was released on September 28 as two limited editions and a regular edition, with a Japanese version of their song "I Go Crazy Because of You" as the accompanying b-side.^[3] The music video was released on September 1 on the Japanese cable television network Space Shower TV. The single debuted on Oricon's Daily Chart at No. 1 with 20,068 copies sold on the first day. They are the first Korean girl group to achieve the number one spot and the third Korean group to reach the top three of the charts after MBLAQ's "Your Luv" and SHINee's "Replay-Kimi wa Boku no Everything".^[4] The single debuted at number one on Oricon's Weekly Chart with 49,712 copies sold, making them the first foreign group and also the first Korean girl group to debut at number one.^[5]

Track listing

Japanese single:[6]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Bo Peep Bo Peep" (Japanese version)	Zoop	Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-sung	3:49
2.	"LOVE ME! ～Anata no Sei de Kurisou" (あなたのせいで狂いそう; I Go Crazy Because of You)		Cho Young Soo, Kim Tae Hyun	3:17
3.	"Bo Peep Bo Peep" (Inst.)			3:49
4.	"LOVE ME! ～Anata no Sei de Kurisou" (Inst.)			3:15
Total length:				14:08

DVD:
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bo Peep Bo Peep (JAPAN ORIGINAL ver.)"	7:06

Chart performance

South Korea

Chart	Peak position
Gaon single chart[7]	4

Japan

Oricon Chart

Released	Oricon Chart	Peak	Debut sales	Sales total
September 28, 2011	Daily Singles Chart[8]	1	49,712	91,343+
	Weekly Singles Chart[5]	1
	Monthly Singles Chart	7
	Yearly Singles Chart	97

Other charts

Chart	Peak position
Billboard Japan Hot 100[9]	1
Billboard Japan Hot 100 Year-End[10]	86
RIAJ Digital Track Chart[11]	3
RIAJ Digital Track Chart (LOVE ME! ~Anata no Sei de Kurisou~)[12]	91

Sales and certifications

Certifier	Amount
RIAJ full-length cellphone downloads[2]	Gold (100,000+)
RIAJ PC downloads[13]	Gold (100,000+)
RIAJ physical shipping certification[14]	Gold (100,000+)

Cover versions

In 2010, Taiwanese entertainer Lotus Wang did a cover of the song under the title "Bobee 保庇". It became a dance craze and was picked by CNN's Phil Han for the "Best Viral Video of the Week", which led to controversy from Korean netizens complaining that the song 'wasn't original' and that they failed to mention the original title or T-ara's name at all.^[15]

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
South Korea	November 27, 2009	Digital download	Core Contents Media
Japan	September 28, 2011	CD single	EMI Music Japan
	October 5, 2011	Digital download[16]

References

1. "티아라, 50억 근접 역대 최고가 전속계약..일본 J-ROCK과 47억" (in Korean). Newsen. July 7, 2011.
2. 一般社団法人 日本レコード協会｜各種統計 [Record Association report: December 2011 Gold List and other approved work]. RIAJ (in Japanese).
3. "T-ARA、日本デビュー・シングル"Bo Peep Bo Peep"の発売日が決定" (in Japanese). Tower Records. August 4, 2011.
4. "T-ARA、日本デビュー作が初日首位　韓国グループ初のデビューシングル週間1位なるか" (in Japanese). Oricon. September 29, 2011.
5. "【オリコン】史上初！韓国勢新作が同時首位…シングルT-ARA＆アルバム東方神起" (in Japanese). Oricon. October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
6. "T-ara Official Japanese Website" (in Japanese). Retrieved August 14, 2011.
7. "Gaon Search - T-ara" (in Korean). Gaon. August 2, 2011.
8. 티아라 일본 오리콘 1위, 한국 걸그룹 사상 최초 (in Korean). Naver. September 28, 2011.
9. "Billboard Japan Hot 100" (in Japanese). Billboard. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
10. "Japan Hot 100 Music Chart / Billboard.com". Billboard. 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
11. "RIAJ Digital Track Chart: Chart issue October 11, 2011" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived from the original on 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
12. "RIAJ Digital Track Chart: Chart issue October 4, 2011" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
13. "一般社団法人 日本レコード協会｜各種統計". RIAJ. RIAJ. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
14. "一般社団法人 日本レコード協会｜各種統計". RIAJ. RIAJ. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
15. ""원조가 묻혔네"..CNN, `보핍` 리메이크곡 열풍소개" (in Korean). Nate. January 1, 2011.
16. "iTunes - ミュージック - T-ARA「Bo Peep Bo Peep - EP」" (in Japanese). iTunes. October 5, 2011.