"Sunset Glow" was originally recorded by Lee Moon-sae for his fifth studio album Standing Under the Shade of a Roadside Tree, which was released under King Records on September 15, 1988. It was written by Lee Yeong-hun and was included on side B of the album. The record was met with commercial success, selling over 2.58 million copies in South Korea. Choi Seong-chul of the Busan Ilbo wrote that the album "brought about a change in the perception of pop albums, which were relatively undervalued and priced low compared to foreign pop albums" in the country.[1]
"Sunset Glow" (Korean: 붉은 노을; RR: Byulkeun Noeul) is a song recorded by South Korean boy band BigBang. Released on November 5, 2008, through YG Entertainment, it served as the lead single from the quintet's second studio album Remember (2008). It is a remake of Lee Moon-sae's song of the same title.
Background
Prior to recording, Yang Hyun-suk, CEO and founder of YG Entertainment, contacted Lee Moon-sae to request permission for BigBang to cover the song, whose original single was released in 1988. During the 2008 KBS Music Festival, the two artists performed the song together. The song reached number one on the KBS's music show Music Bank.[2] It charted on Melon Top 100 Chart for 31 weeks. In 2012, "Sunset Glow" was covered by Teen Top's Niel, C.A.P. and Chunji for SBS's 1,000 Songs Challenge.[citation needed]
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