Don't Don (song)

"돈 돈! (Don't Don)", literally translated to "Money, Money! (Don't Don)", is an R&B/rock song (specifically SMP) written by Yoo Young Jin and Groovie K for the Korean boy band Super Junior, which was released in their second album, Don't Don on September 20, 2007. On September 21, 2007, the group made their first performance on KBS's Music Bank, performing "Don't Don." The song debuted in most South Korean music charts and enjoyed success as part of the top 20 for weeks.

Song history

"Don't Don" is the first track in Don't Don, a song with the music combination of rock, heavy beat, R&B, rap, and dance-pop. The song debuted as part of the top 20 on most South Korean music charts on the second week of October. Composed, arranged and written by Yoo Young Jin, the song is an extinctive type of SMP (SM Music Performance), with the composition of heavy guitar riffs, percussion patterns, an electronic violin solo, and other musical elements that mix the song into a grand musical performance. The song features various rap strings and also a solo violin performance, performed by a Canadian-Chinese SM Entertainment trainee, Henry Lau, who is now a member of Super Junior-M.

Don't Don

Don't Don (Korean: 돈 돈!) is the second studio album by Korean boy band Super Junior. It was released by SM Entertainment on September 20, 2007 in South Korea. This is the group's first album as thirteen members, with the addition of Kyuhyun a year prior. Slightly different from their first album, this album focuses on more different kinds of pop melodies, most notably on those that approach alternative rock, modern R&B and retro dance-pop, with almost all tracks in the album containing string sections. 60,000 copies were sold within the first week of release and 164,058 copies were sold by the end of December, and was certified as the second best-selling album of 2007, with the first being SG Wannabe's fourth studio album, "The Sentimental Chord."

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. A digital disc version of the album was released on November 27, 2007.