Growl (song)

"Growl"
Single by Exo
from the album Growl
Released	August 5, 2013
Format	Digital download; streaming;
Recorded	2013
Genre	R&B[1]
Length	3:27
Label	S.M. Entertainment
Songwriter(s)	Hyuk Shin, DK, Jordan Kyle, John Major, Jarah Gibson
Exo Korean and Chinese singles chronology

"Growl" (Korean: 으르렁 Eureureong; Chinese: 咆哮 Páoxiào) is a song recorded by South Korean–Chinese boy band Exo for the repackaged edition of their first studio album XOXO. It was released in Korean and Chinese by S.M. Entertainment on August 5, 2013. The song is known as Exo's breakthrough single, having sold over half million copies.

Release and promotion

Composed by Hyuk Shin, DK, Jordan Kyle, John Major and Jarah Gibson, "Growl" is described as a dance-pop song with contemporary R&B and funk influences. After its release was announced, a video filming the group practicing the song's choreography was leaked online on July 27. Exo began performing the song on South Korean music TV shows on August 1 before it was officially released together with the album on August 5, 2013. They also performed the song on several Chinese TV shows.

The song was performed during the closing ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, along with their 2017 song "Power".[2]

Music videos

The Korean and Chinese music videos for "Growl" were released on August 1, 2013, four days ahead of the song itself. They exclusively feature Exo's performance of the song at a dimly lit warehouse and utilized the one shot style, appearing to have been filmed in a single take. Another set of music videos for the song, filmed at a different location, were released on August 20, 2013.

On May 29, 2019, the Korean music video surpassed 200 million views on YouTube, becoming their fourth music video to do so.[3]

Reception

Music charts

"Growl" reached number 2 on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart, as well as number 3 on the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 and World Digital Songs charts.[4][5][6] The song also won first place 14 times in total on South Korean music TV shows.

Describing it as "the crown jewel in EXO's fantastic 2013", Billboard picked "Growl" as the best K-pop song of 2013.[7] It was named Song of the Year at the 2013 Melon Music Awards and KBS Song Festival. The song is Exo's best-selling single to date, having accumulated over two million downloads.

Public reception

In July 2017, defectors from North Korea stated Exo has some popularity in North Korea, although people have to listen to them in secret and don't know what the members look like, and Growl in particular is used as a confession song amongst youth to confess to one's crush due to the lyrics.[8][9]

Accolades

Awards
Year	Organization	Award	Result	Ref.
2013	KBS Song Festival	Song of the Year	Won	[10][11]
	Korean Music Awards	Song of the Year	Nominated	[12]
	Korean Music Awards	Best Dance & Electronic Song	Won	[12]
	Melon Music Awards	Song of the Year	Won	[13]
	Melon Music Awards	Music Video Award	Nominated	[13]
	Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best Dance Performance Male Group	Nominated	[14]
2014	Golden Disk Awards	Digital Bonsang	Nominated	[15]
	Seoul Music Awards	Record of the Year in Digital Release	Won	[16]
	World Music Awards	World's Best Song	Won	[17]

Listicles
Critic/Publication	List	Rank / Year	Ref.
Billboard	The 20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2013: K-Town Picks	1	[18]
	The 10 Greatest K-Pop Choruses of the 21st Century	10	[19]
	The 100 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time	58	[20]
	2013's Biggest-Selling K-Pop Songs in America: PSY, Girls' Generation, 2NE1 & More	5	[21]
	The 100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s	50	[22]
Dazed	Top 10 K-Pop Songs of 2013	2	[23]
SBS PopAsia	Top 100 Asian pop songs of 2013	1	[24]
Munhwa Ilbo	Top 10 best K-pop songs of the decade	N/A	[25]
British GQ	Best K-Pop songs of the decade	Year of 2013	[26]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
South Korea (Gaon)[4]	2
South Korea (K-Pop Hot 100)[5]	3
US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[6]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
South Korea (Gaon)[27]	56
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100)	19

