Gangnam Style#Sales and certifications

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"Gangnam Style" is a South Korean neologism that refers to a lifestyle associated with the Gangnam region of Seoul,{{Cite web |date=2023-02-11 |title=[Why] How did Gangnam become the Seoul epicenter it is today? |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2023/02/11/why/korea-gangnam-development/20230211070009412.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Korea JoongAng Daily |language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/480682/fall-in-love-with-psys-gangnam-style-korean-rapper-goes-viral |title=Fall in Love with Psy's 'Gangnam Style' – Korean Rapper Goes Viral |last=Benjamin |first=Jeff |date=July 31, 2012 |website=Billboard |access-date=December 14, 2012}} where people are trendy and hip, and exude a certain supposed class. The term was defined in Time{{'}}s weekly vocabulary list as "a manner associated with lavish lifestyles in Seoul's Gangnam district".{{cite magazine |url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/09/12/wednesday-words-gangnam-style-geek-speak-and-more/ |title=Wednesday Words: Gangnam Style, Geek Speak and More |magazine=Time |last=Steinmetz |first=Katy |date=September 12, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012}} Psy likened Gangnam to Beverly Hills, California, and said in an interview that he intended the title as a joke, claiming that he has "Gangnam Style" when everything about the song, dance, looks, and music video is far from high class:{{cite web |title='Gangnam Style' Goes Viral |url=http://english.seoul.go.kr/gtk/news/reports_view.php?idx=18883 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209024632/http://english.seoul.go.kr/gtk/news/reports_view.php?idx=18883 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 9, 2012 |publisher=Seoul Metropolitan Government |date=August 14, 2012 |access-date=March 10, 2013}}

{{blockquote|People who are actually from Gangnam never proclaim that they are—it's only the posers and wannabes that put on these airs and say that they are "Gangnam Style"—so this song is actually poking fun at those kinds of people who are trying very hard to be something that they're not.{{cite news |url=http://travel.cnn.com/seoul/play/interview-psy-gangnam-style-posers-and-hysterical-little-boy-285626 |title=Interview: PSY on 'Gangnam Style', posers and that hysterical little boy |last=Cha |first=Frances |date=August 17, 2012 |publisher=CNN |access-date=2012-08-17}}}}

The song talks about "the perfect girlfriend who knows when to be refined and when to get wild."{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2012-aug-04-la-fi-tn-psy-gangnam-style-20120803-story.html |title=Giddy up! S. Korean rapper Psy's 'Gangnam Style' is unstoppable |last=Netburn |first=Deborah |date=August 4, 2012 |work=Los Angeles Times |issn=0458-3035 |access-date=August 31, 2012}} The song's refrain "오빤 강남 스타일 (Oppan Gangnam style)" has been translated as "Big brother is Gangnam style," with Psy referring to himself.{{cite news |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/08/28/gangnam-style-viral-popularity-in-u-s-has-koreans-puzzled-gratified/ |title=Gangnam Style's U.S. Popularity Has Koreans Puzzled, Gratified |last=Yang |first=Jeff |date=August 28, 2012 |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=September 26, 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Music/south-korean-rapper-psys-gangnam-style-viral/story?id=16996559#.UEWci4qPXpY |title=South Korean Rapper PSY's 'Gangnam Style' Goes Viral |last1=Cho |first1=Joohee |last2=Lee |first2=Sungeun |date=August 14, 2012 |work=ABC News |access-date=September 26, 2012}} During an interview with The New York Times, Psy revealed that South Korean fans have high expectations about his dancing, so he felt a lot of pressure. In order to keep up with those expectations, he studied hard to find something new and stayed up late for about 30 nights to come up with the "Gangnam Style" dance.{{cite news|last=Ryzik|first=Melena|title=His Style Is Gangnam, and Viral Too|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/arts/music/interview-psy-the-artist-behind-gangnam-style.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 21, 2012|date=October 11, 2012}} Along the way, he had tested various "cheesy" animal-inspired dance moves with his choreographer Lee Ju-sun,{{cite news|title=Bitter reality behind hilarious dance|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/02/386_151089.html|work=The Korea Times|date=February 6, 2014|last=Park|first=Si-soo}} including panda and kangaroo moves,{{cite news |author1=van den Broeke, Leigh |author2=Matheson, Melissa |title=Psy goes Gangnam Style with Wolverine and fans wait for hours to see his TV performance |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/psy-goes-gangnam-style-with-wolverine/story-e6frfn09-1226497304976 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018003141/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/psy-goes-gangnam-style-with-wolverine/story-e6frfn09-1226497304976 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2012 |work=News Corp Australia Network |date=October 17, 2012 }} before settling for the horse trot, which involves pretending to ride a horse, alternately holding the reins and spinning a lasso, and moving into a legs-shuffling side gallop.{{cite web |title='Gangnam Style' star trialled other animal moves |url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2012/10/17/05/16/gangnam-singer-tried-other-animal-moves |publisher=ninemsn |date=October 17, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018193954/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2012/10/17/05/16/gangnam-singer-tried-other-animal-moves |archive-date=October 18, 2012 }}

During an interview with Reuters, Psy said that "Gangnam Style" was originally produced only for local K-pop fans.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-uncool-idUSBRE87C05R20120814 |title=Uncool Korean star goes viral with rapping dance |last=Park |first=Ju-min |date=August 14, 2012 |access-date=September 26, 2012 |work=Reuters |publisher=Thomson Reuters}} On July 11, 2012, Psy and his music label YG Entertainment started releasing several promotional teasers for "Gangnam Style" to their subscribers on YouTube.{{cite web |title=Psy releases second MV teaser for 'Gangnam Style' |url=http://www.allkpop.com/2012/07/psy-releases-second-mv-teaser-for-gangnam-style |publisher=Allkpop |access-date=November 8, 2012}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=February 2025}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/news/news_view.php?f_seq=1627&sgenre=kpop |script-title=ko:싸이-유재석, 불꽃 튀는 '댄스 배틀 영상' 공개 |publisher=Gaon Chart |date=July 14, 2012 |access-date=October 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016153413/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/news/news_view.php?f_seq=1627&sgenre=kpop |archive-date=October 16, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfoatg2_5LY | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/rfoatg2_5LY| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|title=PSY – GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) Teaser No. 1 |format=YouTube |author=Psy | website=YouTube|author-link=Psy |date=July 11, 2012 |access-date=November 5, 2012}}{{cbignore}} On July 15, 2012, the full music video of "Gangnam Style" was uploaded onto YouTube and was immediately a sensation, receiving about 500,000 views on its first day.{{cite web |last=Allocca |first=Kevin |title='Gangnam Style' Is Your International Hit of the Month |url=http://youtube-trends.blogspot.jp/2012/08/gangnam-style-is-your-international-hit.html |website=YouTube Trends |access-date=September 28, 2012}} However, at the time of its release in Germany, a dispute between YouTube and the GEMA (the country's performance rights organization) regarding copyright issues led to thousands of music videos including "Gangnam Style"{{cite web |title=Gangnam Style: Das beliebteste YouTube-Video aller Zeiten |url=http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/panorama/Gangnam-Style-Das-beliebteste-Youtube-Video-aller-Zeiten-id22073206.html |website=Augsburger Allgemeine |publisher=Mediengruppe Pressedruck |language=de |date=September 26, 2012 |access-date=October 7, 2012}} being blocked in the country.{{cite news |author=Lischka, Konrad |title=YouTube sperrt Musikvideos in Deutschland |url=http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/gema-streit-youtube-sperrt-musikvideos-in-deutschland-a-616605.html |newspaper=Spiegel Online |publisher=Spiegel Verlag |language=de |access-date=October 7, 2012|date=March 31, 2009 }} The music video, along with other music videos from GEMA-protected artists released on YouTube, were unblocked in Germany on October 31, 2016, after YouTube reached an agreement with GEMA on copyrights and royalties.{{cite web|url=https://www.gema.de/en/aktuelles/gema_signs_agreement_with_youtube_milestone_for_a_fair_remuneration_of_music_authors_in_the_digital/|title=GEMA press statement regarding agreement with YouTube|publisher=gema.de|date=December 31, 2016|access-date=November 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923193937/https://www.gema.de/en/aktuelles/gema_signs_agreement_with_youtube_milestone_for_a_fair_remuneration_of_music_authors_in_the_digital/|archive-date=September 23, 2017|url-status=dead}}

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According to the news agency Agence France-Presse, the success of "Gangnam Style" could be considered as part of the Korean Wave,{{cite news|title=Gangnam fever 'just the beginning' for new Korean wave |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20121018-gangnam-fever-just-beginning-new-korean-wave |agency=Agence France-Presse |access-date=October 21, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} a term coined by Chinese journalists to refer to the significant increase in the popularity of South Korean entertainment and culture since the late 1990s.{{cite web |last=Ravina |first=Mark |title=Introduction: Conceptualizing the Korean Wave |url=http://www.uky.edu/Centers/Asia/SECAAS/Seras/2009/02_Ravina_2009.pdf |publisher=Southeast Review of Asian Studies (SERAS) |access-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611003859/http://www.uky.edu/Centers/Asia/SECAAS/Seras/2009/02_Ravina_2009.pdf |archive-date=June 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

Korean popular music (K-pop), considered by some to be the most important aspect of the Korean Wave,{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Woo-young |title=K-pop as gateway to Korean culture |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/08/18/k-pop-gateway-korean-culture.html |website=The Korea Herald |access-date=October 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928212157/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/08/18/k-pop-gateway-korean-culture.html |archive-date=September 28, 2012 }} is a music genre that relies on cultural technology to adapt to the tastes of foreign audiences and has now grown into a popular subculture among teenagers and young adults in many places around the world.{{cite magazine |last=Seabrook |first=John |title=Cultural technology and the making of K-Pop |url=https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/10/08/121008fa_fact_seabrook?currentPage=all |magazine=The New Yorker |date=October 2012 |access-date=October 19, 2012}} Although it has spread to the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and parts of South America,{{cite web |last=Russell |first=Mark |title=The Gangnam Phenom |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/09/27/the_gangnam_phenom |website=Foreign Policy |access-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-date=October 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001015846/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/09/27/the_gangnam_phenom |url-status=dead }} its reception in the Western world was initially lukewarm.{{cite news |last=Oh |first=Esther |title=K-Pop taking over the world? Don't make me laugh |url=http://travel.cnn.com/seoul/life/tell-me-about-it/k-pop-taking-over-world-dont-make-me-laugh--476482 |publisher=CNN |access-date=October 21, 2012}} However, booming social media networks such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter made it easier for K-pop musicians to reach a wider audience in the West, and the song and video soon became a global phenomenon.{{cite news |author1=Sang-Hun, Choe |author2=Russell, Mark |title=Using Social Media to Bring Korean Pop Music to the West.html |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/business/global/using-social-media-to-bring-korean-pop-music-to-the-west.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=October 21, 2012 |date=March 4, 2012}}

The song has received mixed to positive ratings from music critics. Music journalist Bill Lamb from About.com praised the song for "spreading smiles and pure fun around the world in record time." He then writes, "take one part LMFAO's synth-based party music, another part Ricky Martin's Latin dance party and the rest a powerfully charismatic South Korean showman and you have the first worldwide K-Pop smash hit." Billboard K-Town columnist Jeff Benjamin became one of the first music critics to review the song when he published an article and reported that "Gangnam Style" has gone viral on the Internet. In his article, Benjamin introduced the reader to a couple of popular K-pop songs and wrote that "'Gangnam Style' in particular, plays all the right moves sonically while "borrowing from LMFAO along the way."

Hallie Sekoff of The Huffington Post quoted from the video's official YouTube video description that the song is characterized by its "strongly addictive beats," and wrote that this is not too far-fetched, considering "how obsessed we've found ourselves."{{cite news |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/south-korean-hip-hop-sens_n_1728420.html |title=PSY's 'Gangnam Style': K-Pop Star's Viral Comeback Is Impossible to Resist (VIDEO) |last=Sekoff |first=Hallie |date=August 1, 2012 |work=Huffington Post |access-date=September 26, 2012}} Then London's mayor Boris Johnson considered the song to be the greatest cultural masterpiece of 2012.{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Boris |title=How Gangnam Style and Fifty Shades gave culture a spanking |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/borisjohnson/9764197/How-Gangnam-Style-and-Fifty-Shades-gave-culture-a-spanking.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/borisjohnson/9764197/How-Gangnam-Style-and-Fifty-Shades-gave-culture-a-spanking.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=December 23, 2012 |location=London |date=December 23, 2012}}{{cbignore}}

Despite its popularity, a few music critics including Robert Copsey from Digital Spy criticized the song for being monotonous. Cospey wrote that "you could slap an LMFAO tag on the cover and few would know the difference",{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a407034/psy-gangnam-style-single-review.html |first=Robert |last=Copsey |title=Psy: 'Gangnam Style' – Single review |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Magazines UK |access-date=October 13, 2012 |date=September 20, 2012 |archive-date=January 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102110746/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a407034/psy-gangnam-style-single-review.html |url-status=dead }} and Paul Lester of The Guardian similarly labeled it as "generic ravey Euro dance with guitars." Lester described the song as "Pump Up the Jam meets the Macarena with a dash of Cotton Eye Joe,"{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/13/new-band-psy |title=New band of the day – Psy (No 1,350) |last=Lester |first=Paul |date=September 13, 2012 |work=The Guardian |access-date=September 27, 2012 |location=London}} while Robert Myers of The Village Voice dismissed "Gangnam Style" as an "inspired piece of silliness."{{cite news |last=Myers |first=Robert |title=New on the Hot 100 This Week: Taylor Swift's 'Ronan', PSY's 'Gangnam Style', and More |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/09/hot_100_debuts_taylor_swift_alicia_keys.php?page=2 |date=September 13, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012 |newspaper=The Village Voice |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917045454/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/09/hot_100_debuts_taylor_swift_alicia_keys.php?page=2 |archive-date=September 17, 2012 }}

