[4] His first and only album, Because I Love You (Korean: 사랑하기 때문에) was released through Seoul Records in 1987.

[5] Yoo died in a car accident months later from the album release at age 25.

Yoo was born in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province in South Korea.

[1] He attended Hanyang University, where he studied music composition and began playing the keyboard for Cho Yong-pil's band, The Great Birth in 1984.

[9] In 2013, Mnet ranked Yoo at number one on their Legend 100 list of the most influential musicians in South Korean history since the 1960s.