"I Need a Girl" is a song recorded by South Korean singer Taeyang for his first studio album Solar (2010) through YG Entertainment. It features rap by G-Dragon, who co-wrote the song with producer Jeon Goon. The song was released on July 1, 2010, as the lead single from Solar.
"I Need a Girl" is described as an R&B song that lyrically expresses Taeyang's ideal type. Some parts of the lyrics are taken from Byeon Jin-seop's song "My Ideal Type" (1989).[1]
"I Need a Girl" debuted at number seven on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart in the chart issue dated June 27 – July 3, 2010.[2] On its component charts, the song debuted at number four on the Gaon Download Chart,[3] and number 25 on the Gaon Streaming Chart.[4] The following week, it rose to number four on the Gaon Digital Chart.[5] Subsequently, "I Need a Girl" ranked at number thirty-nine on the annual chart and sold 1,876,167 digital copies in South Korea as of 2010.[6]
In United States, "I Need a Girl" debuted at number seventeen on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart in the issue dated July 31, 2010.[7]
^[태양 컴백3] '나만→눈코입→달링' 태양이 들려준 러브스토리 [[TAEYANG's Comeback3] TAEYANG's Love Story from "LOOK AT ME ONLY" to "EYES, NOSE, LIPS" and "DARLING"]. OSEN [ko] (in Korean). Chosun. August 14, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
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^2010년 28주차 Download Chart [Week 28 of 2010 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
^2010년 28주차 Streaming Chart [Week 28 of 2010 Streaming Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 13, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
^ ab2010년 29주차 Digital Chart [Week 29 of 2010 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
^태양, 2주 연속 '인기가요' 1위 등극 [Taeyang tops 'Inkigayo' for 2 weeks in a row]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. July 25, 2010. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
^태양, 2주 연속 '엠카' 1위 [Taeyang tops 'M Countown' for 2 weeks in a row]. OSEN [ko] (in Korean). Naver. July 16, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
^태양, 앨범 발표 2주만에 '뮤직뱅크' 1위 [Taeyang tops 'Music Bank' 2 weeks after album release]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. July 16, 2010. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
^2010년 07월 Digital Chart [July 2010 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.