Hands Up (album)

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Hands Up
Hands-up-2pm.jpg
Studio album by
2PM
ReleasedJune 20, 2011
Recorded2010–11
Genre
Length48:25
Label
Producer The Asiansoul
2PM chronology
All About 2PM
(2011)
Hands Up
(2011)
Republic of 2PM
(2011)
Singles from HANDS UP
  1. "Don't Stop Can't Stop/Without U"
    Released: April 19, 2010
  2. "Thank You"
    Released: August 17, 2010
  3. "I’ll Be Back"
    Released: October 11, 2010
  4. "Hands Up"
    Released: June 20, 2011
  5. "Give It To Me"
    Released: July 19, 2011
  6. "Hot"
    Released: July 25, 2011

Hands Up is the second studio album by South Korean boy band, 2PM. The album was released in digital format on June 20, 2011 [1] and the physical format on June 21, 2011 also the special limited edition on June 23, 2011. The Japanese edition of the album include a 24-page photo book. [2]

Contents

Music videos

A teaser for the music video of "HANDS UP", the lead single of their album, was released on June 14, 2011 on the 2PM's official YouTube account. [3] The full music video was released on June 20, 2011 along with the album. [4]

They released a music video for "HANDS UP (East4A Mix)" on July 14, 2011. They released 2 music videos for "HOT" and "Give It To Me" to promote the movie Blind. "Give It To Me" was written by Junho and released on July 19. "HOT" was written by Jun. K and was released on July 25, both on the 2PM's official YouTube account.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementsLength
1."HANDS UP" Park Jin-young Jin-youngThe Asiansoul3:18
2."Electricity"Jin-youngThe AsiansoulTommy Park3:52
3."Give It To Me" Lee Jun-ho
  • Jun-ho
  • Hong Ji-sang
Ji-sang3:38
4."영화처럼" (Like A Movie) Chance ChanceChance4:20
5."모르니" (Don't You Know)Ji-sangJi-sangJi-sang3:45
6."HOT" Kim Min-jun Min-junChance3:30
7."Without U"Jin-youngJin-young
  • The Asiansoul
  • Park
3:20
8."I'll Be Back"Jin-youngJin-young
  • Jin-young
  • Fame-J
  • Shim Eun-ji
3:37
9."I Can't" Doo-hyun Doo-hyunRa.D3:25
10."HANDS UP" ("East4A" mix)Jin-youngJin-youngPark3:30
11."Electricity" ("220v" remix)Jin-youngJin-youngEast4A4:06
12."Thank You"Jin-youngJin-youngPark3:58
13."Don't Stop Can't Stop"Jin-youngJin-young
  • The Asiansoul
  • Park
4:08
Total length:48:25
Taiwan edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."HANDS UP" ( music video ) 
2."I'll Be Back" (music video) 

Charts and certifications

Sales and certifications

ChartAmount
Gaon physical sales [8] 100,428 (2011)
11,925 (2012)
Oricon sales26,039

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
South KoreaJune 20, 2011 Digital download JYP Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment
June 21, 2011 CD
TaiwanAugust 1, 2011 Universal Music Taiwan
JapanAugust 17, 2011 Ariola Japan
PhilippinesSeptember 24, 2011 PolyEast Records
IndonesiaOctober 29, 2011 Warner Music Indonesia
South KoreaMarch 22, 2013Re-issue (KMP edition) JYP Entertainment, KMP Holdings

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