Ear Fun is the third Korean extended play (sixth overall) by the South Korean pop rock band CN Blue. It was released on March 26, 2012 with the track "Hey You" as the promotional single.

Background and release

As a teaser of the mini-album, the song "Still in Love" was released on March 16, along with a special music video featuring scenes of the group in a recording studio. The EP was scheduled to be released on March 27, but it was released one day before the official release due to the high popularity of the song "Still in Love". The first teaser of the song and music video for "Hey You" was released on March 19 featuring the member Jung Shin. The second teaser was released on March 21 featuring the member Jong Hyun. The third teaser was released on March 22 featuring the member Min Hyuk. The fourth and last teaser was released on March 23 featuring the member Jung Yong-hwa. The full music video of "Hey You" and mini-album were released on March 26. The album also features a Korean version of the song "In My Head", the group's major debut single and fourth overall single in Japan. This version of the song was firstly introduced on KBS's show Music Bank Year-End special on December 23, 2011 with few changes of the lyrics.

A special limited edition of the EP was released on April 10, 2012. It includes the same track list and there will be 140 pages of pictorial photos and a DVD containing a 20-minute clip of the members shooting in the U.S. In addition, the special limited edition will also include four supplemental sections for each of the members (18 pages individual shoot for each of the members).

Composition

The title song "Hey You" was written by Han Seong Ho and composed by Kim Do Hoon and Lee Sang Ho, same writer and composer of the group's other title songs "Intuition", "Love" and "I'm a Loner".

Promotion

The promotions of the song "Hey You" started on March 29, 2012 on Mnet's show M! Countdown. They are also promoting on the shows Music Bank, Music Core, Inkigayo, and Show Champion. Two other songs of the EP were also performed: "Still in Love" was used for the comeback week performances and "In My Head" was used for the goodbye week on Music Bank. The album Ear Fun and the title track "Hey You" won 4 music show awards, from M! Countdown on April 5, Show Champion on April 10, Music Bank on April 20, and Inkigayo mutizen on April 22. The promotions ended on April 22, on SBS Inkigayo.

Track listing

From CNBlue

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Hey You"Han Seong-hoKim Do-hoon, Lee Sang-hoKim Do-hoon, Lee Sang-ho4:00
2."Still in Love" (아직 사랑한다; Ajig Saranghanda)Han Seong-ho, Kim Jae-yang, Jung Yong-hwaKim Jae-yang, Jung Yong-hwaKim Jae-yang3:18
3."Dream Boy"Han Seong-hoHan Seung-hoon, Kim Jae-yang, Jung Yong-hwaHan Seung-hoon3:03
4."Rock n' Roll"Han Seong-ho, Jung Yong-hwaHan Seung-hoon, Jung Yong-hwaHan Seung-hoon, Go Jin-young, Park Hyun-woo3:23
5."Run"Han Seong-hoHan Seung-hoon, Jung Yong-hwaHan Seung-hoon3:17
6."In My Head" (Korean version)Jung Yong-hwaJung Yong-hwaTamai Kenji, Momota Rui4:18
Total length:21:16
Special Limited edition – DVD
No.TitleLength
1."DVD Special Feature" (20 minutes approximately)
Taiwan edition – DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Ear Fun album teaser" (Yonghwa version)
2."Ear Fun album teaser" (Jonghyun version)
3."Ear Fun album teaser" (Jungshin version)
4."Ear Fun album teaser" (Minhyuk version)
5."Still in Love" (Music video, with Chinese subtitles)
6."Hey You" (Music video, with Chinese subtitles)
7."Ear Fun album shoot" (Off-shot movie, with Chinese subtitles)

Chart performance

Album chart

ChartPeak position
Japan Oricon Weekly album chart15
South Korea Gaon Weekly album chart1
South Korea Gaon Weekly domestic album chart1
South Korea Gaon Monthly album chart2
South Korea Gaon Mid-Year album chart5
South Korea Gaon 2012 Yearly album chart14
Taiwan G-Music Weekly Top 20 Combo Chart5
Taiwan G-Music International Chart2
Taiwan G-Music Asia Album Chart1

Singles chart

SongPeak chart position
KOR Gaon Top200KOR Billboard
weeklymonthlyyearly
"Hey You"1131117
"Still in Love"391396
"Dream Boy"7296
"Rock n' Roll"88
"Run"79
"In My Head" (Korean version)6580
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Digital sales

ChartSongs
"Hey You""Still in Love"
Peak positionSalesPeak positionSales
South Korea Gaon Yearly digital aggregate chart111116,452,770 aggregates13998,770,318 aggregates
South Korea Gaon Yearly digital download chart1201,257,932 downloads1121,312,009 downloads
South Korea Gaon Yearly digital streaming chart13511,080,458 streamings1688,547,952 streamings

Album sales

CountryChartPeriodPeak positionSalesAccumulative sales
JapanOricon physical sales14,765+
South KoreaGaon Monthly Album ChartMarch 2012#559,94459,944+
April 2012#260,144120,088+
Gaon Yearly Album Chart2012#14122,515+122,515+

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
South KoreaMarch 16, 2012 (Single: Still in Love)Digital downloadFNC Entertainment
March 26, 2012CD, Digital download
April 10, 2012 (Special Limited edition)CD
TaiwanMay 4, 2012CD, CD+DVDWarner Music Taiwan

Award and nomination

YearAwardCategoryNominationResultRef
201214th Mnet Asian Music AwardsBest Band Performance"Hey You"Nominated
Song of the YearNominated

External links