('Cause) I'm Your Girl
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{{Infobox song
| name = ('Cause) I'm Your Girl
| cover = SES I'm Your Girl cover.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Japanese remix single cover
| type = single
| artist = S.E.S. featuring Eric and Andy of Shinhwa
| album = I'm Your Girl
| language =
| released = November 1, 1997
| recorded = 1997
| studio = SM Studios, Seoul
| venue =
| genre = * K-pop
| length = 3:45
| label = * SM
| lyricist = Yoo Young-jin
| composer = Yoo Young-jin
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| chronology = S.E.S.
| next_title = Oh, My Love
| next_year = 1997
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|fBge8oUfFwU|"I'm Your Girl"}}|header=Music video (remastered)|type=single}}
}}
"('Cause) I'm Your Girl" is the debut single by South Korean girl group S.E.S., released via SM Entertainment on November 1, 1997, as part of the group's debut studio album I'm Your Girl. An R&B K-pop track, it was both written and produced by SM in-house producer Yoo Young-jin. A remix single of "('Cause) I'm Your Girl" was released in Japan on December 10, 1998, through VAP.
Background
"('Cause) I'm Your Girl" features rapping by Eric and Andy prior to their debut with Shinhwa.{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Minji|date=December 28, 2014|title=무한도전-토토가, SES 바다 여고시절과 똑같은 미모|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201412280047552410|publisher=Newsen|language=ko|accessdate=January 4, 2022}}{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Hyerin|date=December 12, 2014|title='무도' SES 영어랩은 유재석-하하.. 유진 대신 서현|url=http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1110029996|publisher=Osen|language=ko|accessdate=January 29, 2015}} The music video remained one of the most requested ones on popular music shows of the time for 13 to 14 weeks.{{cite magazine|last=Cho |first=Hyun-jin |date=May 16, 1998 |title=The Next Sounds You'll Hear...New Asian Talent |magazine=Billboard |location=Google Books |publisher=Billboard |access-date=January 29, 2015 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=king+records+sm+entertainment&pg=PA54-IA4}} A Japanese version of the song was included in the 12cm release of their Japanese debut single "Meguri Au Sekai", released on October 21, 1998. A remixed version of the song, featuring Japanese rapper Kreva (then a member of Kick the Can Crew) was released as part of a remix single on December 10.{{cite web |last1=Amith |first1=Dennis |date=2008-04-07 |title=[World Groove] [Classics] S.E.S. – I'm your Girl CD single |url=http://j-entonline.com/worldwide-entertainment-news/world-groove/world-grooveclassics-ses-im-your-girl-cd-single/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722082850/http://j-entonline.com/worldwide-entertainment-news/world-groove/world-grooveclassics-ses-im-your-girl-cd-single/ |archive-date=2013-07-22 |accessdate=29 January 2015 |website=J!Ent Online}}
In 2001, the song was included on SM Entertainment's greatest hits album, SM Best Album 2.{{cite web|date=May 1, 2001|title=SM Best Album 2|url=http://music.naver.com/album/index.nhn?albumId=3897|publisher=Naver Vibe|accessdate=January 4, 2022}} The song was additionally included on S.E.S.'s 2003 Japanese compilation album of Korean songs, Beautiful Songs.{{Cite AV media notes |title="Beautiful Songs" |year=2003 |type=CD album; Liner notes |publisher=Avex}} In 2014, a remake music video featuring D.O. of Exo was released.{{Cite news |last=Kim |first=Sa-ra |date=2014-10-03 |title= |script-title=ko:‘엑소902014’ 디오, S.E.S ‘아임 유어 걸’ 호러판 MV 공개 |trans-title='EXO902014' D.O., SES 'I'm Your Girl' Horror Version MV Released |url=http://www.osen.co.kr/article/G1109972534 |access-date=2024-07-17 |work=OSEN}}
Reception
