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Don't Don (Korean: 돈 돈!) is the second studio album by Korean boy band Super Junior, released on September 20, 2007 by SM Entertainment in South Korea. 60,000 copies were sold within the first week of release[1] and 164,058 copies were sold by the end of December, becoming Super Junior's best-selling album. The album soon became the second best-selling album in 2007.[2]

Two different repackaged versions, one with three new tracks and a remixed track, and another with one remixed track and a DVD, was released on November 5, 2007 and November 9, 2007 respectively in South Korea.[3][4] A digital disc version of the album was released on November 27, 2007.

History

File:Dondon1.jpg
Don't Don's first promotional image.

When promotions for Super Junior's previous hit single, "U" completed, SM Entertainment announced that the group were processing on the beginning touches for their second full-length album, with an expected November 2006 release. However, due to Heechul's car accident on August 10, 2006, schedules regarding album recordings had to be postponed. Another car accident inflicted upon four other members on April 19, 2007 also affected the album schedules. Kyuhyun, the most injured out of the four, was not discharged from the hospital until July 5, 2007.

During a fan-meet in Shanghai on August 26, 2007, Han Geng revealed that recording schedules for the album were finally active and the album would be released in September,[5] followed up by Shindong's announcement that he would be on a short hiatus from hosting activities to work on the album, and an official announcement of the reappearance of Kyuhyun in news articles.[6] On September 5, 2007, Kang-in revealed his new hairstyle at a public radio, causing an intense anticipation within the media for the group's second album comeback.[7] Their new album concept became a hot topic of debate within netizens as more information of the new concept unraveled. A few days later, SM Entertainment released the album's first promotional image, which contains a silhouette of the thirteen members. The mysterious image increased discussion for the anticipated new album concept, but the new concept was not fully revealed until the release date of the album. However, leaked pictures of the group's new image lightly surfaced across the web a week before the official release date.

On September 13, 2007, the label announced an official date for the album release. Demonstrative ringtones of the tracks in the album was released online on September 19, 2007. The official album was released on September 20, 2007.[8] Pre-orders for the album began in South Korea on September 14, 2007.[9]

Overview

돈 돈! (Don't Don) (Literal translation: Money, Money! (Don't Don)), pronounced as Don Don in Korean, is a pun, playing with the words "don," (Korean: 돈), which means money, and "donda," (Korean: 돈다), which means to go insane. The title song, also named "Don't Don," is introduced as a genre of SMP (SM Music Performance), which is with the strong combination of heavy guitar riffs, fast drums rhythms, electric guitar, a violin solo, and other musical instruments to make the single a rare musical. In an effort to promote the world to become a more innocent and magnanimous place to live, the lyrics sends a message about how money, hypocrisy, and the change of society has made the world into a twisted and greedy place to live.[10] Aside the rock-influenced R&B title track, the album will also consist of soft ballads and 80's style trendy dance songs.[11] The album's second promo-single, "Marry U", is a medium-tempo R&B ballad, reviving the classic image.

The album consists of thirteen tracks and one bonus track. Many members contributed in the production of the album. Yesung, Sungmin, Ryeowook, and Kyuhyun were active as background vocalists while Eunhyuk, one of the main rappers of the group, was in charge of most of the rap lyrics in the album. Leeteuk, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, and Donghae also wrote the lyrics for the dance/pop song, "I am," arranged by Yoon Jongshin. [12] Famous musicians like Yoon Jongshin, Kim Johan, Kim Youngho, Hwang Sungjae, Kim Changhyun, etc. also participated in the production of the album. As usual, aside from the usual dance tracks, the album contains at least one bubblegum pop number ("Sapphire Blue") and one R&B-influenced ballad ("Thank you").

Don't Don came to stores with thirteen different covers, each cover featuring a different member. All thirteen covers of the members is included within the CD package.

Two repackaged versions of the album were released a month after the release of the album. The album's second version, the CD repackaged version, was released on November 5, 2007 with four new tracks: "Marry U" (New Ver.), "A Man In Love", "The girl is mine", and "A Man In Love" (Remix). Although the song "Marry U", was included in the original album, the CD repackaged version brought in a new version of the single, which became the group's second title song for the album. The remixed version of "A Man In Love" became a semi promo-single for the repackaged album and is one of the group's performance songs. The third album version, the CD+DVD repackaged version, was released on November 9, 2007. Although there are no new tracks added to the CD unlike the second version, an extra DVD is added to the album which contains music videos and behind-the-scene clips behind the production of the album.