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Cha Woo-jin, a South Korean music critic, told The Chosun Ilbo that "Gangnam Style"'s sophisticated rendering and arrangement has made it very appealing to the general public.{{cite web |title='Gangnam Style' Sees Veteran Singer Psy Leapfrog K-Pop Bands |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/08/13/2012081300834.html |website=The Chosun Ilbo |date=August 13, 2012 |access-date=October 12, 2012}} Choe Kwang-shik, the South Korean Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, told reporters that "Gangnam Style" had played an important role in introducing the Korean culture, language, and lifestyle to the rest of the world.{{cite web |last=Cho |first=Chung-un |title=Hallyu can help spread Korean: minister |url=http://view.koreaherald.com/kh/view.php?ud=20120917001083 |website=The Korea Herald |date=September 17, 2012 |access-date=October 12, 2012}} However, some have criticized the song for failing to accurately represent South Korean culture. Oh Young-Jin, managing editor of The Korea Times, wrote that the dance has more to do with Americans than Koreans.{{cite web |last=Oh |first=Young-jin |title=Coming out on Psy |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/10/385_121306.html |website=The Korea Times |date=October 2, 2012 |access-date=October 12, 2012}}

In Japan, the song was met with considerable criticism. When "Gangnam Style" first appeared in Japanese TV shows in July, the reaction from viewers was negative. As a result, Psy's Japanese record label YGEX canceled a previously planned Japanese-language re-release of "Gangnam Style."{{cite web|title=「違和感しかない......」韓流歌手PSY「江南スタイル」日本デビュー無期限延期の裏事情 |url=http://netallica.yahoo.co.jp/news/20121010-00000305-nkcyzo |publisher=Yahoo! Japan |date=October 10, 2012 |access-date=October 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013024429/http://netallica.yahoo.co.jp/news/20121010-00000305-nkcyzo |archive-date=October 13, 2012 }} According to The Dong-A Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper, the song's lukewarm reception in Japan could have been caused by a diplomatic conflict between the two countries,{{cite web |url=http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=060000&biid=2012100657738 |title=Chinese embrace 'Gangnam Style,' Japanese kept in the dark |website=The Dong-A Ilbo |date=October 6, 2012 |access-date=October 22, 2012}} and the newspaper accused the Japanese media of keeping its people "in the dark." However, Jun Takaku of the Japanese daily newspaper Asahi Shimbun explained that "Gangnam Style" had caused "barely a ripple in Japan" because Psy does not conform to the image of other "traditionally polished" K-pop acts popular in Japan such as Girls' Generation and TVXQ.{{cite web |last=Takaku |first=Jun |title=Maybe not yet big in Japan, but Psy already a sensation in the U.S |url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/korean_peninsula/AJ201211160014 |website=The Asahi Shimbun |access-date=November 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118015714/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/korean_peninsula/AJ201211160014 |archive-date=November 18, 2012 }} Erica Ho from Time magazine similarly noted that, despite the K-pop musical genre being very popular in Japan, the country seemed to be "immune to PSY Mania", and she advised her readers who dislike the song to "pack your bags for Japan."{{cite magazine |last=Ho |first=Erica |title='Gangnam Style': Is Japan Immune to PSY Mania? |url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/15/gangnam-style-is-japan-immune-to-psy-mania/ |magazine=Time |access-date=November 15, 2012 |date=October 15, 2012}}

Immediately after its release, "Gangnam Style" was mentioned by various English-language websites providing coverage of Korean pop culture for international fans, including Allkpop{{cite news |title=Psy says Gary is to blame for the explicit lyrics in his album? |url=http://www.allkpop.com/2012/07/psy-says-gary-is-to-blame-for-the-explicit-lyrics-in-his-album |website=Allkpop |access-date=October 12, 2012}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=February 2025}} and Soompi.{{cite web |title=PSY Releases MV for 'Gangnam Style' |url=http://www.soompi.com/2012/07/16/psy-releases-mv-for-gangnam-style/ |website=Soompi |date=July 16, 2012 |access-date=October 14, 2012 |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729032015/https://www.soompi.com/2012/07/16/psy-releases-mv-for-gangnam-style/ |url-status=dead }}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=February 2025}} Simon and Martina Stawski, a Canadian couple living in Seoul who were among the first to parody "Gangnam Style" in late July, wrote that the song has the potential to become "one of the biggest songs of the year."{{cite web | last=Stawski | first=Simon and Martina | title=Psy – Gangnam Style: Kpop Music Monday | url=http://www.eatyourkimchi.com/kpop-psy-gangnamstyle/ | publisher=Eatyourkimchi | access-date=October 12, 2012 | date=July 23, 2012 | archive-date=August 13, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813001523/http://www.eatyourkimchi.com/kpop-psy-gangnamstyle/ | url-status=dead }} However, during an interview with Al Jazeera a few weeks later, Martina Stawski claimed that the worldwide popularity of "Gangnam Style" has been viewed negatively by some K-pop fans, because "they [the fans] didn't want K-pop being liked by other people who don't understand K-Pop."{{cite web | title=K-pop diplomacy: South Korea's soft power goes Gangnam Style | url=http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/k-pop-diplomacy-0022328 | publisher=Al Jazeera | access-date=October 12, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302190659/http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/k-pop-diplomacy-0022328 |archive-date=March 2, 2013 }}{{cite web |title=The Stream : K-pop diplomacy | date=September 3, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYt813fDWTw | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/rYt813fDWTw| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=October 12, 2012}}{{cbignore}}

The music video of "Gangnam Style" has been met with positive responses and praises from the music industry and the commentators, who drew attention to its tone and dance moves, though some found them vulgar.{{cite news |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1220085/1/.html |title=Justin Bieber to record US version of Psy's 'Gangnam Style'? |publisher=MediaCorp Interactive |date=August 14, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012 |quote=While the music video has been viewed over 28 million times on video sharing site YouTube, and has been praised for its catchy rhythm as well as its wacky 'horse dance', not everyone is impressed – his detractors have labelled his music vulgar. |archive-date=November 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123121025/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1220085/1/.html |url-status=dead }} Another notable aspect that helped popularise the video was its comical dance moves that can be easily copied, such as the pelvic thrust during the elevator scene.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/24/gangnam-style-south-korean-pop |title=What's so funny about Gangnam Style? |author=Mahdawi, Arwa |date=September 24, 2012 |website=The Guardian |access-date=October 19, 2012}} The United Nations hailed Psy as an "international sensation" because of the popularity of his "satirical" video clip and its "horse-riding-like dance moves."{{cite web |title=From Korean pop music to skydiving to Earth – not-your-typical diplomatic meetings for UN Secretary-General |url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43373&Cr=secretary-general&Cr1=#.UJodaWddDLQ |publisher=United Nations |date= October 24, 2012 |access-date= November 22, 2013}} As such, the music video has spawned a dance craze unseen since the Macarena of the mid-1990s.{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/12/tech/web/apparently-this-matters-gangnam-style/index.html |title=Apparently This Matters: R.I.P., 'Gangnam Style' |author=Bellini, Jerrett |date=October 15, 2012 |publisher=CNN |access-date=October 19, 2012}}{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/gangnam-style-is-the-latest-craze-to-sweep-across-dancefloors/story-e6frfn09-1226479446978 |title=Gangnam Style is the latest craze to sweep across dancefloors |work=News.com.au |date=September 22, 2012 |access-date=November 25, 2012 |archive-date=December 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228134447/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/gangnam-style-is-the-latest-craze-to-sweep-across-dancefloors/story-e6frfn09-1226479446978 |url-status=dead }}

The World Bank's lead economist David McKenzie remarked that some of Psy's dance moves "kind of look like a regression discontinuity,"{{cite web |last=McKenzie |first=David |title=Gangnam Migration: Regression-Discontinuity Impacts of Migrating to Korea |url=http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/gangnam-migration-regression-discontinuity-impacts-of-migrating-to-korea |publisher=World Bank |access-date=December 17, 2012|date=December 17, 2012 }} while the space agency NASA called "Gangnam Style" a dance-filled music video that has forever entered the hearts and minds of millions of people.{{cite web |title=Johnson Space Center Pathways Interns Create 'Gangnam Style' Parody |url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/jsc_gangnam_style.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231003540/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/jsc_gangnam_style.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 31, 2012 |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 18, 2012 }} Melissa Locker of Time noted that "it's hard not to watch again ... and again ... and again,"{{cite magazine |url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/22/watch-psy-gangnam-style-dodger-stadium/ |title=WATCH: Psy Brings 'Gangnam Style' to Dodger Stadium |last=Locker |first=Melissa |date=August 22, 2012 |magazine=Time |access-date=September 26, 2012}} while CNN reporter Shanon Cook told the audience that she had watched "Gangnam Style" about 15 times.{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c2#/video/world/2012/08/02/wr-gangnam-style-goes-viral-in-rap-video.cnn |title=Rapper living 'Gangnam Style' goes viral |publisher=CNN |date=August 3, 2012}}

The German news magazine Der Spiegel attributed the popularity of "Gangnam Style" to its daring dance moves,{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/leute/dank-katy-perry-us-erfolg-fuer-koreanischen-saenger-psy-a-851915.html |title=Dank Katy Perry: US-Erfolg für koreanischen Sänger Psy |newspaper=Der Spiegel |language=de |publisher=Spiegel Verlag |date=August 24, 2012 |access-date=September 26, 2012}} a sentiment similarly voiced by Maura Judkis of The Washington Post, who wrote, "'Gangnam Style' has made an extraordinarily stupid-looking dance move suddenly cool."{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/gangnam-styles-invisible-horse-dance-crazegiddyup/2012/08/23/0dec6ace-ed29-11e1-b09d-07d971dee30a_blog.html |title='Gangnam Style's invisible horse dance craze: Giddyup |newspaper=The Washington Post |last=Judkis |first=Marua |date=August 23, 2012 |access-date=September 27, 2012}} The video was also positively reviewed by Steve Knopper from Rolling Stone, who called "Gangnam Style" an astoundingly great K-pop video that has all the best elements of hypnotically weird one-hit wonders and hopes that "PSY gets filthy rich from this."{{ cite magazine | last = Knopper | first = Steve | title = On the Charts: 'Gangnam Style' Is All the Rage | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/on-the-charts-gangnam-style-is-all-the-rage-20120905 | magazine = Rolling Stone | access-date = October 13, 2012 | date = September 5, 2012 }}

Mesfin Fekadu of the Associated Press wrote that Psy's dance moves are "somewhat bizarre" but the music video is full of colorful, lively outfits.{{cite news |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/24/viral-clip-gives-koreas-p_n_1827916.html |title=Viral clip gives Korea's PSY a pop culture moment |work=Huffington Post |last=Fekadu |first=Mesfin |agency=Associated Press |date=August 23, 2012 |access-date=October 19, 2012 |archive-date=August 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827043211/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/24/viral-clip-gives-koreas-p_n_1827916.html |url-status=dead }} Matt Buchanan and Scott Ellis of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that the video "makes no sense at all to most Western eyes" and it "makes you wonder if you have accidentally taken someone else's medication"{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-diary/hit-video-may-have-a-subversive-message-20120827-24wkd.html |title=Hit video may have a subversive message |date=August 28, 2012 | last1=Buchanan |first1=Matt |last2=Ellis |first2=Scott |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=September 14, 2012 |quote=This is an almost Dada-esque series of vignettes that make no sense at all to most Western eyes. Psy spits in the air while a child breakdances, sings to horses, strolls through a hurricane that shoots whipped cream in his face, there's [sic] explosions, a disco bus, he rides a merry-go-round, dances on boats, beaches, in car parks and in elevators and generally makes you wonder if you have accidentally taken someone else's medication.}} whereas Deborah Netburn of the Los Angeles Times called it "one of the greatest videos ever to be uploaded to YouTube." Kim Alessi from Common Sense Media considered the music video for "Gangnam Style" worth seeing for its caricature of contemporary Asian and American urban lifestyles, but also warned that "Gangnam Style" contains sexually suggestive images and "degrading messages" which could be inappropriate for children and teenagers.{{cite news |url=https://latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-gangnam-style-live-20120828,0,7706831.story | title='Gangnam Style' live: New Psy video blows up on YouTube |date=August 28, 2012 |last=Netburn |first=Deborah |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |quote=I think we can all agree that K-Pop singer Psy's music video 'Gangnam Style' is one of the greatest videos ever to be uploaded to YouTube. | access-date=September 26, 2012 }}

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The video begins with Psy, who is lounging at what looks like a sandy beach, under a sun umbrella and holding a cold drink, but the camera zooms out to reveal he is actually at a playground. The video then alternates between the playground, where a boy (Hwang Min-woo) dances next to him; and a row of horses, who are in stalls, where Psy performs his signature "invisible horse dance."{{cite web |url=http://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/2012/09/invisible-horse-dance-the-business-of-gangnam-style/ |title=Invisible Horse Dance: The Business of 'Gangnam Style' |website=Knowledge@Wharton High School |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |date=September 27, 2012 |access-date=October 4, 2012 |quote=The signature move of the video has been called the 'invisible horse dance' because it mimics a bouncing/riding movement with hand gestures of alternating holding reigns and lassoing.}} As Psy (and two women) walk through a parking garage, they are pelted by pieces of newspaper, trash, and snow.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1693966/psy-gangnam-style-video-scenes.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918172417/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1693966/psy-gangnam-style-video-scenes.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 18, 2012 |title=Psy Breaks Down Greatest Assets of 'Gangnam Style' |publisher=MTV News |date=September 17, 2012 |last=Garibaldi |first=Christina |access-date=October 3, 2012}} At a sauna, he rests his head on a man's shoulder, dressed in blue, while another man covered in tattoos is stretching. He then sings in front of two men (then labelmates under YG Entertainment, Big Bang's Daesung and Seungri, dressed as older men) playing Janggi (Korean chess), dances with a woman at a tennis court, and bounces around on a tour bus of seniors. The scenes alternate quickly until there is an explosion near the chess players, causing them to dive off the bench. Psy immediately walks toward the camera, pointing and shouting "Oppa Gangnam Style." The chorus starts as he and some dancers perform at a horse stable. He dances as two women walk backwards. He dances at the tennis court, a carousel, and the tour bus. He shuffles into an outdoor yoga session and on a boat. The camera zooms in on a woman's butt, then shows Psy "yelling" at it.

