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DNA (Little Mix album)

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DNA
Studio album by
Little Mix
Released16 November 2012 (2012-11-16)
RecordedDecember 2011 – September 2012
Genre
Length43:50
Label
Producer
Little Mix chronology
DNA
(2012)		 Salute
(2013)
Singles from DNA
  1. "Wings"
    Released: 24 August 2012
  2. "DNA"
    Released: 9 November 2012
  3. "Change Your Life"
    Released: 15 February 2013
  4. "How Ya Doin'?"
    Released: 15 April 2013

DNA is the debut studio album by English girl group Little Mix. It was released on 19 November 2012 in the United Kingdom via Syco Music. Musically, DNA is a pop, dance-pop and R&B album, with elements of pop rock, hip hop and funk. Some of the songs on the album were also co-written by members of other girl groups, including Nicola Roberts of Girls Aloud, Shaznay Lewis of All Saints and T-Boz of TLC.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic61/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars[2]
The Guardian3/5 stars[3]
Digital Spy4/5 stars[4]
Time Out London4/5 stars[5]
BBC Music(positive)[6]
Metro3/5[7]

Upon its release, DNA received positive reviews from music critics.

Track listing

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DNA – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Wings"
TMS3:40
2."DNA"
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
TMS3:56
3."Change Your Life"
  • Stannard
  • Powell
  • Howes
3:22
4."Always Be Together"
  • Dean
  • DAPO
4:27
5."Stereo Soldier"
  • James
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
TMS3:22
6."Pretend It's OK"
3:45
7."Turn Your Face"
Mac3:41
8."We Are Who We Are"
Mac3:04
9."How Ya Doin'?"
Future Cut3:13
10."Red Planet" (featuring T-Boz)
Levine3:46
11."Going Nowhere"
Ball3:45
12."Madhouse"
Pegasus3:49
Total length:43:50
DNA: The Deluxe edition – Disc 1 (CD)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Love Drunk"
  • Paul Meehan
  • Tim Woodcock
  • Alessandro Benassi
  • Pinnock
  • Meehan
  • Matt Furmidge
3:35
14."Make You Believe"
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Philippe Marc Anquetill
TMS3:41
15."Case Closed"
  • Robbie Lamond
  • Cathy Dennis
  • Lewis
  • Babalola
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
  • Future Cut
  • Lamond
3:12
16."DNA" (Unplugged)
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
 4:15
Total length:58:33
DNA: The Deluxe edition – Disc 2 (DVD)
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Wings" (Music video)Max & Dania3:39
2."Wings" (Acoustic video)
  • Dominic O'Riordan
  • Warren Smith
3:50
3."We Are Young" (Acoustic video)
  • O'Riordan
  • Smith
5:13
4."Creating Our DNA"
  • O'Riordan
  • Smith
15:42
HMV limited edition bonus CD single
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."DNA"
  • Little Mix
  • TMS
  • James
TMS3:56
2."DNA" (Kat Krazy Radio Edit)
  • Little Mix
  • TMS
  • James
TMS3:57
iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus material
No.TitleWriter(s)Director(s)Length
17."Wings" (Music video)
  • Little Mix
  • TMS
  • James
Max & Dania3:39
18."Wings" (Acoustic video)
  • Little Mix
  • TMS
  • James
 3:40
19."We Are Young" (Acoustic video)
 5:15
20."Creating Our DNA" (Documentary video)  15:42
21."Mastermind" (Documentary video)  4:51
Italian and French special edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Wings" (Acoustic)
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Little Mix
TMS3:39
18."Wings" (The Alias Club Mix)
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Little Mix
Alias6:04
19."DNA" (Kat Krazy Club Mix)
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Little Mix
Kat Krazy6:17
20."Change Your Life" (The Bimbo Jones Radio Edit)
  • Stannard
  • Powell
  • Howes
  • Little Mix
Bimbo Jones3:33
US deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
9."How Ya Doin'?" (featuring Missy Elliott)
Future Cut3:33
16."We Are Young" (Acoustic)
  • Ruess
  • Dost
  • Antonoff
  • Bhasker
 5:12
Japan special edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Wings" (Acoustic)
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Little Mix
TMS3:39
18."We Are Young" (Acoustic)
  • Ruess
  • Dost
  • Antonoff
  • Bhasker
 5:12
19."Wings" (The Alias Club Mix)
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Little Mix
Alias4:59
20."Change Your Life" (The Bimbo Jones Radio Edit)
  • Stannard
  • Powell
  • Howes
  • Little Mix
Bimbo Jones2:48
Expanded Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
21."Cannonball"
*Mac 3:25
22."How Ya Doin'?"
Future Cut3:13
Total length:83:00
DNA - Remixes
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Wings" (Sunship Extended Mix)
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Little Mix
Sunship4:51
2."Wings" (Korean Version)
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Little Mix
TMS3:40
3."Wings" (Japanese Version)
TMS3:41
4."DNA" (Kat Krazy Club Mix)
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Little Mix
Kat Krazy5:34
5."DNA" (Eyes Remix)
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Little Mix
Eyes4:45
6."Change Your Life" (Sonny J Mason Radio Edit)
  • Stannard
  • Powell
  • Howes
  • Little Mix
Sonny J Mason4:21
Total length:26:55

