"I Love You" is a song recorded in two languages (Korean and Japanese) by South Korean girl group 2NE1. The Korean version was released on July 5, 2012, through YG Entertainment, while the Japanese version was released on September 19 by YGEX as the group's third Japanese single. The song was produced by 2NE1's long-time collaborator Teddy Park. Musically, "I Love You" is described as an affectionate, lush, and "moody synth" dance-pop track that infuses elements of electronic and traditional Korean trot music to create a "different sound" and "new genre of music", whilst still showing the beauty of Korean culture.
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"We have always tried to mix different genres, whether it be rock or acoustic or hip-hop. This time it's like trot. Japan has 'enka' music, and it seems to resonate well with the emotions. Since there is no such genre in the United States, I think it will feel fresh. We want to show the beauty of Korean culture through us."[17]
In a less favorable review, a contributor from Rolling Stone Japan rated the song 3 out of 5 stars, saying that the melodious trot made the song feel a "little damp" and "less fluttering than usual".[20] Conversely, Owen Myers of Popjustice praised the song's composition and ranked "I Love You" as the best K-pop single of 2012, writing that "it combines the best bits of pop into a rarefied cavalcade of amazingness".[21]
Upon the song's release, it topped all South Korean daily charts, including Melon and Mnet, and achieved an all-kill.[29] The song debuted at number one on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100, becoming the group's first number-one single on the chart.[30] During its debut week, the song reached the number two position on the Gaon Digital Chart, placing behind "Loving U" by Sistar.[31] During its second week, "I Love You" reached the top position on the Gaon Digital Chart, becoming the group's sixth number-one single, and sold over 950,000 digital units after 11 days.[32] In its third charting week, "I Love You" descended to number 3, selling another 403,000 downloads, and became the best-selling song of July 2012.[33] By the end of the year, "I Love You" sold over 2.7 million digital units in the country, and was ranked as the eleventh best-selling song on the year-end component download chart.[34] Factoring in streaming figures and instrumental/ringtone downloads, the song landed at number six for best-performing songs overall in South Korea on the year-end Gaon Digital Chart issue for 2012.[35]
Elsewhere, in the United States, "I Love You" peaked at number three on the Billboard US World Digital Song Sales chart.[36] On the chart's year-end issue, it was ranked as the thirteenth most downloaded foreign-language/international song in the US.[37] In Japan, the song reached number three on the daily Oricon Singles Chart and number five on the chart's weekly counterpart in the week ending on October 1, and sold 15,700 physical copies in the country by the end of the year.[38] 2ff7e9595c
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