Outside Castle

Outside Castle
Outside Castle
Studio album by H.O.T.
Released	September 29, 2000
Recorded	2000
Studio	SM Digital Recording Studios, Seoul
Genre	K-pop
Length	59:15
Language	Korean
Label	SM
H.O.T. chronology
Alternative cover
Singles from Outside Castle
	"Outside Castle"; Released: September 29, 2000; "We Can Do It"; Released: September 29, 2000; "A Song For a Lady"; Released: September 29, 2000;

Outside Castle is the fifth and final studio album by South Korean boy group H.O.T., released on through SM Entertainment on September 29, 2000.^[1] The album spawned three singles: the title track "Outside Castle", "We Can Do It", and "A Song For a Lady".

Outside Castle debuted at number one on the MIAK monthly album chart and sold nearly 880,000 copies in 2000, and was the year's fifth best-selling album. The single "Outside Castle" won Best Popular Music Video (Daesang) at the 2000 Mnet Music Video Festival—the group's second consecutive win in the category.

Background

The proportion of self-composed songs, which had been gradually increasing, reached 100% for the album as all of the record's tracks were written or produced by the group members.

Commercial performance

On September 25, 2000, SM Entertainment revealed that the album received over 800,000 pre-orders, with sales expected to surpass ₩3 billion within the month.^[2] Released physically on October 2, the album debuted at number one on the monthly MIAK album charts for October with sales of over 840,000 copies.^[3] MIAK ranked Outside Castle the fifth best-selling album of 2000 with nearly 880,000 copies sold.^[4]

Accolades

Awards and nominations for "Outside Castle"
Award ceremony	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
Mnet Music Video Festival	2000	Best Popular Music Video (Daesang)	Won	^[5]
		Best Male Group	Nominated
		Best Dance Performance	Nominated

Music program awards for "Outside Castle"
Program	Date
Inkigayo	October 22, 2000
	October 29, 2000
	November 5, 2000
Music Camp	October 28, 2000
	November 4, 2000
	November 11, 2000
Music Bank	November 9, 2000
	November 16, 2000
	November 23, 2000

Promotion and live performances

2001 H.O.T. Live Concert

H.O.T. held their second concert at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium titled the "2001 H.O.T. Live Concert – H.O.T. Forever". The concert took place on February 27, 2001, and attracted 45,000 fans.^[6] A live album recording of the concert was released on April 27, 2001, which sold 138,616 copies.^[7]

Setlist

"I Yah!"
"Git It Up!" / "You Got Gun"
Opening Ment
"It's Been Raining Since You Left Me" / "Delight"
"N.B.K. (Natural Born Killer)"
"Time Will Tell"
"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Tony solo)
"Only You" (Kangta solo)
"Right Here Waiting" (Kangta solo)
"Full of Happiness" (with fan) (Kangta solo)
"Let It Be" (Kangta solo)
"Persia Black Hole ((Moon Hee-joon solo)
"A Song For a Lady"
"We Are the Future" / "OP.T (Operation Takeover)"
"Scratch Show" (Woohyuk solo)
"Good-bye For the Last" (with Tony) (Woohyuk solo)
"Full of Happiness" / "Hope"
"My Mother"
Closing Ment
"You & I"
"We Can Do It"
"Outside Castle"

Track listing

*Outside Castle* track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Outside Castle"	Moon Hee-joon	Moon Hee-joon	Moon Hee-joon Park In-young	5:23
2.	"Delight" (신비; Sinbi)	Kangta	Kangta	Kangta	3:51
3.	"We Can Do It!" (그래! 그렇게!; Geulae! Geuleohge!)	Kangta	Kangta	Kangta	4:05
4.	"My Mother"	Jang Woo-hyuk	Jang Woo-hyuk Kangta	Jang Woo-hyuk Song Gwang-sik Oh Jo-hwan	3:49
5.	"Pray for You" (꿈의 기도; Kkum-ui gido)	Kangta	Kangta	Kangta	4:47
6.	"Wish of a Blue Bird" (파랑새의 소원; Palangsaeui sowon)	Moon Hee-joon	Moon Hee-joon	Moon Hee-joon	3:35
7.	"Time Will Tell"	Lee Jae-won Moon Hee-joon	Lee Jae-won Moon Hee-joon	Lee Jae-won	4:21
8.	"One Last Love"	Tony Ahn	Tony Ahn Yoon Chi-woong	Tony Ahn Yoon Chi-woong	3:35
9.	"Good-bye for the Last" (Goodbye 이젠; Goodbye Ijen; lit. Goodbye For Now)	Jang Woo-hyuk	Jang Woo-hyuk Kangta	Jang Woo-hyuk	4:16
10.	"A Song For Lady" (연가)	Moon Hee-joon	Moon Hee-joon	Moon Hee-joon Park In-young	4:20
11.	"Illusion"	Kangta	Kangta	Kangta	4:44
12.	"Natural Born Killer"	Tony Ahn	Tony Ahn	Tony Ahn Oh Jo-hwan	3:43
13.	"Abandoned Children" (버려진 아이들; Beolyeojin aideul)	Lee Jae-won	Lee Jae-won	Lee Jae-won	4:46
14.	"Always My Love" (늘 지금처럼; Neul jigeumcheoleom)	Kangta	Kangta	Kangta	4:00
Total length:					59:15

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's booklet.^[8]

H.O.T.

