"I Did It for Love" is a song by Korean pop singer

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featuring American singer-songwriter and record producer

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. The song is her second single for her debut

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English album, ''

''. The track was written and produced by Garrett, Melvin K. Watson Jr. and Matthew I. Irby. The single was released on June 2, 2009.

Background

On February 17, 2009, SM Entertainment USA released a 1:30 clip of the song on

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, Facebook, YouTube,

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, and

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. The song is about a woman who's been hurt by her lover and despite the fact that he leaves her, she continues to love him.

Music video

The music video for "I Did It for Love" was filmed by Joseph Kahn in January 2009 at

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in Hollywood. It was released on April 15, 2009, on BoA's

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page. The music video incorporates themes of water, mysticism, and the color black, as well as BoA's use of a hand-held fan to produce an

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feel to the video. Portions of the video were considered reminiscent of

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in its choreography and outfits.

Live performances

BoA performed the song as well as " Eat You Up" at the

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, on March 21, 2009. BoA also performed the song at the

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along with Sean Garrett.

Track listing

;CD remix single # I Did It For Love (King Britt Main Mix Vox Up) # I Did It For Love (King Britt Main Mix) # I Did It For Love (King Britt Instrumental) # I Did It For Love (King Britt Radio Mix) # I Did It For Love (Radio Edit) # I Did It For Love (DJ Escape & Johnny Vicious Main Mix) # I Did It For Love (DJ Escape & Johnny Vicious Dub Mix) # I Did It For Love (DJ Escape & Johnny Vicious Instrumental) # I Did It For Love (DJ Escape & Johnny Vicious Acapella) # I Did It For Love (DJ Escape & Johnny Vicious Radio Mix)

Commercial performance

"I Did It for Love" entered the ''Billboard''

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at number 41 on the issue date of May 23, 2009. Since then the song has peaked at number 19.

Charts and sales

Charts

Sales

Credits and personnel

*Vocals: BoA, Sean Garrett *Writers: Sean Garrett, Melvin K. Watson Jr. and Matthew I. Irby. *Producer: Sean "The Pen" Garrett, The Phantom Boyz

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:I Did It For Love 2009 singles BoA songs Music videos directed by Joseph Kahn Songs written by Sean Garrett SM Entertainment singles 2009 songs