An Ordinary Day (album) explained

An Ordinary Day
Type:album
Artist:g.o.d
Cover:Godanordinarydayalbumcover.png
Released:December 9, 2004
Recorded:2004
Studio:JYP Studios (Seoul)
Language:Korean
Label:
Producer:
Prev Year:2002
Next Title:Into the Sky
Next Year:2005

An Ordinary Day (also called Chapter 6) is the sixth album of the South Korean pop music group g.o.d. It was released in December 2004, nearly two years after their previous album. In between, member Yoon Kye-sang had left the group and pursued acting. The album was their first release as a quartet and since switching from Sidus to JYP Entertainment.[1]

Overview

The album's overall theme is centered around first love, heartbreak and loss. The songs are largely pop or R&B but feature a more diverse array of genres. The Korean-language pop culture website Star News noted that the album showed more of each member's individuality and unique singing and rapping styles compared to their past albums.[2]

Reception

"An Ordinary Day" and "The Reason Why Opposites Attract" won first place on the music programs Inkigayo and Music Camp (the former incarnation of Show! Music Core), with the latter song winning a Triple Crown on Inkigayo.

In popular culture

In 2005, "An Ordinary Day" (보통날) and "Promise" (약속) were chosen as default tunes installed in LG Cyon's 340 series cellular phones.[3] "An Ordinary Day" was chosen by the g.o.d members as the song to be remade for their 2014 reunion album Chapter 8. Original composer Kwon Tae-eun rearranged the song and added a part for Yoon Kye-sang.

In 2014 HyunA's song "From When and Until When" (어디부터 어디까지), which she co-wrote with labelmate Hyunsik of BtoB, attracted attention and some controversy when listeners realized that several lines were exactly the same as the lyrics of the song "The Reason Why Opposites Attract" (반대가 끌리는 이유). HyunA and Hyunsik later admitted that they had intentionally incorporated the lyrics as a fan homage to g.o.d's 15th anniversary reunion that year and apologized for failing to inform songwriter Park Jin-young and the g.o.d members.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Accolades

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Date
"An Ordinary Day"InkigayoJanuary 9, 2005
January 16, 2005
M CountdownJanuary 13, 2005
January 27, 2005
Music CampJanuary 22, 2005
January 29, 2005
"The Reasons Why
Opposites Attract"
InkigayoJanuary 30, 2005
February 6, 2005
February 13, 2005
Music CampFebruary 19, 2005
March 5, 2005

Track listing

All lyrics and music are written and composed by Park Jin-young, except where noted.[9]

Charts and sales

Sales

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: [매치] '한 모습' 어제와 '각기 다른' 오늘]. JoongAng Ilbo. December 20, 2004. Korean.
  2. Web site: god "네 남자의 다른 색깔 느껴보세요". star.mt.co.kr. December 15, 2004. Korean.
  3. News: GOD 6집 싸이언으로 듣는다. JoongAng Ilbo. January 12, 2005. Korean.
  4. News: HyunA's Song Lyrics Copied From g.o.d Lyrics? BTOB's Hyunsik Explains. Soompi. July 28, 2014.
  5. News: 현아 '오마주' 논란, god '반대가 끌리는 이유' 베꼈다? 입장 들어보니…. The Dong-a Ilbo. August 1, 2014. Korean.
  6. News: 김태우 측 "현아 곡, god 오마주? 사전 협의없어 유감". JoongAng Ilbo. July 31, 2014. Korean.
  7. News: Plagiarism under disguise of homage. Kwon. Ji-youn. The Korea Times. January 20, 2015.
  8. News: 오마주, 표절의 변명이 되다. Chungnam National University. November 4, 2014. ko.
  9. Web site: 6집 보통날. Naver Music. Naver. 12 February 2018.
  10. Web site: http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200412.htm. ko:2004.12월 – 가요 음반 판매량. 2004.12 – Sales volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. May 8, 2021. March 22, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050322114340/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200412.htm. ko.
  11. Web site: http://www.riak.or.kr/chart/riakpdf.asp?hit_year=2004. ko:2004년 가요음반판매량. 2004 Album Sales Figures. Recording Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20180718055251/http://www.riak.or.kr/chart/riakpdf.asp?hit_year=2004. July 18, 2018. dead. November 28, 2014.
  12. Web site: http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200503.htm. ko:2005.03월 – 가요 음반 판매량. 2005.03 – Sales volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. May 13, 2021. May 27, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050527213813/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200503.htm. ko.