Mamacita (Super Junior album)

"Mamacita"
Mamacita
	Digital and A version cover
Studio album by Super Junior
Released	29 August 2014
Recorded	June – August 2014
Studio	SM Studios; (Seoul, South Korea)
Genre	K-pop, neo soul, R&B, jazz-pop
Length	37:44
Language	Korean
Label	SM Entertainment
Producer	Lee Soo-man
Super Junior chronology
Singles from Mamacita
	"Mamacita"; Released: 29 August 2014; "This Is Love"; Released: 23 October 2014; "Evanesce"; Released: 27 October 2014;

Mamacita (stylized as MAMACITA) is the seventh Korean studio album (eighth overall) of South Korean boy band Super Junior. It was released on September 1, 2014, by SM Entertainment and was released online on August 29, 2014. This is their first Korean album since Sexy, Free & Single was released in 2012.

The album features 10 members, marking the return of members Leeteuk and Heechul after their mandatory military service. It features the vocals of Yesung in some songs, who was in mandatory military service during the production of the album.

Background

The group went on hiatus for two years and one month while waiting for their leader, Leeteuk who was serving in mandatory military service. In 2013 and the beginning of 2014 the sub-units Super Junior-M and Donghae & Eunhyuk actively worked on their own albums and touring, while the full group successfully completed their World Tour Super Show 5 and achieved some accolades and records overseas.

With the discharge of Leeteuk coming sooner, the members of the group started to hint they were recording a new album and also some of them updated their SNS with pictures in the recording studio. A week before the discharge of Leeteuk, they also uploaded a picture of the full group rehearsing together, causing great excitement. One of the pictures revealed that the famous choreographer Tony Testa was working with them.

It was announced in August 2014 that the group would be making their comeback later that month with a full album and new world tour Super Show 6. The title of the album was revealed, increasing the anticipation, with around forty teaser images released in the following days. Finally the group released an image video teaser with a Western storyline, a music video teaser showcasing parts of the choreography and the chorus of the song and a Highlight Medley of the studio album.

Production & composition

The album is full of new sounds, different beats, old school R&B and pop music. It was revealed that Teddy Riley, Jason J. Lopez and Yoo Young-jin worked on the title track, which is described as an "urban new jack swing track with an Indian percussion base and piano melody that is reminiscent of a DJ remix."[1]

The album has a total of 10 songs, and features composers Don Spike, Team One Sound and Hitchhiker. Band member Donghae contributed music and lyrics to the song 'Shirt,' and also 'Islands' which is about the group's friendship and loyalty.[2] Band member Siwon also wrote the lyrics to ‘Don’t Leave Me’, which was found on the repackaged album.

Promotion

Release

Super Junior held a press conference at the Imperial Palace Hotel in Gangnam, Seoul on August 28, 2014[3] with 200 reporters in attendance. A few hours later the official music video was dropped reaching one million views in less than 9 hours and two million views in less than 22 hours. On the Chinese site YinYueTai Super Junior became the second group on achieve a perfect 100.00 score for the music video (Super Junior-M's Swing music video, being the first one).

On August 29 at 00:00 (KST) the album was dropped in digital format in South Korea. Over the next few days, the album also became available through iTunes for oversea fans. The physical version of the album was available for pre-order a week before and became sold out in Synnara Store. On September 1 the album hit the stores and peaked at #1 in charts right away, despite a controversy with an error in the second print run of the album.

Live performance

The group made their comeback performance on the Korean music show Music Bank with the songs "Shirt" and "Mamacita" on August 29 and kept promotions going on Music Core, Inkigayo and M! Countdown. On September 10 the group did two fan signing events at different locations in Seoul.

Super Show 6

Super Junior kicked off their third World Tour on September 19 at Seoul. The tickets for the first dates in their hometown were sold out in just 9 minutes, and the group celebrated their 100th concert on September 21. They also confirmed five stops in Japan as well, in Tokyo Dome and Osaka Dome.

Critical reception

Billboard released an article about Super Junior's new album highlighting the experimental variety of music styles. The website Critical Kpop also named 'Mamacita' a front-runner for album of the year in the 2014's K-Pop industry, praising it as "Every song on Mamacita fits seamlessly together, and more revealing, every song on Mamacita is better for being included together, in this smooth, sophisticated, funky package. Now that's an album". Allkpop also praised the album writing that composers "crafted a pretty masterful piece of work here" and giving them a 9,0 score overall.

