The 1st Japanese Single "Genie"

Mid-June, it was announced that the group had signed contracts in May, and would begin working under Universal Music Japan's record label Nayutawave Records for their Japanese promotions, with their first Japanese single expected to be released in September 2010.
At the Ariake showcase, the Genie Japanese music video was also revealed publicly for the first time, the teaser having been released a few days prior on August 20.

Their Japanese debut single Genie peaked at the #5 spot on the same day of its release on the Oricon Charts and later rose to the #2 position some time later, earning the group a #4 position on the Oricon weekly ranking.The group also hit the number #1 spots on Japan iTunes' music video chart and both the Rekochoku daily video clip chart and incoming movie daily ranking chart a day later.With pre-orders amounting to 80,000, the single sold an estimated 45,000 copies in the first week after release.The single also placed high on Japan's Billboard chart, ranking #4 on the comprehensive Hot 100 chart, #5 on the Hot Single Sales Chart and #1 on the Hot Top Airplay chart.
  It was released in three editions, two CD+DVD (first press and regular), and a CD Only edition. First press CD+DVD edition includes a special photobook and a random (1 of 9) photocard. The single includes three versions of their Korean hit song, Tell Me Your Wish (Genie).

[TRACKLIST]

1. Genie (Japanese Version)
2. Genie (Korean Version)
3. Genie (without main vocals)

MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2011	Genie	Best Group Video	Won
		Video Of The Year	Nominated
		Best Karaoke! Song	Won

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Oricon Daily singles	2
Oricon Weekly singles	4
Oricon Yearly singles	58
Billboard Japan Hot 100	4
iTunes Japan	1
RIAJ Digital Track Chart	8
RIAJ Digital Track Chart yearly top 100	78

Sales and certifications

Chart	Amount
Oricon physical sales	150,105+
RIAJ CD single certification	Gold (100,000+)
RIAJ full-length cellphone downloads	Platinum (250,000+)
RIAJ PC downloads	Platinum (250,000+)

Music Video

The choreographer was Rino Nakasone Razalan.


The music video teaser was released August 16, 2010 and the full music video was released August 25, 2010, it was also their first video to be filmed in Japan.

It begins with a young boy (Now he is EXO-K's member Chanyeol) who found an old lamp and a scale model of a circus tent in an old attic. After rubbing the lamp, the camera zooms inside the tent where the Girls' Generation can be seen coming to life as the song begins to play. The girls then alternately switch to different costumes as the boy rubs the lamp once again, where in they are seen on an old television screen with a huge candy cane and colorful balloons. The music video ends with the boy rubbing the lamp again before magically disappearing into another scene where he is walking out of a limousine with Girls' Generation members meeting him on the red carpet at a premiere event. It is implied that his wish had been granted by lamp. There are also individual close-up scenes of members dressed in old fashioned pink shirts.
Most of the choreography remains the same as the Korean version, with a slight tweak to some of the steps. The difference is that in the Japanese version there are some parts where member Taeyeon moves to the front position to sing her solo verse before going back and rejoining the other girls to form a line. While in the Korean version, Taeyeon does not do this. Also, all the girls pose with a hand salute at the end. In the Korean version, only member Seohyun does it as her "end pose".

A dance version was also released which features the girls wearing their brown soldier uniforms which were one of the costumes that they wore in the music video.

"GENIE" MV:

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 Live Performance

"Genie" was featured as the opening number for the Girls' first Japan tour, and on the 2nd Asia tour. The performance begins with the girls appearing from an odd-shaped cocoon-like prop, where they are assembled in the shape of a pyramid; Taeyeon on top, followed by Jessica and Tiffany, then the remaining girls, Seohyun, Hyoyeon, Sunny, YoonA, Yuri and Sooyoung, on the third level. The song starts with Taeyeon singing the first line of Genie, and then is repeated by Jessica and Tiffany, and then again by the remaining girls, then, the girls begin to sing the song. The remix features a rap interlude performed by Tiffany;

Welcome to my show, it's a revolution

This is my Girls' Generation

Everyone rock with me, take it in all right

Get hype! Jump! Let's party all night

I know we the ones to make you super crazy

Wanna be your genie more than one night

Watchin' me, feelin' me, callin' my name

I just want you and me to feel the same

Come on and move it, put your hands up in the air

Everybody lose control, and hands up in the air.

After the rap, Tiffany replaces the word "DJ" in the line "DJ, put it back on," with the specific city, or venue, they are performing at. They perform at Japan, for example; Tiffany would say "Japan, put it back on!"

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