Love (CNBLUE song)

"Love"
Single by CNBLUE
from the album Bluelove
ReleasedMay 19, 2010 (2010-05-19)
Recorded2010
GenreModern rock
Length3:47
LabelFNC
Songwriter(s)Han Seong-ho, Kim Do-hoon, Lee Sang-ho
CNBLUE singles chronology
"Love Light"
(2010) 		"Love"
(2010) 		"Intuition"
(2011)

"Love" is a song recorded by South Korean rock band CNBLUE. It is the lead single to the band's second mini-album Bluelove. Written by Han Seong-ho, Kim Do-hoon, and Lee Sang-ho, the modern rock number was released by FNC Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M on May 19, 2010. The song peaked at number two on South Korea's national Gaon Digital Chart; since its release, it has sold over 2.4 million downloads domestically. "Love" scored the band three music show awards: one from Mnet's M Countdown and two through SBS MTV's Inkigayo. It also earned the Digital Music Bonsang at the 25th Golden Disc Awards.

Composition

"Love" is a modern rock track which comprises a shuffle rhythm on acoustic and electric guitars. Main vocalist Jung Yong-hwa incorporates a rap in the second verse over a metal-like section.[1] He felt that the song has a "fresh feeling" with a metallic twist.[2] Songwriters Han Seong-ho, Kim Do-hoon, and Lee Sang-ho provided the track's lyrics and composition, which is written in the key of C Major and has a tempo of 100 beats per minute.[3][4]

Release and promotion

A week ahead of its release, FNC Entertainment uploaded a music video teaser for "Love".[5] The single was made available on online music stores on May 19, 2010.[6] The music video begins with CNBLUE arriving at a dark-lit live bar filled with lethargic patrons. The band performs on stage, which energizes the crowd.[1] The day after the single's release, CNBLUE began promoting it by performing it on weekly music chart shows beginning with Mnet's M Countdown.[2] They made additional performances on KBS2's Music Bank,[7] Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation's (MBC) Show! Music Core,[8] and SBS MTV's Inkigayo.[9]

Commercial performance

On the chart dated May 16–22, 2010, "Love" debuted at number 22 on South Korea's national Gaon Digital Chart.[10] The following week, it ranked at number two.[11] The single remained at its peak for three nonconsecutive frames and ranked within the top 100 for sixteen weeks.[12] 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 fifteenth best-selling song in South Korea with 2,455,117 downloads and ranked at number ten on the Streaming Chart for accumulating 22,685,321 streams.[13]

Accolades

On the June 10 broadcast of M! Countdown, "Love" ranked number one on the program's music chart and earned its first music show win.[14] It also earned the Mutizen Song Award on Inkigayo for two consecutive weeks.[15][16] "Love" was awarded the Digital Music Bonsang at the 25th Golden Disc Awards.[17] The song received further nominations for Best Band Performance at the 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards and Song of the Year at the 2nd Melon Music Awards.[18][19]

Charts

Weekly

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Gaon Digital Chart[11] 2
Gaon Bell Chart[20] 1
Gaon Ring Chart[21] 8
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Gaon Singing Room Chart[22] 78

Year-end

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Gaon Digital Chart[13] 20

References

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  20. ^ 2010년 25주차 Mobile Chart – 벨소리 (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  21. ^ 2010년 25주차 Mobile Chart – 통화연결음 (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  22. ^ 2011년 03주차 노래방 Chart (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved November 10, 2020.