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Don't Don (2007)
Where the lyrics of Don't Don take you, and where it was really made.
The title Don't Don is a pun: 'don' is the Korean word for money, and 'donda' means to go insane.
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Recording location listed for the album (2007)
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Album story
Overview
- Second studio album by South Korean boy band Super Junior
- Released in South Korea through SM Entertainment on September 20, 2007
- First album as thirteen members, after Kyuhyun joined a year earlier
- Styles include alternative rock, modern R&B and retro dance-pop
- Almost all tracks contain string sections
- Two singles: the title track "Don't Don" and "Marry U"
- Title track introduced as a genre of SMP (SM Music Performance)
Background
- SM planned a November 2006 release for the album
- Heechul's car accident on August 10, 2006 forced recording schedules to be postponed
- Another car accident on April 19, 2007 involved four other members and affected the schedules again
- Kyuhyun was the most injured of the four and left hospital on July 5, 2007
- Shindong took a short break from hosting to work on the album
Recording
- At a Shanghai fan-meet on August 26, 2007, Han Geng revealed that recording was finally active
- Yesung, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun worked as background vocalists
- Eunhyuk wrote most of the rap lyrics on the album
- Leeteuk, Sungmin, Eunhyuk and Donghae wrote the lyrics for the dance-pop song "I am"
Cover
- Released with thirteen different covers, one for each member
- All thirteen covers are included inside the CD package
- Packaging and image are darker than on the group's first album
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | 돈돈! (Don't Don) | 4:14 |
| 2 | 소원이있나요 (Sapphire Blue) | 3:27 |
| 3 | You're my endless love (말하자면) | 4:35 |
| 4 | 미워 (Hate U, Love U) | 3:50 |
| 5 | Disco Drive | 4:11 |
| 6 | Marry U | 3:21 |
| 7 | I am | 3:34 |
| 8 | 사랑이떠나다 (She's gone) | 4:41 |
| 9 | Missin' U | 3:46 |
| 10 | 거울 (Mirror) | 4:04 |
| 11 | 우리들의사랑 (Our Love) | 3:52 |
| 12 | Midnight Fantasy | 4:04 |
| 13 | Thank you | 3:40 |
| 14 | 아주먼옛날 (Song for you) | 3:43 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Formed by SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man in 2005 as a 12-member group with rotational members.
- The rotational concept was abandoned after Kyuhyun joined in 2006, and the group became known as Super Junior.
- Debuted on November 6, 2005 with the single "Twins (Knock Out)" on Inkigayo.
- Media dubbed them the "Kings of Hallyu Wave" for their contribution to the Korean Wave.
Members
- Current active members: Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Siwon, Donghae, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun.
- Han Geng left in 2011, Kibum in 2015, Kangin in 2019.
Career
- "Sorry, Sorry" (2009) brought international recognition and was the group's best-selling single in South Korea.
- Formed multiple subgroups, including Super Junior-M, Super Junior-T and Super Junior-K.R.Y.
- Won Teen Choice Awards' International Artist and Best Fandom in 2015.
- Released the 11th studio album The Road in 2023 and the 12th studio album Super Junior25 in 2025 for the 20th anniversary.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Sold 60,000 copies in the first week of release
- Debuted at number one on the MIAK monthly album chart
- Outsold the new albums of Lee Soo-young and Wheesung, both released at least two weeks earlier
- Sold 66,678 copies in the first month
Records
- Sold 164,058 copies by the end of December 2007
- Second best-selling album in South Korea in 2007, behind SG Wannabe's The Sentimental Chord
- Reached number one on the Five Music J-pop/K-pop Chart in Taiwan within its first week
- Reached number one on the G-Music J-pop Chart in Taiwan within its first week
- Debuted at number three on the G-Music Combo Chart in Taiwan
- Highest-charting Korean album in Taiwan at the time
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The title pun plays on 'don', meaning money, and 'donda', meaning to go insane.
- SM had planned a November 2006 release, but the schedule slipped after Heechul's accident.
- Kyuhyun was the most injured member in the April 2007 accident and left hospital on July 5, 2007.
- The first performance of the title track was on KBS's Music Bank on September 21, 2007.
- Soon after the second single's release, members became co-hosts of the SBS program Explorers of the Human Body with Shin Dongyup.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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