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Roly-Poly (T-ara song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Roly-Poly
| cover = T-araRolyPolyRegular.png
| caption = Japanese regular edition cover
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = T-ara
| album = John Travolta Wannabe 'and' Jewelry Box
| released = 29 June 2011
29 February 2012 (JP)
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = K-pop, disco
| length = 3:34
| label = * Core Contents
* EMI
| writer =
| producer =
| chronology = T-ara Korean
| prev_title = Yayaya
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Cry Cry
| next_year = 2011
| misc =
}}
"'Roly-Poly'" is a disco song by South Korean girl group T-ara. It was taken from their second mini album 'John Travolta Wannabe', released on 29 June 2011. The song was written and produced by Shinsadong Tiger and Choi Kyu Sung, who were also behind the group's 2009 song "Bo Peep Bo Peep". "Roly-Poly" won three weekly #1 awards on Mnet's 'M! Countdown' and SBS's 'Inkigayo', and went on to becoming the top grossing and most downloaded song of 2011 with nearly $2 million in sales and over 4,000,000 units in digital downloadsthe highest figure for a K-pop girl group single on the Gaon Digital Chart in the 2010s.
Background & Release
Roly Poly
"Roly Poly" was released on June 29, 2011 as the lead single of T-ara's 'John Travolta Wannabe' with 3 different music videos, a short dance version, a long drama version and special version made by CCM that compiled several covers of the song from fans around the world and was titled "Roly Poly Version 3". The song was revealed to be viewed in over 70 countries.Roly Poly In Copacabana
A remix of the song titled "Roly-Poly in Copacabana" was released on 2 August and was used for the group's follow up promotions. In 2012, The song was re-released in Japanese on 29 February 2012, as the group's third single. Stereogum ranked the music video of the song No. 12 on its list of 20 Best K-pop videos. It was named the fourth best K-pop song by Edge Media.Roly Poly Japanese Version
The song was re-released in Japanese on February 29, 2012 as the group's third single in the Japanese market. The single peaked at 3 on Oricon and at 5 on Billboard Japan Hot 100.'My Youth Is Roly Poly'
"Roly-Poly" was made into a stage musical starring T-ara's Hyomin, Jiyeon and Soyeon, Kang Min-kyung (Davichi), Jang Hye-jin ('I Am a Singer'), veteran musical actress Park Hae-mi, Han Ji-sub, Kim Jae-hee and Yoon Young-joon.
Track listing
Charts
On the Gaon Digital Chart dated 26 June 2011, "Roly-Poly" debuted at number three, before descending to number eight the week after. On its third week it bounced back to number two, the song's peak on the chart. "Roly-Poly" managed to hold at the runner-up slot for two more weeks (stuck behind three different songs nonetheless), before descending down the chart. Despite never topping the weekly or monthly chart and having a little less than half a year to chart, "Roly-Poly" managed to become the best-performing song of the year on the Gaon Digital Chart.
Korean version
Weekly chartYear-end chart
Japanese version
Accolades
Awards and Nominations
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"!Award ceremony
!Year
!Category
!Result
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! scope="row" | Annual Home Shopping Awards
| rowspan="6" |2011
|Top 10 Songs
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! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Melon Music Awards
|Best Music Video
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| rowspan="2" |
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|Song of the Year
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! scope="row" | Mnet 20's Choice Awards
|20's Online Music
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! scope="row" | MTV Best of The Best Awards
|Best Music Video
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! scope="row" |Soompi Awards
|Song of the Year
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! scope="row" | Gaon Chart Music Awards
| rowspan="4" |2012
|Song of the Month July
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! scope="row" | Korean Music Awards
|Best Dance & Electronic Song
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! scope="row" | Seoul Music Awards
|Best Song
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! scope="row" | Tower Records Awards
|Single of The Year
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|}
Music Program Awards
Listicles
Sales
References
Category:2011 singles
Category:2012 singles
Category:T-ara songs
Category:Korean-language songs
Category:Japanese-language songs
Category:Songs written by Shinsadong Tiger
Category:Song recordings produced by Shinsadong Tiger
Category:2011 songs
Category:Songs with lyrics by Shoko Fujibayashi
Category:Billboard Korea K-Pop number-one singles
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