Reception

Don't Don debuted at #1 on the MIAK K-pop albums chart, quickly selling more than Lee Soo Young's and Wheesung's new albums that were released at least two weeks before Don't Don. The album sold 66,678 copies in its first month of release.[13] After only three months of release, 164,058 copies were sold by the end of December, making it the second best-selling album of 2007.[2]

The album also received overseas success, as it peaked at #1 on the Five Music J-pop/K-pop Chart and the G-music J-pop Chart in Taiwan within the first week of release.[14][15] The album also debuted at #3 on the G-music Combo Billboard Chart, defeating Taiwanese boy band K One who also released their album on the same week.[16] Don't Don became the highest ranked Korean album that made it to the Taiwan charts, defeating even the top Korean wave boy bands TVXQ and Shinhwa who debuted at a lower rank.[17][18]

Track listing

Version 1 listing

  1. "돈 돈! (Don't Don)" — 4:11
  2. "소원이 있나요 (Sapphire Blue)" — 3:24
  3. "You're my endless love (말하자면)" — 4:32
  4. "미워 (Hate U, Love U)" — 3:47
  5. "Disco Drive" — 4:07
  6. "Marry U" — 3:18
  7. "I am" — 3:30
  8. "사랑이 떠나다 (She's gone)" — 4:38
  9. "Missin' U" — 3:43
  10. "거울 (Mirror)" — 4:01
  11. "우리들의 사랑 (Our Love)" — 3:48
  12. "Midnight Fantasy" — 4:00
  13. "Thank you" — 3:35
  14. "아주 먼 옛날 (Song for you)" (Bonus track) — 3:40

Version 3 listing

Musical personnel

Vocals

Charts

All charts are derived from offline sales only.[19][20]

Weekly album sales (South Korea)

Week 1
(9/16-22) 		2
(9/23-29) 		3
(9/30-10/6) 		4
(10/7-13) 		5
(10/14-20) 		6
(10/21-27) 		7
(10/28-11/3)
Position 1 1 2 2 3 9 18
Sales (12,975) (8,850) (4,072) (3,280) (3,577) (1,876) (1,309)
Total 12,975 21,825 25,987 29,267 32,844 33,750 35,059

Monthly album sales (South Korea)

Derived from both offline and online sales.[13][21][22]

Month 1
(September) 		2
(October) 		3
(November) 		4
(December) 		5
(January) 		6
(February) 		7
(March) 		8
(April) 		9
(May)
Position 1 11 1 19 14 12 32 35 34
Sales (66,878) (13,388) (78,749) (5,043) (2,523) (3,296) (1,428) (1,615) (1,305)
Total 66,678 80,266 159,015 164,058 166,581 169,877 171,305 172,920 174,225 174,225

Yearly album sales (South Korea)

Derived from both offline and online sales.[13]

Month 1
(2007) 		2
(2008)
Position 2 –
Sales (164,058) (–)
Total 164,058 –

Chart positions

South Korea

Chart Debut position Peak position Chart run
Hanteo Charts 4 1 (still charting)
MIAK K-pop Charts 1 1 (still charting)

Taiwan

Chart Debut position Peak position Chart run
G-Music Combo Charts 3 3 (2 weeks)
G-Music J-pop Charts (not on chart) 1 (20 weeks)
Five Music J-pop/K-pop Charts 1 1 (20 weeks)

Mainland China

Chart Debut position Peak position Chart run
Amazon Music Charts 2 1 (still charting)
Beijing Music Charts 2 1 (still charting

Release history

Aside South Korea, Don't Don was re-releasd in other countries under different labels.

Don't Don was released in Taiwan on October 19, 2007 and later in Hong Kong on October 25, 2007 under Avex, with the album title changed to The Second Hit (simplified Chinese: 第二击; traditional Chinese: 第二擊; pinyin: dìèrjī).[23] The second and third repackaged versions of the album were both released in Taiwan on December 7, 2007. The second version was renamed to The Second Hit - New retro B version and the third version was renamed to The Second Hit - New modern C version.[24] The album was distributed to Mainland China in early March 2008, which was renamed to Never Give Up (simplified Chinese: 绝不放弃; traditional Chinese: 絕不放棄; pinyin: juébúfàngqì).

Version Region Date Label
1
South Korea
September 20, 2007
SM Entertainment
Thailand
October 2007
GMM Grammy
Taiwan
October 19, 2007
Avex Asia
Hong Kong
October 25, 2007
China
March 2008
—
Japan
May 2008
Rhythm Zone
2
South Korea
November 5, 2007
SM Entertainment
Taiwan
December 7, 2007
Avex Asia
3
South Korea
November 9, 2007
SM Entertainment
Taiwan
December 7, 2007
Avex Asia
4
South Korea
November 27, 2007
SM Entertainment

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