Bang Bang Bang (BigBang song)

The first poster titled "Bang Bang Bang" was released on May 27. YG Entertainment's then-CEO Yang Hyun-suk commented that the song was "the most powerful music you have ever heard before."{{cite web|url=http://www.yg-life.com/archives/51617?lang=en|title=[OSEN Focus] Bigbang Returns with Powerful "BANG BANG BANG|access-date=May 28, 2015|author=YG Entertainment}} Before its release on June 1 at midnight, the members hosted a live streaming on the app V from the news portal Naver, where they talked about the new songs and answered fans questions. The first televised live performance was held in the Mnet music show M Countdown along with "We Like 2 Party".{{cite web|url=http://entertain.naver.com/ranking/read?oid=213&aid=0000700724|script-title=ko:빅뱅VS엑소, '엠카' 불태운 역대급 빅매치 (TV종합)|website=Naver|date=2015-06-04}} The group also appeared on the talk show You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook to perform the single.

"Bang Bang Bang" was translated for Japanese to be included in their album Made Series (2016). The Japanese version gained a new music video, that is essentially the same as the Korean original, but edited to be shorter in length. This version was performed in the Japanese TV shows Music Station, Momm!!, Space Shower TV, among others.

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"Bang Bang Bang"{{'}}s verses feature a dance beat that were described as "'90s inspired", reminiscent of Diplo and Disclosure, with a "quasi-Migos flow over a hi-NRG" sound. The song then shifts into a "trap-heavy breakdown" in the chorus, and culminating into another breakdown, with chants of "Let the bass drum go". Additionally, "reverberating synths filt" throughout the track, "playing off the pounding rhythm and powerful horns", giving "Bang Bang Bang" a "chaotic environment".{{cite magazine |last=Herman |first=Tamar |date=December 23, 2016 |title=The 10 Best Bigbang Songs: Critics' Picks |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7633039/bigbang-best-songs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 9, 2017}} The chorus features the hook "Like you've been shot, bang bang bang", which was noted for being "less onomatopoeic and more a homage to the band."

Billboard placed the track at the tenth spot in their best BigBang songs list, calling the single "impossible to ignore," stating that, even though "the sudden shift in pacing throughout the single come off as jarring upon first listen," the track's "stuttering rhythm," "chaotic environment" and "frenzied energy" makes the song "all that more compelling." Sun-Times included "Bang Bang Bang" in their unranked list of ten best BigBang songs, claiming that "this club-ready track takes classic BigBang swagger to new levels of sophistication."{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Kaitlin |date=2015-05-02 |title=BigBang's 10 best songs of the past 10 years |url=http://national.suntimes.com/national-music/7/72/2529604/bigbang-best-songs-10-year-anniversary/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207011723/http://national.suntimes.com/national%2Dmusic/7/72/2529604/bigbang%2Dbest%2Dsongs%2D10%2Dyear%2Danniversary/ |archive-date=2016-02-07 |access-date=2017-02-20 |work=Sun-Times}} The Muse felt that the single "savvily hits every note, including anthemic trap breakdown" describing the song as "literally, lit." Fuse compared the song to their 2012 single "Fantastic Baby", hailing both as "nonstop party" tracks. KKBox praised the track's energetic sound, and hailed "Bang Bang Bang" a classical song from the band.{{cite web |title=Bigbang が楽曲部門1位に！ KKBox2016 年年間チャート発表 |url=https://www.kkbox.com/jp/en/column/showbiz-209-1375-1.html |access-date=February 12, 2017 |work=Japan KKBox}} Thump choose it as one of best songs of summer, feeling that the "multi-genre banger" is "fire in any language, in any country."{{cite web |date=June 4, 2015 |title=Bigbang, Boys Noize, and Róisín Murphy Have Our Anti-Songs of the Summer |url=https://thump.vice.com/en_ca/article/78jqpa/bigbang-boys-noize-and-risn-murphy-have-our-anti-songs-of-the-summer |access-date=September 9, 2017 |work=Thump |publisher=Vice}}