The chorus ends and he is seen in a parking garage, where Psy is approached by a man (Yoo Jae-suk) in a yellow suit who steps out of a red Mercedes-Benz SLK 200; they have a dance duel. Psy then appears in an elevator underneath a man (Noh Hong-Chul) who is straddling him and thrusting his pelvis. The man in the yellow suit then gets in his car and leaves. The camera pans and it shows Psy in the subway station, where he boards the train and notices Hyuna (who would have her own version of the song) dancing. At one of the train stops, he approaches the girl in slow motion, and she approaches him. They start to embrace. He then tells the girl "Oppa Gangnam Style," and they horse dance along with some other dancers at the train stop, commencing the second chorus. He also surfaces from a spa hot tub. In the Rolling Stone interview, Psy says he copied the spa surfacing scene from Lady Gaga's video ("Poker Face").

Psy sings to the girl at a night club as people in various costumes walk behind them. He raps in a serious tone in an enclosed space, but when he says "You know what I'm saying" the camera zooms out, and it is revealed that he is actually sitting on a toilet with his pants down.

The music video is directed by Cho Soo-hyun, who later directed the video for Psy's follow-up single "Gentleman" and the video for "This Love" by Shinhwa.{{cite news|first=Grace Danbi|last=Hong|title=Fujii Mina to be Shinhwa's Lady in 'This Love' MV|url=http://enewsworld.interest.me/enews/contents.asp?idx=35689|date=May 8, 2013|work=enewsWorld|publisher=CJ E&M|access-date=May 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606202748/http://enewsworld.interest.me/enews/contents.asp?idx=35689|archive-date=June 6, 2013|url-status=dead}} It shows Psy performing a comical horse-riding dance and appearing in unexpected locations around the Gangnam District, such as an outdoor yoga session and a hot tub. He wears several distinctive suits and black sunglasses with a mindset of "dress classy and dance cheesy." It features a "skewering [of] the Gangnam image" by the "non-Gangnam Psy"; this parody would be recognizable to viewers familiar with Korean culture.{{cite news |url=http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_entertainment/546196.html |title='Gangnam style' goes viral |author=Surh, Jung-min |date=August 8, 2012 |newspaper=The Hankyoreh |publisher=The Hankyoreh Newspaper Corp. |access-date=August 10, 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2012/08/03/whats-up-with-the-gangnam-style-video/?mod=google_news_blog |title=What's Up with the 'Gangnam Style' Video? |last=Ramstad |first=Evan |website=The Wall Street Journal |date=August 3, 2012 |access-date=August 10, 2012}} Although there are more than ten different locations featured, only two of the scenes are filmed in the Gangnam district proper. The sauna scene, elevator scene, and bathroom scene were filmed elsewhere in the greater Seoul region,{{cite web |url=http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/13996/20120912/theres-no-gangnam-seen-in-psy-gangnam-style-mv.htm |title=There's No 'Gangnam' Seen in Psy's 'Gangnam Style' MV?! |website=KpopStarz |date=September 12, 2012 |access-date=September 12, 2012}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=February 2025}} and some shots were filmed in World Trade Center Seoul and the Songdo International Business District, which includes Songdo Central Park and International Business District Station.{{cite news|url=http://www.nocutnews.co.kr/show.asp?idx=2235664|script-title=ko:싸이 '강남스타일' 뮤직비디오 촬영지 인기|date=August 23, 2012|access-date=November 3, 2012|work=No Cut News|author=안종훈|language=ko}} The video was shot over 48 hours in July 2012.

In K-pop, it is routine to have cameos by celebrities in a music video, such as in the dance scenes in the elevator and the parking garage.{{cite news |title=Gangnam Style, Dissected: The Subversive Message Within South Korea's Music Video Sensation |last=Fisher |first=Max |date=August 23, 2012 |work=The Atlantic |publisher=Atlantic Media Company |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/08/gangnam-style-dissected-the-subversive-message-within-south-koreas-music-video-sensation/261462/ |access-date=September 17, 2012}} Guest appearances in the music video include:

• 4Minute member Hyuna, who dances in the subway car and attracts Psy's attention.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/breaking-down-psys-gangnam-style-20120914 |title=Breaking down Psy's 'Gangnam Style' |last=Knopper |first=Steve |date=September 14, 2012 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=September 19, 2012}}
• Hwang Min-woo, a 7-year-old boy who dances at the beginning of the video. During an interview with CNN, Psy stated that "the night before the music video shoot, I was watching Korea's Got Talent and saw him dance to Michael Jackson. His moves were ridiculous. So we called him up and asked him to be in the music video, which was shooting the very next day, and he came and it all worked out." He has been praised for his eye-catching dance moves that have received a lot of attention from viewers.{{cite web |url=http://www.allkpop.com/2012/08/whos-the-dancing-kid-in-psys-gangnam-style-mv |title=Who's the dancing kid in Psy's 'Gangnam Style' MV? |date=August 29, 2012 |publisher=Allkpop |access-date=September 14, 2012}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=February 2025}}{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Sungeun |title='Little Psy', 7, Grabs 'Gangnam Style' Spotlight |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/psy-grabs-gangnam-style-spotlight/story?id=17786711#.ULHuJWddDLR |website=ABC News |access-date=November 25, 2012}}
• Comedian/television personality Korea's Nation MC Yoo Jae-suk, who engages in a dance duel with Psy.
• Comedian/television personality Noh Hongchul, who does his trademark pelvis-thrusting dance in an elevator while Psy raps underneath him.

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1. Earliest notable reaction video by K-pop fans Katie and Mindy Anderson, uploaded to YouTube on July 18, 2012
2. Earliest notable parody by K-pop bloggers Simon and Martina Stawski, uploaded on July 23
3. Shared on the social news website Reddit, July 28;{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} earliest celebrity comment by Robbie Williams on his personal blog, July 28;{{cite web |url=http://www.robbiewilliams.com/news-blogs/trying-to-figure-out-which-tracks-stay-the-album |title=Trying to Figure out which Tracks Stay on the Album |publisher=RobbieWilliams.com |access-date=September 30, 2012 |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024163749/http://www.robbiewilliams.com/news-blogs/trying-to-figure-out-which-tracks-stay-the-album |url-status=dead }} featured in the foreign tabloid newspaper Ilta-Sanomat, in Finland, July 28{{cite web|website=Iltasanomat |url=http://www.iltasanomat.fi/musiikki/art-1288486980607.html |title=Unohtakaa Macarena, tässä tulee hevostanssi! |publisher=Sanoma News |date=July 28, 2012 |language=fi |access-date=September 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830121221/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/musiikki/art-1288486980607.html |archive-date=August 30, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
4. First celebrity tweet by T-Pain, July 29{{cite web|author=T-Pain |title=Words cannot even describe how amazing this video is. |url=https://twitter.com/TPain/status/229693595437912064 |publisher=Twitter |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526023011/https://twitter.com/TPAIN/status/229693595437912064 |archive-date=May 26, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
5. Picked up by Neetzan Zimmerman from the social blog Gawker, July 30
6. Picked up by the British political commentator Andrew Sullivan, who blogs about the video on The Daily Beast, August 1{{cite web|url=http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/08/mental-health-break.html |title=Mental Health Break |author=Sullivan, Andrew |date=August 1, 2012 |website=The Daily Beast |access-date=October 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114142031/http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/08/mental-health-break.html |archive-date=November 14, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
7. Featured in CNN International and The Wall Street Journal, August 3{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2012/08/02/wr-gangnam-style-goes-viral-in-rap-video.cnn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804213037/http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2012/08/02/wr-gangnam-style-goes-viral-in-rap-video.cnn |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 4, 2012 |title=Rapper living 'Gangnam Style' goes viral |date=August 3, 2012 |publisher=CNN |access-date=September 29, 2012}}
8. Nelly Furtado performs "Gangnam Style" at her concert in the Philippines, August 16
9. Psy performs "Gangnam Style" at Dodger Stadium, August 20. This marks his first public appearance in the United States
10. Katy Perry shares the "Gangnam Style" music video with her 25 million followers on Twitter, August 21{{cite tweet|user = katyperry|number =237841455782182912 |title =Help, I'm in a gangnam style k hole |name = Katy Perry|date = August 21, 2012|access-date = September 30, 2012}}
11. Psy appears on VH1 with Carrie Keagan and Jason Dundas, August 22. This marks his first appearance in a US television show

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Following its July 15 release, "Gangnam Style" overtook Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" to reach the number one position on the YouTube Top 100 Music Videos during the week of August 28, 2012.{{cite news |last=Fekadu |first=Mesfin |date=August 27, 2012 |title=Wild, Crazy Style |newspaper=Daily Express |agency=Associated Press}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/charts/videos_views/music?d=20120831 |title=Charts – Music – YouTube, Most viewed videos, week of August 28, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012 |publisher=YouTube}} On September 1, 2012, it overtook Girls' Generation's "Gee" to become the most viewed K-pop video on YouTube.{{cite web |url=http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/13529/20120902/popularity-of-psy-s-gangnam-style-analyzed-realistically.htm |title=Popularity of Psy's 'Gangnam Style' Analyzed Realistically |date=September 2, 2012 |website=KpopStarz |access-date=October 4, 2012 |archive-date=September 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905040848/http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/13529/20120902/popularity-of-psy-s-gangnam-style-analyzed-realistically.htm |url-status=dead }}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=February 2025}} Although "Call Me Maybe" had unusually strong staying power, averaging over 1.5 million views each day, "Gangnam Style" increased to an average of over nine million views per day within just two months. This was mainly because "Call Me Maybe" remained largely a North American trend, whereas the popularity of "Gangnam Style" was not confined to the United States.{{cite web |url=http://youtube-trends.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/gangnam-style-vs-call-me-maybe.html |title=YouTube Trends: Gangnam Style vs Call Me Maybe: A Popularity Comparison |last=Allocca |first=Kevin |website=YouTube Trends |publisher=YouTube |date=September 12, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012}} 61.6 percent of viewers were male, and those aged between 13 and 17 represented the biggest group.{{cite news|title=Psy's 'Gangnam Style' most-viewed video on YouTube|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2012/11/24/56/0701000000AEN20121124001252320F.HTML|agency=Yonhap News Agency|access-date=November 25, 2012}}

According to The Wall Street Journal, T-Pain was among the first to have "sent [the video] to the stratosphere" when he tweeted about it on July 29, 2012.{{cite news |title=Canadians in South Korea fund expansion of popular website |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2012/09/07/nasties-fund-a-prosperous-future-awfully-pronto/ |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |last=Ramstad |first=Evan |date=September 7, 2012 |access-date=September 12, 2012}}{{cite web |author=T-Pain |title=Words cannot even describe how amazing this video is |url=https://twitter.com/TPAIN/status/229693595437912064 |publisher=Twitter |access-date=November 12, 2012}} It was then picked up by Neetzan Zimmerman from the social blog Gawker, who asked "Did this underground Hip Hop artist from South Korea just release the Best Music Video of the Year?"{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/5930283/did-this-underground-hip-hop-artist-from-south-korea-just-release-the-best-music-video-of-the-year |title=Did This Underground Hip Hop Artist from South Korea Just Release the Best Music Video of the Year? |website=Gawker |publisher=Gawker Media |last=Zimmerman |first=Neetzan |date=July 30, 2012 |access-date=September 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015034744/http://gawker.com/5930283/did-this-underground-hip-hop-artist-from-south-korea-just-release-the-best-music-video-of-the-year |archive-date=October 15, 2012 |url-status=dead }} on July 30. This was soon followed by Robbie Williams,{{cite web |url=http://www.soompi.com/2012/08/01/t-pain-robbie-williams-josh-groban-and-gawker-show-love-for-psys-gangnam-style/ |title=T-Pain, Robbie Williams, Josh Groban, and Gawker Show Love for Psy's "Gangnam Style" |publisher=Soompi |date=August 1, 2012 |access-date=September 16, 2012 |archive-date=September 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918024136/http://www.soompi.com/2012/08/01/t-pain-robbie-williams-josh-groban-and-gawker-show-love-for-psys-gangnam-style/ |url-status=dead }}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=February 2025}} Britney Spears,{{cite news|last=Day |first=Lara |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2012/09/12/gangnam-styles-psy-appears-on-ellen-schools-britney-spears/ |title='Gangnam Style's Psy Appears on 'Ellen', Schools Britney Spears |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=September 12, 2012 |access-date=September 21, 2012}} Katy Perry, Tom Cruise,{{cite web |url=http://global.mnet.com/news/newsdetail.m?searchNewsVO.news_id=201209051322_14115 |title=Tom Cruise Considering Psy as a Future Co-Star? |website=Mnet |publisher=CJ E&M Corporation |date=September 5, 2012 |access-date=September 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909003125/http://global.mnet.com/news/newsdetail.m?searchNewsVO.news_id=201209051322_14115 |archive-date=September 9, 2012 |url-status=dead }} Joseph Gordon-Levitt,{{cite tweet |user=hitRECordJoe |number=248575172091731969 |title=#EndlessGangamStyle #Again #AndAgain |last=Gordon-Levitt |first=Joseph |author-link=Joseph Gordon-Levitt |date=September 20, 2012 |access-date=September 25, 2012}} and William Gibson.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/09/william-gibson-part-3-punk-memes/all/ |title=William Gibson on Punk Rock, Internet Memes, and 'Gangnam Style' |last=Dayal |first=Geeta |date=December 15, 2012 |access-date=December 20, 2012 |magazine= Wired}}