17 years after its release, the song re-charted on the Gaon Digital Chart at number 25 in the chart issue dated December 28, 2014 – January 3, 2015.{{cite web |date=3 January 2015 |title=2015년 02주차 Digital Chart |trans-title=Week 2 of 2015 Digital Chart |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=02&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week |access-date=3 January 2022 |publisher=Gaon Music Chart |language=ko}} In a survey involving 30 experts and 2,000 people published by The Dong-a Ilbo in September 2016, "('Cause) I'm Your Girl" was voted the third best female idol song by music experts and the seventh best female idol song among the public in the past 20 years.{{cite web |date=2016-09-02 |title=New survey ranks top K-pop artists & songs of the past 20 years |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2016/09/02/new-survey-ranks-top-k-pop-artists-songs-past-20-years |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924233922/https://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2016/09/02/new-survey-ranks-top-k-pop-artists-songs-past-20-years |archive-date=2022-09-24 |website=SBS PopAsia}}
Legacy
In 2014, webzine Music Y included "('Cause) I'm Your Girl" in their list of 120 Best Korean Dance Tracks of All Time at number 45, with critic Hong Hyuk-soo noting the song's "melodic simplicity and completeness" as well as the "neat arrangement and chorus, well-ordered characters and choreography" having been passed down to future generations as a textbook girl group song. In Melon and Seoul Shinmun{{'}}s 2021 ranking of the Top 100 K-pop Songs of All Time, "('Cause) I'm Your Girl" placed at number 17, where music expert Lee Kyu-tak wrote that it "occupies a very important part in the history of K-pop, both in terms of the impact it had on the music world at the time of its release and the influence it had on future generations." Lee commented that along with H.O.T's "Descent of Warriors" and "Candy" (1996), "this song marked the beginning of K-pop and an important turning point that put SM Entertainment, the agency, in its current position."{{cite web |title=K-pop 명곡 100: 14위 ('Cause) I'm Your Girl – S.E.S. |url=https://www.melon.com/kpop100/detail.htm?detailSong=78184 |publisher=Melon |access-date=4 January 2022 |language=ko |date=August 2021}}
| class="sortable wikitable"
|+ Critic lists and polls ! Publisher ! Year ! List ! Rank ! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| rowspan="2" | The Dong-a Ilbo
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 2016 | Best female songs according to experts | align="center" | 3 |
| Best female songs according to the public
| align="center" | 7 |
| Melon
| align="center" | 2021 | Top 100 K-pop Songs of All Time | align="center" | 14 |
| Music Y
| align="center" | 2014 | 120 Best Dance Tracks of All Time | align="center" | 45 | align="center" | {{cite web |last1=Hong |first1=Hyuk-soo |title=Dance Track 120 45위 – 에스이에스 (S.E.S.)『('Cause) I'm Your Girl』|url=http://musicy.kr/?c=best&s=1&cidx=22&sw=i%27m+your+girl&gp=1&ob=idx&gbn=viewok&ix=4142 |website=Music Y |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=ko |date=21 July 2014}} |
| Mnet
| align="center" | 2014 | Legend 100 Songs | align="center" | N/A |
| Rolling Stone
| align="center" | 2023 | 100 Greatest Songs in the History of Korean Pop Music | align="center" | 27 |
Track listing
;Japanese remix single
- "Meguri Au Sekai" (Miami DJ Mix) (めぐりあう世界)
- "Believe in Love" (Jon Robinson Groove Mix)
- "('Cause) I'm Your Girl" (Kreva Mix)
- "Oh, My Love" (Cyber Soul Mix)
Charts
= Weekly charts =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Japanese remix single |
| scope="col" | Chart (1998)
! scope="col" | Peak |
|---|
| scope="row" |Japan Singles Chart (Oricon){{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/21206/ |title=「s.e.s.」の芸能人名検索結果|trans-title= S.E.S. Japanese Discography on ORICON STYLE|publisher=Oricon Style |language=Japanese |accessdate=February 22, 2018}}
| 82 |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Korean version |
| scope="col" | Chart (2015)
! scope="col" | Peak |
|---|
| scope="row" |South Korea (Gaon)
| 25 |
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Release history and formats for "('Cause) I'm Your Girl" ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Version ! scope="col"| Label |
| scope="row"| South Korea
| November 1, 1997 | Korean version |
|---|
| scope="row" | Japan
| December 10, 1998 | Japanese remix CD single | VAP |