"MR. TAXI/Run Devil Run" is the third Japanese single by Girls' Generation. It is also their first double A-side single.
First announced to be released on April 13, 2011 in Japan, the release was postponed to April 27, due to the severe 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. It will be available in three different versions: two CD + DVD versions and a CD only version.
The Deluxe First Press Edition contains the CD single itself, a photobook of the girls, a trading card, and a DVD containing both a newly filmed Japanese Run Devil Run music video and a dance version Run Devil Run music video.
The Limited Period Edition contains the CD, a DVD with only the regular non-dance version of the Run Devil Run music video, and a photobook of the girls. The photobook in the Limited Period Edition is completely different from the photobook in the Deluxe First Press Edition.
The regular edition of "MR. TAXI" contains only the CD single itself.
SNSD release the Japanese version of Run Devil Run as a digital single on January 25, 2011 and MR. TAXI was leaked on April 15, 2011.
Track listing
| Japanese CD single | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Music | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Mr. Taxi" | Allison Veltz, Paolo Prudencio, Chad Royce, Scott Mann, STY | 3:33 | |||||||
| 2. | "Run Devil Run (Japanese Version)" | Alex James, Busbee, Kalle Engström, Hong Ji-yu, | 3:22 | |||||||
Total length:
| 6:53 | |||||||||
The Video of run devil run started Fillming 2 last days of march, Mr. Taxi started fillming from the 2 to 3 of April 2011
The teaser video for Run Devil Run was released on April 8, 2011 and the music video on April 9, 2011. The teaser video for MR. TAXI was released on April 22, 2011 while the dance version was released on April 25, 2011 and the music video was released on April 29, 2011.
Music videos
The teaser video for Run Devil Run was released on April 8, 2011 and the music video on April 9, 2011, The dance version was released April 25, 2011. The teaser video for Mr. Taxi was released on April 22, 2011 while the dance version was released on April 25, 2011 and the music video was released on April 28, 2011. Mr. Taxi (official version) was filmed in HD. While the choreography of Run Devil Run was made by Lisette Bustamante, Rino Nakasone and Sim Jaewon made the one for Mr. Taxi.
"Mr. Taxi" MV:
MR. TAXI
The dance version of the video begins with the girls dressed in yellow "taxi" outfits in silhouette in front of a screen that flashes words and patterns in blue lighting. At the beginning of Tiffany's third line, it changes to the girls being dressed in black outfits (with yellow and red piping), and dancing in front of a multicolored map of the world with alternating shots of the girls in their yellow outfits. There is a dance break performed by Hyoyeon. The bridge is performed by Yuri, Sunny, Sooyoung, Jessica, Tiffany and Taeyeon, after which there are more alternating shots between the two scenes (yellow and black outfits), ending with the girls freezing in silhouette in their yellow uniforms as the light fades out.
The alternate version is almost identical, except for closeups of the members that appear (beginning during the bridge) as each girl sings their lines.
"Run Devil Run" MV:
Run Devil Run
The video is similar to their Korean version, except for some different dance moves and oufits.The music video begins with a blue room, after, it was changed to white, with the members dancing, in white outfits, like the Korean version, Then, changes the scenes, to a blue room what shows the girls dancing in blue outfits, the girls can be shown wearing different "Black SoShi" outfits.
The first of two settings used in the music video is a white room with the members in white outfits. At the first chorus, glimpses of the second setting, a dark room with the members in fitting outfits, are shown. During the second chorus full scenes in this setting are shown.
Some noteworthy things include:
- The official version has more scenes of the white room and the dance version has more dancing scenes of the blue room.
- The white setting is seen much more commonly in the Japanese version, whereas the black setting is shown more in the Korean version. The members all have light brown/blonde hair as opposed to the mainly black hair they had before.
- The Japanese version features more close-ups of the members.
Charts
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