The earliest video to catch the attention of media networks outside South Korea was "Psy Gangnam Style MV Reaction," which was uploaded by Katie and Mindy Anderson on July 18, 2012. The Andersons were subsequently interviewed by Evan Ramstad from The Wall Street Journal a few weeks later.{{cite web |last=Ramstad |first=Evan |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2012/08/06/reaction-vids-get-a-pop-with-gangnam-style/ |title='Gangnam Style' Video Brings Attention to Fan Reaction Videos Too |website=The Wall Street Journal |date=August 6, 2012 |access-date=September 20, 2012}} In his article published on August 6, 2012, Ramstad also included "Kpop Music Mondays : PSY Gangnam Style," a review and parody of "Gangnam Style" uploaded on July 23 by K-pop video bloggers Simon and Martina Stawski, a Canadian couple living in Seoul. This makes the Stawskis' video the earliest parody featured in an American newspaper. On August 8, 2012, Ramstad appeared on WSJ Live, and he mentioned the Andersons and the Stawskis again, before claiming that "a lot of Koreans are also making their own parodies of 'Gangnam Style.'"{{cite web |url=http://live.wsj.com/video/how-gangnam-style-went-viral/3CB028D8-C18E-4B93-A214-7E6EFF43E1A1.html#!3CB028D8-C18E-4B93-A214-7E6EFF43E1A1 |title=How 'Gangnam Style' Went Viral |date=August 8, 2012 |website=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=October 2, 2012}}

On September 3, 2012, the number of daily views generated by "Gangnam Style" went past the 5-million mark.{{Cite news|last=Jurgensen|first=John|title='Gangnam' Mania|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444620104578008230854641420|access-date=September 28, 2012|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}} By the end of September, it had topped the iTunes charts in 31 countries.{{cite news|title=Guinness World Records Declares 'Gangnam Style' as 'Most Liked' Video in YouTube History |author=Hicap, Jonathan M. |url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/374550/guinness-world-records-declares-gangnam-style-as-most-liked-video-in-youtube-history |newspaper=Manila Bulletin |publisher=Manila Bulletin Publishing |date=September 24, 2012 |access-date=October 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927015751/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/374550/guinness-world-records-declares-gangnam-style-as-most-liked-video-in-youtube-history |archive-date=September 27, 2012 }}

"Gangnam Style" reached the unprecedented milestone of 1 billion YouTube views on December 21, 2012.{{cite web |title=First video to receive one billion views on YouTube |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/107048-first-video-to-receive-one-billion-views |website=Guinness World Records |access-date=4 October 2024}} YouTube specially marked the video's accomplishments with a cartoon dancing Psy animated icon, added first by the site logo,{{ cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/1481330/gangnam-style-leads-youtubes-top-trending-videos-of-2012 | title = 'Gangnam Style' Leads YouTube's Top Trending Videos of 2012 | last = Gruger | first = William | date = December 18, 2012 | magazine = Billboard | access-date = December 24, 2012 }} and later next to the video's view counter when it exceeded 1 billion views.{{ cite news | title = Gangnam Style hits one billion views on YouTube | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20812870 |publisher = BBC | date = December 21, 2012 | access-date = December 24, 2012 }} On April 6, 2013, the video on YouTube reached 1.5 billion views.{{cite web |script-title=ko:싸이 '강남스타일', 유튜브 15억뷰…27일만에 1억 추가 |author=Choi Ji-Ye |publisher={{ill|MyDaily|ko|마이데일리}} |date=April 6, 2013 |url=http://news.nate.com/view/20130406n09470?mid=e0102 |access-date=April 6, 2013}}

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After the release of "Gangnam Style," the American talent manager Scooter Braun, who discovered Justin Bieber on YouTube, asked on Twitter "How did I not sign this guy [Psy]?"{{cite news |title=K-pop's SNS explosion |last=Kim |first=Yoon-mi |url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20120825-367527.html |work=AsiaOne |publisher=Singapore Press Holdings |date=August 25, 2012 |access-date=August 25, 2012}} Soon afterward, it was reported that Psy had left for Los Angeles to meet with representatives of Justin Bieber, to explore collaboration opportunities. On September 3, 2012, Braun made a public announcement that was later uploaded onto YouTube, saying that he and Psy have decided to "make some history together. [To] be the first Korean artist to break a big record in the United States." On September 4, it was confirmed that Psy was signed to Braun's School Boy Records.{{cite magazine |title=Psy Signs to Scooter Braun's Label, Will Appear at MTV VMAs |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/475306/psy-signs-to-scooter-brauns-label-will-appear-at-mtv-vmas |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 12, 2012}}

The music video for the song went viral and became an Internet meme.{{cite news |title=South Korean meme Gangnam Style gets 59 million hits on YouTube |last=Khan |first=Ujala Ali |url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/south-korean-meme-gangnam-style-gets-59-million-hits-on-youtube |newspaper=The National |location=Abu Dhabi |date=August 28, 2012 |access-date=September 17, 2012}} Although Psy attributed the song's popularity to YouTube and his fans while at the same time insisted that he is not responsible for the song's success,{{cite news|last=Charlton|first=Emma|title=Psy says 'Gangnam Style' not his success|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hkTU0HWUnHv-mXrYDiJ938BYNhNw?docId=CNG.17b291800a43d49f81dd59b0757f8aec.791|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228123640/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hkTU0HWUnHv-mXrYDiJ938BYNhNw?docId=CNG.17b291800a43d49f81dd59b0757f8aec.791|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 28, 2014|agency=Agence France-Presse|access-date=November 6, 2012}} the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recognized the singer for "increasing the world's interest in Korea" and announced its decision to award Psy with a 4th Class Order of Cultural Merit.{{cite news |title=Psy lands top honour in South Korea |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/11/06/psy-lands-top-honour-in-south-korea |newspaper=Toronto Sun |access-date=November 6, 2012|date=November 6, 2012 }} The phrase "Oppan Gangnam Style" was entered into The Yale Book of Quotations as one of the most famous quotes of 2012.{{cite web |title=2012 Top Quotes: From 'Binders Full of Women' to 'Gangnam Style' |date=December 9, 2012 |url=http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/2012-Top-Quotes-From-Binders-Full-of-Women-to-Gangnam-Style-182734061.html |publisher=NBC Miami (Associated Press) |access-date=December 9, 2012}}

As the song's popularity continued to rise, it caused the share price of the song's music label YG Entertainment to gain as much as 50% on the Korea Exchange. DI Corporation, whose executive chairman Park Won-ho is Psy's father, saw its share price increase by 568.8% within a few months of the song's release despite making a year-over-year loss.{{cite news |author1=Yang, Jun |author2=Shin, Saeromi |title='Gangnam Style' Link Spurs DI Surge: Chart of the Day |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-17/-gangnam-style-link-spurs-di-surge-chart-of-the-day.html |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=October 18, 2012}}{{cite web |last=Saadeh |first=Ramy |title=Short-Selling the "Gangnam Style" |url=http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/1071506-ramy-saadeh/1171791-short-selling-the-gangnam-style |website=Seeking Alpha |date=October 15, 2012 |access-date=October 18, 2012}} Soon, "Gangnam Style" began to attract the attention of several business and political leaders, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who recognized the song as a "force for world peace."{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/technology/gangnam-style-gets-un-stamp-of-approval-20121010-27cbq.html|title=Gangnam style gets UN stamp of approval|date=October 10, 2012|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=March 11, 2019}} During his meeting with Psy at the United Nations Headquarters, he commented, "We have tough negotiations in the United Nations. In such a case I was also thinking of playing Gangnam Style-dance so that everybody would stop and dance. Maybe you can bring UN style."{{cite web |title=Ban Ki-Moon Dances to Gangnam Style with Psy (VIDEO) |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/24/ban-ki-moon-dances-to-gangnam-style-psy_n_2007865.html |website=The Huffington Post UK |access-date=October 24, 2012|date=October 24, 2012 }}{{cite news |last=Davies |first=Lizzy |title=Rapper Psy brings Gangnam Style horseplay to United Nations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/24/psy-gangnam-style-united-nations?newsfeed=true |work=The Guardian |access-date=October 24, 2012 |location=London |date=October 24, 2012}}

File:Secretary General Ban Ki moon and PSY Korean singe.ogv Ban Ki-moon performs the "Gangnam Style" dance with Psy]]

Through social networks like Facebook, many small, unofficial fan-organized flash mobs have been held in universities and colleges throughout the world. The earliest flash mobs were held in Pasadena, California,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmmDO_v9izE | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821050701/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmmDO_v9izE&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=August 21, 2012 | url-status=dead|title=Official Mnet/Koreaboo Gangnam Style (Psy) Flash Mob Video |format=YouTube |author=MnetAmerica |website = YouTube|date=August 20, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012|author-link=Mnet Media }} and Sydney, Australia.{{cite web |title=A Prince in Vegas and Gangnam Style |url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/commonknowledge/cke-sept-2/4236674 |date=September 2, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012 |website=Radio National |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}} On September 12, 2012, Times Square in Manhattan was filled with a dance mob dancing to the music of "Gangnam Style" during ABC's Good Morning America.{{cite news |last=Oldenburg |first=Ann |title=Korea's Psy teaches Britney Spears his 'Gangnam Style' |url=http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/15102172-421/koreas-psy-teaches-britney-spears-his-gangnam-style.html |date=September 12, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012 |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |archive-date=October 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024222732/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/15102172-421/koreas-psy-teaches-britney-spears-his-gangnam-style.html |url-status=dead }} Major flash mobs (those with more than 1,000 participants) were also held in Seoul (South Korea),{{cite news |title=Seoul shows its 'Gangnam Style' |url=http://www.euronews.com/nocomment/2012/10/07/seoul-shows-its-gangnam-style/ |publisher=Euronews |date=October 7, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055430/http://www.euronews.com/nocomment/2012/10/07/seoul-shows-its-gangnam-style/ |url-status=dead }} South Sulawesi (Indonesia),{{cite news |title=Mass 'Gangnam Style' Performance Breaks Indonesian Records |url=http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/mass-gangnam-style-performance-breaks-indonesian-records/550268 |newspaper=Jakarta Globe |date=October 15, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2012}} Palermo (Italy), Milan (Italy),{{cite web |url=http://www.cnet.com.au/gangnam-style-flash-mob-of-9000-strong-storms-sicily-339342009.htm |title=Gangnam Style flash mob of 9000 strong storms Sicily |author=Mack, Eric |date=October 12, 2012 |website=CNET |access-date=October 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014033649/http://www.cnet.com.au/gangnam-style-flash-mob-of-9000-strong-storms-sicily-339342009.htm |archive-date=October 14, 2012 }}{{cite web |title=Largest flash mob for 'Gangnam Style' gathers 20,000 people in Milan, Italy |url=http://www.koreaboo.com/index.html/_/general/largest-flash-mob-for-gangnam-style-g-r18467 |publisher=Koreaboo |access-date=November 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192248/http://www.koreaboo.com/index.html/_/general/largest-flash-mob-for-gangnam-style-g-r18467 |archive-date=October 29, 2013 }}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=February 2025}} and Paris (France).

