Mirotic

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Mirotic
Version A (CD + Photobook)
Studio album by TVXQ
Released	September 26, 2008
Recorded	2007-2008 at SM Studios in Seoul, South Korea
Genre	Pop, R&B, electropop, hip hop, musique concrète, dance-pop
Length	50:27
Language	Korean
Label	SM Entertainment, Avex Asia
Producer	Lee Soo Man
TVXQ chronology
T (2008) Mirotic (2008) The Secret Code 2009
Alternative cover
Version B (CD+DVD)
Version C (CD+Photobook)
Singles from Mirotic
"주문-Mirotic" Released: September 2008 "Wrong Number" Released: November 1, 2008 "악녀 (Are You a Good Girl?)(Promoted Song)"

Mirotic is TVXQ's fourth South Korean award-winning studio album, released on September 26, 2008. The album had been in production since 2007, but the title was not decided upon until January 2008. TVXQ members Xiah Junsu and Max Changmin participated directly in the making of the album, penning the lyrics for "노을.. 바라보다 (Picture of You)" and "Love in the Ice", respectively. In addition, members Hero Jaejoong and Micky Yoochun composed and wrote the lyrics to "사랑아 울지마 (Don't Cry My Lover)" and "사랑 안녕 사랑 (Love Bye Love)", respectively, for version C of the album. Three days after its release, Mirotic became the best selling album of the year, topping the 2008 Hanteo yearly charts with 333,000 copies sold. On November 15, 2008, the album won the album of the year award at the 2008 MKMF Korean Music Festival awards selling over 500,000 copies.

The choreography of "주문-Mirotic," the title track of the album, was done in a collaboration between Korean choreographers and Kenny Wormald, who had also worked with pop stars Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown and Christina Aguilera. The song features a "reverse beat" track, meaning that the bass beat is either a half beat or a whole beat late in coming into a new phrase. While in most genres of music, the bass note comes in directly on the first beat of the measure in setting the chord of the phrase, reverse beat songs alter this usual method. In doing so, the reverse beat genre is said to have an effect of "growing on" the listener, having an addictive sound.

"Mirotic" is a newly coined term, created by Hero Jaejoong, that combines the Korean MIRO (미로), meaning "maze", and the English suffix "-tic".

The title song was composed by the Danish producers, Remee, Lucas Secon and Thomas Troelsen. The German singer, Sarah Connor, also bought the copyright to the song (not specified when). Despite the fact that the two original songs were the same composed piece, they have musical differences (TVXQ's version has a rap and multi-layered harmonies while Connor's has a bridge; the melodies in the chorus also differ).

Track listing

Version A

CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"주문-Mirotic"		Sigvardt, Mikkel Remee, Lucas Secon, Thomas Troelsen	3:28
2.	"Wrong Number"		Marvin Ambrosius, Christopher Lee Joe, Iain James, Philippe Anquetil	4:14
3.	"노을..바라보다 (Picture of You)"	Xiah Junsu	Tuohey Alfred Dale, Bui Thanh Vu	4:51
4.	"Crazy Love"	Young-hu Kim	Young-hu Kim	3:43
5.	"Hey! Don't Bring Me Down"
6.	"넌 나의 노래 (You're My Melody)"	Young-hu Kim	JV, Sean Alexander, Pascal "Claps" Guyon	3:33
7.	"무지개 (Rainbow)"		Kenzie	4:11
8.	"낙원 (Paradise)"	Wheesung	Kelvin Kumar, Sean Kumar	4:39
9.	"악녀 (Are You a Good Girl?)"			4:11
10.	"Flower Lady"		Andrew Omar Grange, Rupert Lloyd Gayle, Micah Samuel Williams	3:53
11.	"잊혀진 계절 (Forgotten Season)"			4:22
12.	"Love in the Ice" (Korean Version of Love in the ice)	Max Changmin	Daisuke Suzuki, Yuya Saito	5:18

