"Marry U" is a song by

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. The song is produced by Lee Jae-myung and co-written with Kwon Yoon-jung as the second single for Super Junior's second album, '' Don't Don''. The song is a combination of soft

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, simple

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melodies, and also with elements of

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and

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. A new version of the ballad with extra vocals of

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and

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was released in a repackaged version of ''Don't Don'' on November 5, 2007, which also became the promotional release of the single. The Japanese version was released on November 26, 2008, and peaked at number 20 on the

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Background and release

"Marry U" was originally track 6 from the original album, ''Don't Don'', which was released on September 20, 2007. However, a new version of "Marry U" was released on the first repackaged version of the album on November 5, 2007. "Marry U" is a light R&B

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with soft

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and gentle vocalization and

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. The theme of the song involves a sweet proposal and a confession of love, with repeating imagery of a bride and groom walking towards the moons and stars. The lyrics support long-lasting love and describes that although growing older, the love will never leave. The only difference between the first and second version of "Marry U" are the switching of solo positions. In the original version,

, and Kibum do not have solos. However,

and

gained solos in the second version.

sings

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's original solo and

raps to the second half of

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's second solo. Heechul's solo is switched to rapping to the second half of Eunhyuk's first solo.

Japanese version

In Japan, the song served as the unofficial third

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and the second special single by

. The single comes with two different jackets; the first of the jackets contains a CD and a DVD of making-of footage while the second jacket contains only a CD with a photobook. The single peaked at number 9 on the Oricon Daily Chart in its first day of release. The single is a compiled single with a total of four tracks, all which are title tracks from Super Junior,

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, Super Junior-K.R.Y, and Super Junior-Happy.

Music video

Different from previous works from the group, a majority of the music video is done with high-definite

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effects instead of actual scenery. Super Junior filmed the video wearing white tuxedos, surrounded by

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. The music video begins with Super Junior sleeping on top of a graphical city, with

rapping, which is then followed by

's rap. As Heechul continues rapping, the video merges into the city, with a yellow taxi cab driving in the streets. A girl, played by

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exits the taxi and arrives in front of a circus, and enters it. As the girl watches the performances, the camera closes onto her face and her head breaks apart, revealing a girl sitting on her bed in her room. Super Junior appears between intervals every once in a while, singing and rapping to the song. As Donghae raps, the camera shows the girl sleeping on her desk. The video then showed water droplets growing into trees of ice, emitting a bright glow. A piece of outstretched cloth hovers above the tree, and

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, with

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attached to them, hang above the cloth, with the girl staring at it. The girl goes back into the taxi and arrived at the concert, watching Super Junior dance to the song in a fantasy-like surrounding. Throughout the video, the scenery used subtly displays a story of which someone is holding a concert for a former lover, confessing love and re-committing themselves to each other. Unlike previous promo singles from Super Junior, "Marry U" is a mid-tempo ballad, and the song does not require extremely difficult dance choreography like what the group's previous singles required. In the first half of the music video, Super Junior is mainly shown sitting on high platforms singing to the song, with shots of the girl and also scenery composed of CG artworks. At the end of the video where the girl sits down to enjoy the group dancing, the group dances in a fantasy-like surrounding, with slow and gentle choreography. The ending scene shows the girl smiling and nodding, a diamond ring glinting on her finger.

Promotion and reception

"Marry U" became the main title of Super Junior's first mini concert, Super Junior Marry U Mini Concert. The mini concert had two shifts, one in the afternoon and one in the night. The concert was held in Seoul Shindolim Technomart on November 15, 2007. Taking the theme of a marriage proposal, each of the thirteen members prepared rings to give to certain lucky fans, presenting it to them like how they would propose to their girlfriends. "Marry U" is also the first single from '' Don't Don'' to be performed overseas as Super Junior performed this song at the 2007 Tencent Stars Magnificent Ceremony in

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on November 17, 2007. Unlike previous performances where they danced to "Marry U", Super Junior performed the song sitting on

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s. Despite wide promotional uses of the single, "Marry U" did not meet the achievements like what the album's first single, " Don't Don," had set. The single failed to receive any music program awards.

Track listing

;CD #"Marry U" / Super Junior #"

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" / Super Junior-T #"歩みを止めて" / Super Junior-K.R.Y. #"Cooking? Cooking!" (料理王) / Super Junior-Happy ;DVD #"Marry U" / Super Junior #"

" / Super Junior-T #"Cooking? Cooking!" (料理王) / Super Junior-Happy #Making of Music Video (初回盤のみ)

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes. Studio * SM Yellow Tail Studio –

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, mixing * SM Concert Hall Studio – recording * Lead Sound – recording * Sonic Korea – mastering Personnel *

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– producer *

– vocals **

Yesung Kim Kang-hoon (born Kim Jong-woon; August 24, 1984), better known by his stage name Yesung, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, radio personality, and television presenter. He debuted in 2005 as a member of Super Junior and its subgroup ...

–

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– background vocals **

– Korean lyrics ** Donghae – Korean lyrics **

Ryeowook Kim Ryeo-wook (born June 21, 1987), better known by the mononym Ryeowook, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and musical actor. He is best known as a member of boy group Super Junior and its subgroups, Super Junior-K.R.Y. and Super Junior- ...

– background vocals ** Kyuhyun – background vocals * Kwon Yoon-jung – Korean lyrics * c.close – Japanese lyrics * Lee Jae-myung – producer,

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* Sam Lee –

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* Gil Eun-kyung – keyboards * Nile Lee – strings conducting, strings arrangement * K-Strings – strings * Lee Seong-ho – recording, mixing * Nam Koong-jin – recording * Eom Chan-yong – recording * Jeon Hoon – mastering

Charts

References

External links

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Super Junior's Official Site
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