Bangarang

2011 single by Skrillex featuring Sirah From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Bangarang" is a song by American electronic music producer Skrillex. It was released as a single from his EP of the same name. It features guest rap vocals from American hip hop recording artist Sirah. "Bangarang" intersperses Sirah's rap vocals throughout the song.[1] The song's title and lyrics reflect the battle cry of the Lost Boys in the 1991 movie Hook.[2]

ReleasedDecember 24, 2011
Recorded2011
Length3:35
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"Bangarang"
Single by Skrillex featuring Sirah
from the EP Bangarang
ReleasedDecember 24, 2011
Recorded2011
Genre
Length3:35
Label
SongwriterSonny Moore
ProducerSkrillex
Skrillex singles chronology
"Breakn' a Sweat"
(2012)
"Bangarang"
(2012)
"Chaos Lives in Everything"
(2012)
Music video
"Bangarang" on YouTube
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"Bangarang" is one of Skrillex's most commercially successful singles. It has charted within the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Austria, France, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden. A music video for the song premiered on February 16, 2012 via his official YouTube channel.[3] "Bangarang" received airplay on some modern rock radio stations.[4] The song won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.

Sirah forgot to close the window before recording it,[5] and thus birds are audible in the recording.[6]

Critical reception

Jon Dollan from Rolling Stone noted "the laser-blasting inanity of the track, which ends with someone bragging, 'I'm eating Fun Dip right now/Not givin' a fuck.' Not a bad credo for music that makes a disco sugar high feel downright pornographic".[1] Garret Kamps from Spin gave the song a positive review, calling it a "massively enjoyable, massively concussive collection of blips and bursts that sounds like something Moby might hear in his head during a heart attack, so thoroughly and dyspeptically is dubstep's characteristic bass wobble distorted and pushed into the red. That remains [his] signature trick ..."[7]

Rolling Stone named the song the 22nd-best song of 2012.[8]

Music video

A music video for the song premiered via YouTube on February 16, 2012. It depicts a group of three young boys robbing an ice cream truck in an elaborate heist. During the robbery, the ringleader of the boys amputates the truck driver's hand by slamming a door on his wrist. While the other boys celebrate, he throws his ice cream down in shame and disgust at his actions and what he did to the ice cream man.

When the boys have grown to adulthood, they perform a similarly elaborate heist on a group of bank robbers who have stolen several briefcases of cash. They succeed in stealing the cash, and the gang's leader surprises the ice cream man by giving him one of the cases.

Drawing from the song's 'Peter Pan/Hook' theme, the video features references to Captain Hook in the ice cream truck driver's style of moustache, the tattoo of a crocodile on his right hand, and the replacement of that hand with a hook.

Track listing

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Promo CD[9] / digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Bangarang" (featuring Sirah)3:35
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Commercial performance

The song has charted in multiple countries worldwide, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. In Australia, the song became a commercial success, reaching the top five within the ARIA Charts whilst spending more than 20 weeks within the top 50. It has also been certified 4× Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).[10]

In the United States, the song entered the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at number four due to strong digital downloads. However, on the issue date of March 3, 2012, the song debuted at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100.[11] It since reached a peak of number 72 and spent more than 20 weeks on the chart. It has sold over one million copies in the US as of January 2013.[12] In the United Kingdom, the song reached a peak of number 24 and spent a total of 16 weeks inside the UK top 40.

Charts

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Certifications

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Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[44] 7× Platinum 490,000
Belgium (BRMA)[45] Gold 15,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[46] 6× Platinum 480,000
Germany (BVMI)[47] Gold 150,000
Italy (FIMI)[48] Platinum 50,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)[49] Platinum 60,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[50] 2× Platinum 30,000*
Spain (Promusicae)[51] Gold 30,000
Sweden (GLF)[52] Platinum 40,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[53] Platinum 600,000
United States (RIAA)[54] 3× Platinum 3,000,000
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[55] 2× Platinum 3,600,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

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