Version B

CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"주문-Mirotic"		Sigvardt, Mikkel Remee, Lucas Secon, Thomas Troelsen	3:28
2.	"Wrong Number"		Marvin Ambrosius, Christopher Lee Joe, Iain James, Philippe Anquetil	4:14
3.	"노을..바라보다 (Picture of You)"	Xiah Junsu</ref>	James Hollands, James Critcher, Marcus Jilla	4:51
4.	"Crazy Love"	Young-hu Kim	Young-hu Kim	3:43
5.	"Hey! (Don't Bring Me Down)"			4:12
6.	"넌 나의 노래 (You're My Melody)"	Young-hu Kim	JV, Sean Alexander, Pascal "Claps" Guyon	3:33
7.	"무지개 (Rainbow)"		Kenzie	4:11
8.	"낙원 (Paradise)"	Wheesung	Kelvin Kumar, Sean Kumar	4:39
9.	"악녀 (Are You a Good Girl?)"			4:11
10.	"Flower Lady"		Andrew Omar Grange, Rupert Lloyd Gayle, Micah Samuel Williams	3:53

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Directed by Hero (Interviewee: U-Know)" (The Fourth Album Surprise Project - Directed by TVXQ! [20080830-200880831 a-nation'08 Tokyo Story])
2.	"Directed by U-Know (Interviewee: Max)" (The Fourth Album Surprise Project - Directed by TVXQ! [20080830-200880831 a-nation'08 Tokyo Story])
3.	"Directed by Max (Interviewee: Xiah)" (The Fourth Album Surprise Project - Directed by TVXQ! [20080830-200880831 a-nation'08 Tokyo Story])
4.	"Directed by Xiah (Interviewee: Micky)" (The Fourth Album Surprise Project - Directed by TVXQ! [20080830-200880831 a-nation'08 Tokyo Story])
5.	"Directed by Micky (Interviewee: Hero)" (The Fourth Album Surprise Project - Directed by TVXQ! [20080830-200880831 a-nation'08 Tokyo Story])
6.	"Directed by TVXQ! - Talk about Mirotic" (The Fourth Album Surprise Project - Directed by TVXQ! [20080830-200880831 a-nation'08 Tokyo Story])
7.	"Directed by TVXQ! - 'Surprise Project [a-nation'08 Diary]'" (The Fourth Album Surprise Project - Directed by TVXQ! [20080830-200880831 a-nation'08 Tokyo Story])

Version C

CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Wrong Number"		Marvin Ambrosius, Christopher Lee Joe, Iain James, Philippe Anquetil	4:14
2.	"사랑아 울지마 (Don't Cry My Lover)"		Hero Jaejoong	4:44
3.	"주문-Mirotic"		Sigvardt, Mikkel Remee, Lucas Secon, Thomas Troelsen	3:28
4.	"Crazy Love"	Young-hu Kim	Young-hu Kim	3:43
5.	"Hey! (Don't Bring Me Down)"			4:12
6.	"소원 (Wish) featuring Ryeowook & Kyuhyun of Super Junior"			4:36
7.	"넌 나의 노래 (You're My Melody)"	Young-hu Kim	JV, Sean Alexander, Pascal "Claps" Guyon	3:33
8.	"노을..바라보다 (Picture of You)"	Xiah Junsu	Tuohey Alfred Dale, Bui Thanh Vu	4:51
9.	"무지개 (Rainbow)"		Kenzie	4:11
10.	"사랑 안녕 사랑 (Love Bye Love)"	Micky Yoochun	Micky Yoochun	3:34
11.	"낙원 (Paradise)"	Wheesung	Kelvin Kumar, Sean Kumar	4:39
12.	"악녀 (Are You a Good Girl?)"			4:11
13.	"Flower Lady"		Andrew Omar Grange, Rupert Lloyd Gayle, Micah Samuel Williams	3:53
14.	"Don't Say Goodbye"			4:25
15.	"잊혀진 계절 (Forgotten Season)"			4:22
16.	"Love in the Ice" (Korean Version of Love in the ice)	Max Changmin	Daisuke Suzuki, Yuya Saito	5:18