The song has been mentioned in tweets by the United Nations,{{cite web |author=United Nations |title=Friday fun – Ban Ki-moon relinquishes title of most famous Korean to @psy_oppa, singer of "Gangnam Style" |url=https://twitter.com/UN/status/259459170330374144 |publisher=Twitter |access-date=October 20, 2012}} the United Nations Children's Fund,{{cite web |author=UNICEF |title=Congrats to Novak Djokovic @DjokerNole on winning the China Open – and celebrating with Gangnam Style dance |url=https://twitter.com/UNICEF/status/255316969358753794 |publisher=Twitter |access-date=October 26, 2012}} and the American space agency NASA;{{cite web |author=NASA |title=It's @NASA_Johnson Style! NASA. |url=https://twitter.com/NASA/status/279686769866326017 |publisher=Twitter |access-date=December 14, 2012}} by a reporter during a U.S. State Department briefing;{{cite web |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2012/10/198646.htm |title=Daily Press Briefing – October 3, 2012 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. State Department |date=October 3, 2012 |access-date=October 5, 2012 }} Video: {{cite video |url=http://video.state.gov/en/video/1875656309001 |title=Daily Press Briefing – October 3, 2012 |publisher=U.S. State Department |date=October 3, 2012 |access-date=October 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007155255/http://video.state.gov/en/video/1875656309001 |archive-date=October 7, 2016 }} and referenced by the president of the International Criminal Court Song Sang-Hyun during his speech in front of the UN Security Council.{{cite web |title=Gag me with the Gangnam jokes |url=http://turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/10/19/gag_me_with_the_gangnam_jokes |website=Foreign Policy |access-date=October 19, 2012 |archive-date=October 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023223906/http://turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/10/19/gag_me_with_the_gangnam_jokes |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine |last=Kneezle |first=Sarah |title=Eton Students Give 'Gangnam Style' an Old School Makeover |url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/19/eton-students-give-gangnam-style-an-old-school-makeover/ |magazine=Time |access-date=October 19, 2012 |date=October 19, 2012}}{{cite web |title=Judge Sang-Hyun Song – International Criminal Court, Rule of law, Security Council, 6849th meeting |url=http://webtv.un.org/topics-issues/watch/judge-sang-hyun-song-international-criminal-court-rule-of-law-security-council-6849th-meeting/1907445384001 |publisher=United Nations |access-date=October 19, 2012}} On October 9, the mayor of London Boris Johnson held a speech at the 2012 Conservative Party Conference where he told the audience that he and the British Prime Minister David Cameron have danced "Gangnam Style."{{cite news|title=Boris Johnson: David Cameron and I have danced Gangnam style|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/9596071/Boris-Johnson-David-Cameron-and-I-have-danced-Gangnam-style.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010162230/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/9596071/Boris-Johnson-David-Cameron-and-I-have-danced-Gangnam-style.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 10, 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=October 9, 2012|location=London|date=October 9, 2012}} During a Google Earnings call, Larry Page, the CEO and co-founder of Google, hailed the song as a glimpse of the future of worldwide distribution through YouTube.{{cite magazine |last=Pham |first=Alex |title=Google CEO Larry Page Calls PSY's 'Gangnam Style' a Glimpse of 'The Future' |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/google-ceo-larry-page-calls-psy%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s-1007985662.story |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 19, 2012 |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021212440/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/google-ceo-larry-page-calls-psy%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s-1007985662.story |url-status=dead }}

The American Council on Exercise estimated that dancing "Gangnam Style" will burn 150–200 calories per half-hour.{{cite web|last=O'Dair |first=Barbara |title=In Case You Missed It: 'Gangam Style' Goes Gangbusters |url=http://www.rd.com/recommends/in-case-you-missed-it-gangam-style-goes-gangbusters/ |publisher=Reader's Digest |access-date=October 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115084933/http://www.rd.com/recommends/in-case-you-missed-it-gangam-style-goes-gangbusters/ |archive-date=November 15, 2012 }} Swype, an input method for Android operating systems, included "Gangnam Style" in its list of recognized words and phrases.{{cite web |last=Neal |first=Dave |title=Swype for Android gets an updated beta, can dance Gangnam style |url=http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2218159/swype-for-android-gets-an-updated-beta-can-dance-gangnam-style |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020014859/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2218159/swype-for-android-gets-an-updated-beta-can-dance-gangnam-style |url-status=unfit |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |website=The Inquirer |access-date=October 18, 2012|date=October 18, 2012 }} U.S. President Barack Obama revealed possible plans to privately perform "Gangnam Style" for his spouse Michelle Obama.{{cite news|last=Fendrich|first=Howard|title='GANGNAM STYLE', OBAMA STYLE?|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/gangnam-style-obama-style|agency=Associated Press|access-date=November 22, 2013|archive-date=January 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120025800/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/gangnam-style-obama-style|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Obama on 'Gangnam Style': 'I Think I Can Do That Move' |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/06/obama-gangnam-style_n_2083216.html |work=Huffington Post |access-date=November 6, 2012 |date=November 6, 2012 |first=Luke |last=Johnson}}{{cite web |last=Tau |first=Bryon |title=Obama: I can do 'Gangnam Style' dance |url=http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/11/obama-i-can-do-gangham-style-dance-148660.html?hp=lh_b1 |publisher=Politico |access-date=November 6, 2012}}{{cite magazine |title=Barack Obama's 'Gangnam Style': Yes I Can Do That Dance |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/474290/barack-obamas-gangnam-style-yes-i-can-do-that-dance |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 6, 2012}} In November 2012, a Māori cultural group from Rotorua performed a version of the Gangnam Style dance mixed with a traditional Māori haka in Seoul, celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations between South Korea and New Zealand.{{cite news |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Maori-take-on-Gangnam-Style-in-Korea/tabid/418/articleID/278704/Default.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130112150321/http://www.3news.co.nz/Maori-take-on-Gangnam-Style-in-Korea/tabid/418/articleID/278704/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 12, 2013 |work=3 News NZ |title=Maori take on Gangnam Style in Korea |date=November 30, 2012 }}

In Thailand, officials from the Dan Sai municipality in Loei Province shot a video of people wearing masks and performing "Gangnam Style" during the Phi Ta Khon "ghost" festival. According to the Thai newspaper The Nation, villagers and spiritual leaders from Loei province felt "uneasy" and also "greatly offended" about this "Gangnam Style" performance which tarnishes the image of a 400-year-old tradition.{{cite web |last=SRITRAIPOP |first=BOONCHU |title=Ghost Festival-themed 'Gangnam Style' video offends Loei villagers |url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Ghost-Festival-themed-Gangnam-Style-video-offends--30193988.html |website=The Nation |access-date=November 8, 2012 |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111124121/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Ghost-Festival-themed-Gangnam-Style-video-offends--30193988.html |url-status=dead }} Another controversial incident was sparked by a "Gangnam Style" parody by officers from the Royal Thai Navy, which was not well received by some high-ranking commanders. Although Vice Admiral Tharathorn Kajitsuwan from the Third Naval Area Command insisted that "we had no intention to insult or make fun of navy officers in uniform," some senior officers called it "improper." Kajitsuwan claimed that his subordinates had the right to upload the video to YouTube, although he did not expect them to do so. On October 1, 2012, he issued an apology to his colleagues. Commander Surasak Rounroengrom believed an investigation was unnecessary because the video caused no damage to the navy, but he admitted that there was some impropriety about military officers doing their "fancy stepping in uniform."{{Cite news|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/314968/navy-gangnam-style-stirs-controversy |title=Navy 'Gangnam Style' makes choppy waves |newspaper= Bangkok Post |publisher= The Post Publishing |date=October 1, 2012 |access-date=October 1, 2012}}

On September 18, 2012, the North Korean government became the first to use "Gangnam Style" for political activism when it uploaded a parody with the title "I'm Yushin style!" onto the government website Uriminzokkiri.{{cite web |url=http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/itv/php_tmp/flvplayer.php?no=11566 |title=I'm Yushin style! |publisher=Uriminzokkiri |language=ko |access-date=September 27, 2012 |archive-date=September 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923000345/http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/itv/php_tmp/flvplayer.php?no=11566 |url-status=dead }} The parody mocks the South Korean ruling conservative party president-elect Park Geun-hye. It shows a Photoshopped image of the presidential candidate performing the dance moves of "Gangnam Style" and labels her as a devoted admirer of the Yushin system of autocratic rule set up by her father, Park Chung Hee.{{cite web |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/n-korea-takes-gangnam-style-shot-south-politician-20120919 |title=N. Korea takes 'Gangnam Style' shot at South politician |website=The Straits Times |date=August 20, 2012 |access-date=September 20, 2012}}{{cite news |title=North Korean video evokes 'Gangnam Style' to taunt South Korean candidate |author1=Kwon, K. J. |author2=Mullen, Jethro |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/20/world/asia/north-korea-gangnam-video/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=September 20, 2012 |access-date=September 25, 2012}} A few weeks later, "{{linktext|草泥马}} style" (literally, "Grass Mud Horse Style"; the Chinese characters are a homonym for a vulgar slur) was uploaded onto YouTube and other Chinese websites by the political activist and dissident Ai Weiwei. In his parody, Ai Weiwei dances "Gangnam Style" with a pair of handcuffs as a symbol of his arrest by Chinese authorities in 2011. According to the Associated Press, government authorities had removed the video from almost all Chinese websites the next day.{{cite news |title=Ai Weiwei goes 'Gangnam Style' _ with handcuffs |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ai-weiwei-goes-gangnam-style-handcuffs |agency=Associated Press |access-date=October 25, 2012 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120025747/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ai-weiwei-goes-gangnam-style-handcuffs |url-status=dead }}

South Korean President Park Geun-hye took office on February 15, 2013. At her inauguration, Psy performed "Gangnam Style" and "Champion", one of his first hits in his native country.{{cite web |author=Foster Klug And Hyung-Jin Kim |url=https://news.yahoo.com/first-female-skorean-president-faces-nkorea-crisis-013531771.html |title=First female SKorean president faces NKorea crisis – Yahoo! News |publisher=News.yahoo.com |date=February 24, 2013 |access-date=February 25, 2013}} In order to show his solidarity with Ai Weiwei and to advocate freedom of expression, the British sculptor Anish Kapoor produced the video Gangnam for Freedom, which features other prominent British artists as well as human rights activists from various international organisations including Index on Censorship and Amnesty International.{{cite web |title=Anish Kapoor's Gangnam style youtube film for Ai WeiWei |url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=20462 |publisher=Amnesty International UK |date=November 21, 2012 |access-date=August 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002111612/http://amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=20462 |archive-date=October 2, 2013 }} A few days prior, the global grassroots network Students for a Free Tibet had uploaded a parody of "Gangnam Style" to show its support for the Tibetan independence movement. According to Max Fisher from The Washington Post, this parody of "Gangnam Style" was likely filmed in Dharamshala, the home of Tibet's government-in-exile in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.{{cite news |last=Fisher |first=Max |title=Video: Gangnam Style plus Tibetan independence plus bobblehead Xi Jinping |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/11/09/video-gangnam-style-plus-tibetan-independence-plus-bobblehead-xi-jinping/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=November 9, 2012}}

Greenpeace announced that it was "Going Gangnam, Greenpeace Style" in order to raise public awareness about illegal and unsustainable fishing practices off the coast of Mozambique. Activists from Greenpeace had parodied "Gangnam Style" on board the organization's excursion yacht Rainbow Warrior.{{cite web |last=Baillie |first=Mike |title=Going Gangnam, Greenpeace Style |url=http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/gangnam-greenpeace-style/blog/43471/?entryid=43471 |publisher=Greenpeace |access-date=December 20, 2012}}

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Songdo, a ubiquitous city 40 miles (65 km) west of Gangnam, was among five cities vying for the right to host the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a project developed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to channel $100 billion a year from developed countries to help developing countries combat climate change.{{cite web|title=South Korea picked as HQ of new U.N. Green Climate Fund |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/49486064 |publisher=CNBC |access-date=October 21, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} During its campaign to win the right to host the GCF, the country's Presidential Committee on Green Growth produced a promotional video entitled "GCF Songdo Style by Psy" in which Psy recommends Songdo as the host city for the GCF. He announces that a "new paradigm" will begin at Songdo with the GCF and the video heralds "The beginning of Songdo Style" while "Gangnam Style" plays in the background.{{cite web |title=GCF Songdo Style by Psy | date=October 15, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6SLIW3NhrA& | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/R6SLIW3NhrA| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|publisher=Green Growth Korea |access-date=October 20, 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news |title=Psy appears in video promoting S. Korea's bid to host GCF Secretariat |url=http://view.koreaherald.com/kh/view.php?ud=20121016001079&cpv=0 |newspaper=The Korea Times |access-date=October 20, 2012}} On October 20, 2012, the board of the GCF announced that Songdo had won the right to host the fund.{{cite web |title=Press advisory: Republic of Korea selected to host the Green Climate Fund |url=http://gcfund.net/fileadmin/00_customer/documents/pdf/GCF_-_Press_20Oct_final.pdf |publisher=Green Climate Fund |access-date=October 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115062131/http://gcfund.net/fileadmin/00_customer/documents/pdf/GCF_-_Press_20Oct_final.pdf |archive-date=November 15, 2012 }}

In December 2012, the Department of Health in the Philippines launched a "Gangnam Style" dance campaign against the use of firecrackers to celebrate the New Year.{{cite news|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/320589/doh-anticracker-drive-launched-gangnam-style|access-date=December 28, 2012|title=DOH anticracker drive launched Gangnam style|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=December 8, 2012|author=Tina G. Santos}} Janine Tugonon, 2012 Miss Universe first runner-up, joined and danced in one of their campaigns at Pandacan, Manila.{{cite news|title=Tugonon, DOH chief dance Gangnam Style for anti-firecracker drive|url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2012/12/28/890791/tugonon-doh-chief-dance-gangnam-style-anti-firecracker-drive|access-date=December 28, 2012|newspaper=The Philippine Star|date=December 28, 2012|author=Sheila Crisostomo}} According to the department's assistant secretary, Dr. Eric Tayag, the popularity of the song will attract people especially children to use safer means of celebration such as dancing to "Gangnam Style". In contrast, the Philippine National Police was confirming intelligence reports about a firecracker named "Gangnam bomb," which supposedly produced by illegal firecracker makers in Bocaue, Bulacan and apparently riding on the popularity of the song.{{cite news|title=Beware Of 'Gangnam Bomb,' 'Goodbye Bading' |url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/387274/beware-of-gangnam-bomb-goodbye-bading#.UN1WJKz76So |access-date=December 28, 2012 |newspaper=Manila Bulletin |date=December 26, 2012 |author=Aaron B. Recuenco |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231015244/http://mb.com.ph/articles/387274/beware-of-gangnam-bomb-goodbye-bading |archive-date=December 31, 2012 }} According to Chief Superintendent Raul Petrasanta, director of the Firearms and Explosives Office of the Philippine National Police, he did not know what the possibly dangerous{{cite web |title=Police fret over 'Gangnam Bomb' firecracker |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/287878/news/nation/police-fret-over-gangnam-bomb-firecracker |publisher=GMA News |access-date=December 28, 2012 |date=December 27, 2012}} "Gangnam bomb" looks like.

