I Need a Girl (Taeyang song)
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| "I Need a Girl" | ||||
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| Single by Taeyang featuring G-Dragon | ||||
| from the album Solar | ||||
| Language | Korean | |||
| Released | July 1, 2010 | |||
| Studio | YG (Seoul) | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 3:40 | |||
| Label | YG | |||
| Composer | Jeon Goon | |||
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| Producer | Jeon Goon | |||
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| G-Dragon singles chronology | ||||
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| "I Need a Girl" on YouTube | ||||
"I Need a Girl" is a song recorded by South Korean singer Taeyang for his first studio album Solar (2010) through YG Entertainment. It features rap by G-Dragon, who co-wrote the song with producer Jeon Goon. The song was released on July 1, 2010, as the lead single from Solar.
"I Need a Girl" is described as an R&B song that lyrically expresses Taeyang's ideal type. Some parts of the lyrics are taken from Byeon Jin-seop's song "My Ideal Type" (1989).[1]
Commercial performance
"I Need a Girl" debuted at number seven on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart in the chart issue dated June 27 – July 3, 2010.[2] On its component charts, the song debuted at number four on the Gaon Download Chart,[3] and number 25 on the Gaon Streaming Chart.[4] The following week, it rose to number four on the Gaon Digital Chart.[5] Subsequently, "I Need a Girl" ranked at number thirty-nine on the annual chart and sold 1,876,167 digital copies in South Korea as of 2010.[6]
In United States, "I Need a Girl" debuted at number seventeen on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart in the issue dated July 31, 2010.[7]