CD: Clean Version
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Wrong Number"		Marvin Ambrosius, Christopher Lee Joe, Iain James, Philippe Anquetil	4:14
2.	"사랑아 울지마 (Don't Cry My Lover)"		Hero Jaejoong	4:44
3.	"주문-Mirotic (Clean version)"		Sigvardt, Mikkel Remee, Lucas Secon, Thomas Troelsen	3:28
4.	"Crazy Love"	Young-hu Kim	Young-hu Kim	3:43
5.	"Hey! (Don't Bring Me Down)"			4:12
6.	"소원 (Wish) featuring Ryeowook & Kyuhyun of Super Junior"			4:36
7.	"넌 나의 노래 (You're My Melody)"	Young-hu Kim	JV, Sean Alexander, Pascal "Claps" Guyon	3:33
8.	"노을..바라보다 (Picture of You)"	Xiah Junsu	Tuohey Alfred Dale, Bui Thanh Vu	4:51
9.	"무지개 (Rainbow)"		Kenzie	4:11
10.	"사랑 안녕 사랑 (Love Bye Love)"	Micky Yoochun	Micky Yoochun	3:34
11.	"낙원 (Paradise)"		Kelvin Kumar, Sean Kumar	4:39
12.	"악녀 (Are You a Good Girl?)"			4:11
13.	"Flower Lady"		Andrew Omar Grange, Rupert Lloyd Gayle, Micah Samuel Williams	3:53
14.	"Don't Say Goodbye"			4:25
15.	"잊혀진 계절 (Forgotten Season)"			4:22
16.	"Love in the Ice" (Korean Version of Love in the ice)	Max Changmin	Daisuke Suzuki, Yuya Saito	5:18
17.	"주문-Mirotic (Acoustic ver)"		Sigvardt, Mikkel Remee, Lucas Secon, Thomas Troelsen	4:44

Version D

CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Wrong Number"		Marvin Ambrosius, Christopher Lee Joe, Iain James, Philippe Anquetil	4:14
2.	"사랑아 울지마 (Don't Cry My Lover)"		Hero Jaejoong	4:44
3.	"주문-Mirotic (Chinese Version)"	Fernando	Sigvardt, Mikkel Remee, Lucas Secon, Thomas Troelsen	3:28
4.	"Crazy Love"	Young-hu Kim	Young-hu Kim	3:43
5.	"Hey! (Don't Bring Me Down)"			4:12
6.	"소원 (Wish) featuring Ryeowook & Kyuhyun of Super Junior"			4:36
7.	"넌 나의 노래 (You're my melody)"	Young-hu Kim	JV, Sean Alexander, Pascal "Claps" Guyon	3:33
8.	"노을..바라보다 (Picture of You)"	Xiah Junsu	Tuohey Alfred Dale, Bui Thanh Vu	4:51
9.	"무지개 (Rainbow)"		Kenzie	4:11
10.	"사랑 안녕 사랑 (Love Bye Love)"	Micky Yoochun	Micky Yoochun	3:34
11.	"낙원 (Paradise)"		Kelvin Kumar, Sean Kumar	4:39
12.	"악녀 (Are You a Good Girl?)"			4:11
13.	"Flower Lady"		Andrew Omar Grange, Rupert Lloyd Gayle, Micah Samuel Williams	3:53
14.	"Don't Say Goodbye"			4:25
15.	"잊혀진 계절 (Forgotten Season)"			4:22
16.	"Love in the Ice" (Korean Version of Love in the ice)	Max Changmin	Daisuke Suzuki, Yuya Saito	5:18
17.	"주문-Mirotic (Acoustic Clean ver)"		Sigvardt, Mikkel Remee, Lucas Secon, Thomas Troelsen	4:44

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mirotic Music Video Behind the Scenes" (With Chinese Subtitles)
2.	"Mirotic Music Video" (With Chinese Subtitles)
3.	"Wrong Number Music Video Behind the Scenes" (With Chinese Subtitles)
4.	"Wrong Number Music Video" (With Chinese Subtitles)
5.	"Directed by Micky (Interviewee: Hero)" (With Chinese Subtitles)

