Wonder World (album)

Wonder World is the second studio album by South Korean pop girl group Wonder Girls. It was released on November 7, 2011. It was produced by Park Jin-Young. "Be My Baby" served as the lead single from album. Both album and single were commercial success. Album was promoted with a Wonder World Tour in 2012. Members were more involved in songwriting in production: Park Yeeun wrote and produced "G.N.O." and "Me, In", Kim Yubin wrote "Girls Girls", "Me, In" and "Sweet Dreams" while Woo Hyelim wrote and produced her solo song "Act Cool", featuring San E. Members also recorded duets: Min Sunye and Yeeun recorded "Long Long Time" while Yubin and Ahn Sohee recorded "SuperB".

Background and composition

On November 4, the album's name was revealed to be Wonder World, consisting of 11 new songs, one remixed song, and an English version of the lead single, "Be My Baby". Various members of the group contributed to composing material for the album. Park Yeeun was the composer and lyricist for the song "G.N.O." and performed the arrangement and composition for "Me, In". In an interview she commented about the strong American influence that she had received while working on new music in the album as she stated "When I went to a club, I heard songs from Rihanna and LMFAO. We thought it would be nice if we could make club music, done right, in Korean."^[1] Woo Hyelim collaborated with rapper San-E for her solo song "Act Cool" for which also helped her write the rap lyrics.^[2] Kim Yubin wrote the raps for the songs "Girls Girls" "Me, In" and "Sweet Dreams". Ahn Sohee and Yubin recorded a duet together called "SuperB", and Yeeun and Min Sunye also had a duet entitled "두고두고" (Long Long Time).^[1] Renowned choreographer Jonte' Moaning, who worked with American R&B artist Beyoncé on her song "Freakum Dress" and has served as a back-up dancer for "Single Ladies", helped choreograph the group's music video for "Be My Baby". Designer Johnny Wujek, who was also the fashion stylist for American pop artist Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" and "California Gurls", also worked alongside the group.^[3] Wonder World placed at number 1 on the Gaon Weekly Album Chart^[4] and number 5 on Billboard's World Album Chart.^[5] "Be My Baby" went to number 1 on both the Gaon Weekly Digital Charts^[6] and the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100.^[7] The song was also featured on the group's TV movie, "The Wonder Girls", which aired on TeenNick.

Commercial performance

Wonder World was a commercial success. It peaked at number one on South Korean Gaon Albums weekly chart and number four on monthly chart. It also peaked at number five on US World Albums chart. According to Gaon physical sales chart, album sold 43,349 copies in South Korea.

Track listing

Wonder World – Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"G.N.O."	Park Yeeun	Yeeun Lee Woo-min Fredrik	3:30
2.	"Be My Baby"	J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul"	Park	3:31
3.	"Girls Girls"	Kim Yubin Shim Eun-ji	Shim	3:33
4.	"Me, In"	Yubin Yeeun Shin Jung-hyeon	Shin Yeeun	3:14
5.	"Sweet Dreams"	Yubin Billion Dollar Baby Noday	DeepFrost Shim	3:34
6.	"Stop!"	Hong Ji-sang	Hong Ji-sang	3:22
7.	"Dear Boy"	Jessica Martinez Nikki Flores	Fingazz DJ Nüre	3:11
8.	"두고두고" (Long Long Time (Sunye and Yeeun duet))	Park	Park	3:46
9.	"SuperB" (Yubin and Sohee duet)	Kim Eana	East4A	3:19
10.	"Act Cool" (Hyelim featuring San E)	Woo Hyelim San-E	Woo San-E	3:33
11.	"Be My Baby" (Ra.D Mix)	Park	Park	3:27
12.	"Nu Shoes"	Woo Seok Rhee "Rainstone" Alexander Kronlund Lukas Hilbert	Rainstone Kronlund Hilbert	3:29
Total length:				41:29

Wonder World – iTunes Store edition (bonus track)
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Be My Baby" (English version)	3:32
Total length:		45:01

Wonder World – Taiwanese special edition (bonus track)
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Be My Baby" (Chinese version)	3:32
Total length:		45:01

Wonder World – Taiwanese special edition (bonus DVD)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Be My Baby" (music video)
2.	"Be My Baby" (making film)
3.	"Be My Baby" (album shooting)
4.	"Real Wonder Girls"

Wonder World – Malaysian and Singaporean special edition (bonus DVD)^[8]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Teaser 1"
2.	"Teaser 2"
3.	"Be My Baby" (music video)
4.	"Real WG "Magazine""
5.	"Real WG "Fan Session""
6.	"Be My Baby" (making of music video)
7.	"Jacket Making"

Sample credits

"Me, In" contains a sample of Shin Jung-hyeon's song "The Beauty".

Credits and personnel

Sunye – vocals (all tracks except for tracks 9, 10)
Yeeun – vocals (all tracks except for tracks 9,9 10), songwriting, production (tracks 1, 4), rearrangement (track 4)
Yubin – rapping (all tracks except for tracks 8, 10), songwriting (tracks 3, 4, 5)
Sohee – vocals (all tracks except for tracks 8, 10)
Hyelim – vocals, rapping (all tracks except for tracks 8 and 9), songwriting, production (track 10)
Lee Woo-min – producer (track 1), rearrangement (track 4)
Fredrik – producer (track 1)
Cho Jong-soo – raps (track 1)
Park Jin-young – songwriting, production (tracks 2, 8, 11)
Shim Eun-ji – songwriting (track 3), production (tracks 3, 5)
Shin Jung-hyeon - songwriting, production (track 4)
Billion Dollar Baby - songwriting (track 5)
Noday - songwriting (track 5)
DeepFrost - production (track 5)
Hong Ji-sang – songwriting, production (track 6)
Jessica Martinez – songwriting (track 7)
Nikki Flores – songwriting (track 7)
Fingazz – production (track 7)
DJ Nüre – production (track 7)
Kim Eana – songwriting (track 8)
East4A – production (track 8)
San E – featured artist, rapping, songwriting, production (track 10)
Woo Seok Rhee – songwriting, production (track 12)
Alexander Kronlund – songwriting, production (track 12)
Lukas Hilbert – songwriting, production (track 12)

Charts

Weekly charts

Charts (2011)	Peak position
South Korean Albums (Gaon)^[4]	1
US World Albums (Billboard)^[5]	5

Monthly charts

Charts (2011)	Peak position
South Korean Albums (Gaon)^[9]	4

Sales

Country	Chart	Sales/shipments
South Korea	Gaon physical sales	43,349+^[10]

Release history

Region	Date	Edition	Format	Label	Catalog	Ref.
South Korea	November 7, 2011	Standard	CD digital download	JYP LOEN	L100004386	^[11]
United States	November 7, 2011	Standard	Digital download	JYP	–	^[12]
Taiwan	January 6, 2012	Standard Special	CD DVD digital download	Universal Music	1027259494	^[13]
Malaysia	April 10, 2012			JYP Warner Music	5053105239122	^[8]
Singapore	April 10, 2012			JYP Warner Music	5053105239122	^[8]

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