Sales

Region	Sales(2013-2015)
South Korea (Gaon)[28]	2,023,254

References

"20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2013: K-Town Picks". Billboard. December 23, 2013. Archived from the original on December 28, 2013.
"K-pop acts CL, EXO wow at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics closing ceremony". Channel NewsAsia. 26 Feb 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
"한번 들으면 헤어나올 수 없는 EXO의 '으르렁 (Growl)' MV가 유튜브 조회수 2억뷰를 돌파했습니다!". EXO. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
"Gaon Digital Chart - Week 33, 2013". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
"Korea K-Pop Hot 100 - September 7, 2013". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
"World Digital Songs - August 24, 2013". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
"20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2013: K-Town Picks". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 23, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
"EXO's 'Growl' is popular in North Korea and used as a confession song". Allkpop. 6Theory Media. July 29, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
"'이제 만나러 갑니다' 엑소 북한서도 대세 "'으르렁'최고 인기"". Naver (in Korean). Naver. July 29, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
KBS 가요대축제, 엑소 올해의 노래 선정 '으르렁'. The Economic Daily (in Korean). 2013-12-28. Archived from the original on 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2019-07-31 – via MK.
Kim, Min-jung (2013-12-28). KBS '가요대축제', 엑소 '으르렁' 올해의 노래 선정…2013년 빛낸 K-POP 다 모였네~(종합). EToday (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
"Genre field result" (in Korean). Korean Music Awards. Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
Jackson, Julie (2013-11-15). "SHINee snags 'Artist of the Year' at MelOn Music Awards" (An English version of the article is provided right after the Korean text, simply scroll down to view and read.). The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
MAMA 2014 - Best Male Group Dance Performance Nominees (Online broadcast). KCON TV (via YouTube). 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
"Nomination for Digital Bonsang - Golden Disk Awards". soompi. January 16, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
Gye, Hye-sung (2014-01-23). 엑소, '서가대' 우뚝섰다..'대상' 포함 3관왕 "행복"(종합). Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2018-08-09 – via Naver.
"Nomination for worlds best group". World Music Awards. Archived from the original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
"20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2013: K-Town Picks". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 23, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
"The 10 Greatest K-Pop Choruses of the 21st Century". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. April 28, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
"The 100 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. April 23, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
"2013's Biggest-Selling K-Pop Songs in America: PSY, Girls' Generation, 2NE1 & More". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 17, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
"The 100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 25, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
Glasby, Taylor (December 10, 2013). "Top 10 K-Pop Songs of 2013". Dazed. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
"PopAsia's Top 100 Asian pop songs of 2013". SBS PopAsia. Popasia. December 20, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
"Top 10 best K-pop songs of the decade". n.news.naver.com. Munhwa Ilbo. December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
"The game-changers from a decade of K-pop". gq-magazine.co.uk. British GQ. December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
"Gaon Digital Chart - 2013". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
Cumulative sales for "Growl":
- "Online Download – 2013 Year End Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- "Online Download – 2014 Year End Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- "Online Download – 2015 Year End Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- "Online Download – January 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- "Online Download – February 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- "Online Download – March 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- "Online Download – Week 16 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- "Online Download – Week 20 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- "Online Download – Week 21 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- "Online Download – June 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- "Online Download – Week 31 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- "Online Download – Week 32 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- "Online Download – Week 34 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- "Online Download – Week 39 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

External links

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[1] "20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2013: K-Town Picks". Billboard. December 23, 2013. Archived from the original on December 28, 2013.

[2] "K-pop acts CL, EXO wow at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics closing ceremony". Channel NewsAsia. 26 Feb 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[3] "한번 들으면 헤어나올 수 없는 EXO의 '으르렁 (Growl)' MV가 유튜브 조회수 2억뷰를 돌파했습니다!". EXO. Retrieved 2019-05-29.

[Gaon-4] "Gaon Digital Chart - Week 33, 2013". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved January 5, 2017.