"Bang Bang Bang" had the highest first-week sales in 2015 by a group on the Gaon Chart, with 339,856 downloads sold.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=24&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week|title=Gaon Download Chart- Week 24|date = July 6, 2015|access-date=July 10, 2015|work=Gaon Music Chart}} It peaked at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=24&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week|title=Gaon Digital Chart- Week 24|date = July 6, 2015|access-date=July 10, 2015|work=Gaon Music Chart}} By the end of June, "Bang Bang Bang" was number one on the monthly digital chart, with a total of 681,111 digital sales and 26.472 million streams.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=06&hitYear=2015&termGbn=month |script-title=ko:2015년 06월 Digital Chart |work=Gaon Chart}}{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=06&hitYear=2015&termGbn=month |script-title=ko:2015년 06월 Download Chart|work=Gaon Chart}}{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1040&targetTime=06&hitYear=2015&termGbn=month |script-title=ko:2015년 06월 Streaming Chart |work=Gaon Chart}} On Gaon's year-end chart issue for 2015, "Bang Bang Bang" was ranked as the best performing song of the year, having been downloaded 1,581,284 times.{{Cite web |title=Circle Download Chart – 2015 |url=https://circlechart.kr/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Circle Chart |language=ko}} In September 2018, Gaon revealed that the song surpassed 2,500,000 downloads in South Korea.{{Cite web |last=C. |first=Daniel |date=September 12, 2018 |title=Gaon's 관찰노트 |trans-title=Gaon's Observation Notes |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/article/p.view.gaon?idx=14409 |access-date=September 26, 2018 |publisher=Gaon Charts}} In the United States, the single held the two top spots on the Billboard US World Digital Songs chart along with "We Like 2 Party", the second time for the group after the previous release M,{{cite web |date=June 11, 2015 |title=Bigbang Own Top Two Slots on World Digital Songs...Again! |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/6597807/bigbang-world-digital-songs-bang-we-like-2-party |access-date=June 14, 2015 |work=Billboard}} which led them tying with Psy's record for being the only K-pop act to hold the top two slots on the chart twice.{{cite web |date=June 12, 2015 |title=K-Pop's Big Bang Ties Psy Record with Single "Bang Bang Bang" |url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/40752/20150612/kpop-big-bang-ties-psy-record-single-we-like-2-party.htm |access-date=June 14, 2015 |work=musictimes.com}} Billboard named "Bang Bang Bang" the biggest K-pop song on the World Digital Chart during the summer of 2015.{{Cite magazine |last=Benjamin |first=Jeff |date=2015-07-22 |title=Most Viewed K-Pop Videos in America & Around the World: June 2015 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/most-viewed-k-pop-videos-mvs-america-world-june-2015-6640911/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} On the chart's year-end issue, it ranked at number five and was the third best-selling K-pop song in the US, behind only Psy's "Gangnam Style" and 2NE1's "I Am the Best".

In Europe, "Bang Bang Bang" peaked at number 194 on the France SNEP singles chart,{{cite web| url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bigbang+%5BKR%5D&titel=Bang+Bang+Bang&cat=s| title=Lescharts.com – Bigbang – Bang Bang Bang|publisher=Lescharts|date=13 June 2015 |access-date=6 July 2015 }} number 44 on the UK Indie Singles chart, and number 30 on the Official Finnish Download Chart. In Japan, the Japanese version of the song peaked at number two on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in the week of February 20, 2016.{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=2016-02-20 |title=Billboard Japan Hot 100 – Week of February 20, 2016 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/japan-hot-100/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} It appeared on the chart's year-end issue for two consecutive years, ranking at number 28 in 2016 and number 95 in 2017. "Bang Bang Bang" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) twice for surpassing 100,000 downloads and 50,000,000 streams in May 2016 and October 2022, respectively. The single also ranked second as the most popular Korean singles in 2015 in Taiwan by music streaming service KKBox.{{cite web|url=https://www.kkbox.com/tw/tc/column/features-36-1903-1.html|title=2015韓語年度單曲/專輯榜 TOP 20 (in Chinese)|access-date=February 5, 2016|date = February 3, 2016|work=KKbox Taiwan}} In 2017, the song ranked first place on the top 10 tracks of the year in the Japanese version of KKBox.

