Song History
"Twins (Knock Out)" is the cover of a 2003 single by British boy band, Triple Eight, titled "Knockout." Taiwanese boy band, Energy soon released a Chinese remake of the song several months later, the song being called, "Retreating Dark Files" (退魔錄). Unlike the original song which was a hip hop-influenced pop single, "Retreating Dark Files" is an electropop song. Super Junior 05's version, "Twins (Knock Out)", however, kept the original single's hip hop influence but incorporated heavier bass elements and quicker rap, forming the song into a rap rock piece. The promotional title of the song, Twins, was added to the song's title to mark the change in lyrics from the original song. The lyrics, written by Yoo Young-jin, speaks of self-deception and the indecisive aspects of mind, contrasting the feelings between a man towards love and how he has to decide whether or not he should continue to love or fight with sticking to his own destiny.
The rest of the tracks in the digital single are less emphasized in the rap rock genre as "Way for love" is a bubblegum pop track and "Over" and "L.O.V.E" are purely mainstream pop tracks with a light R&B vibe. The group's first ballad, "You are the one" heavily emphasizes gentle harmonization and R&B. "You are the one" is the group's only ballad, and like the single's other releases, it is heavily focused on R&B. The single was officially released as a studio album a month later, titled SuperJunior05 (Twins), Super Junior 05's first official album.
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