:Bonamana (song)
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{{Short description|2010 single by Super Junior}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Bonamana
| cover = AVCK-79017.jpg
| caption = Japanese single cover
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Super Junior
| album = Bonamana
|language={{hlist|Korean|Japanese}}
| released = May 10, 2010
June 8, 2011 (JP)
| recorded =
| studio = SM Booming System (Seoul)
| venue =
| genre = House
| length = 3:59
| label =
| lyricist =
- Yoo Young-jin
- Goro Matsui (JP)
| composer = Yoo Young-jin
| producer = Yoo Young-jin
| prev_title = It's You
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = No Other
| next_year = 2010
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|tSOSxwEWFA4|"Bonamana (Korean)"}}}}
}}
"Bonamana" ({{Korean|미인아||Miina}}) is a song performed by South Korean boy band Super Junior. It is the lead single from the group's fourth studio album, Bonamana. The song was released as a digital single on May 10, 2010, three days before the South Korean release of Bonamana.{{cite news | work=TV Daily | title=MV teaser of Super Junior's fourth album 'Bonamana' to be released on May 7 | date=May 6, 2010 | page=1 | url=http://www.tvdaily.co.kr/read.php3?aid=127319011758326002 | access-date=May 12, 2010 | language=ko | archive-date=May 11, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100511185744/http://www.tvdaily.co.kr/read.php3?aid=127319011758326002 | url-status=live }} The song was composed and arranged by Yoo Young-jin, who also penned the lyrics.
Background
Made in the style "SJ Funky", which Super Junior had been exploring since the release of their third studio album, Sorry, Sorry, "Bonamana" draws influences from American electronica, funk and hip hop, incorporating African rhythms and club house beats into the melody, similar to the song's writer Yoo Young-jin, who later displayed the same style in Super Junior-M's "Super Girl" and Shinee's "Ring Ding Dong".{{cite news | work=Sports Chosun | title=Super Junior comes back with 'Bonamana', includes Ryeowook's first solo song | date=May 10, 2010 | page=1 | url=http://sports.chosun.com/news/news.htm?name=/news/entertainment/201005/20100511/a5k77122.htm | access-date=May 12, 2010 | language=ko | archive-date=May 11, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100511194341/http://sports.chosun.com/news/news.htm?name=%2Fnews%2Fentertainment%2F201005%2F20100511%2Fa5k77122.htm | url-status=live }} The song incorporates the Afro tom, an African percussive instrument, and the riff of a Jupiter synth, a sound synthesizer. Vocals are also autotuned. The song is about the sincerity of a man who is trying to win a girl's love, with the lyrics having been described as witty and humorous.{{cite news | work=SM Entertainment | title=Super Junior's Official Site | url=http://superjunior.smtown.com | access-date=May 13, 2010 | archive-date=November 8, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108214141/http://superjunior.smtown.com/ | url-status=dead }}
Japanese release
On April 25, 2011, it was announced that the single would be re-released in a Japanese version through the Japanese convenience store chain Circle K Sunkus. The song was released as a digital download on May 18, 2011, followed by a physical release on June 8, 2011, making it their first official Japanese single. An upcoming CM (commercial movie) for the tie-up was filmed in February 2011, with the Japanese lyrics recorded a month after, in March 2011.{{cite web |date=April 26, 2011 |script-title=ja:ＳＵＰＥＲ ＪＵＮＩＯＲが日本席巻！ (1/2ページ) – 芸能 |url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/110426/gnj1104260506011-n1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831085656/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/110426/gnj1104260506011-n1.htm |archive-date=August 31, 2011 |access-date=January 16, 2012 |publisher=Sankei Sports |language=ja}} The single debuted at number two on the Oricon chart on its day of release. According to the Oricon Chart, Bonamana (美人) sold 27,168 units on its release day. In addition, the music video, which consists of videos from the Super Junior 3rd Asia Tour Super Show 3 in Japan held at Yokohama Arena in February, received over 300,000 views on the Japanese UCC website Nikoniko in a day.
Promotion and reception
On May 6, 2010, "Bonamana" was announced to be the lead single from the group's fourth album. The full single was released via digital download on South Korean MP3 download sites on May 10. The song was first performed on KBS2TV's music show Music Bank on May 14,{{cite news | work=Nate | title=10-member Super Junior promises to do their best for the 3 members | date=May 14, 2010 | page=1 | url=http://news.nate.com/view/20100514n15472?mid=e0303&isq=3016 | access-date=May 14, 2010 | language=ko | archive-date=May 11, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511141944/https://news.nate.com/view/20100514n15472?mid=e0303&isq=3016 | url-status=live }} and their performance peaked at number 3 on Nate's top trending search. The group performed "Bonamana" on MBC's Show! Music Core on May 15{{cite news | work=Max Movie | title=Super Junior-Davichi-Lee Jung-hyun to have comeback on Music Core | date=May 15, 2010 | page=1 | url=http://www.maxmovie.com/movie_info/ent_news_view.asp?mi_id=MI0088595617 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005152701/http://www.maxmovie.com/movie_info/ent_news_view.asp?mi_id=MI0088595617 | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 5, 2011 | access-date=May 15, 2010 | language=ko }} and on SBS's The Music Trend on May 16. After only one week in the charts, "Bonamana" surged to number 1 on Music Bank's K-Chart, making it Super Junior's fastest rise to the top of the chart for a lead single.{{cite news | work=Star News | title=Super Junior achieves #1 after only one week comeback | date=May 21, 2010 | url=http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2010052118325006231&type=1&outlink=1 | access-date=May 21, 2010 | language=ko | archive-date=July 18, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718073445/http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2010052118325006231&type=1&outlink=1 | url-status=live }}
Music video
File:Bonamanacapture.jpg is inspired by Kim Yuna's "Danse Macabre" performance.]]
