''Hoot'' (; subtitled ''009'') is the third

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by the South Korean girl group

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. The extended play contains five songs and was released on 27 October 2010, by

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. The album is listed by

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as the third best-selling album of 2010 in South Korea, with 163,066 copies sold.

Composition

Contributions to the album's production came from

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, Jinu (Hitchhiker), Kenzie and the former Roommate and Nadia member Hwang Hyun. The title song, "

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", was composed by the Danish songwriter-producers Martin Michael Larsson and Lars Halvor Jensen, of

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, together with the British songwriter Alex James, with the intention of creating an "exciting up-tempo record for a female artist or group". It was originally titled "Bulletproof" and written with English lyrics. "Mistake" is the second track and a R&B

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with lyrics by

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which is about a girl who can't move on from a relationship with a guy who asked her to "wait" for him but in the end he found another and she blames herself for not trying harder to keep the love between them. The third track "My Best Friend" is a

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song with lyrics by

that talks about each other's

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of Girls' Generation. The fourth track "Wake Up" is an

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song carrying dark

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beat-sounds with medium tempo shuffle rhythm. "Snowy Wish" is the fifth track and a bright dance-pop song.''

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Single

Hoot debuted at #1 on 30 October 2010 on the ''

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''.Gaon Chart
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''. Retrieved 5 November 2010. The song won ''Triple Crown'' on ''

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'' on 28 November 2010 and won five times on Music Bank of KBS. The song demo was written and recorded in the UK, with

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singing the vocal, and then finished and mixed in Denmark.

Promotion

They held their comeback stage show on 29 October 2010 on KBS's ''

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''. It was also performed on ''

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'', ''

'' and ''

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''. They held their final stage show on 4 December 2010 on MBC's ''Show! Music Core''.

Commercial performance

A day before the official release of ''Hoot'', it was reported that it had received over 150,000 sales in pre-orders. The album achieved gold status in Japan for selling 100,000 copies. The album is listed by

as the third best-selling album of 2010 in South Korea, with 163,066 copies sold.

Track listing

Credits adapted from

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Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Sales and certifications

Release history

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoot 2010 EPs Girls' Generation albums SM Entertainment EPs Korean-language EPs