"Keep Your Head Down" (Korean title

Korean language

Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...

: 왜 Wae; Why) is a song performed by South Korean duo

Duo

-Arts:*Duet , a musical piece performed by two people*Duo, a musical ensemble composed of two musicians*Comedy duo, also known as a double act*Duo , 2008*Duo , 1991...

 TVXQ

TVXQ

TVXQ, an acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi , is a South Korean pop group formed in 2003 under SM Entertainment. In South Korea they are known as Dong Bang Shin Ki , often abbreviated by international fans as DBSK; they were later introduced in Japan as Tohoshinki under the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone...

, released in South Korea as a digital single in January 2011 as the lead single from the duo's album of the same name

Keep Your Head Down

Keep Your Head Down is the fifth Korean album by Korean boy band TVXQ. It was released on January 5, 2011 in Korea as a special edition and on the January 14, 2011 as a normal edition. A repackaged version of the album was released on March 16, 2011 with a new track called 이것만은 알고 가...

, and was later re-released in Japanese

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

 as the duo's thirty-first single in Japan, released on January 26, 2011 by Avex Trax

Avex Trax

, listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...

. The Japanese single sold a total of 283,534 copies and has peaked at the #1 spot in the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 Daily and Weekly Singles chart.

The song "Maximum" was previously performed by the duo on the 2010 dates of SM Town Live '10 World Tour.

Tracklist

Korean tracklist

1. 왜 (Keep Your Head Down) (Yoo Young-jin
   Yoo Young-jin
   Yoo Young-jin is a singer-songwriter and producer for various SM Entertainment artists. He has composed and written songs for H.O.T., S.E.S, BoA, Shinhwa, TVXQ, The Grace, Super Junior, Girls' Generation, Shinee and F....
   
   , Yoo Han-jin)

Japanese tracklist

CD

1. Why? (Keep Your Head Down)
2. Maximum
3. Why? (Keep Your Head Down) -Night Rod man Regeneration Mix- (CD-Only)
4. Why? (Keep Your Head Down) -Less Vocal-
5. Maximum -Less Vocal-

DVD

1. Why? (Keep Your Head Down) (PV)
2. Off Shot Movie (First Press Only)

Charts

Chart	Release	Peak position	Debut sales	Total sales
Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... Daily Singles Chart	January 26, 2011	1	231,498	283,534
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart		1

External Links

TVXQ Official SMTOWN Website
Tohoshinki Official Japanese Website