Directed by Jang Jae-hyuk, the music video was filmed in a filming set in Namyangju, Gyeonggi in late April 2010.{{cite news | work=Asia Economy | title=Super Junior's Bonamana MV to be released on the 12th | date=May 11, 2010 | page=1 | url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010051108243138718 | access-date=May 12, 2010 | language=ko | archive-date=May 14, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514141853/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010051108243138718 | url-status=live }} The video is fairly low budget and was entirely shot in a disoriented sepia color, with shadows and alternating brighter lights shining on the members, consistently changing the lighting of the video. The video first begins with different angle shots of each member standing and slowly spinning around in a dark background with alternating backlighting, and then proceeds to a lighter tone when the song begins. A majority of the music video focuses on showing the group's various hip-hop dance formations and techniques. The choreography of the dance is inspired by speed skating, and the dance steps during the first hook of the song is inspired by Kim Yuna's "Danse Macabre" performance.{{cite news | work=Newsen | title=Super Junior introduces the skate dance through their Bonamona comeback | date=May 14, 2010 | page=1 | url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201005141804331002&code=100200 | access-date=May 14, 2010 | language=ko | archive-date=May 20, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520203013/http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201005141804331002&code=100200 | url-status=live }} Also, in the music video, there is a dance break performed by all members.
A minute-long teaser of the music video was revealed on May 7 through YouTube,{{cite news | work=Asia Economy | title=Super Junior's fourth album teaser to be released on May 7 | date=May 6, 2010 | page=1 | url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010050608434498175 | access-date=May 12, 2010 | language=ko | archive-date=May 14, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514140131/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010050608434498175 | url-status=live }} and the full music video premiered on May 12 on Korea's GOMTV video site and through SM Entertainment's official YouTube account,[http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010051109020282259 "Super Junior to unveil music video to new single tomorrow"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123042154/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010051109020282259 |date=January 23, 2015 }} Asiae. May 11, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2012 attracting over 600,000 views on the first day of release. It currently has over 151 million views.
Accolades
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Music program awards |
| width="130" | Program
! width="140" | Date ! Ref. |
|---|
| rowspan="3"|Music Bank
| May 21, 2010 |
| May 28, 2010 |
| June 4, 2010 |
| rowspan="3"|Inkigayo
| May 30, 2010 | rowspan="2"|{{cite web |title=슈퍼주니어, '인기가요' 3주연속 1위 |trans-title=Super Junior, 'Inkigayo' 3 weeks in a row |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0002034417 |website=Star News |via=Naver |access-date=October 29, 2021 |language=ko |date=June 13, 2010}} |
| June 6, 2010 |
| June 13, 2010 |
Credits
Credits adapted from album's liner notes.{{Cite AV media notes|title=Bonamana|last=Super Junior|year=2010|at=Credits|type=photobook|publisher=SM Entertainment, Dreamus|location=South Korea}}
Studio
Personnel
- SM Entertainment – executive producer
- Lee Soo-man – producer
- Super Junior – vocals, background vocals
- Yoo Young-jin – producer, Korean lyrics, composition, arrangement, vocal directing, background vocals, recording, mixing
- Goro Matsui – Japanese lyrics
- Jeon Hoon – mastering
Charts
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{{col-2}}
=Korean version=
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=Japanese version=
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| Chart
! Peak ! Reported |
|---|
| scope="row" | Japan Daily Singles (Oricon) |
| scope="row" | Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)
|2 |
| scope="row" | Japan Monthly Singles (Oricon)
|10 |
| scope="row" | Japan Yearly Singles (Oricon)
|110 |
{{col-end}}
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release history for "Bonamana" ! scope="col" | Region ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Version ! scope="col" | Format ! scope="col" | Label ! scope="col" | Ref |
| scope="row" | Various
| May 10, 2010 | Korean | rowspan="2"|{{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | {{hlist|SM}} |
|---|
| rowspan="2" scope="row"|Japan
| May 18, 2011 | rowspan="2"|Japanese | rowspan="2"|{{hlist|Avex Trax}} |
| June 8, 2011
|{{Cite web|url=https://avexnet.jp/contents/music_j/SPJUN/discography/1003007|title=SUPER JUNIOR「美人（BONAMANA）」|date=June 8, 2011|access-date=July 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731111556/https://avexnet.jp/favicon.ico|archive-date=July 31, 2024|url-status=live|work=Avex Trax|language=ja|trans-title=SUPER JUNIOR "Beauty (BONAMANA)"}} |
References
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External links
- {{in lang|ko}} [http://www.smtown.com/ SM Entertainment's Official Site]
- {{in lang|ko}} [http://superjunior.smtown.com/ Super Junior's Official Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108214141/http://superjunior.smtown.com/ |date=November 8, 2017 }}
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Category:Songs written by Yoo Young-jin