Notes

  • ^[a] – signifies an additional vocal producer
  • ^[b] – signifies a vocal producer

Personnel

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Adapted from AllMusic.[8]

  • Philippe Marc Anquetil – mixing, vocal engineer, vocal producer
  • Dan Aslet – vocal engineer
  • Daniel Aslet – vocal engineer
  • Iyiola Babalola – drums
  • Fred Ball – keyboards, percussion, producer
  • Thomas Barnes – drums
  • Simon Clarke – arranger, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Ben Collier – vocal engineer
  • Miranda Cooper – programming
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • DAPO – mixing
  • Ester Dean – producer, vocal producer
  • Perrie Edwards – vocals
  • Ben Epstein – bass, guitars, producer
  • Brett Farkas – guitars
  • Luke Fitton – guitars, programming
  • Future Cut – engineer, producer
  • Paul Gendler – guitars
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Matt Gray – programming
  • Michael Hamilton – bass
  • John Hanes – engineer
  • Wayne Hector – composer
  • Brian Higgins – producer, programming
  • Ash Howes – producer
  • Iain James – vocal arrangement, vocal producer, background vocals
  • Josh Jenkin – programming
  • Peter Kelleher – keyboards, synthesizer
  • The Kick Horns – brass
  • Ben Kohn – guitar, keyboards
  • Tyson Kuteyi – engineer
  • Chris Laws – drums, mixing
  • Jon Levine – engineer, piano, producer
  • Darren Lewis – guitars, instrumentation, keyboards
  • Dave Liddell – trombone
  • Steve Mac – keyboards, piano arrangement, producer, string arrangements, synthesizer
  • MNEK – programming
  • Rocky Morris – drums, keyboards, programming
  • Jesy Nelson – vocals
  • Pegasus – producer
  • Leigh-Anne Pinnock – vocals
  • Tim Powell – producer
  • Dann Pursey – engineer
  • Ryan Quigley – trumpet
  • Jacob Quistgaard – guitars
  • Carmen Reece – vocal arrangement, background vocals
  • James F. Reynolds – mixing, vocal producer
  • Daniel Rivera – assistant engineer
  • Andy Robinson – programming
  • Tim Sanders – arranger, tenor saxophone
  • Rufio Sandilands – drums, keyboards, programming
  • Toby Scott – engineer, programming
  • Phil Seaford – assistant engineer
  • Slick Rick – featured artist
  • Richard "Biff" Stannard – producer
  • Shea Stedford – assistant engineer
  • T-boz – Featured Artist
  • Phil Tan – mixing
  • Ben Taylor – engineer, programming
  • Jade Thirlwall – vocals
  • TMS – arranger, producer
  • Dapo Torimiro – engineer, instrumentation, producer
  • Jeremy Wheatley – mixing
  • Darren Wiles – trumpet
  • Xenomania – producer

Charts and certifications

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Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s)
Ireland 16 November 2012
Syco Music
United Kingdom 19 November 2012
Australia[37] 23 November 2012 Sony Music Australia
New Zealand
Austria 19 April 2013 Syco Music
Belgium
Germany
Netherlands
Bulgaria 22 April 2013
Czech Republic
France
Greece
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Spain Sony Music Spain
Mexico[38] 23 April 2013 Syco Music
Italy
Poland Sony Music Polska
Philippines[39] 27 April 2013 Sony Music Philippines
Taiwan 14 May 2013 Sony Music Taiwan
Canada 28 May 2013 Columbia Records
United States
Japan 21 August 2013 Sony Music Japan

References

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  2. ↑ Collar, Matt (15 November 2012). "Little Mix – DNA review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
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  7. ↑ "Little Mix's DNA tries admirably to escape the curse of X Factor winners". Metro. 23 November 2012. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
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