Muhammad Rahim al Afghani, a close associate of Osama bin Laden currently held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, had also used the song to demonstrate his ability to gain access to popular cultural trends despite being confined within a top secret prison. In a letter to his lawyer, Muhammad wrote, "I like this new song Gangnam Style. I want to do the dance for you but cannot because of my shackles."{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Ben|title=A lesson in pop culture via Guantanamo|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/lesson-pop-culture-guantanamo|agency=Associated Press|access-date=December 31, 2012|quote=More surprising still was the content: quirky notes peppered with references to Howard Stern, Fox News and the global video hit of South Korean singer Psy. "Dear Mr. Warner", he wrote. "I like this new song Gangnam Style. I want to do the dance for you but cannot because of my shackles."|archive-date=January 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120025641/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/lesson-pop-culture-guantanamo|url-status=dead}}

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Reaction videos and parodies have been made for or with the music respectively. Some of these user generated videos have received international media recognition. "Gangnam Style"-related videos have also been uploaded by the CPDRC Dancing Inmates,{{cite magazine|last=Locker|first=Melissa|title=WATCH: Filipino Prisoners Go 'Gangnam Style'|url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/02/watch-filippino-prisoners-go-gangnam-style/|date=October 2, 2012|magazine=Time}}{{cite news|last=Hernandez|first=Brian Anthony|title=Prison Inmates Perform 'Gangnam Style' in Pouring Rain|url=http://mashable.com/archive/gangnam-style-prison-inmates/|newspaper=Mashable|date=October 1, 2012}} Cody Simpson,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEVk9JyhJ9Q | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920222124/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEVk9JyhJ9Q&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=September 20, 2012 | url-status=dead|title=Gangnam Style – Cody Simpson, Victoria Duffield and Crew |publisher=YouTube |date=September 14, 2012 |access-date=September 21, 2012}} Seungri,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZScKPVqJ6Q | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/cZScKPVqJ6Q| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|title=BIGBANG's Seungri – Challenged PSY's Gangnam Style | website=YouTube|format=YouTube |date=August 21, 2012 |access-date=September 24, 2012}}{{cbignore}} Latino,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzHwVwHpOk8 |title=Latino – Despedida de solteiro (Laçar, Puxar, Beijar) |format=YouTube |author=Latino |website=YouTube |date=September 17, 2012 |access-date=September 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927135501/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzHwVwHpOk8 |archive-date=September 27, 2012 |author-link=Latino (singer) }} Fine Brothers,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehs-vZ1uF-k | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/ehs-vZ1uF-k| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Teens react to Gangnam Style |publisher=YouTube |date=August 19, 2012 |access-date=September 24, 2012}}{{cbignore}} WAVEYA Dance Group,{{Cite web |date=2012-08-15 |title=PSY싸이 – GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) Waveya 웨이브야 Korean dance team – WAVEYA2011 ♥ Waveya {{!}} Worlds #1 Korean DanceSlut Sisters |url=https://waveyadanceslut.com/videos/youtube/waveya/psy%EC%8B%B8%EC%9D%B4-gangnam-style-%EA%B0%95%EB%82%A8%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%80%EC%9D%BC-waveya-%EC%9B%A8%EC%9D%B4%EB%B8%8C%EC%95%BC-korean-dance-team-waveya2011/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Waveya {{!}} Worlds #1 Korean DanceSlut Sisters |language=en-US |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722182715/https://waveyadanceslut.com/videos/youtube/waveya/psy%ec%8b%b8%ec%9d%b4-gangnam-style-%ea%b0%95%eb%82%a8%ec%8a%a4%ed%83%80%ec%9d%bc-waveya-%ec%9b%a8%ec%9d%b4%eb%b8%8c%ec%95%bc-korean-dance-team-waveya2011/ |url-status=dead }} Barely Political,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cG7ZVBXQII | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/_cG7ZVBXQII| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|title=PSY – GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) PARODY! KIM JONG STYLE! | Key of Awesome No. 63 |format=YouTube |author=Barely Political | website=YouTube|date=September 21, 2012 |access-date=September 28, 2012}}{{cbignore}} and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPnJFAEsXE | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/AjPnJFAEsXE| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Captain Fear & Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders – Gangnam Style |format=YouTube |author=Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders | website=YouTube|date=September 23, 2012 |access-date=September 28, 2012}}{{cbignore}}

Numerous parodies have been spawned on college campuses. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's version ("MIT Gangnam Style") featured Donald Sadoway, recognized in Time magazine as one of 2012 "Top 100 Most Influential People in the World"; Eric Lander, who is co-chairman of President Barack Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; and linguistics pioneer Noam Chomsky.{{cite news |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/29/mit-chomsky-style-best-gagnam-style-parody-yet_n_2040053.html |title=MIT 'Chomsky Style' Best Gangnam Parody Yet? Noted Intellectual Steals The Wacky Show (VIDEO) |work=Huffington Post |date=October 29, 2012 |access-date=December 11, 2012 |first=Meredith |last=Bennettsmith}}{{cite web |url=http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N51/gangnam.html |title=MIT Gangnam Style: gone viral |access-date=December 6, 2012 |archive-date=November 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119222534/http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N51/gangnam.html |url-status=dead }} The Maccabeats, an a cappella group from Yeshiva University, parodied the song as "What's Next? Sukkos Style?" with group members waving the four species.{{cite web |url=http://www.jpost.com/Not-Just-News/WATCH-The-Maccabeats-release-new-Hanukkah-video-435158|title=Watch: The Maccabeats Release New Holiday Video|author=JTA|date=November 24, 2015|access-date=March 22, 2017|author-link=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}} In addition, there have been parodies from The Ohio University Marching 110,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz9PUNH_R14 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/Hz9PUNH_R14| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Ohio University Marching 110 – Gangnam Style |format=YouTube |author=The Ohio University Marching 110 | website=YouTube|date=September 22, 2012 |access-date=September 28, 2012}}{{cbignore}} York University,{{cite news |last=Ballingall |first=Alex |title='Gangnam Style' parody by York University student goes viral |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1263095---gangnam-style-parody-by-york-university-student-goes-viral |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=September 27, 2012}} McMaster University,{{cite news |last=Craggs |first=Samantha |title=McMaster University goes Gangnam Style in video parody |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/headlines/mcmaster-university-goes-gangnam-style-in-video-parody-1.1226419 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=October 3, 2012}} University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign,{{Citation|title=UIUC Physics Gangnam Style| date=December 10, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic2JQ_8i_FQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/ic2JQ_8i_FQ| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|language=en|access-date=May 19, 2021}}{{cbignore}} Boston University,{{cite news |last=Laundry |first=Lauren |title=Berklee Alum's 'Gangnam Style' Sparks Awkward Dartmouth & Boston University Parody Videos |url=http://bostinno.com/2012/09/12/dartmouth-and-boston-university-gangnam-style-parody-video/ |newspaper=BostInno}} Dartmouth College, Stanford University{{cite news |title=Stanford University Flash Mob – Gangnam Style Parody (Official Version) |url=http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-858392 |publisher=CNN |date=October 15, 2012 |access-date=November 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121011321/http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-858392 |archive-date=November 21, 2012 |url-status=dead }} Eton College, and the University of Michigan.{{cite news |last=Larson |first=Kathryn |title=U-M Embraces 'Gangnam Style' with Flash Mob |url=http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/09/24/u-m-embraces-gangnum-style-with-flash-mob/ |newspaper=CBSLocal |date=September 24, 2012}}

The American space agency NASA uploaded an educational parody shot by its students at its Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas. The video features cameo appearances by astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Mike Massimino, Michael Coats, Ellen Ochoa, and the International Space Station's Expedition 15 flight engineer Clayton Anderson, who dances "Gangnam Style" halfway through the video.{{cite web |last=Miriam |first=Kramer |title=NASA spoofs 'Gangnam Style' video |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna50230748 |work=NBC News |date=December 17, 2012 |access-date=December 18, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/video/hit-viral-song-goes-nasa-style-33317 |title=Hit Viral Song Goes NASA Style! |date=December 18, 2012 |publisher=The Weather Channel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221114837/http://www.weather.com/video/hit-viral-song-goes-nasa-style-33317 |archive-date=December 21, 2012 }} Shortly after its upload, the parody was retweeted by the European Space Agency{{cite web |author=ESA |title=We like RT @NASA_Johnson: NASA goes '#Gangnam Style' in new video from @NASAJSCStudents |url=https://twitter.com/esa/status/279885940384727040 |publisher=Twitter |access-date=December 18, 2012}} and the SETI Institute.{{cite web |author=SETI Institute |title=NASA also does 'Gangnam Style'. An educational parody to promote NASA Johnson work which includes 3 real astronauts |url=https://twitter.com/SETIInstitute/status/280892976492838912 |publisher=Twitter |access-date=December 18, 2012}}

The song was also parodied by cadets from the United States Military Academy,{{cite news|last=Goodman|first=William|title=West Point Military Academy accepts the 'Gangnam Style' challenge|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/west-point-military-academy-accepts-the-gangnam-style-challenge/|work=CBS News|date=October 3, 2012}}{{cite news|title=Army cadets go 'Gangnam Style' on hallowed battle versus Navy|url=http://now.msn.com/west-point-cadets-make-gangnam-style-video|newspaper=MSN Now|date=October 5, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109011844/http://now.msn.com/west-point-cadets-make-gangnam-style-video|archive-date=November 9, 2012}} United States Merchant Marine Academy,{{cite news|last=Goodman|first=William|title='Gangnam Style' craziness continues (with a dancing robot and Merchant Marines)|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gangnam-style-craziness-continues-with-a-dancing-robot-and-merchant-marines/|work=CBS News|date=October 20, 2012}} United States Naval Academy,{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Chris|title=Hey, Sexy Sailors: Navy Officer Cadets Do 'Gangnam Style' [VIDEO]|url=http://mashable.com/archive/gangnam-style-naval-academy/|newspaper=Mashable|date=September 18, 2012}}{{cite news|last=Grossman|first=Samantha|title=Watch: Navy Midshipmen Perform 'Gangnam Style' Lip Dub |url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/09/19/watch-navy-cadets-perform-gangnam-style-lip-dub/|newspaper=Time|date=September 19, 2012}} United States Air Force Academy,{{cite news |last=Goodman |first=William |title=Air Force Academy joins in on the 'Gangnam Style' challenge |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/air-force-academy-joins-in-on-the-gangnam-style-challenge/ |work=CBS News |access-date=October 31, 2012}} and the Royal Military College of Canada;{{cite web |title=MSVU, RMC produce 'Gangnam Style' parody videos |url=http://academica.ca/top10/stories/17357 |publisher=Academia Group |access-date=October 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115093122/http://academica.ca/top10/stories/17357 |archive-date=January 15, 2013 }} soldiers from the 210th Fires Brigade, the 2nd Infantry Division, service members from an undisclosed unit and location in Afghanistan,{{cite web |title=PSY's 'Gangnam Style' big hit among US troops |url=http://guam.stripes.com/news/psys-gangnam-style-big-hit-among-us-troops |website=Stars and Stripes |access-date=October 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203170219/http://guam.stripes.com/news/psys-gangnam-style-big-hit-among-us-troops |archive-date=February 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }} and service members from the China Coast Guard's Jiangsu division,{{cite web |title=实拍：超萌海警版《江南style》 |url=http://www.chinanews.com/shipin/2012/10-23/news112010.shtml |website=China News |access-date=October 31, 2012}} as well as high-ranking officers from the Royal Thai Navy.{{cite news|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/314968/navy-gangnam-style-stirs-controversy |title=Navy 'Gangnam Style' makes choppy waves |newspaper=Bangkok Post |publisher=The Post Publishing |date=October 1, 2012 |access-date=October 1, 2012 |last1=Nanuam |first1=Wassana }} CollegeHumor uploaded "Mitt Romney Style," while What's Trending uploaded "Obama Style."{{cite magazine |author=Tim Morrison |url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/03/mitt-romney-vs-barack-obama-whose-gangnam-style-parody-video-is-better/ |title=Mitt Romney vs. Barack Obama: Whose 'Gangnam Style' Parody Video Is Better? |magazine=Time |date=October 3, 2012 |access-date=November 13, 2012}} During the two weeks before August 7, 2012, nearly 1,000 videos with the word "Gangnam" in the title were uploaded onto YouTube.

