Beautiful Target

"Beautiful Target" is a single released by the South Korean boy band B1A4. The song is the lead single for the group's second Korean EP, It B1A4, released on September 16, 2011.

The song was re-recorded in Japanese and used as the group's debut single in Japan, released on June 27, 2012. A remix version is featured in their third Japanese single, What's Happening? Why?.

Composition
The song was composed by the members CNU and Baro and composed by Urihyeong-gwa Naedongsaeng (우리형과 내동생). In the EP, It B1A4, the song is listed as the first track.

Promotion
The group started promoting the song in September 16, 2011 on KBS' Music Bank. It was also promoted on the shows Show! Music Core, Inkigayo, M! Countdown and MTV The Show.

Music Video


A teaser of the music video was released in September 9, 2011. The full video was released one week after, on September 16, 2011, along with the EP digital release. Another version of the music video, called "Zoom Zoom" version, was released in October 7, 2011.

Chart Performance
The song debuted at the position number 86 in Gaon's Weekly singles chart, on the week of September 25, with 4,030,414 points. On the following week the song climbed nineteen positions and charted at number 67, which is the current peak of the song.

Japanese Release
B1A4 made their official debut in Japan with ‘Beautiful Target’ on June 27th 2012, and on the same day of release, the group ranked within the top 5 on the Oricon Chart with famous Japanese boy band KAT-TUN and Girls’ Generation. In addition, the boys have also stolen the top 3 spots on Tower Records‘ daily rankings, Japan’s largest music portal site. They've sold 15,868 copies of the Japanese version of the single.

The lyrics were translated into Japanese by Shoko Fujibayashi. The single was released before its appearance on B1A4's Japanese debut studio album, 1, which was released on October 12, 2012.

The single was released in June 27, 2012 in three different editions: CD+DVD, CD+Goods , and a Regular edition (no goods or DVDs included).

The music video of the Japanese version of the song was released on June 3, 2012, in Pony Canyon's YouTube account. Although this version has different studios and looks, the music video follows the same concept of the Korean version.



Lyrics
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