Japan Release Version

CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Wrong Number"		Marvin Ambrosius, Christopher Lee Joe, Iain James, Philippe Anquetil	4:14
2.	"사랑아 울지마 (Don't Cry My Lover)"		Hero Jaejoong	4:44
3.	"주문-Mirotic"		Sigvardt, Mikkel Remee, Lucas Secon, Thomas Troelsen	3:28
4.	"Crazy Love"	Young-hu Kim	Young-hu Kim	3:43
5.	"Hey! (Don't Bring Me Down)"			4:12
6.	"소원 (Wish) featuring Ryeowook & Kyuhyun of Super Junior"			4:36
7.	"넌 나의 노래 (You're My Melody)"	Young-hu Kim	JV, Sean Alexander, Pascal "Claps" Guyon	3:33
8.	"노을..바라보다 (Picture of You)" (Original song from North's Straight Up album)	Xiah Junsu	Tuohey Alfred Dale, Bui Thanh Vu	4:51
9.	"무지개 (Rainbow)"		Kenzie	4:11
10.	"사랑 안녕 사랑 (Love Bye Love)"	Micky Yoochun	Micky Yoochun	3:34
11.	"낙원 (Paradise)"		Kelvin Kumar, Sean Kumar	4:39
12.	"악녀 (Are You a Good Girl?)"			4:11
13.	"Flower Lady"		Andrew Omar Grange, Rupert Lloyd Gayle, Micah Samuel Williams	3:53
14.	"Don't Say Goodbye"			4:25
15.	"잊혀진 계절 (Forgotten Season)"			4:22
16.	"Love in the Ice" (Korean Version of Love in the ice)	Max Changmin	Daisuke Suzuki, Yuya Saito	5:18

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mirotic Music Video"
2.	"Making of Mirotic Music Video"
3.	"Directed by Hero (Interviewee: U-Know)" (The Fourth Album Surprise Project - Directed by TVXQ! [20080830-200880831 a-nation'08 Tokyo Story])
4.	"Directed by Max (Interviewee: Xiah)" (The Fourth Album Surprise Project - Directed by TVXQ! [20080830-200880831 a-nation'08 Tokyo Story])
5.	"Directed by Xiah (Interviewee: Micky)" (The Fourth Album Surprise Project - Directed by TVXQ! [20080830-200880831 a-nation'08 Tokyo Story])
6.	"Directed by Micky (Interviewee: Hero)" (The Fourth Album Surprise Project - Directed by TVXQ! [20080830-200880831 a-nation'08 Tokyo Story])
7.	"Directed by TVXQ! - Talk about Mirotic" (The Fourth Album Surprise Project - Directed by TVXQ! [20080830-200880831 a-nation'08 Tokyo Story])
8.	"Directed by TVXQ! - 'Surprise Project [a-nation'08 Diary]'" (The Fourth Album Surprise Project - Directed by TVXQ! [20080830-200880831 a-nation'08 Tokyo Story])

Promotional singles

• "주문-Mirotic (September 2008, South Korea) (October 2008, Japan as Jumon: Mirotic)
• "Wrong Number" (November 2008, South Korea)

Release history

Country	Date
South Korea	September 26, 2008
Taiwan	October 17, 2008
Japan	December 12, 2008
Philippines	January 30, 2010

Sales

Korea albums & singles chart

Chart	Position	Sales
September Monthly Chart (2008)	1	307,974
October Monthly Chart (2008)	1	500,000 + +

Taiwan chart

G-Music Jpop yearly sale chart

Year	Position	Sales(%)
2008	1	3.45%

External links

• http://www.tvxq.com
• http://www.yesasia.com/global/dong-bang-shin-ki-vol-4-mirotic-cd-photobook-korea-version-a/1011977373-0-0-0-en/info.html

Awards and achievements
Preceded by The Sentimental Chord by SG Wannabe	Golden Disk Awards for Disk Daesang (Album of the Year) 2008	Succeeded by Sorry, Sorry by Super Junior