The Portuguese public broadcaster RTP1 spoofed the song in its late-night show 5 Para A Meia-Noite as Gamar com Style, sung by the comedian Pedro "Pacheco" Fernandes, criticizing the Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, the European Union, the IMF, and the 2010–13 Portuguese financial crisis.{{cite web |last=Almeida |first=Inês |title=Já temos o nosso "Gangnam Style" e chama-se "Gamar com Style" |url=http://p3.publico.pt/actualidade/sociedade/4948/ja-temos-o-nosso-gangnam-style-e-chama-se-gamar-com-style |website=Público |date=October 11, 2012 |access-date=April 14, 2014}} There are many "Gangnam Style" parodies used for education. One such parody includes "Conjugation Style," a parody used to teach students about the conjugation of -er verbs in the French language.{{cite web |author=Jason Shu |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AWapJquk3c | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/-AWapJquk3c| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Conjugation Style: In French, Conjugating -er Verbs is Very, Very Easy |website = YouTube|date=March 28, 2013 |access-date=November 2, 2013}}{{cbignore}} YouTube comedian cs188 uploaded a YouTube poop of the song's iconic video, called "[PSYTP] Oppa Goddamn Style." The video has received more than 15 million views since its upload on October 11, 2012.{{Cite web|date=October 11, 2012|title=[PSYTP] OPPA GODDAMN STYLE|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIfMOGUi98Y| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/fIfMOGUi98Y| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=September 29, 2020|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

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Following the release of "Gangnam Style," Psy made several performances on television and at concerts in Korea. Early performances included his appearance on the weekly South Korean music program, The Music Trend. Psy also performed at several concerts prior to his departure to the United States, including during "The Heumbbeok Show"{{cite web |url=http://mydearkorea.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/korean-music-psy-sings-gangnam-style.html |title=KOREAN MUSIC: Psy Sings Gangnam Style Live |author=Kim, Jea |date=August 25, 2012 |website=My Dear Korea |publisher=Blogger |access-date=October 1, 2012 |archive-date=May 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522002611/http://mydearkorea.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/korean-music-psy-sings-gangnam-style.html |url-status=dead }}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=February 2025}} and the Summer Stand Concert in Seoul.{{cite web |url=http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/12389/20120811/psy-summer-stand-wettest-show-2012.htm |title=30,000 Fans Enjoy Psy's Successful 'Summer Stand' Concert |website=KpopStarz |date=August 11, 2012 |access-date=October 1, 2012 |archive-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816025236/http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/12389/20120811/psy-summer-stand-wettest-show-2012.htm |url-status=dead }}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=February 2025}} After returning to South Korea, Psy performed "Gangnam Style" during a free concert that he held outside the Seoul City Hall. More than 80,000 fans attended the event, leading to the closure of part of the city center and an increase in subway operations.{{cite news |title=Psy brings 'Gangnam Style' home with free show |last=Hewitt |first=Giles |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jjSBW1mhwiOrE_wi8atEiDI88ZsA?docId=CNG.d25426393ac89782b712abe3ac5a2e7c.421 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125004905/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jjSBW1mhwiOrE_wi8atEiDI88ZsA?docId=CNG.d25426393ac89782b712abe3ac5a2e7c.421 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 25, 2013 |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=October 5, 2012 |access-date=October 5, 2012}}{{cite news |title='Oppa' delivers Seoul-style performance |last=Jackson |first=Julie |url=http://view.koreaherald.com/kh/view.php?ud=20121004000712&cpv=0 |newspaper=The Korea Herald |date=October 4, 2012 |access-date=October 5, 2012}} While Psy was in the US, it was announced that he, as ambassador of the Formula One Korean Grand Prix, would perform "Gangnam Style" at the event during the 2012 edition.{{cite news |title=Psy to Add Excitement to Formula One Korean Grand Prix |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/09/20/2012092001128.html |date=September 20, 2012 |access-date=October 1, 2012 |newspaper=The Chosun Ilbo |publisher=The Chosun Ilbo Company}} At the event Psy taught Formula One drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel how to perform the dance.{{cite news |title=Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel Bust Out the Gangnam Style with Psy (VIDEO/PICTURES) |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/15/mark-webber-and-sebastian-vettel-gangnam-style_n_1966090.html |newspaper=The Huffington Post UK |date=October 15, 2012 |access-date=October 20, 2012}}

On November 28, 2012, Psy visited Thailand and held his concert "Gangnam Style Thailand Extra Live" at the SCG Stadium in Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok. At the show, a part of celebration for the 85th birthday of Thai's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, he performed the song along with his other hits.{{cite web |url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/327493/billion-style-as-psy-reaches-internet-milestone |title='Billion Style' for Psy on YouTube |website=Bangkok Post |date=December 22, 2012 |access-date=January 3, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/11/23/2012112301163.html |title=Psy to Perform at Thai King's Birthday Bash |website=The Chosun Ilbo |date=November 23, 2012 |access-date=January 3, 2013}} During the 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards held in Hong Kong on November 30, he performed the song on stage, joined by the video's co-star Hyuna and Yoo Jae-Seok look-alikes in yellow suits.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/473914/psy-hyuna-adam-lambert-rock-mamas-video-highlights |title=PSY, HyunA & Adam Lambert Rock MAMAs: Video Highlights |first=Jeff |last=Benjamin |magazine=Billboard |date=December 2, 2012 |access-date=December 2, 2012}} The track was one of three-song setlist on Psy's free showcase, held at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on December 1, 2012.{{cite web |url=http://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/blogs/singapore-showbiz/psy-rocks-gangnam-style-4-000-fans-mbs-162324388.html |title=PSY rocks to "Gangnam Style" with 4,000 fans at MBS |website=Yahoo! Entertainment |first=Fann |last=Sim |publisher=Yahoo! Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. |date=December 2, 2012 |access-date=January 8, 2013}}

On February 11, 2013, Psy arrived at the Malaysian state of Penang and performed "Gangnam Style" at a concert in front of more than 100,000 guests.{{cite news|last=Mok |first=Opalyn |title=Psy wows crowd at Penang BN Chinese New Year party |url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/psy-wows-crowd-at-penang-bn-chinese-new-year-party |access-date=February 11, 2013 |newspaper=The Malaysian Insider |date=February 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213094845/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/psy-wows-crowd-at-penang-bn-chinese-new-year-party |archive-date=February 13, 2013}}

In early October 2012, Psy travelled to Sydney, Australia, and performed "Gangnam Style" on The X Factor, a reality TV music competition, where Melanie Brown joined him in performing the "horse dance" on stage.{{Cite web|last=Daniels|first=Colin|date=October 16, 2012|title=Mel B dances 'Gangnam Style' with Psy|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a431021/mel-b-dances-gangnam-style-with-psy-on-x-factor-australia-video/|access-date=April 30, 2021|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB}} The following day, he performed on breakfast TV show Sunrise in Martin Place, Sydney.{{cite news |title=Psy goes Gangnam Style with Wolverine and fans wait for hours to see his TV performance |author1=van den Broeke, Leigh |author2=Matheson, Matheson |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/psy-goes-gangnam-style-with-wolverine/story-e6frf9hf-1226497304976 |newspaper=Herald Sun |date=October 17, 2012 |access-date=October 17, 2012}}

Psy's first public performance in Europe was on November 5, 2012, in France, where he and 20,000 fans danced "Gangnam Style" in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris during a flashmob organized by NRJ Radio.

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|access-date=August 1, 2015}} Then, he traveled to Oxford and performed a short rendition of "Gangnam Style" with students from the Oxford Union, before moving on to the Yalding House in London where he danced "Gangnam Style" with the BBC's radio DJ Scott Mills.{{cite web |last=Brant |first=Emma |title=Psy accepts record for YouTube Gangnam Style likes |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/20257578 |publisher=BBC |access-date=December 24, 2012|date=August 11, 2012 }} Shortly afterward, Psy left for Cologne and met up with the German comedian and television host Stefan Raab during the popular late-night show TV total, where Psy gave an interview and performed "Gangnam Style" for Raab.{{cite web|title=Stefan Raab im 'Gangnam Style': Psy versetzt Stefan in Schwingung |url=http://www.prosieben.de/stars/news/stefan-raab-im-gangnam-style-psy-versetzt-stefan-in-schwingung-1.3429890/ |publisher=Prosieben |access-date=December 24, 2012 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117160159/http://www.prosieben.de/stars/news/stefan-raab-im-gangnam-style-psy-versetzt-stefan-in-schwingung-1.3429890/ |archive-date=November 17, 2012 }} During the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards held in Frankfurt on November 11, Psy delivered a performance of "Gangnam Style" which featured a David Hasselhoff appearance and backup dancing of Psy look-alikes.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1697152/psy-mtv-ema-2012-performance.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114212529/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1697152/psy-mtv-ema-2012-performance.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 14, 2012 |title=PSY Takes Over EMA 2012 with Army of 'Gangnam Style' Clones |first=Carly |last=Wolkoff| publisher=MTV |date=November 12, 2012 |access-date=November 18, 2012}}

In early 2013, Psy returned to France for the 2013 NRJ Music Awards at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, where he began performing "Gangnam Style" on the red carpet before finishing the rest of the choreography on stage and leaving the ceremony with three awards.{{cite news |title=Psy garners three awards in France |url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20130127-398137.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611005928/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20130127-398137.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 11, 2015 |work=AsiaOne |access-date=January 30, 2013 |quote=The singer enjoyed much publicity from the French media. He walked the red carpet in a limousine with a group of beauties, started his Gangnam Style there and led his performance and camera team inside the concert hall to finish his choreography on stage.}}

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Following the viral success of his music video, Psy left for the United States and performed "Gangnam Style" in various locations. On August 29 2012, Psy posted on Twitter "Bringing #GangnamStyle to the Dodgers–Giants game this evening." Dodger Stadium presented a segment called "Psy Dance Cam" where they showed clips of the music video, followed by live shots of baseball fans dancing, and then Psy, who waves and does the dance.{{cite video |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=24132309&topic_id&c_id=la&v=3&tcid=fb_video_24132309 |title=Fans got a taste of the PSY sensation in a Dance Cam |date=August 22, 2012 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=September 26, 2012}} Two days later, Psy appeared on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live show, and taught television hosts Carrie Keagan and Jason Dundas how to dance "Gangnam Style."{{cite episode|title=PSY Recreates His 'Gangnam Style' Video with Carrie and Jason |url=http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/828062/psy-recreates-his-gangnam-style-video-with-carrie-and-jason.jhtml |access-date=September 27, 2012 |series=Big Morning Buzz Live |network=VH1 |date=August 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006151939/http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/828062/psy-recreates-his-gangnam-style-video-with-carrie-and-jason.jhtml |archive-date=October 6, 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Y_gfyeFLA | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/M6Y_gfyeFLA| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|title=PSY – VH1 Morning Buzz Live with Carrie and Jason |format=YouTube |author=officialpsy | website=YouTube|date=August 28, 2012 |access-date=September 17, 2012|author-link=Psy }}{{cbignore}}

On September 26, Psy appeared at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards performing his "Gangnam Style" dance alongside comedian Kevin Hart.{{cite web |title=Who Was That VMA Surprise Guest Psy? |date=September 6, 2012 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1693362/vma-2012-psy.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908014258/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1693362/vma-2012-psy.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2012 |publisher=MTV News |access-date=September 14, 2012}} After the event, he made several more appearances on US TV programs. On September 20, he appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in Burbank, California, introducing himself as "Psy from Korea" before teaching Britney Spears the dance. He described the dance as "pretending to bounce like riding on an invisible horse"{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZmkU5Pg1sw | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/QZmkU5Pg1sw| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Surprise! Britney Learns 'Gangnam Style' from Psy! |format=YouTube |author=The Ellen DeGeneres Show | website=YouTube|date=September 10, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012|author-link=The Ellen DeGeneres Show }}{{cbignore}}{{cite news |title=Britney, Gangnam style! Watch YouTube sensation PSY teach Britney how to ride the horse in multi-million viewed viral |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/weird-celeb-news/video-watch-britney-spears-learn-1322403 |date=September 13, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012 |last=Bleaney |first=Rob |newspaper=Daily Mirror}}{{cite web |title=Britney Spears Learns Psy's 'Gangnam Style' on Ellen |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1693607/britney-spears-psy-gangnam-style.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913013530/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1693607/britney-spears-psy-gangnam-style.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 13, 2012 |date=September 11, 2012 |publisher=MTV News |access-date=September 11, 2012}} and when DeGeneres told Spears she would have to remove her high-heeled shoes to perform the dance, Psy protested that no, the point was "to dress classy, and dance cheesy." On September 24, he appeared on NBC's morning program Today in New York City for its Toyota Concert Series, where he performed the song and also taught the anchors the dance.{{cite web |url=http://toyotaconcertseries.today.com/_news/2012/09/14/13861601-gangnam-style-rapper-psy-horses-around-on-today?lite |title='Gangnam Style' rapper PSY horses around on TODAY |last=Kim |first=Eun Kyung |date=September 14, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012 |website=ToyotaConcertSeries.Today.com |publisher=NBCUniversal Media |archive-date=September 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916192552/http://toyotaconcertseries.today.com/_news/2012/09/14/13861601-gangnam-style-rapper-psy-horses-around-on-today?lite |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine |url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/09/14/new-york-city-goes-gangnam-style-psy-rocks-the-today-show/ |title=New York City Goes Gangnam Style: PSY Rocks the 'Today' Show |date=September 14, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012 |last=Carbone |first=Nick |magazine=Time}} The September 29 2012, season premiere episode of Saturday Night Live featured a sketch based on the song and its video. Bobby Moynihan portrayed Psy, but was joined mid-sketch by Psy himself.{{cite news |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/09/16/gangnam-style-on-snl/70000464/1#.UFZPFVE8og8 |title=Psy brings 'Gangnam Style' to 'SNL' |last=Blas |first=Lorena |work=USA Today |date=September 16, 2012 |access-date=September 16, 2012}} He also made his second appearance on The Ellen Show{{'}}s September 24 episode to perform the song along with his backup dancers.{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474875/psy-rules-social-50-chart-for-fifth-straight-week |title=PSY Rules Social 50 Chart for Fifth Straight Week |first=William |last=Gruger |website=Billboard |publisher=Rovi Corporation |date=September 28, 2012 |access-date=November 17, 2012}} On September 28, Psy made an appearance at the iHeartRadio Music Festival to perform "Gangnam Style."{{cite web |url=http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/14479/20120922/psy-iheartradio-music-festival-gangnam-style.htm |title=Psy in Las Vegas for 'iHeartRadio Music Festival 2012' with Ryan Seacrest! |date=September 22, 2012 |website=KpopStarz |access-date=September 24, 2012}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=February 2025}}

