Love Light (CNBLUE song)

"Love Light" (Korean: 사랑 빛; RR: Sarang Bit) is a song recorded by South Korean rock band CNBLUE. It is a single from the band's second mini-album Bluelove. An acoustic ballad written by main vocalist Jung Yong-hwa, the track was released by FNC Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M on May 10, 2010. The song peaked at number ten on South Korea's national Gaon Digital Chart; since its release, it has sold over 1.9 million downloads domestically.

"Love Light"
Single by CNBLUE
from the album Bluelove
LanguageKorean
ReleasedMay 10, 2010 (2010-05-10)
Recorded2010
Length3:12
LabelFNC
Songwriter(s)Jung Yong-hwa
CNBLUE singles chronology
"I'm a Loner"
(2010)		 "Love Light"
(2010)		 "Love"
(2010)

Background and composition
Lyrics for "Love Light" were written after frontman Jung Yong-hwa met Seohyun

Shortly after CNBLUE debuted, main vocalist Jung Yong-hwa was cast for the second season of MBC TV's reality show We Got Married and partnered with Seohyun of Girls' Generation.[1] He began developing the lyrics for "Love Light" after their initial meeting.[2] While penning the track, Jung thought about his first love and compared it to "Love Revolution" from the band's first mini-album Bluetory (2010).[3] The rap section was written with Seohyun in mind.[4]

"Love Light" is a "light-hearted romantic" song.[5] The ballad comprises Jung's and bandmate Lee Jong-hyun's vocals over an acoustic guitar melody.[6][7] In order for the listener to find the song more endearing, the former intentionally altered the pronunciation of his words to emphasize the feeling.[8] In addition to the lyrics, Jung also composed the track;[9] it is written in the key of D Major and has a tempo of 138 beats per minute.[10]

Release and promotion

Ahead of the release of CNBLUE's second mini-album Bluelove, "Love Light" was made available on online music stores on May 10, 2010.[11] The band performed the single on SBS MTV's music program Inkigayo along with lead single "Love".[12] "Love Light" was performed as a duet with Seohyun at that year's Incheon Hallyu Concert.[13] During a concert stop in midst of the 2014 CNBLUE Live: Can't Stop tour in Singapore, Jung devoted the song to the victims of the sinking of motor vessel Sewol.[14]

Critical reception and commercial performance

Writing for online magazine IZM, So Seung-keun rated "Love Light" half a star out of five, panning the song for the "embarrassing melody aimed at women", its "middle school" lyrics, and "lame" rap.[15] In a separate review for the publication, Lim Yun-hye was disappointed with the track's "simple" and "uninspired" progression.[6]

On the chart dated May 9–15, 2010, "Love Light" debuted and peaked at number ten on South Korea's national Gaon Digital Chart.[16] The single ranked within the top 100 for seventeen consecutive weeks.[17] On Gaon Music Chart's year-end report for 2010, "Love" ranked at number 20 on its list of best-performing singles. It was the fortieth best-selling song in South Korea with 1,955,920 downloads and was ranked at number 54 on the Streaming Chart for accumulating 17,046,303 streams.[18]

Charts

Weekly
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Gaon Digital Chart[16] 10
Gaon Bell Chart[19] 11
Gaon Ring Chart[20] 3
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Gaon Singing Room Chart[21] 30

Year-end
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Gaon Digital Chart[18] 37

References
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  2. Kim, Ji-hyeon (October 10, 2010). 정용화-서현, 팔장끼고 손도 잡고 '어색함 사라졌다'. TV Daily (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  3. Lee, Un-hyeok (May 20, 2010). 씨엔블루 정용화 "자작곡 '사랑빛' 내 첫사랑 얘기"(인터뷰). Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  4. Gil, Hye-seong (October 9, 2010). 정용화-서현 진짜 로맨스?. Starnews (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  5. Ng, Gwendolyn (May 31, 2015). "Concert Review: Powerhouse vocalist Jung Yong Hwa delivers at first solo concert". TuneBat. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  6. Lim, Yun-hye (June 2010). "Blue Love". IZM (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  7. Kang, Seo-jeong (May 10, 2010). 정용화, 자작곡 '사랑 빛' 공개..씨엔블루 '컴백'. Now News (in Korean). Seoul Newspaper Company. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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  12. Bae, Seon-yeong (May 23, 2010). 다비치, 반전곡 ‘시간아 멈춰라’ 폭발 가창력 '눈길'. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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  14. Looi, Chermaine (May 18, 2014). "CNBLUE: Can't Stop Loving Them". The UrbanWire. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  15. 사랑 빛. IZM (in Korean). May 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  16. 2010년 21주차 Digital Chart (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  17. "Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  18. 2010년 가온차트 부문별 Top 100위 (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. February 8, 2011. Archived from the original on February 13, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  19. 2010년 22주차 Mobile Chart – 벨소리 (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  20. 2010년 27주차 Mobile Chart – 통화연결음 (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  21. 2011년 01주차 노래방 Chart (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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