Sound-G

{{More citations needed|date=October 2013}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Sound-G | type = album | artist = Brown Eyed Girls | cover = Sound-G Album Cover.jpg | alt = | released = July 21, 2009 | recorded = 2009 | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|K-pop|electronic|R&B}} | length = 77:01 | language = Korean | label = {{hlist|Nega Network|Mnet Media}} | producer = {{hlist|Jo Young-chul|Lee Min-soo|east4a|Kim Eana}} | prev_title = My Style | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = Festa On Ice 2010 | next_year = 2010 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Repackage edition cover | type = Studio album | cover = BEG Sign.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} {{Singles | name = Sound-G | type = studio | single1 = Candy Man | single1date = July 8, 2009 | single2 = Abracadabra | single2date = July 20, 2009 | single3 = Sign | single3date = October 29, 2010 }} }}

'''''Sound-G''''' is the third studio album by South Korean girl group Brown Eyed Girls. The album was released on July 21, 2009.<ref name=tracklist>{{cite web|url=http://music.naver.com/album/index.nhn?albumId=159204|script-title=ko:네이버 뮤직 :: 찾는 기쁨 듣는 즐거움, 네이버 뮤직|date=|publisher=Naver|accessdate=April 19, 2013|language=ko}}</ref>

==Concept== Due to the various girl groups that debuted and succeeded in 2009 with a cute concept, Brown Eyed Girls felt that having a cute and innocent concept would work against them. According to a Neganetwork representative, "the girls will be going through a radical 180° image transformation, making them to be more outgoing girls. Brown Eyed Girls will be transforming themselves with city girls concept in mind, more mature and sexy."

==Release and promotion== The lead single "Abracadabra" was hugely successful. The song was released to various digital outlets in July 2009, after which it quickly topped various online charts.<ref name=sbsdebut>{{in lang|ko}} [http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1000625192 브아걸 "당당한 섹시미로 독기 품었죠" (''Brown Eyed Girls: "Strong Sexiness Led to Malicious Remarks"'')]. ''SBS News''. July 31, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2009.</ref> The song also won the "Mutizen Song" award on SBS's ''Inki Gayo'' music program.<ref>{{in lang|ko}} Kim, Eun-gu. [http://spn.edaily.co.kr/entertain/newsRead.asp?sub_cd=EA2&newsid=01174246589787976&DirCode=0010200&searchDate=&startArrow=0&strPage=1 브아걸 '아브라카다브라' 뮤티즌송 수상, 지상파 첫 1위 (''Brown Eyed Girls win Mutizen Song Award with "Abracadabra"'')] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907220615/http://spn.edaily.co.kr/entertain/newsRead.asp?sub_cd=EA2&newsid=01174246589787976&DirCode=0010200&searchDate=&startArrow=0&strPage=1 |date=September 7, 2009 }}. ''EDaily''. August 16, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2009.</ref> The song also won a "Best Dance/Electronic song of the year" in the 2010 Korean Music Awards. By the end of 2009, the song was downloaded 3,095,468 times, becoming one of the best-selling singles in that year. In December 2011, it was reported that "Abracadabra" is one of the biggest hits in the South Korean music history, with a huge popularity in Asia and 4,986,293 downloads in South Korea alone.

Later on, the group revealed a repackaged version of the album titled ''Sign'' that included a new single, "Sign", along with "Drunk On Sleep" and a remix of their previous hit "Abracadabra". The repackaged album was released along with the music video for "Sign". The original music video for "Sign" song caused controversy because of its content, as it featured scenes of violence and death, including Ga-In drowning in a tank of water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-17 |title=Sign – Brown Eyed Girls |url=https://kpopreviewed.com/2015/02/17/sign-brown-eyed-girls/ |access-date=2025-07-31 |website=KPOPREVIEWED |language=en}}</ref> A Japanese music video for "Sign", which focuses primarily on the choreography, was released on January 17, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allkpop.com/2011/01/brown-eyed-girls-unveil-japanese-sign-pv |title=Brown Eyed Girls unveil Japanese "Sign" PV |publisher=Allkpop |date=January 17, 2011 |access-date=October 6, 2012 |archive-date=October 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004092004/http://www.allkpop.com/2011/01/brown-eyed-girls-unveil-japanese-sign-pv |url-status=live }}</ref>

The quartet has been readying for their Japan debut since signing with major record label Sony Music Japan International. In August 2010, the group re-released ''Sound G'' in Japanese to promote them in the country, which indeed marks the beginning of their Japanese promotions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dkpopnews.net/2010/08/news-brown-eyed-girls-make-official.html |title=[News] Brown Eyed Girls make official debut in Japan ~ Latest K-pop News - K-pop News | Daily K Pop News |publisher=Dkpopnews.net |date= |accessdate=October 2, 2013}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{track listing | headline = CD1 Track list<ref name=tracklist /> | extra_column = Arrangement | total_length = 43:55 | all_writing =