Moon Hee-joon – vocals, rap, digital editing (tracks 1, 6, 10), piano (1), sampling (1, 6), chorus (1, 4, 6, 9, 12), backing vocals (2–3, 5, 11, 14), mixing (1, 6, 10)
Kangta – lead vocals, computer programming (tracks 2–3, 5, 11, 14), backing vocals (2–3, 5, 11, 14), chorus (4, 6, 8–9, 12)
Tony Ahn – vocals, rap, backing vocals (tracks 2–3, 5, 11, 14), chorus (4, 9, 12), digital editing (8, 12)
Jang Woo-hyuk – rap, backing vocals (tracks 2–3, 5, 11, 14), digital editing (4, 9), chorus (4, 9, 12)
Lee Jae-won – rap, backing vocals (tracks 2–3, 5, 11, 14), chorus (4, 9, 12), digital editing (7, 13)

Session

Song Gwang-sik – piano (tracks 1, 4, 9, 14)
Groovie K – other (tracks 1, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13)
Park In-young – string arrangement (tracks 1, 10)
Kim Jin-mi and 23 others – string music (track 1)
Oh Yo-hwan, Oh Jo-hwan and 8 others – string music (tracks 2, 5, 14)
Oh Yo-hwan, Oh Jo-hwan – string music (tracks 4, 9, 12)
Gary Chung – other (tracks 3–5, 8, 9, 11, 14)
Lee Tae-yun – bass guitar (tracks 4–6, 9, 10, 12–14)
Lee Jeong-sik – saxophone (tracks 4, 6)
Little Peace Children's Choir – chorus (track 6)
Yoon Chi-woong – digital editing (track 8)
DJ Murf – scratch (track 9)
Suho Kang – drums (tracks 10, 12, 14)
Hunihoon – rap lyricist (track 13)

Staff

Lee Soo-man, H.O.T. – producers
Yeo Doo-hyun – mixing (tracks 1, 6, 7, 13), recording
KAT – mixing (10), recording
Jeon Hoon (Sonic Korea) – mastering
Kim Kyung-wook – production
Hong Hyun-jong, Park Won-young – promotion
Kim Ki-beom, Cheon Kang-soo, Kim Yeon-jeong, Lee Kyung-min – promotional assistants
Seong Moon-seok, Choi Mi-sook, Kim Eun-ah, Lee Sang-hee, Kim Ji-hyun, Sunwoo Yun-jae – stylists
Hyeong Bae-hyung – album design
Jo Se-hyun – photography
Myungjin Art – printing
SM Entertainment – executive producer

Charts

Monthly charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
South Korean Albums (MIAK)^[3]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
South Korean Albums (MIAK)^[4]	5

Sales

Chart	Amount
South Korea (MIAK)	879,613^[4]

References

^ "HOT, 5집 'Outside Castle'발표…컴백" [HOT announces 5th album 'Outside Castle'...comeback]. Kookmin Ilbo (in Korean). Naver. September 27, 2000. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
^ "[증시루머추적] 에스엠 "HOT 새 음반 28일 발매"" [[Stock market rumor tracking] SM 'HOT new album released on the 28th']. Money Today (in Korean). Naver. September 25, 2000. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
^ ^a ^b 2000.10월 – 가요 음반 판매량 [2000.10 – Sales volume] (in Korean). Music Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on June 16, 2007. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c 2000년 가요음반판매량 [2000 Album Sales Figures] (in Korean). Music Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on May 16, 2007. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
^ "[단신] 뮤직비디오 최우수상 '아시나요' 外". Kukmin Ilbo (in Korean). Naver. November 26, 2000. Archived from the original on June 5, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
^ "HOT 잠실주경기장서 공연" [HOT Performance at Jamsil Main Stadium]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Naver. February 27, 2001. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
^ 2001.상반기 – 가요 음반 판매량 [The first half of 2001 Album Sales]. Recording Industry Association Korea. Archived from the original on June 16, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
^ H.O.T. (2000). Outside Castle (Liner notes – from Korean Wikipedia). South Korea: SM Entertainment.

[1] "HOT, 5집 'Outside Castle'발표…컴백" [HOT announces 5th album 'Outside Castle'...comeback]. Kookmin Ilbo (in Korean). Naver. September 27, 2000. Retrieved December 28, 2023.

[2] "[증시루머추적] 에스엠 "HOT 새 음반 28일 발매"" [[Stock market rumor tracking] SM 'HOT new album released on the 28th']. Money Today (in Korean). Naver. September 25, 2000. Retrieved December 28, 2023.

[october-3] 2000.10월 – 가요 음반 판매량 [2000.10 – Sales volume] (in Korean). Music Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on June 16, 2007. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

[RIAK_2000-4] 2000년 가요음반판매량 [2000 Album Sales Figures] (in Korean). Music Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on May 16, 2007. Retrieved December 29, 2022.

[5] "[단신] 뮤직비디오 최우수상 '아시나요' 外". Kukmin Ilbo (in Korean). Naver. November 26, 2000. Archived from the original on June 5, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.

[:0-6] "HOT 잠실주경기장서 공연" [HOT Performance at Jamsil Main Stadium]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Naver. February 27, 2001. Retrieved December 27, 2023.

[7] 2001.상반기 – 가요 음반 판매량 [The first half of 2001 Album Sales]. Recording Industry Association Korea. Archived from the original on June 16, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2015.

[8] H.O.T. (2000). Outside Castle (Liner notes – from Korean Wikipedia). South Korea: SM Entertainment.

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