Commercial performance

The album hit the #1 spot on Hanteo chart, making it the best selling of the week with more than 65,000 copies sold. It became #1 on iTunes in many countries such as HongKong, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand and placed in the Top 10 in many countries such as Japan, Indonesia and México. The album topped Billboard's Album World Chart with just three days of sales, selling 1,000+ copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Super Junior also ranked high in other domestic charts in Asia, coming in at #1 on KKBOX Weekly chart in Taiwan and Hong Kong, #2 on Tower Records chart and #3 on Oricon charts, Japan.

Track listing

Version A and B
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Mamacita" (아야야; Ayaya)	Yoo Young-jin	DOM Young-jin Hyun-seung J.SOL Teddy Riley	3:27
2.	"Midnight Blues" (춤을 춘다; Chumeul Chunda)	Shin Jin-hye Lee Yoo-jin	Jason Gill Curtis Richa Emanuel Olsson	4:21
3.	"Evanesce" (백일몽; Baegilmong)	Misfit	DOM Kim Tae-sung Andrew Choi Riley	3:44
4.	"Raining Spell for Love" (사랑이 멎지 않게; Sarang-i Meotji Ankyeo)	Jung Ju-hee	DOM Hyun-seung J.SOL Riley	3:22
5.	"Shirt"	Lee Dong-hae Team One Sound	Dong-hae Team One Sound	3:28
6.	"This Is Love"	Kim Ji-won Cho Yoon-kyung	Kim Ji-hu Park Seul-gi Lola Fair Nermin Harambasic	3:49
7.	"Let's Dance"	Seo Ji-eum	Im Kwang-wook Ylva Dimberg Harambasic	3:45
8.	"Too Many Beautiful Girls"	Kim In-hyung Jin-hye Lee Seu-ran	Chris Young Andy Jackson	3:20
9.	"Mid-season" (환절기; Hwanjeolgi)	Hwang Hyun	Hyun	4:01
10.	"Islands"	Ji-eum Yoo-jin Cho Yoon-kyung	Ricky Hanley Alex Holmgren Andreas Johansson	4:27
Total length:				37:44

*This Is Love* (special edition)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"This Is Love" (stage version)	Ji-won Yoon-kyung	Ji-hu Seul-gi Fair Harambasic	4:07
2.	"Hit Me Up"	Riley DOM Hyun-seung		3:24
3.	"Mamacita" (아야야)	Young-jin	DOM Young-jin Hyun-seung J.SOL Riley	3:27
4.	"Midnight Blues" (춤을 춘다)	Jin-hye Yoo-jin	Gill Richa Olsson	4:21
5.	"Don't Leave Me"	Choi Si-won Iconic Sounds	Si-won 220 Iconic Sounds	3:41
6.	"...ing" (중) (performed by Yesung, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun)	Park Chang-hyun	Chang-hyun	4:16
7.	"Evanesce" (백일몽)	Misfit	DOM Tae-sung Choi Riley	3:44
8.	"Raining Spell for Love" (사랑이 멎지 않게)	Ju-hee	DOM Hyun-seung J.SOL Riley	3:22
9.	"Shirt"	Dong-hae Team One Sound	Dong-hae Team One Sound	3:28
10.	"Let's Dance"	Ji-eum	Kwang-wook Dimberg Harambasic	3:45
11.	"Too Many Beautiful Girls"	In-hyung Jin-hye Seu-ran	Young Jackson	3:20
12.	"Mid-season" (환절기)	Hwang	Hwang	4:01
13.	"Islands"	Ji-eum Yoo-jin Yoon-kyung	Hanley Holmgren Johansson	4:27
Total length:				49:23

Personnel

Credit for Mamacita are adapted from the album.

