"You & I"
Japanese regular edition cover
Single by IU
from the album Last Fantasy and You & I
ReleasedNovember 29, 2011 (2011-11-29)
July 18, 2012 (2012-07-18) (JP)
GenreK-pop
Length3:59
Label
Songwriter(s)Kim Eana
Producer(s)Lee Min-soo
IU singles chronology
"Ice Flower"
(2011)		 "You & I"
(2011)		 "Peach"
(2011)
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Music video
"You & I" on YouTube
"You & I" (Performance ver.) on YouTube

"You & I" (Korean: 너랑 나; RR: Neorang Na) is a song recorded in Korean and Japanese by South Korean singer IU from her second Korean-language studio album Last Fantasy (2011). The Korean version was released on November 29, 2011 through LOEN Entertainment, and was written and produced by Kim Eana and Lee Min-soo, respectively. The song was a huge domestic success, achieving the top spot on the Gaon Digital Chart and went on to sell more 7,000,000 digital units by 2021. According to Gaon, "You & I" is the second best-selling single in South Korea since 2010, ranking only behind Busker Busker's "Cherry Blossom Ending" (2012).[1]

In Japan, "You & I" was released as a standalone single through EMI Music Japan on July 18, 2012, serving as her second single in the country. It was physically distributed in three formats: a standard CD and two CD + DVD limited edition bundles. Commercially, "You & I" performed rather moderately in Japan compared to its performance in the singer's native country, where it peaked at number five on the Oricon Singles Chart and number eleven on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, selling 18,000 copies.

Background and composition

The Korean version of "You and I" was released on November 29, 2011 as the lead single off of IU's second studio-album Last Fantasy through LOEN Entertainment.[2] A Japanese version of the single was released in Japan on July 18, 2012.[3] It was physically distributed in three versions: a CD-only regular edition and limited editions CD+DVD A and CD+DVD B.[4]

The song was composed by Lee Min-Soo and written by Kim Eana. The song possesses a mystic and peculiar concept, with IU playing the role of a teenage girl traveling through time in order to reach the future to meet her boyfriend. Switching to and from the minor and major keys, the arrangement is noteworthy for its diverse and fantasy-like atmosphere, incorporating instrumentals that are rarely used in K-pop, such as the harp and horn.

Reception

The song was a commercial success in South Korea, debuting atop the Gaon Digital Chart with first-week digital sales totaling 1,129,761 units.[5] It stayed at the summit for two more weeks. The song also achieved the number one position on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks, becoming IU's first number one song on the K-pop Hot 100 and became the longest running number-one song on the chart.[6] In the United States, the song marked IU's first entry onto the US Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart, peaking at number 3 in the week of December 16, 2011, and charted for six weeks.[7]

Music video and promotion

On November 28, 2011, the music video for "You and I" was uploaded to LOEN Entertainment's official YouTube channel, one day prior to the release of Last Fantasy. The music video stars actor Lee Hyun-woo and tells the story of a girl (played by IU) traveling into the future in order to meet her boyfriend. The 19 year-old IU is shown to live with Hyunwoo—a boy who has fallen into deep sleep—in a workshop inside a clock tower inherited by her grandfather. IU does not leave his side and while waiting for him to wake up, decides to make a time machine in order to meet him. Both afraid yet excited, the long-awaited moment arrives as she leaves for her time machine as the two miss each other. Hyunwoo wakes up the moment he reaches age 20.

IU promoted the song on several South Korean music programs throughout December and early January, including Music Bank, Inkigayo, and Music on Top. She received 10 music show wins during the course "You & I" promotions, including a "triple crown", or three total wins, on Inkigayo.