[kpop-5] "Korea K-Pop Hot 100 - September 7, 2013". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 4, 2017.

[billboard-6] "World Digital Songs - August 24, 2013". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 4, 2017.

[7] "20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2013: K-Town Picks". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 23, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2017.

[Allkpop-8] "EXO's 'Growl' is popular in North Korea and used as a confession song". Allkpop. 6Theory Media. July 29, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2017.

[Naver-9] "'이제 만나러 갑니다' 엑소 북한서도 대세 "'으르렁'최고 인기"". Naver (in Korean). Naver. July 29, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2017.

[10] KBS 가요대축제, 엑소 올해의 노래 선정 '으르렁'. The Economic Daily (in Korean). 2013-12-28. Archived from the original on 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2019-07-31 – via MK.

[11] Kim, Min-jung (2013-12-28). KBS '가요대축제', 엑소 '으르렁' 올해의 노래 선정…2013년 빛낸 K-POP 다 모였네~(종합). EToday (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2017-11-16.

[12] "Genre field result" (in Korean). Korean Music Awards. Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2018-08-07.

[Melon_Wins_2013-13] Jackson, Julie (2013-11-15). "SHINee snags 'Artist of the Year' at MelOn Music Awards" (An English version of the article is provided right after the Korean text, simply scroll down to view and read.). The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2018-08-07.

[14] MAMA 2014 - Best Male Group Dance Performance Nominees (Online broadcast). KCON TV (via YouTube). 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2019-04-16.

[15] "Nomination for Digital Bonsang - Golden Disk Awards". soompi. January 16, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2019.

[2014_SMA_wins-16] Gye, Hye-sung (2014-01-23). 엑소, '서가대' 우뚝섰다..'대상' 포함 3관왕 "행복"(종합). Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2018-08-09 – via Naver.

[17] "Nomination for worlds best group". World Music Awards. Archived from the original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2018-08-14.

[18] "20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2013: K-Town Picks". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 23, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2017.

[19] "The 10 Greatest K-Pop Choruses of the 21st Century". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. April 28, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2018.

[20] "The 100 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. April 23, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

[21] "2013's Biggest-Selling K-Pop Songs in America: PSY, Girls' Generation, 2NE1 & More". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 17, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2019.

[22] "The 100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 25, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019.

[23] Glasby, Taylor (December 10, 2013). "Top 10 K-Pop Songs of 2013". Dazed. Retrieved March 14, 2018.

[24] "PopAsia's Top 100 Asian pop songs of 2013". SBS PopAsia. Popasia. December 20, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2019.

[25] "Top 10 best K-pop songs of the decade". n.news.naver.com. Munhwa Ilbo. December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.

[26] "The game-changers from a decade of K-pop". gq-magazine.co.uk. British GQ. December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.

[27] "Gaon Digital Chart - 2013". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved January 4, 2017.

[28] Cumulative sales for "Growl":
"Online Download – 2013 Year End Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

"Online Download – 2014 Year End Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

"Online Download – 2015 Year End Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

"Online Download – January 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

"Online Download – February 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

"Online Download – March 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

"Online Download – Week 16 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

"Online Download – Week 20 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

"Online Download – Week 21 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

"Online Download – June 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

"Online Download – Week 31 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

"Online Download – Week 32 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

"Online Download – Week 34 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

"Online Download – Week 39 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[29] "Online Download – 2013 Year End Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

[30] "Online Download – 2014 Year End Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

[31] "Online Download – 2015 Year End Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

[32] "Online Download – January 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[33] "Online Download – February 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

[34] "Online Download – March 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

[35] "Online Download – Week 16 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

[36] "Online Download – Week 20 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

[37] "Online Download – Week 21 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[38] "Online Download – June 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[39] "Online Download – Week 31 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[40] "Online Download – Week 32 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[41] "Online Download – Week 34 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[42] "Online Download – Week 39 2016". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.