"Bang Bang Bang" received numerous accolades, including Song of the Year at the annual Mnet Asian Music Awards and Melon Music Awards. It was named one of the top ten international gold songs at the 2016 RTHK International Pop Poll Awards and won two Song of the Year by Download accolades from the Japan Gold Disc Awards in 2016 and 2017. Additionally, "Bang Bang Bang" received four consecutive Melon Weekly Popularity Awards.{{cite web |title=MelOn Popularity Award |url=http://www.melon.com/melonaward/weekAward.htm |publisher=Melon}}

"Bang Bang Bang" music video was directed by Seo Hyun-seung{{cite web|title=The 50 Best Videos Of 2015 |url=http://www.stereogum.com/1847314/the-50-best-music-videos-of-2015/franchises/2015-in-review/|work=Stereogum|access-date=December 30, 2016|first=Tom |last=Breihan|date=December 16, 2015 }} and choreographed by Parris Goebel, who makes an appearance on the video. The video was well received by critics. Jeff Benjamin from Fuse described it as "an over-the-top affair, with the guys rocking a slew of wild looks, hairdos and fashions in a neon-tinged world,"{{cite web|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2015/06/bigbang-new-song-bang-bang-bang-music-video|title=Banger, "Bang Bang Bang"|access-date=June 1, 2015|work=fuse|last= Benjamin |first=Jeff}} while Eric Ducker from Rolling Stone claimed that "nothing from [this year] really beats the explosive grandiosity of 'Bang Bang Bang' from genre legends BigBang."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/10-best-music-videos-of-2015-20151222|title=10 Best Music Videos of 2015|first=Eric|last=Ducker|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=2015-12-22}} Billboard highlighted the members' "boundary pushing" high-fashion.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/6583141/bigbang-bang-bang-bang-mv|title=Bigbang Get Wild With New Single 'Bang Bang Bang' & Video|access-date=June 14, 2015|work=Billboard}} Stereogum hailed it an "insanely epic video," and admired the video's "beautiful, absurd riot of glitter and pink hair and hydraulic low-riders and flamethrowers and tricked-out motorcycles and grenade launchers and studded leather and androgynous models on leashes and anti-aircraft guns and cowboy hats and Buckingham Palace guard hats and assault vehicles being driven like chariots."{{cite web|title=Bigbang – "Bang Bang Bang" Video |url=http://www.stereogum.com/1805961/bigbang-bang-bang-bang-video/video/|work=Stereogum|access-date=February 20, 2017|first=Tom |last=Breihan|date=June 3, 2015 }}

Stereogum ranked the music video at number 14 in their list of the 50 Best Music Videos of 2015, the only non-English work mentioned.{{cite web |last1=Breihan |first1=Tom |title=The 50 Best Music Videos Of 2015 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1847314/the-50-best-music-videos-of-2015/franchises/2015-in-review/ |access-date=23 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007200237/https://www.stereogum.com/1847314/the-50-best-music-videos-of-2015/franchises/2015-in-review/ |archive-date=7 October 2017 |date=16 December 2015}} Miami New Times wrote that the "bombastic" video highlights "what the Hallyu is all about", featuring "insane costumes, dynamic dancing, and production values that match, even surpass, those of their Western competitors."{{cite web|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/ten-kpop-songs-to-get-you-ready-for-g-dragons-american-airlines-arena-show-9502740/2|title=A K-Pop Primer to Prepare You for G-Dragon's Miami Show|work=Miami New Times|date=July 18, 2017|access-date=July 18, 2017|first=Douglas|last=Markowitz|archive-date=November 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108065727/https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/ten-kpop-songs-to-get-you-ready-for-g-dragons-american-airlines-arena-show-9502740/2|url-status=dead}} The video became most viewed K-pop group video of 2015 and second most viewed video by a K-pop group overall at the time, only behind their own "Fantastic Baby." On January 19, 2016, it reached 100 million views on YouTube, the second music video by a K-pop boy group to do so.{{cite web|url=http://en.yibada.com/articles/102374/20160204/big-bang.htm |title=BigB ang achieved another milestone in beating own record |work=Yibada |date=February 4, 2016}} It became the second K-pop group music video to surpass 200 million views on January 11, 2017.

