Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2012 - September Week 5

There are big changes on top of the chart this week as the new No. 1 and No. 2 songs were not even in the top 10 last week. We were predicting T-Ara’s “Sexy Love” and FT Island’s “I Wish” would be battling for the top spot, but instead those two songs only ended up as No. 3 and No. 4 respectively this week.

Secret’s “Poison” was only at No. 17 last week but leapfrogs all challengers to become our new No. 1 song. Secret has become the new darling of our chart. Last year they were named top female group on our year end Soompi Gayo awards as they had two No. 1 songs and a No. 2 song.  Earlier this year, Secret focused on their Japanese career, but have now come home to release their third mini-album. The title track “Poison,” is a song of the hip-hop genre. As the song title suggests, it is about a person realizing that falling deeper and deeper in love is poisonous and yet being unable to swim out of it. The song was created by Kang Ji Won and Kim Kim Bum, who are responsible for Secret’s two chart topping hits last year, “Magic” and “Shy Boy.”

Moving up from No. 13 to No. 2 this week and was only five points behind Secret’s “Poison” is Orange Caramel’s “Lipstick”.  This is the highest chart position the After School sub-unit has ever reached.  They hit No. 3 with “Shanghai Romance” last year.  “Lipstick” is an addictive upbeat number. Saxophone and synth sounds are key elements to this song.  This cheerful song is about playing innocent after leaving a lipstick mark on a boy a girl meets for the first time.

Rounding out the all girl groups top three is T-Ara’s “Sexy Love”.  This song was in a great position to become No. 1 this week but perhaps still suffering from the after effect of the group’s negative publicity over the summer, it drops one spot to No. 3.  Still, it is only nine points behind Orange Caramel’s “Lipstick”.  These same three songs will battle once again for the top spot next week.

One other new entry to the top 10 this week and this song will probably try to break up the girl group dominance next week. G-Dragon’s “Crayon” debuts at No. 7 this week. This song is the title track from G-Dragon’s mini-album “One Of A Kind” and it replaces “That XX” which was in the top 10 the past two weeks.  “Crayon” is an abbreviated form of “Crazy On.” It is an electro hip-hop number composed and penned by Teddy and G-Dragon.

1. (+16) Secret – Poison ***1st Week @ No. 1*** 
Score: 858 
Genre: Pop/Dance 
 
Music: Kim Ki Bum, Kang Ji Won / Lyrics: Kim Ki Bum, Kang Ji Won 
Album: Secret mini-album Vol. 3 | Purchase this Album 
Watch: MV

2. (+11) Orange Caramel – Lipstick
Score: 853
Genre: Pop/Dance 
 
Music: Lee Ki, Seo Yong Bae / Lyrics: Lee Ki, Seo Yong Bae 
Album: Orange Caramel Vol. 1 | Purchase this Album 
Watch: MV

3. (-1) T-ara – Sexy Love 
Score: 844 
Genre: Pop/Dance 
 
Music: Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Gyu Sung / Lyrics: Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Gyu Sung 
Album: T-Ara mini-album Vol. 6 | Purchase this Album 
Watch: MV

4. (+2) FT Island – 좋겠어 (I Wish) 
Score: 816 
Genre: Pop Rock 

Music: Kim Do Hoon / Lyrics: Han Sung Ho
Album: FT Island Vol. 4  | Purchase this Album
Watch: MV

5. (+4) Baek Ah Yeon – 느린노래 (Sad Song) 
Score: 771 
Genre: Pop/Ballad 
 
Music: Super Changdda / Lyrics: Super Changdda, Park Jin Young 
Album: Baek Ah Yeon Vol. 1 | Purchase this Album 
Watch: MV

6. (-5) Kara – Pandora
Score: 748 
Genre: Pop/Dance 
 
Music: Han Jae Ho, Kim Seung Soo, Yue / Lyrics: Song Soo Yoon 
Album: Kara Mini Album Vol. 5 – Pandora | Purchase this Album 
Watch: MV

7. (new) G-Dragon – Crayon 
Score: 683 
Genre: Hip-Hop 
 
Music: G-Dragon, Teddy / Lyrics: G-Dragon, Teddy
Album: G-Dragon mini-album Vol. 1 | Purchase this Album 
Watch: MV

8. (-5) Psy – 강남스타일 (Gangnam Style) 
Score: 658 
Genre: Hip-Hop 
 
Music: Psy, Yoo Gun Hyung / Lyrics: Psy 
Album: Psy Vol. 6 Part 1 | Purchase this Album 
Watch: MV

9. (+1) Urban Zakapa – 니가 싫어 (I Hate You)  
Score: 515
Genre: R&B Ballad
 
Music: Jo Hyun Ah / Lyrics: Jo Hyun Ah 
Album: Urban Zakapa digital single “I Hate You” 
Watch: MV

10. (-3) Huh Gak, Zi-A – I Need You 
Score: 482
Genre: Pop Ballad 
 
Music: / Lyrics: 
Album: Huh Gak & Zi-A digital single “I Need You” 
Watch: MV

BONUS TRACK:

V-Rus – Love

Genre: Modern Rock

Album: V-Rus digital single “Love”

Comment: Five-member group, V-Rus releases its first single album, “LOVE” this summer. The song is of the same title and was composed, penned, and produced by The The Band’s leader Kim Young Jun. This pop number is about confessing one’s love to a lover. (credits to motoway065 for translations)

About the Soompi Music Chart:

Soompi Music Chart is unlike any other music charts or television rankings.  It takes into account rankings by various major music charts in Korea and airplays of each song, making it an unbiased and objective tally of what’s going on in the world of K-pop.  Our chart is composed of the following sources:

Air Monitor Chart – 15%

GAON Music Chart – 15%
Various Internet charts (Olleh, Bugs, Melon, Soribada, Naver, Daum) – 15%
Billboard Korea – 15%    
SBS Inky Gayo – 10%
MBC Gayo Chart – 10%
KBS Music Bank K-Chart – 10% 
MNet M!Countdown Chart – 10%