Sunrise (GFriend song)

"Sunrise"
Japanese version cover (digital and edition Type A)
Single by GFriend
from the album Time for Us and Fallin' Light
B-side	"La pam pam"
Released	January 14, 2019 February 13, 2019 (Japanese version)
Genre	K-pop J-pop
Label	Source kakao M King
Composer(s)	Noh Joo-hwan Lee Won-jong
Lyricist(s)	Noh Joo-hwan
GFriend singles chronology
"Memoria" (2018) "Sunrise" (2019) "Flower" (2019)
Music videos
"Sunrise" on YouTube
"Sunrise JP ver." on YouTube

"Sunrise" (Korean: 해야, romanized: Haeya) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group GFriend for their second studio album Time for Us (2019). It was also released as the group's third Japanese single and was later included in their debut Japanese studio album Fallin' Light (2019).

Composition

The song was written by Noh Joo-hwan who also produced the song alongside Lee Won-jong.^[1]

Release

Two teasers were released on January 5, 2019 and January 12, 2019, respectively.^[2][3]

The song was released on January 14, 2019, in conjunction with their second studio album.^[4]

Japanese version

In Japan, the song was released as their second single on February 13, 2019. It was released as a digital EP and in three physical editions: CD, CD+DVD Type A and CD+Photobook Type B.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Commercial performance

"Sunrise" debuted and peaked at number 12 on the Gaon Digital Chart for the week ending January 19, 2019.^[10]

The song placed at number 9 for the month of January 2019.^[11] The song also placed at 31 in February 2019.^[12] at number 94 in March 2019.^[13] It also charted at number 145 for 2019.^[14]

Japan

The single debuted and peaked at number 11 on the Oricon Singles Chart for the week ending February 25, 2019.^[15]

Track listing

CD/Digital download

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Sunrise" (Japanese version)	Noh Joo-hwan anan	Noh Joo-hwan Lee Won-jong	Noh Joo-hwan	3:41
2.	"La pam pam"	Jang jung-woo (MI.O) momoko	Jang jung-woo (MI.O)	Jang jung-woo (MI.O)	3:38
3.	"Sunrise" (Japanese version - Instrumental)		Noh Joo-hwan Lee Won-jong		3:41
4.	"La pam pam" (Instrumental)		Jang jung-woo (MI.O)		3:37
Total length:					14:37

Type A DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sunrise" (JP ver. - Music video)
2.	"Sunrise" (JP ver. - MV Making movie)
Total length:		25:39

Accolades

Music program awards

Program	Date	Ref.
The Show	January 22, 2019	[16]
Show Champion	January 23, 2019
M Countdown	January 24, 2019
Music Bank	January 25, 2019
Show! Music Core	January 26, 2019
Inkigayo	January 27, 2019

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position Japan (Oricon)[17] 11 Japan (Japan Hot 100)[18] 50 South Korea (Gaon)[19] 12 South Korea (K-pop Hot 100)[20] 10 US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[21] 25

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position South Korea (Gaon)[22] 149

See also

• List of M Countdown Chart winners (2019)

References

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2. [Teaser 1] GFRIEND(여자친구) _ Sunrise(해야), YouTube
3. [Teaser 2] GFRIEND(여자친구) _ Sunrise(해야), YouTube
4. "여자친구 The 2nd Album 'Time for us'". www.melon.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2019-12-26. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
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6. "GFRIEND/SUNRISE＜通常盤/初回限定仕様＞ - TOWER RECORDS ONLINE". tower.jp. Archived from the original on 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
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15. "2019年02月11日～2019年02月17日 オリコン週間 シングルランキング 11～20位". ORICON NEWS. Archived from the original on 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
16. "'더 쇼' 여자친구, '열대야'로 1위 "목 쉬어가며 응원한 버디에게 감사해"". Naver (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
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19. "2019년 03주차 Digital Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 24, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
20. "Chart History GFriend". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
21. "GFriend Chart History: World Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
22. "2019년 Digital Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2020.