First Step is the debut studio album by the South Korean rock band CNBLUE. The album was released on March 21, 2011 in South Korea. The song "Intuition" was used as the title track. The album contains twelve songs, three new songs, eight Korean versions of their Japanese songs and one song from their Japanese album as bonus track. The album was re-released on April 7, 2011 in a Special Limited Edition with the same track list and an 80-pages photobook with making-of the music videos "Intuition" and "Love Girl".
The album contains Korean versions of songs which were previously released in Japanese. The songs "I Don't Know Why", "Lie", "One Time" and "Ready N Go" (previously titled "The Way part 1 ~One Time~" and "The Way part 2 ~Ready N Go~") from their second Japanese album 392, "Just Please" from their Japanese debut EP Now or Never, "Wanna Be Like U" and "One of a Kind" from their second Japanese EP Voice, and the song "Thank You" (previously titled "a.ri.ga.tou.") from their first Japanese album ThankU.
Music videosedit
"Intuition"edit
The first teaser of the music video for "Intuition" was released on March 6, 2011 on the CNBLUE's YouTube account.[1] The second teaser was released a week after.[2] The full music video was released on March 21, 2011, along with the album.[3]
"Love Girl"edit
A teaser for the music video of "Love Girl" was released on April 21, 2011[4] and the full music video on April 25 on the CN Blue's YouTube account.[5]
Promotionedit
The promotion of the title track "Intuition" started on March 24, on Mnet's show M! Countdown and was also promoted in the TV shows Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo. The songs "Love Follows the Rain", "Love Girl", "I Don't Know Why" and "Imagine" were used for the special comeback week performances. The song won 7 music show awards: 3 on M! Countdown, 3 on Music Bank and 1 on Inkigayo. To celebrate the "triple crown" on M! Countdown, the group made a special stage performance with the songs "Love Girl" and "Lie".[6] The promotions of the song ended on April 24, on Inkigayo. They followed the promotions with the song "Love Girl" to promote the special EP First Step +1 Thank You, the first performance of the song was on April 29 on Music Bank. The promotions of the song and albums ended on May 22. The song "Intuition" placed at No.19 on KBSMusic Bank Year End 2011 K-Chart.
"First Step +1 Thank You" is a special Korean EP released by the South Korean rock band CNBLUE. It is the third Korean EP of the group, but it's being counted as First Step's re-release album (repackage album). It was released on April 26, 2011 with the new version of the song "Love Girl" as the title track. The EP was released as a "thank you" gift for the fans who supported the group with their first studio album First Step.[13] It comes with 4 songs, 3 Korean versions of their previous Japanese songs and a new arrangement version of the song "Love Girl" from their first studio album First Step.
Compositionedit
This EP contains Korean versions of songs which were previously released in Japanese. Excluding "Love Girl", all the songs were previously released on their third Japanese indie single "Re-maintenance".
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First Step is the debut studio album by the South Korean rock band CNBLUE The album was released on March 21 2011 in South Korea The song Intuition was used as the title track The album contains twelve songs three new songs eight Korean versions of their Japanese songs and one song from their Japanese album as bonus track The album was re released on April 7 2011 in a Special Limited Edition with the same track list and an 80 pages photobook with making of the music videos Intuition and Love Girl First StepStudio album by CNBLUEReleasedMarch 21 2011Recorded2010 2011GenreRockLength47 30LanguageKoreanLabelFNC Entertainment Mnet MediaCNBLUE chronologyBluelove 2010 First Step 2011 First Step 1 Thank You 2011 Alternative CoverSpecial Limited Edition coverSingles from First Step Intuition Released March 21 