Wonder Party

Wonder Party
From left to right: Yeeun, Sohee, Yubin, Sunye, Hyelim
EP by Wonder Girls
Released	June 3, 2012
Recorded	2011–2012
Genre	K-pop dance-pop hip-hop ballad
Length	21:04
Language	Korean English
Label	JYP
Producer	Park Jin-Young (exec.) Park Yeeun Lee Woo-min Fredrik Odesjo Sangmi Kim Jerry Barnes Rodger Green Katreese Barnes Park Eun Woo Mr. Cho Rainstone Famties
Wonder Girls chronology
Wonder World (2011) Wonder Party (2012) Nobody for Everybody (2012)
Singles from Wonder Party
"The DJ Is Mine" Released: January 12, 2012 "Like This" Released: June 3, 2012 "R.E.A.L." Released: January 13, 2013

Wonder Party is the third mini album by South Korean girl group Wonder Girls. It was released digitally on June 3, 2012 and physically on June 6, 2012. The lead single "Like This" was released on June 3. Also, its deluxe version was released in United States on June 19, 2012.

Background and release

The album was first confirmed by their company and was scheduled to be released in early June. It was also announced that they will be stepping away from the retro-style genre and will focus on more powerful dance tracks for the summer season. J.Y. Park recently wrote via his Twitter page, “Wonder Girls’ US album now complete, and all the songs on their Korean album have unanimously been approved.” ^[1][2] Wonder Party was released on their second mini album So Hot's fourth year anniversary. Album was physically released in South Korea three days later. On June 19, 2012, album was released in United States in deluxe edition. In Malaysia, album was released in early 2013.

Track listing

Wonder Party – Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"R.E.A.L."	Park Yeeun	Yeeun Lee Woo-min Fredrik "Fredro" Odesjo	3:20
2.	"Like This"	J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul"	Park	3:13
3.	"Hey Boy"	Kim Yubin	Sangmi Kim Jerry Barnes Rodger Green Katreese Barnes	3:00
4.	"Girlfriend"	Yeeun	Yeeun Lee	4:01
5.	"Sorry"	Kang Park Park Eun Woo Alicia Lee	Park Eun Woo Mr. Cho	3:33
6.	"The DJ Is Mine"	Cri$tyle Woo Seok Rhee "RAINSTONE"[3]	Rainstone Famties [3][3]	4:00
Total length:				21:04

Wonder Party – Deluxe edition[4]
No.	Title	Music	{{{extra_column}}}	Length
7.	"R.E.A.L." (Instrumental)	Park Ye Eun, Lee Woo Min, Fredrik "Fredro" Odesjo	Park Ye Eun, Lee Woo Min	3:20
8.	"Like This" (Instrumental)	J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul"	J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul", Hong Jisang	3:13
9.	"The DJ Is Mine" (Instrumental)	Woo S. Rhee "Rainstone", Famties	Woo S. Rhee "Rainstone", Famties	3:59
Total length:				31:35

Wonder Party – Malaysian edition (bonus DVD)[5]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Like This" (music video)
2.	"Like This Teaser 1"
3.	"Like This Teaser 2"
4.	"Making of Like This Music Video"
5.	"Real Wonder Girls Clip 1"
6.	"Real Wonder Girls Clip 2"

Credits and personnel

Members

• Sunye – vocals (all tracks)
• Yeeun – vocals (all tracks), songwriting, production (tracks 1, 4)
• Yubin – rapping (all tracks), songwriter (track 3)
• Sohee – vocals (all tracks)
• Hyelim – vocals (all tracks)

Arrangement

• Yeeun (tracks 1, 7)
• Lee Woo-min (tracks 1, 4, 7)
• Park Jin-young (tracks 2, 8)
• Hong Ji-sang (tracks 2, 8)
• Sangmi Kim (track 3)
• Jerry Barnes (track 3)
• Rodger Green (track 3)
• Katreese Barnes (track 3)
• Mr. Cho (tracks 6, 9)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
South Korea Albums (Gaon)[6]	3
US World Albums (Billboard)[7][8]	9

Monthly charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[6]	3
South Korean Monthly National Digital Singles (Gaon)[6][9]	1

Singles

Song	Peak position
	KOR
	Gaon[6]	K-Pop Billboard[7]
"The DJ is Mine"	8	9
"Like This"	2	1
"R.E.A.L"	12	37

Other songs

Song	Peak position
	KOR
	Gaon[6]	K-Pop Billboard[7]
"Girlfriend"	8	22
"Sorry"	14	38
"Hey Boy"	16	40

Sales and certifications

Chart	Amount
Gaon physical sales[10]	35,460+

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Edition
Worldwide	June 3, 2012	Digital download	JYP	Standard
South Korea	June 6, 2012	CD
United States	June 19, 2012	Digital download		Deluxe
Malaysia	January 2, 2013	CD DVD		Standard

References

1. "원더걸스, 6월초 컴백 여름 무더위 날린다". Nate. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
2. "Wonder Girls to make a comeback in June?". Allkpop.com. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
3. "The Dj Is Mine at M.Net" (in Korean). M.Net. 2012-06-03. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
4. "iTunes - Music - Wonder Party (Deluxe Version) by Wonder Girls" (in Korean). iTunes. 2012-06-19. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
5. http://www.asiahomecd.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=13789
6. "Gaon Search - Wonder Girls" (in Korean). Gaon. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
7. "Korea K-Pop Hot 100 Music Chart | Billboard.com". Billboard. 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
8. http://www.billboard.com/artist/431510/wonder+girls/chart?f=339
9. http://www.allkpop.com/2012/07/gaon-chart-releases-chart-rankings-for-the-month-of-june-2012
10. "Gaon album chart". Gaon (in Korean).

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