Accolades

Awards and nominations for "You & I"
Year Organization Award Result Ref.
2011 Gaon Chart Music Awards Song of the Month (December) Won [8]
Cyworld Digital Music Awards Won [9]
2012 Melon Music Awards Song of the Year Nominated [10]
Netizen Popularity Award Nominated
Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Vocal Performance – Solo Nominated [11]
Song of the Year Nominated [12]
Music program wins (10 total)
Program Date Ref.
Music Bank December 9, 2011 [13]
December 16, 2011
December 23, 2011
December 30, 2011
January 6, 2012 [14]
January 13, 2012
Inkigayo December 18, 2011 [15]
December 25, 2011
January 1, 2012
Music on Top January 12, 2012 [16]

Track listing

Korean version
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."You & I" (너랑 나; Neorang Na)Kim EanaLee Min-soo3:59
Total length:3:59
Japanese single (CD)
No.TitleLength
1."You & I" (Japanese version)4:01
2."Shounen Jidai" (少年時代; Boyhood)3:50
3."You & I" (Instrumental)4:01
Total length:12:52
Japanese single (CD+DVD A)
No.TitleLength
1."You & I" (Japanese version)4:01
2."Shounen Jidai" (少年時代; Boyhood)3:50
3."You & I" (FPM Technorchestra Mix)5:41
4."2012年4月～5月全国5大都市にて開催された｢IU Friendship Showcase～Spring2012～｣の模様を追ったドキュメンタリー" 
5."You & I –Making of Music Video-" 
Japanese single (CD+DVD B)
No.TitleLength
1."You & I" (Japanese version)4:01
2."Shounen Jidai" (少年時代; Boyhood)3:50
3."You & I" (Japanese Music Video) 
4."Every End Of The Day" (Music Video) 

Chart performance

Sales

Country Sales
South Korea (digital) 7,000,000[1]
Japan[23] 18,068

Release history

Release dates and formats
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various November 29, 2011 LOEN Entertainment [2]
Japan July 18, 2012 CD single EMI Music Japan [3]
CD + DVD

References

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  2. 1 2 "Last Fantasy by IU". Apple Music. Archived from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "You & I (Japanese Version) - Single by IU". Apple Music. Archived from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  4. ↑ "You & I (Japanese Version)". Oricon. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  5. ↑ Hong, Dong-hee (December 8, 2011). "아이유 2집 발매 첫주에만 다운로드 700만 건 (IU's "Last Fantasy" Sold 7 Million Downloads for Its First Week)". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  6. ↑ Benjamin, Jeff (May 5, 2014). "IU Earns Fifth K-Pop Hot 100 No. 1, Becomes All-Time Chart Leader". Billboard. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  7. 1 2 "IU Chart History: World Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 12, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  8. ↑ "K-Pop Awards: History" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original (Note: Select 2012 to view) on February 24, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Cyworld Digital Music Awards – Song of The Month (December)". Cyworld. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  10. ↑ 2012 MelOn Music Awards 2부 (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Kakao M. December 23, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ "Nominees for the 2012 MAMA Announced". enewsWorld. October 23, 2012. Archived from the original on October 27, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  12. ↑ "2012 MAMA Song of the Year Nominees". Mnet Asian Music Awards. Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  13. ↑ 아이유, '뮤직뱅크' 2주 연속 1위. n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021 – via Naver.
  14. ↑ 아이유, 뮤직뱅크 6주 연속 1위 기염, '온몸 웨이브' 세리머니. n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2021 – via Naver.
  15. ↑ "아이유, 2012년 새해 첫 '인기가요' 1위 등극" [IU tops 'Inkigayo' for the first time in the new year of 2012]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. January 1, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  16. ↑ Cho, Seong-jin (January 13, 2012). [포토] Music on Top(뮤직 온 탑) 전 출연진 [[Photo] Music on Top all cast members]. Financial News (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2021 – via Naver.
  17. ↑ "Oricon Singles Chart" (in Japanese). Oricon Chart. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  18. ↑ "IU Chart History: Japan Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  19. ↑ "Digital Chart – Week 50 of 2011" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  20. ↑ "Korea K-pop Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 4, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  21. ↑ "2011년 Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  22. ↑ "2012년 Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  23. ↑ オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 －CD・ブルーレイ・DVD・書籍・コミック－ (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on December 2, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
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