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For First Time Lovers
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Wikipedia article
"'For First Time Lovers'" (Hangul: , subtitled Banmal Song []) is Jung Yong-hwa's first solo digital single which was released on January 14, 2011. The song was featured on the second season of 'We Got Married', where Yonghwa was in a virtual marriage with Girls' Generation's Seohyun, who he wrote the song for.
Background
In an episode of 'We Got Married' where Yonghwa and Girls' Generation's Seohyun were a virtual couple, Yonghwa revealed to his virtual wife that he was working on a song about her. 'Banmal' is the informal form of speech in the Korean language. Seohyun is known to have difficulty dropping honorifics with those who are older than her, and the song is inspired by Yonghwa's desire to hear her speak to him in 'Banmal'.
The song was released as a single on January 14, 2011 and upon its release, topped various South Korean music charts such as Bugs, Daum, Soribada and Naver Music. The song debuted at #12 on the Gaon Singles Chart,[https://web.archive.org/web/20150316151855/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=04&hitYear=2011&termGbn=week South Korea's Gaon Singles Chart from January 915, 2011 (in Korean)] Originally from Gaon Music Chart (January 2011). Archived on March 16, 2015. Retrieved on March 16, 2015. climbing up to the #1 spot in the following week and stayed there for two consecutive weeks.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150316152118/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=06&hitYear=2011&termGbn=week South Korea's Gaon Singles Chart from January 2329, 2011 (in Korean)] Originally from Gaon Music Chart (January 2011). Archived on March 16, 2015. Retrieved on March 16, 2015.
Music video
In the 64th episode of the second season of 'We Got Married', the virtual couple 'YongSeo' (a portmanteau of the couple's names) were given a mission to record and upload a music video of the song on YouTube. The two filmed it in the living room of their house in the show, with both of them playing guitars as they performed it.
Track listing
* The Banmal Song UCC was chosen as number 4 out of the top 10 UCCs of the first half-year of 2011 by YouTube Korea.[http://youtubekrblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/2011-top-10.html 2011 Top 10] YouTube Korea Blog, Retrieved 12 November 2011.
References
Category:2011 singles
Category:2011 songs
Category:Jung Yong-hwa songs
Category:Songs written by Jung Yong-hwa
Category:We Got Married
Category:Gaon Digital Chart number-one singles
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