2011 Love Girl Released April 26 2011 Contents 1 Composition 2 Music videos 2 1 Intuition 2 2 Love Girl 3 Promotion 4 Track listing 5 Chart performance 5 1 Sales 6 First Step 1 Thank You 6 1 Composition 6 2 Track listing 6 3 Chart performance 6 3 1 Sales and certifications 7 Release history 8 References 9 External linksComposition editThe album contains Korean versions of songs which were previously released in Japanese The songs I Don t Know Why Lie One Time and Ready N Go previously titled The Way part 1 One Time and The Way part 2 Ready N Go from their second Japanese album 392 Just Please from their Japanese debut EP Now or Never Wanna Be Like U and One of a Kind from their second Japanese EP Voice and the song Thank You previously titled a ri ga tou from their first Japanese album ThankU Music videos edit Intuition edit The first teaser of the music video for Intuition was released on March 6 2011 on the CNBLUE s YouTube account 1 The second teaser was released a week after 2 The full music video was released on March 21 2011 along with the album 3 Love Girl edit A teaser for the music video of Love Girl was released on April 21 2011 4 and the full music video on April 25 on the CN Blue s YouTube account 5 Promotion editThe promotion of the title track Intuition started on March 24 on Mnet s show M Countdown and was also promoted in the TV shows Music Bank Music Core and Inkigayo The songs Love Follows the Rain Love Girl I Don t Know Why and Imagine were used for the special comeback week performances The song won 7 music show awards 3 on M Countdown 3 on Music Bank and 1 on Inkigayo To celebrate the triple crown on M Countdown the group made a special stage performance with the songs Love Girl and Lie 6 The promotions of the song ended on April 24 on Inkigayo They followed the promotions with the song Love Girl to promote the special EP First Step 1 Thank You the first performance of the song was on April 29 on Music Bank The promotions of the song and albums ended on May 22 The song Intuition placed at No 19 on KBS Music Bank Year End 2011 K Chart Track listing editFirst Step 7 No TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength1 Intuition 직감 Jikgam Han Seong hoSEI KOZISEI KOZI3 422 Love Girl Jung Yong hwa Han Seong hoJung Yong hwa Han Seung hunJung Yong hwa Han Seung hun3 333 Imagine 상상 Sangsang Han Seong ho Jung Yong hwaKim Jae yang Han Seung hunKim Jae yang3 594 I Don t Know Why Korean version Jung Yong hwa Han Seong hoJung Yong hwa Han Seung hunJung Yong hwa Han Seung hun3 485 Love Follows the Rain 사랑은 비를 타고 Sarangeun Bireul Tago Han Seong hoLee Jong hyun Han Seung hunHan Seung hun5 036 Lie Korean version Kim Jae yangLee Jong hyun Kim Jae yangKim Jae yang3 497 One Time Korean version Jung Yong hwaJung Yong hwa Han Seung hunJung Yong hwa Han Seung hun3 498 Just Please Korean version Jung Yong hwaJung Yong hwa OWLOWL3 209 Wanna Be Like U Korean version CNBLUEShusui Tony NilssonOWL3 4010 Ready N Go Korean version Han Seong ho Jung Yong hwaHan Seong hoJang Young soo3 2811 Thank You 고마워요 Gomawoyo CNBLUELee Jong hyunOWL5 2712 One of a Kind Bonus track Shusui Mattias HakanssonShusui Mattias HakanssonOWL Ryo ta Fukuoka4 01Total length 47 30Chart performance editChart Peakposition Gaon Weekly album chart 8 1 Gaon Weekly domestic album chart 8 1 Gaon Weekly single chart Intuition 9 1 Gaon Monthly album chart 8 2 Gaon Monthly single chart Intuition 9 4 Gaon Yearly 2011 album chart 10 8 Gaon Yearly 2011 Top200 digital comprehensive chart Intuition 11 12 Gaon Yearly 2011 Top200 download chart Intuition 11 40 Gaon Yearly 2011 Top200 streaming chart Intuition 11 16 Sales edit Chart Amount 2011 Gaon physical sales 10 115 467 2012 Gaon physical sales 12 19 265 Total Sales copies 134 732First Step 1 Thank You editFirst Step 1 Thank You nbsp EP by CNBLUEReleasedApril 26 2011Recorded2011GenreRockLength15 30LanguageKoreanLabelFNC Entertainment Mnet MediaCNBLUE chronologyFirst Step 2011 First Step 1 Thank You 2011 392 2011 First Step 1 Thank You is a special Korean EP released by the South Korean rock