The group was criticized for appropriating Native American culture because of the war bonnet, worn only by those who have earned the highest honors in their tribes, Seungri wears in the video. The Muse described the incident as "another example of K-pop appropriation" stating that "Western culture's various racial stereotypes" are "consumed and blown-out" by the genre "that it almost seems like an avenue in which to decentralize and possibly even defang some of those."{{cite web|url=http://themuse.jezebel.com/k-pop-boy-band-bigbangs-vid-for-bang-bang-bang-is-actua-1708700271 |title=K-Pop Boy Band Bigbang's Vid for 'Bang Bang Bang' Is Actually Explosive|author=Julianne Escobedo Shepherd |work=The Muse |date=May 6, 2015 |access-date=2017-02-20}}

In January 2016, iKon covered the song during the Seoul concerts of their iKoncert 2016: Showtime Tour. December 2016, A.C.E performed a dance cover of "Bang Bang Bang" while busking in the Hongdae area of Seoul.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGxUNmtv-aM |script-title=ko:빅뱅(Bigbang) - BANG BANG BANG & Good Boy Dance cover Busking in Hongdae |date=2017-02-10 |last= |first= |type= |medium=Online video |language= |publisher=Official A.C.E |place=South Korea |access-date=2023-08-22 |via=YouTube}} In September 2018, Wanna One covered "Bang Bang Bang" at the Music Bank World Tour concert in Berlin;{{Cite web |date=2018-11-01 |script-title=ko:'뮤직뱅크 인 베를린' 워너원, 빅뱅 '뱅뱅뱅' 무대로 환호+박수 |url=http://www.slist.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=50790 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Singles List |language=ko}} members of Dreamcatcher also performed a cover the song at the 2018 Jeju Hallyu Festival that November.{{Cite web |date=2018-11-04 |script-title=ko:[Get포토] 드림캐쳐(Dreamcatcher) 지유-시연-수아-유현-다미, '뱅뱅뱅~'(2018 제주한류페스티벌) |trans-title=[Get Photo] Dreamcatcher JiU-Siyeon-Sua-Yoohyeon-Dami, 'Bang Bang Bang~' (2018 Jeju Hallyu Festival) |url=http://www.getnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=98539 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Global Economic Daily |language=ko}} In 2019, Stray Kids covered "Bang Bang Bang" at the 33rd Golden Disc Awards.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-01-06 |script-title=ko:[2019 골든디스크] 방탄소년단, 4관왕·2년연속 대상 위엄…故종현 본상(종합) |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=311&aid=0000940650 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Xports News |publisher=Naver |language=ko}} At the 2021 KBS Song Festival, Yeonjun, Taehyun and Huening Kai from TXT and Ni-ki and Heeseung from Enhypen covered the song as part of a "Legend of K-pop" medley performance.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZO0hqF_IkA |title=Legend of K-POP - TOMORROW X TOGETHER, ENHYPEN (2021 KBS Song Festival) I KBS WORLD TV 211217 |date=December 17, 2021 |last= |first= |type= |medium=Online video |language= |publisher=KBS World |place=South Korea |access-date=December 21, 2021 |quote= |via=YouTube}} In April 2022, Treasure performed the song along with several others at their Trace Concert at the Olympic Hall.{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-04-11 |script-title=ko:트레저 첫 단독 콘서트 성료, CD 집어삼킨 라이브+탄탄한 퍼포먼스 |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=415&aid=0000009672 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Star1 |publisher=Naver |language=ko}}

"Bang Bang Bang" topped the 2015 Gallup Korea annual poll of nationwide Koreans between the ages of 13 and 59 for Song of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1110316362|script-title=ko:빅뱅, 소시·아이유 꺾고 올해 빛낸 가수·가요 1위 '석권'

|website=OSEN|date=2015-12-17}} In 2016, song was chosen by the South Korean government to be a part of the loudspeaker propaganda broadcast into North Korean borders, in response to the January 2016 nuclear tests.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-08/bang-bang-bang-kicks-of-south-korea-propaganda-playlist/7077026|title=Big Bang's Bang Bang Bang kicks off South Korea's loudspeaker propaganda broadcast to North Korea|access-date=November 3, 2016|date = January 8, 2016|work=ABC News}} It was also sung by Seoul university students during the 2016 South Korean protests for the resignation of president Park Geun-hye.{{cite web|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=001&oid=009&aid=0003835503&lfrom=twitter&spi_ref=m_news_twitter|script-title=ko:'뱅뱅뱅', '다만세' 떼창하며 대학생 4천명 서울광장으로 행진|date = November 12, 2016|work=Naver|language=ko}} In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked "Bang Bang Bang" number 66 in their list of the 100 Greatest Songs in the History of Korean Pop Music, writing that it "had immediate impact upon arrival, with newer groups still covering it seven years later. It's an instant mood-booster".{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=2023-07-20 |title=The 100 Greatest Songs in the History of Korean Pop Music |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-korean-pop-songs-1234727955/bang-bang-bang-big-bang-1234729009/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}

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