''Gee'' is the first

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. It was released on January 7, 2009, by

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Single

A week after its release, "Gee" went #1 on ''

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and KBS. "Gee" also went to #1 on SBS's

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a week after their return. "Gee" first tied with "

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for the longest-running #1 on music portal M.Net (6 weeks). The song then broke the record by staying on top a seventh week, and remained in the position for an eighth week. It also tiedYang, Seung-joon
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in 2008 with "One More Time". "Gee" achieved its ninth #1 on the show on March 13, 2009Kim, Hyeong-woo
소녀시대 뮤뱅 9주 1위에 슈주 감동 깜짝축하 (''Girls' Generation Music Bank 2 months and 1 week #1, Touched by Super Junior's Surprise Congratulations'')
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'' March 13, 2009. Retrieved March 13, 2009. and received its 10th #1 win on June 26, 2009. The track also showed strength on other charts, topping the ''Mujikon'', ''Melon'' and ''Mnet'' charts for eight consecutive weeks, the ''Dosirak'' chart for seven weeks, the ''Muse'' chart for six weeks, and the ''Baksu'' chart for four weeks. "Gee" topped

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's hourly music chart on the release day. The song also went number one on all major digital music charts within two days. Park, Young-woong
소녀시대, 'Gee' 공개 2일 만에 음원 차트 '올킬' (''Girls' Generation's "Gee" Does Chart "All-Kill" 2 Days After Release'')
. ''MyDaily''. January 7, 2009. Retrieved January 7, 2009. "Gee" was also ranked as the number one song of the decade by one of Korea's most popular online music websites, MelOn.

Commercial performance

stated that over 100,000 copies of the mini-album were shipped to stores while sales analyst company Hanteo reported sales in excess of 30,000 copies within the first 10 days of its release. According to their agency SM Entertainment, the album sold nearly 65,000 copies. Gee was able to sell more than 100,000 copies.

Track listing

Credits adapted from

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Personnel

* Girls' Generation – main and backing vocals *

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– producer

Release history

References

External links

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