S.M Entertainment Co., Ltd – Executive Producer
Soo-man Lee – Producer
Nam Soo-young – Director of Management
Jung Chang-hwan – Director of Media Planning
Lee Song-soo, Kwon Yoon-jung, Yoon Ji-hae – A&R Direction & Coordinator
Park Hae-in, Kim Dong-hoo, Cho Min-kyung, Lee Seo-kyung – International Repertoire
Jung Hyo-won, Kim Min-kyung, Oh Jung-eun, Park Mi-ji – Publishing & Copyright Clearance
Vocal director – Yoo Young-jin
Super Junior: Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun – Vocals, background vocals
Yoo Young-jin – Recorded at S.M. Boomingsystem
Goo Joung-pil – Recorded at S.M. Yello Tall Studio
Kim Chol-Sun – Recorded at S.M. Blue Ocean Studio
Yoo Young-jin – Mixing (mixing done at S.M. Boomingsystem)
Nam Koong-jin – Mixing at S.M. Concert Hall Studio
Goo Jong-pil – Mixing at S.M. Yello Tall Studio
Kim Cheol-sun – Mixing at S.M. Blue Ocean Studio
Jang Eui-seok – Mixing at S.M. Blue Cup Studio
Kim Han-goo – Mixing at Sound Pool Studio
Jeon Hoon – Mastering (mastering done at Sonic Korea)

Tak Yeong-jun, Kang Byeong-jun, Wan Young-sun, Kim Min-gun, Kim Si-young, Song In-ho, Park Yeong-suk – Artist Management and Promotion
Lee Seong-Soo, Yoon Hee-jun, Cho Yoo Eun – Artist Planning & Development
Kim Eun-ah, Jung Sang-hee, Lee Ji-sun – Public Relations & Publicity
Kim Min Suk, Park Min-Kwon, Jung Kyung-sik – Media Planning
Tak Young-jun, Hwang Sung-young, Beat Burger (Joe Sim, Greg Hwang) – Choreography Direction
Toni Testa, Beat Burger (Joe Sim, Greg Hwang) – Choreographer
Choi Jung-min – International Marketing
Steven Myungkyung Lee – English lyrics Supervisor
Lee Jung-ah – Customer Relationship Management
Park Jun-young, Sun Young, Jun Sung-jin – Music Video Direction
Min Hee-jin – Visual & Art Director
Han Jung-cul – Photographer
Cho Oh-chul, Yoon Jung-yoon, Kim Yae-min – Design
Lee Won-hae (want) – Stylist
Kim Jung-eun, Kim Hye-yun, Yae Won-sang, Kwak Dong-woo – Hair Stylist
Choi Hye-rin, Han Hyoo-eun, SO Hyun-joo – Make-up Artist
Young-min Kim – Executive Supervisor

Charts

Album charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2014)	Peak position
South Korean Domestic Albums (Gaon)[4]	1
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[5]	1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6]	11
Hong Kong Metro International Chart	18
US Billboard World Albums[7]	1
US Heatseekers Album[8]	39

Monthly charts
Chart (2014)	Peak position
South Korean Domestic Albums (Gaon)[9]	1
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[10]	1

Year-end chart
Chart	Position
2014 South Korean Albums (Gaon)[11]	8

Single charts

Mamacita

Country	Chart	Song	Peak position
South Korea	Gaon Digital Chart (General)	Mamacita	11
	Gaon Digital Chart (Domestic)		10
	Gaon Social Chart		15
	Gaon Streaming Chart		43
	Gaon Mobile Chart		22
China	Baidu Real Time King Chart (General)		2
	Baidu Real Time King Chart		2[12]
	Baidu New Song Chart		3
U.S.	World Digital Songs		4[13]

Others Songs Charted

Country	Chart	Song	Peak position
China	Baidu Real Time King Chart	Midnight Blues	10
	Baidu Real Time King Chart	Shirt	4
	Baidu Real Time King Chart	Evanesce	13
	Baidu Real Time King Chart	This Is Love	15
	Baidu Real Time King Chart	Let's Dance	21
	Baidu Real Time King Chart	Too Many Beautiful Girls	19
	Baidu Real Time King Chart	Raining Spell For Love	17
	Baidu Real Time King Chart	Mid-Seasons	20
	Baidu Real Time King Chart	Island	16
	Baidu New Song Chart	Midnight Blues	15
	Baidu New Song Chart	Shirt	21
	Baidu New Song Chart	Evanesce	28
	Baidu New Song Chart	This Is Love	30

MV charts