Mona Lisa is an EP by South Korean boy band MBLAQ

MBLAQ

MBLAQ is a South Korean quintet boy band created by Korean entertainer Rain under J.Tune Camp. The group consists of Seung Ho , G.O , Joon , Cheondoong/Thunder , and Mir...

. The album was released online on July 12 and physically on July 15. The online pre-orders started in July 8, 2011. The album consists of six new tracks, and the title track, also called Mona Lisa is a spanish electronic dance track.

Concept

The concept of this album is 'celebrated works' with the members personally choosing famous figures in history to parody. Mir chose The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

, Thunder chose Boy George

Boy George

Boy George is a British singer-songwriter who was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. He helped give androgyny an international stage with the success of Culture Club during the 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by...

, Joon chose Zorro

Zorro

Zorro is a fictional character created in 1919 by New York-based pulp writer Johnston McCulley. The character has been featured in numerous books, films, television series, and other media....

, G.O chose James Dean

James Dean

James Byron Dean was an American film actor. He is a cultural icon, best embodied in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause , in which he starred as troubled Los Angeles teenager Jim Stark...

, and Seungho chose Papillon.

Promotions

The group started promoting the title track "Mona Lisa" on the tv music shows in July 14 on Mnet

Mnet (TV channel)

Mnet is a music television channel in South Korea owned by CJ Group.-Television programs:* Superstar K* M! Countdown* 2NE1 TV* MUST* Kara Bakery* Wonder Bakery* Girls' Generation Goes to School...

's M! Countdown

M! Countdown

M! Countdown is a South Korean music television program broadcast by M.net. It airs live every Thursday at 6:00PM KST. The show features some of the latest and most popular artists who perform live on stage. It is hosted by Tony An and Girls' Generation's Sooyoung...

. The song "I Think You Know" was used for the comeback. They finished promoting the song on August 28 and followed with the song "I Don't Know" on September 1. The promotions of the song and the EP ended on September 11.

Tracklisting

※ Bold at the space of "Tracks" means promotional singles in each album.

Album chart

Chart	Peak position
Gaon Gaon Chart The Gaon Chart is a national record chart of South Korea. It is complied by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism; with an aim to create a national chart for Korea similar to the Billboard charts and Oricon charts... Weekly album chart	1
Gaon Monthly album chart	3

Single chart

Song	Peak chart position
	KOR	US
	Gaon Chart Gaon Chart The Gaon Chart is a national record chart of South Korea. It is complied by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism; with an aim to create a national chart for Korea similar to the Billboard charts and Oricon charts...	K-Pop Billboard
"Mona Lisa"	8	37
"I Don't Know"	138	-

Sales and certifications

Chart	Amount
Gaon physical sales	38,505

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
South Korea	July 12, 2011	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	J.Tune Camp
	July 15, 2011	CD