Love Light
CNBLUE song
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"Love Light" (Korean: 사랑 빛; RR: Sarang Bit) is a song recorded by South Korean rock band CNBLUE. It is a single from the band's second mini-album Bluelove. An acoustic ballad written by main vocalist Jung Yong-hwa, the track was released by FNC Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M on May 10, 2010. The song peaked at number ten on South Korea's national Gaon Digital Chart; since its release, it has sold over 1.9 million downloads domestically.
| "Love Light" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by CNBLUE | ||||
| from the album Bluelove | ||||
| Language | Korean | |||
| Released | May 10, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Length | 3:12 | |||
| Label | FNC | |||
| Songwriter | Jung Yong-hwa | |||
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Background and composition
Shortly after CNBLUE debuted, main vocalist Jung Yong-hwa was cast for the second season of MBC TV's reality show We Got Married and partnered with Seohyun of Girls' Generation.[1] He began developing the lyrics for "Love Light" after their initial meeting.[2] While penning the track, Jung thought about his first love and compared it to "Love Revolution" from the band's first mini-album Bluetory (2010).[3] The rap section was written with Seohyun in mind.[4]
"Love Light" is a "light-hearted romantic" song.[5] The ballad comprises Jung's and bandmate Lee Jong-hyun's vocals over an acoustic guitar melody.[6][7] In order for the listener to find the song more endearing, the former intentionally altered the pronunciation of his words to emphasize the feeling.[8] In addition to the lyrics, Jung also composed the track;[9] it is written in the key of D Major and has a tempo of 138 beats per minute.[10]
Release and promotion
Ahead of the release of CNBLUE's second mini-album Bluelove, "Love Light" was made available on online music stores on May 10, 2010.[11] The band performed the single on SBS MTV's music program Inkigayo along with lead single "Love".[12] "Love Light" was performed as a duet with Seohyun at that year's Incheon Hallyu Concert.[13] During a concert stop in midst of the 2014 CNBLUE Live: Can't Stop tour in Singapore, Jung devoted the song to the victims of the sinking of motor vessel Sewol.[14]
Critical reception and commercial performance
Writing for online magazine IZM, So Seung-keun rated "Love Light" half a star out of five, panning the song for the "embarrassing melody aimed at women", its "middle school" lyrics, and "lame" rap.[15] In a separate review for the publication, Lim Yun-hye was disappointed with the track's "simple" and "uninspired" progression.[6]
On the chart dated May 9–15, 2010, "Love Light" debuted and peaked at number ten on South Korea's national Gaon Digital Chart.[16] The single ranked within the top 100 for seventeen consecutive weeks.[17] On Gaon Music Chart's year-end report for 2010, "Love" ranked at number 20 on its list of best-performing singles. It was the fortieth best-selling song in South Korea with 1,955,920 downloads and was ranked at number 54 on the Streaming Chart for accumulating 17,046,303 streams.[18]
Charts
Weekly
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Gaon Digital Chart[16] | 10 |
| Gaon Bell Chart[19] | 11 |
| Gaon Ring Chart[20] | 3 |
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Gaon Singing Room Chart[21] | 30 |
Year-end
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Gaon Digital Chart[18] | 37 |