Marronnier

Marronnier
Marronnier
Origin	South Korea
Genres	Pop
Years active	1989 – 1998
Past members	Producer Kim Seon-min, Shin Yoon-mi, Kwon In-ha, Hwang Chi-hoon, Choi Sun-Won, Kim Shin-Woo, Kim Min-kyoung, Kim Ji-young, Lee Hyeon-uk

Marronnier (마로니에) is a South Korean pop/ballad project group mostly active in the 1990s. Their song "Cocktail Love" was sung by guest singers Shin Yoon-mi, Choi Sun-won and Kim Shin-woo of Marronnier's third album released in 1994. "Cocktail Love" got huge popularity right after its release. However, The improvised group performed lip syncing with songs by Shin Yoon-mi and Choi Sun-won.^[1] The group in the Cocktail Love music video didn't sing at all on Marronnier's third album. There was a legal dispute between the record label because they stole Shin Yoon-mi's voice and arrangement rights.^[2]^[3] Shin Yoon-mi sang "Cocktail Love" live in court to prove her rights.^[4] Shin Yoon-mi won a copyright lawsuit against record label and regained 'Moral Rights of singers' and 'copyright for chorus arrangement'.^[5]^[6]

Shin Yoon-mi and Kwon In-ha appeared on the 11th episode of "Two Yoo Project Sugar Man" in 2020.

"Cocktail Love" has been covered by Turtles, Seo Young-eun featuring Kim Youn-woo, and GFriend.

Members

1st Album: Kim Seon-min (김선민), Kwon In-ha (권인하), Shin Yoon-mi (신윤미)
2nd Album: Hwang Chi-hoon (황치훈), Kim Sa-mi (김사미), Lee Yun-seon (이윤선), Yu Ju-hui (유주희)
3rd Album: Shin Yoon-mi (신윤미), Choi Sun-Won (최선원), Kim Shin-Woo (김신우)
4th Album: Kim Min-kyoung (김민경), Kim Ji-young (김지영), Sin Yu-sang (신유상), Won Woo-hyuk (원우혁)
5th Album: Kim Min-kyoung (김민경), Kim Ji-young (김지영), Won Woo-hyuk (원우혁), Lee Hyeon-uk (이현욱)
6th Album: Kim Min-kyoung (김민경), Kim Ji-young (김지영), Lee Hyeon-uk (이현욱)
7th Album: Kim Ji-young (김지영), Yang Jun-seok (양준석), Lim Seung-seon (임승선)

Discography

Albums

비를 기다리는 사람들 / 동숭로에서···, 1989
혼자 남는 법/안개꽃 꽃말은 슬픔, 1992
마로니에 3 - Cocktail Love, 1994
마로니에 '95 - 진실게임, 1995
마로니에 '96 - 큐피트의 화살, April 1996
마로니에 '97, May 1997
마로니에 '98, 1998

Compilations

마로니에 - The best, December 2002

References

^ 오동진 (1994-06-08). "국내 가요계, 립 씽크 복병에 휘청 The domestic K-pop industry is reeling from lip-synching". 연합뉴스 (in Korean).
^ "대중가요 음반 편곡권 요구 첫 소송 the first lawsuit for the right to arrange popular song". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). 1994-08-29.
^ 김의겸 (1994-08-31). ""가요 '칵테일사랑' 목소리 도용" 신윤미 씨, 음반회사 상대 소송 "'Cocktail Love' voice theft" Shin Yoon-mi, a lawsuit against a record company". 한겨레 (in Korean).
^ "'슈가맨3' 마로니에·더 크로스, 소환 성공…다시 찾은 그 노래 'The Sugarman 3' Marronier and The Cross, successfully summoned…The song found again". 동아일보 (in Korean). 2020-02-14.
^ "서울민사지법 1995. 1. 18., 자, 94카합9052, 결정". 국가법령정보센터 (in Korean). 1995-01-18.
^ "대중음악의 코러스등 배경음악의 저작권 첫 인정 Copyright of background music such as chorus of popular music for the first time". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). 1995-01-19.

[1] 오동진 (1994-06-08). "국내 가요계, 립 씽크 복병에 휘청 The domestic K-pop industry is reeling from lip-synching". 연합뉴스 (in Korean).

[2] "대중가요 음반 편곡권 요구 첫 소송 the first lawsuit for the right to arrange popular song". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). 1994-08-29.

[3] 김의겸 (1994-08-31). ""가요 '칵테일사랑' 목소리 도용" 신윤미 씨, 음반회사 상대 소송 "'Cocktail Love' voice theft" Shin Yoon-mi, a lawsuit against a record company". 한겨레 (in Korean).

[4] "'슈가맨3' 마로니에·더 크로스, 소환 성공…다시 찾은 그 노래 'The Sugarman 3' Marronier and The Cross, successfully summoned…The song found again". 동아일보 (in Korean). 2020-02-14.

[5] "서울민사지법 1995. 1. 18., 자, 94카합9052, 결정". 국가법령정보센터 (in Korean). 1995-01-18.

[6] "대중음악의 코러스등 배경음악의 저작권 첫 인정 Copyright of background music such as chorus of popular music for the first time". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). 1995-01-19.

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