Love and Remember

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"Love and Remember"
EBM, Synnara Records
Composer(s)Park Jin-young
Lyricist(s)Park Jin-young
G.o.d singles chronology
"To Mother"
(1999)
"Love and Remember"
(1999)
"Sorrow"
(1999)

"Love and Remember" (Korean사랑해 그리고 기억해; RRSaranghae geurigo gieokhae), also translated as "Love and Memories", is a song performed by the South Korean boy band g.o.d. It was the promoted song from their second studio album Chapter 2.

Overview

The song begins with a trademark spoken narration by main rapper Danny Ahn dedicating the song to "anyone who has had to let go of someone they love". The lyrics are sung from the first-person perspective of one who has had to let go of a lover and is reminiscing about the happy memories they once shared.

Reception

The song would garner the group's first ever #1 win on a

Music Bank
.

Controversy

In October 2002 the Taiwanese Mandopop boy band

Universal Music, as "Love and Remember" was partly based on Curtis McKonly's arrangement of the Christmas carol "The First Noel".[3] The case was eventually settled out of court when Park was paid compensation by Sony Music Taiwan as the group had used Park's arrangement of the song.[4]

In popular culture

"Love and Remember" was used as the background music in the

tvN television series Reply 1994.[6]

Notable cover versions

JYP special.[9] It was also chosen as the encore song sung by all performers at the 2017 KBS Song Festival.[10]

References

  1. ^ 대만 드라마 '꽃보다 남자' 漢風몰이. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). October 16, 2002.
  2. ^ [연예]가수 박진영 대만음반사 손배소. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). November 29, 2002.
  3. ^ F4歌曲是抄袭?原作者在韩正式起诉 [Is F4 plagiarizing in their song? Original author formally files suit in South Korea] (in Simplified Chinese). CCTV. December 4, 2002.
  4. ^ 대만그룹 F4, god 노래표절 파문. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). November 24, 2002.
  5. ^ Pitch-black Darkness — 칠흑. Drama Special. Episode 14. June 1, 2014. KBS.
  6. ^ [12월 셋째주] 응답하라 20, 21화 BGM 리스트 (in Korean). tving.com.
  7. ^ '룸메이트' 잭슨, '사랑해 그리고 기억해' 멋지게 소화 …이국주 덕분? (in Korean). SBS. December 17, 2014.
  8. ^ "Episode 229: g.o.d". Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend. December 12, 2015. KBS2.
  9. ^ "유회승(엔플라잉) - 사랑해 그리고 기억해 [불후의 명곡 전설을 노래하다 , Immortal Songs 2].20191130". YouTube (KBSKpop Official Channel). November 30, 2019.
  10. ^ All Guest - Love and Remember / 사랑해 그리고 기억해 [2017 KBS Song Festival / 2017 KBS가요대축제/2017.12.29]. YouTube (KBS World). December 29, 2017.

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