band CNBLUE It is the third Korean EP of the group but it s being counted as First Step s re release album repackage album It was released on April 26 2011 with the new version of the song Love Girl as the title track The EP was released as a thank you gift for the fans who supported the group with their first studio album First Step 13 It comes with 4 songs 3 Korean versions of their previous Japanese songs and a new arrangement version of the song Love Girl from their first studio album First Step Composition edit This EP contains Korean versions of songs which were previously released in Japanese Excluding Love Girl all the songs were previously released on their third Japanese indie single Re maintenance Track listing edit First Step 1 Thank You 14 No TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength1 Love Girl New version Jung Yong hwa Han Seong hoJung Yong hwa Han Seung hunHan Seung hun Shin Min kyu3 322 Try Again Smile Again Korean version Jung Yong hwa Han Seong hoJung Yong hwa Han Seung hun Han Seong hoyouwhich3 583 Don t Say Goodbye Korean version Han Seong hoJung Yong hwa Han Seung hunyouwhich4 264 Yes 그래요 Geuraeyo Lee Jong hyun Han Seong hoLee Jong hyunyouwhich3 37Total length 15 30 Chart performance edit Chart Peakposition Gaon Weekly album chart 8 1 Gaon Weekly domestic album chart 8 1 Gaon Weekly single chart Love Girl New Ver 9 19 Gaon Monthly album chart 8 4 Gaon Monthly single chart Love Girl New Ver 9 52 Gaon Yearly 2011 album chart 10 48 Sales and certifications edit Chart Amount Gaon physical sales 10 31 447 2011 only Release history editCountry Date Format Label South Korea March 21 2011 CD Digital download FNC Entertainment April 7 2011 Special Limited edition CD April 26 2011 First Step 1 Thank You CD Digital download Taiwan April 27 2011 CD Warner Music Taiwan June 2 2011 First Step 1 Thank You References edit CN BLUE teaser A YouTube 2011 03 06 Archived from the original on 2011 08 08 Retrieved 2011 10 01 CNBLUE FIRST STEP Teaser 2 YouTube 2011 03 13 Archived from the original on 2011 06 04 Retrieved 2011 10 01 CNBLUE FIRST STEP Title Song 직감 Full Ver YouTube 2011 03 19 Archived from the original on 2017 04 07 Retrieved 2011 10 01 CNBLUE LOVE GIRL Music video Teaser YouTube 2011 04 21 Archived from the original on 2011 06 04 Retrieved 2011 10 01 CNBLUE FIRST STEP 1 THANK YOU Title LOVE GIRL M V Full ver YouTube April 25 2011 Archived from the original on April 9 2017 Retrieved October 1 2011 씨엔블루 트리플 크라운 끝아니다 스페셜 무대 준비 in Korean Nate 2011 04 20 Retrieved 2011 10 01 1집 정규 FIRST STEP 씨엔블루 CNBLUE 엠넷 in Korean Mnet Media 2011 03 21 Archived from the original on 2012 03 29 Retrieved 2011 10 01 a b c d e f This links to current week select the year month week from drop down menu Gaon Album Chart in Korean Korea Music Content Industry Association Archived from the original on 2012 05 15 Retrieved 2012 08 06 a b c d This links to current week select the year month week from drop down menu Gaon Single Chart in Korean Korea Music Content Industry Association Archived from the original on 2012 10 29 Retrieved 2012 08 06 a b c d 2011년 총 결산 앨범 차트 in Korean Gaon 2011 02 24 Archived from the original on 2012 05 21 Retrieved 2012 02 24 a b c 2011년 총 결산 차트 in Korean Gaon 2011 02 24 Archived from the original on 2012 05 21 Retrieved 2012 02 24 Gaon Chart Yearly Album Sales This links to current week select the year month week from drop down menu Gaon Chart in Korean Korea Music Content Industry Association Archived from the original on November 30 2012 Retrieved January 21 2013 씨엔블루 팬 위한 스페셜 앨범 26일 발매 in Korean Nate 2011 04 20 Retrieved 2011 10 01 FIRST STEP 1 THANK YOU 씨엔블루 CNBLUE 엠넷 in Korean Mnet Media 2011 04 26 Archived from the original on 2012 03 29 Retrieved 2011 10 01 External links editOfficial website in Korean Official Japanese website in Japanese CN Blue on Warner Music Japan in Japanese CNBLUE s weibo CNBLUE s Twitter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title First Step CNBLUE album amp oldid 1211931431, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
