"Dazzling Girl" is the fifth Japanese single of
South Korea
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n boy group,
Shinee
Shinee ( ; ; ; stylized as SHINee) is a South Korean boy band formed by SM Entertainment in 2008. The group consists of four members: Onew, Key (entertainer), Key, Choi Min-ho, Minho, and Taemin. Originally a five-piece band, Jonghyun died on ...
, 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". Selling over 109,032 copies in a month, "Dazzling Girl" was certified gold by the
Recording Industry Association of Japan
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(RIAJ) for shipments of over 100,000.
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.
Promotion
A preview of "Dazzling Girl" was released in a commercial for Jewelry Maki on August 24, 2012. 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.
On October 12, 2012, Shinee performed "Dazzling Girl" for the first time live on the Japanese music show ''Happy Music''. Shinee continued to make appearances at ''Happy Music'' for 4 consecutive weeks as guests' comments. They also performed at ''
Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
''Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ'' was a Japanese music variety show on Fuji Television hosted by the comedy duo Downtown, which consists of Hitoshi Matsumoto and Masatoshi Hamada. It is a very popular show with comical hosts who like to pick on t ...
'' on October 21, 2012, and at ''Music Japan'' on October 28, 2012.
Music video
The music video was directed by Hideaki Sunaga. It features the members of Shinee as photographers, stylists, and make-up artists as they prepare a model (played by Natsuki Fujimoto
) for a photo shoot.
Track listing
Chart performance
Oricon Chart
Other charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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2012 singles
Shinee songs
SM Entertainment singles
Songs in Japanese
House music songs
Songs written by Walter Afanasieff
Songs written by Jeff Miyahara
Songs written by Drew Ryan Scott
2012 songs