| title12 = It'll Do Well | note12 = Inst. | lyrics12 = | music12 = JeA, Sodam | extra12 = Kim Jiwoong | length12 = 4:05 }} {{track listing | headline = CD2 Track list<ref name=tracklist /> | total_length = 33:06 | all_writing = | title1 = DJ Cloud translates L.O.V.E | note1 = Cloud Remix | writer1 = | length1 = 3:54 | title2 = Haihm translates Second | note2 = Haihm rebuild | writer2 = | length2 = 4:44 | title3 = East4A translates YOU | note3 = East4 A Soulsome Mix | writer3 = | length3 = 4:15 | title4 = Hitchhiker translates How Come | note4 = 어쩌다; ''Eojjeoda'') (Hitchhiker (Jinu) Dynamic Mix | writer4 = | length4 = 4:26 | title5 = Saintbinary translates Hold The Line | note5 = Saintbinary Sweet Purple remix | writer5 = | length5 = 5:41 | title6 = Junjaman translates My Style | note6 = Junjaman Wet Dream Remix | writer6 = | length6 = 4:01 | title7 = Fraktal translates Oasis | note7 = Fraktal Desert Is Land Mix | writer7 = | length7 = 6:05 }} {{track listing | headline = CD Repackaged edition | total_length = | all_writing = | title1 = Sign | note1 = | writer1 = | length1 = | title2 = Drunk on Sleep | note2 = 잠에 취해; ''Jame Chwihae'' | writer2 = | length2 = | title3 = Abracadabra | note3 = Fraktal Voodoo Remix | writer3 = | length3 = | title4 = Sign | note4 = Junjaman Remix | writer4 = | length4 = | title5 = Drunk on Sleep | note5 = Inst. | writer5 = | length5 = }} {{track listing | headline = Japanese Edition track list<ref name=tracklist /> | total_length = | all_writing = | title1 = Glam Girl | note1 = | writer1 = | length1 = 3:12 | title2 = Abracadabra | note2 = | writer2 = | length2 = 3:04 | title3 = Addiction | note3 = 중독; ''Jungdok'' | writer3 = | length3 = 4:23 | title4 = Candy Man | note4 = | writer4 = | length4 = 3:26 | title5 = Moody Night | note5 = | writer5 = | length5 = 3:42 | title6 = Strange Days | note6 = 이상한 일; ''Isanghan Il'' | writer6 = | length6 = 3:31 | title7 = Can't Go | note7 = 못 가; ''Mot Ga'' | writer7 = | length7 = 4:06 | title8 = Even If You Have Another One | note8 = 여자가 있어도; ''Yeojaga Isseodo'' | writer8 = | length8 = 3:49 | title9 = It'll Do Well | note9 = 잘할게요; ''Jalhalgeyo'') (Jea's Solo | writer9 = | length9 = 3:48 | title10 = DJ Cloud translates L.O.V.E | note10 = Cloud Remix | writer10 = | length10 = 3:54 | title11 = Haihm translates Second | note11 = Haihm rebuild | writer11 = | length11 = 4:44 | title12 = East4A translates YOU | note12 = East4 A Soulsome Mix | writer12 = | length12 = 4:15 | title13 = Hitchhiker translates How Come | note13 = 어쩌다; ''Eojjeoda'') (Hitchhiker (Jinu) Dynamic Mix | writer13 = | length13 = 4:26 | title14 = Saintbinary translates Hold The Line | note14 = Saintbinary Sweet Purple remix | writer14 = | length14 = 5:41 | title15 = Junjaman translates My Style | note15 = Junjaman Wet Dream Remix | writer15 = | length15 = 4:01 | title16 = Fraktal translates Oasis | note16 = Fraktal Desert Is Land Mix | writer16 = | length16 = 6:05 | title17 = Abracadabra | note17 = Japanese Version | writer17 = | length17 = 3:04 | title18 = Abracadabra | note18 = Inst. | writer18 = | length18 = 3:04 }}

==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ Release dates and formats for ''Sound-G'' ! scope="col" | Region ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Format ! scope="col" | Label |- ! scope="row"| South Korea | rowspan="2"| July 21, 2009 | CD, digital download | rowspan="2"| Mnet Media, Nega Network |- ! scope="row"| Worldwide | Digital download<ref name="itunes">{{cite web | title=iTunes - Music - Sound-G by 브라운아이드걸스 (Brown Eyed Girls) | url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sound-g/id387113487 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112083622/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sound-g/id387113487 | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 12, 2011 | work=iTunes | accessdate=April 19, 2013}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| South Korea (repackage) | October 29, 2009 | CD, digital download<ref name="naver">{{cite web | title= Sound-G Sign by 브라운아이드걸스 (Brown Eyed Girls) | url=http://music.naver.com/album/index.nhn?albumId=163931 | work=Naver | accessdate=April 19, 2013}}</ref> | Mnet Media, Nega Network |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{YouTube|id = ofwFr8o8p0Y|title = "Abracadabra" Music video}} * {{YouTube|id = o4wJGWcHzVA|title = "Abracadabra" Music video (Performance Version)}} * {{YouTube|id = m3ydJMw5loU|title = "Sign" Music video}}

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