January 25, 2011. The single was released internationally on April 23, 2011, through digital download on the iTunes store. In the United Kingdom, the single impacted BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix on October 27, 2012. A Korean version of "Mr. Taxi" was released on December 8, 2011, as the second single from their third Korean studio album, The Boys (2011). The group promoted the single prior to its release on various Korean music shows, including Music Bank, Show! Music Core, Inkigayo, and M! Countdown. "Mr. Taxi" received its first performance as a single on You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook broadcast on December 2, 2011. "Mr. Taxi" is an electropop and R&B song. Live performances The girl group first performed "Mr. Taxi" live on May 13, 2011. They have since performed the song (both Korean and Japanese versions) on SM Town tours. In September 2012. while promoting "Oh!", they performed "Mr. Taxi" on "Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ" They then performed the song again as part of "Oh!"'s promotions on "Music Lovers". Commercial performance "Mr. Taxi / Run Devil Run" set a new record for Girls' Generation, being their first Japanese single to sell 100,000 units during its first week of release. The single also managed to peak at the number one spot on Billboard Japan Hot 100 for two consecutive weeks. It reached a peak of eleven on the year-end singles chart of the Japan Hot 100. On May 25, 2011, "Mr. Taxi" topped the Taiwanese music chart, G-Music. The single also performed well on the Oricon Charts, reaching number on the Daily Single Chart, number two on the Weekly Single Chart, while reaching number forty-six on Oricon's Yearly Single chart. In the group's native South Korea, the single sold over 13,000 copies on the Gaon Albums Chart. "Mr. Taxi" performed well on its own, selling over 787,000 copies in 2011 on the International Single Chart of Gaon. Music videos The teaser video for "Mr. Taxi" was released on April 22, 2011, and the music video was released on April 28, 2011, the dance version was released three days prior on April 25, 2011. The choreography for "Mr. Taxi" was handled by long-time collaborator Rino Nakasone, with Sim Jaewon. The video begins with the girls dressed in yellow taxi driver outfits in front of a screen that flashes words and patterns in blue lighting. Sooyoung leads the first chorus dance, while Jessica