The First Mini Album - Gee

chronology
The First Mini Album - Gee
Extended play from Girls' Generation
Publication ; (s)	January 7, 2009 February 13, 2009 ;
admission	2008
Label (s)	SM entertainment
Format (s)	CD , digital
Genre (s)	K-Pop , Dancepop , Electropop
Title (number)	5
running time	18:10
production	Lee Soo-man

Gee is the first EP by the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation and was released by SM Entertainment on January 7, 2009 after the group had been on hiatus for nine months.

overview

The mini-album's title track, “ Gee ”, is a very fast pop song and is about a girl who fell in love for the first time. The title “Gee” is an expression of surprise, similar to “Eomeona!” ( 어머나 ! , Oh, my God! ). The song was written by the South Korean producer duo E-TRIBE . The rock-pop song "Way To Go" is a "full version" of "Haptic Motion" which was used as a promotional song for a Samsung advertising campaign . The music video for “Way To Go” contains scenes from the making-of for “Gee”. The text for “Dear. Mom “comes from pop singer Ivy under the pseudonym The Lighthouse .

A 44-page photo booklet was included with the mini-album. In Taiwan , the EP was distributed by Avex .

The EP reached number 1 on the monthly South Korean album charts .

Track list

No.	title	Songwriter	length
1	Gee	E-TRIBE	3:22
2	힘내! (Way To Go)	Kim Jeong-bae, kenzie	3:04
3	Dear. Mom	The Lighthouse, No Tae-ryung, Kim Tae-seong	4:06
4th	Destiny	Choe Gab-won, Kim Yeong-hwan, James Read, Ahn Ik-su	3:26
5	힘들어 하는 연인들 을 위해 (Let's Talk About LOVE)	Kim Young-hu	4:12

Individual evidence

↑ BPM Database: "Gee" , accessed on November 21, 2010 (English).
↑ Kim Hyeong-u and Ji Hyeong-jun: 소녀 시대 가 돌아 왔다! “9 개월 만 에 컴백, 몸 근질 근질 했다” (인터뷰 ①). In: Newsen. January 6, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2010 (Korean).
↑ Kim Hyeong-u: 아이비, 작사 가 로 가요계 먼저 컴백 '소녀 시대 디어 맘 작사'. In: Newsen. February 9, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2010 (Korean).

Web links

Official website of Girls' Generation
Gee at Hanteo

[1] BPM Database: "Gee" , accessed on November 21, 2010 (English).

[2] Kim Hyeong-u and Ji Hyeong-jun: 소녀 시대 가 돌아 왔다! “9 개월 만 에 컴백, 몸 근질 근질 했다” (인터뷰 ①). In: Newsen. January 6, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2010 (Korean).

[3] Kim Hyeong-u: 아이비, 작사 가 로 가요계 먼저 컴백 '소녀 시대 디어 맘 작사'. In: Newsen. February 9, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2010 (Korean).