Wonder GIRLS | Tell ME | Lead Single From ‘The Wonder Years’

• Date: Nov 20,2008

“Tell Me” was the lead single from the Wonder Girls’ first full-length album, The Wonder Years. Sampling Stacey Q’s “Two of Hearts”, “Tell Me” was a strong hit for the group, topping various online and offline charts. The song notable for its dance, which was widely imitated and featured on various online video sites.

The Wonder Girls (Korean: 원�”걸스) are a South Korean girl group. They are produced by singer-songwriter Park Jin-Young and are signed to his talent agency, JYP Entertainment.[2] Each of the five original members were selected through auditions. Debuting in early 2007, they became popular in fall of that year with the song “Tell Me.” The Wonder Girls debuted on February 10, 2007 on Show! Music Core, singing “Irony”, the hip-hop single from their debut mini-album, The Wonder Begins. The mini-album went on to become a minor hit, selling 11,454 copies in 2007. Throughout the rest of 2007, however, the Wonder Girls were beset by various injuries and health problems. On June 25, Sohee was sidelined for a month after tearing a knee ligament falling off a motorcycle during the filming of 뜨거운 것이 좋아 (I Like It Hot). The remaining four members continued performing until late July, when Hyuna was removed from the group due to their concern over her health�”in particular, chronic gastroenteritis which had her hospitalized briefly in March and April.

Their new single, “So Hot”, was released on May 22, 2008; the song topped online charts in the next few days.[12][13] They began their comeback performances on May 31, 2008 on MBC’s Music Core, performing “So Hot” and “This Time”. The full single was released on June 3, 2008, containing the title track, the rap version of “Tell Me”, “This Time”, and “You’re Out”. Due to vocal cord problems, Yubin lipsynched her parts under doctor’s orders[13] until late July. She has since then made a full recovery and continues to perform live as usual.
It was announced that promotional activities for “So Hot” would end at the end of July 2008, and that the group would instead prepare for their third mini-album, to be released the end of September or early October with no specific date being mentioned.