On November 14, he joined Madonna on stage during her concert at Madison Square Garden in New York, where they performed a mashup of the song and her 2008 hit "Give It 2 Me"; Psy later told reporters that his gig with Madonna had "topped his list of accomplishments."{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |title=Madonna Goes 'Gangnam Style' With Psy |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1697354/madonna-psy-gangnam-style.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116110731/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1697354/madonna-psy-gangnam-style.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 16, 2012 |publisher=MTV |access-date=November 14, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/psy/368677-psy-madonna-gangnam-style |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116173408/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/psy/368677-psy-madonna-gangnam-style |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 16, 2012 |title=PSY Performs 'Gangnam Style' with Madonna |publisher=MTV Networks |date=November 14, 2012 |access-date=November 17, 2012}} On November 19, Psy, who rocked out in traditional Hammer pants, closed out the 40th American Music Awards show with a performance of "Gangnam Style" joined by surprise guest MC Hammer, who brought in his own moves and Psy's horse-riding dance as the song mashed into his 1990s hit "2 Legit 2 Quit."{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474101/amas-2012-justin-bieber-nicki-minaj-top-exuberant-night |title=AMAs 2012: Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj Top Exuberant Night |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Rovi Corporation |first=David |last=Greenwald |date=November 18, 2012 |access-date=November 19, 2012}} Jason Lipshutz of Billboard wrote that "Psy's feverish rendition of 'Gangnam Style' accomplished what so few award show performances can: a palpable sense of excitement. The combination of the K-pop star and MC Hammer ... was a stroke of genius that very few could have seen coming," and chose it as the best performance of the night.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474090/amas-2012-top-5-best-performances |title=AMAs 2012: Top 5 Best Performances |first=Jason |last=Lipshutz |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Rovi Corporation |date=November 19, 2012 |access-date=November 20, 2012}} The Tonight Show with Jay Leno did a special Thanksgiving broadcast with an all-military audience on November 26, and Psy appeared as the musical guest. The singer sang the song and danced alongside the soldiers, going into the crowd for part of his performance.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/episode-guide/2012-11-19/2012-11-23 |title=The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode Guide |publisher=NBCUniversal |website=NBC |date=November 22, 2012 |access-date=November 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128051110/http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/episode-guide/2012-11-19/2012-11-23 |archive-date=November 28, 2012 }}

Psy performed "Gangnam Style" during the second night of KIIS-FM Jingle Ball concert at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on December 3, 2012.{{cite news |url=http://photos.denverpost.com/2012/12/04/photos-kiis-fms-jingle-ball-2012/#6 |title=Photos: KIIS FM's Jingle Ball 2012 |work=The Denver Post |date=December 4, 2012 |access-date=January 13, 2013 |archive-date=December 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207124411/http://photos.denverpost.com/2012/12/04/photos-kiis-fms-jingle-ball-2012/#6 |url-status=dead }} Wearing an all-red outfit including a sparkling, sequined top, he sang the song at TNT's Christmas in Washington special, attended by the US President Barack Obama and his family, and held at the National Building Museum On December 13{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-penitent-psy-brings-gangnam-style-to-washington/2012/12/09/67029b70-4255-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story.html?hpid=z5 |title=A penitent Psy brings 'Gangnam Style' to Washington |first=Chris |last=Richards |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 10, 2012 |access-date=January 2, 2013}} On December 18, he performed the song at the halftime show of the NFL game between the Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks in Toronto.{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Katz |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/12/17/bills-seahawks-streaker-psy-halftime-show/1775103/ |title=Bills vs Seahawks: Streaker, Psy halftime show make for best-possible Bills experience |work=USA Today |date=December 17, 2012 |access-date=December 24, 2012}} During the Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve event at Times Square in Manhattan on December 31, 2012, more than a million people witnessed a live "Gangnam Style" performance by Psy as he was joined on stage by characters (Yoo Jae-Seok, Noh Hong-chul) from the song's video for the first part of the performance, before MC Hammer appeared to perform a mash-up of the song and too legit to quit".{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/new-years-eve-2013-times-square-photos-psys-gangnam-style-ryan-seacrest-thousands-colorful-new |title=New Year's Eve 2013 Times Square Photos: Psy's 'Gangnam Style,' Ryan Seacrest And Thousands Of Colorful New Yorkers |publisher=The International Business Times Inc |author=Kukil Bora |date=January 1, 2013 |access-date=June 15, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/01/01/psy-takes-gangnam-style-to-times-square-stage-for-new-year-celebrations-3334199/ |title=Psy takes Gangnam Style to Times Square stage for New Year celebrations |website=Metro |publisher=Associated Newspapers Limited |date=January 1, 2013 |access-date=January 1, 2013}}{{cite news |url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-psy-gangnam-style-new-years-eve-20121231,0,2662299.story |title=Psy threatens to retire 'Gangnam Style' on New Year's Eve |first=Mikael |last=Wood |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 31, 2012 |access-date=January 1, 2013}}

During the five-day Carnival in Rio attended by more than five million people, Psy performed "Gangnam Style" with singers Claudia Leitte and Gilberto Gil to mark the 50th anniversary of the start of Korean immigration to Brazil.{{cite web |title=Psy performs 'Gangnam Style' at Rio Carnival |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130210000063 |website=The Korea Herald |access-date=February 18, 2013|date=February 10, 2013 }}

The success of "Gangnam Style" was a result of the build-up of South Korea's music industry that had been in the works for more than 20 years,{{cite news |last=Chace |first=Zoe |title=Gangnam Style: Three Reasons K-Pop Is Taking Over The World |newspaper=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/10/12/162740623/gangnam-style-three-reasons-k-pop-is-taking-over-the-world |publisher=NPR |access-date=December 3, 2012}} and it led to other K-pop artists positioning themselves for similar breakthroughs in the U.S. music industry.{{cite news |title=Korean pop rides 'Gangnam Style' into U.S. music scene |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-psy-koreanpop-idUSBRE8AT0J120121130 |work=Reuters |access-date=December 2, 2012 |date=November 30, 2012}} Frances Moore, chief executive of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, brought up "Gangnam Style" as an example of how South Korea became one of the "most successful exporters of repertoire".{{cite web |title=Frances Moore's address to the International Anti-Counterfeiting Forum, Moscow |url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20121022.html |publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |access-date=December 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103210123/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20121022.html |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

According to the news agency Agence France-Presse, the success of "Gangnam Style" has led to the further rise and spread of the Korean Wave to other countries. As the song continued to attract worldwide media attention, it also led to various broadcasting networks and national newspapers focusing its attention on K-pop and other aspects of Korean culture. For example, The Daily Telegraph published an article recommending its readers to try out everything from K-Pop to "K-Cars", "K-Phones" and "K-Cuisine".{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=David |title=South Korea: a rough guide to Gangnam style |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/9591332/South-Korea-a-rough-guide-to-Gangnam-style.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/9591332/South-Korea-a-rough-guide-to-Gangnam-style.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=October 21, 2012 |location=London |date=October 7, 2012}}{{cbignore}} Kim Byoung-gi, the Korean Ambassador to Lebanon, wrote that "Gangnam Style" had helped bridge Lebanese and Korean cultures.{{cite web |last=Strum |first=Beckie |title=Lebanon rides out the Gangnam Style wave |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Lifestyle/2012/Nov-20/195568-lebanon-rides-out-the-gangnam-style-wave.ashx#axzz2E1U0WvWi |website=Daily Star |access-date=December 3, 2012}} The French-born political commentator Tim Soutphommasane, a research fellow at Monash University, agreed that the "Gangnam phenomenon" was "something worth studying". According to Soutphommasane, the world was only beginning to appreciate Gangnam Style as "part of a broader hallyu cultural wave coming out of the country [South Korea]".{{cite news |last=Soutphommasane |first=Tim |title=Gangnam points to our future |url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/politics/gangnam-points-to-our-future-20121007-27740.html |date=October 8, 2012 |newspaper=Brisbane Times |access-date=October 8, 2012}}

In 2012, the South Korean government announced that "Gangnam Style" had brought in $13.4 million to the country's audio sector, and it subsequently launched a campaign to further expand the K-Pop music industry overseas.{{cite news|last=Sherwin|first=Adam|title=Gangnam Style isn't a one-off – Major music industry report says future pop sensations will be YouTube-driven globalised acts from Asia and South America|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/gangnam-style-isnt-a-oneoff--major-music-industry-report-says-future-pop-sensations-will-be-youtubedriven-globalised-acts-from-asia-and-south-america-8307206.html|work=The Independent|quote=The South Korean government has announced that Psy's hit had brought in $13.4 million to the country's audio sector and promised a drive to export further examples of the country's burgeoning "K-Pop" industry.|access-date=November 12, 2012|location=London|date=November 12, 2012}} According to the Bank of Korea, the country's services account recorded a surplus of US$2.3 billion in the first nine months of this year, compared to a deficit of US$4.5 billion last year. This was mainly due to the growing influence and popularity of K-pop songs such as "Gangnam Style."{{cite web |title=Services account surplus expected this year due to K-pop |url=http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Business/view?articleId=103865 |publisher=Korea.net |access-date=November 22, 2012}} However, American journalist John Seabrook noted that by "satirizing standard K-pop tropes in Gangnam Style", Psy may have subverted the music genre's chances of making it big in the West.{{cite magazine |last=Seabrook |first=John |title=Cultural technology and the making of K-pop |url=https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/10/08/121008fa_fact_seabrook?currentPage=all |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=December 3, 2012}}

Record executives in the music industry believe that music charts will increasingly be filled with YouTube-driven globalised acts from foreign countries. Sean Carey, a research fellow in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Roehampton, wrote that the flow of popular music will no longer be a single traffic route from North America and Europe to other parts of the globe, but will also move the other way as well.{{cite news |last=Carey |first=Sean |title=2 Could 'Gangnam style' be a game-changer for the international music scene? |url=http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/13/could-gangnam-style-be-a-game-changer-for-the-international-music-scene/ |work=The Independent |access-date=November 13, 2012 |archive-date=November 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114223256/http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/13/could-gangnam-style-be-a-game-changer-for-the-international-music-scene/ |url-status=dead |location=London }} According to Adam Sherwin from The Independent, the global web demand for Gangnam Style had short-circuited the "traditional reluctance" of radio stations to play foreign-language songs.{{cite news|last=Sherwin|first=Adam|title=Gangnam Style isn't a one-off – Major music industry report says future pop sensations will be YouTube-driven globalised acts from Asia and South America|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/gangnam-style-isnt-a-oneoff--major-music-industry-report-says-future-pop-sensations-will-be-youtubedriven-globalised-acts-from-asia-and-south-america-8307206.html|work=The Independent|access-date=December 2, 2012|location=London|date=November 12, 2012}} The song is also underlining a shift in how money is being made in the music business.{{cite news|author1=YOUKYUNG LEE |author2=RYAN NAKASHIMA |title=Cashing in on Gangnam Style's YouTube fame |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cashing-gangnam-styles-youtube-fame |agency=Associated Press |access-date=August 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113112915/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cashing-gangnam-styles-youtube-fame |archive-date=January 13, 2013}} Although Psy earned more than US$60,000 from music sales of "Gangnam Style" in South Korea alone, he and his music label YG Entertainment have raked in almost US$1 million from advertisements which appear on YouTube videos identified for using "Gangnam Style" in its content. The Harvard Business Review published an article written by Kevin Evers, who explained how "Gangnam Style" had changed Billboard's ranking methodology of its music charts. Instead of relying solely on radio plays and paid purchases, Billboard started to place a heavier emphasis on digital sales and YouTube views.{{cite magazine |last=Evers |first=Kevin |title=Morning Advantage: How Gangnam Style Changed Billboard's Old-School Ways |url=http://blogs.hbr.org/morning-advantage/2012/11/how-gangnam-style-changed-bill.html |magazine=Harvard Business Review |access-date=December 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203051104/http://blogs.hbr.org/morning-advantage/2012/11/how-gangnam-style-changed-bill.html |archive-date=December 3, 2012 }} As a result of the change, "Gangnam Style" moved up to the top position of Billboard's Hot Rap Songs music chart.{{cite magazine |last=Diamond |first=Jason |title=From Jukeboxes to YouTube: How Billboard Is Catching Up With The Times |url=http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/110246/jukeboxes-youtube-how-billboard-catching-the-times# |magazine=The New Republic |access-date=December 2, 2012|date=November 16, 2012 }} According to the British Phonographic Industry's report based on Official Charts Company sales data, thanks to "Gangnam Style" and Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe", pop had become the UK's favourite musical genre of the year, taking the lion's share of the singles market (38.5%) in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/pop-is-still-the-uks-favourite-genre-of-music-1814/ |title=Pop is still the UK's favourite genre of music! |first=Dan |last=lane |publisher=The British Phonographic Industry |website=The Official UK Charts Company |date=January 14, 2013 |access-date=January 15, 2013}}

In 2015, a statue was placed in the Gangnam District in honor of the song.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34744836|title=Gangnam Style statue built in South Korea's Seoul|website=BBC|date=November 6, 2015|access-date=September 14, 2024}}

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| headline = Digital download – 2 Legit 2 Quit Mashup{{cite web|url = https://music.apple.com/us/album/gangnam-style-2-legit-2-quit-mashup-feat-mc-hammer-single/1445290534|title = iTunes (U.S.) – Music – PSY – Gangnam Style / 2 Legit 2 Quit Mashup (feat. MC Hammer) – Single|access-date = December 17, 2015|date = November 19, 2012|website = iTunes (U.S.)}}

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| headline = Digital download – Remix EP{{cite web|url = https://music.apple.com/us/album/gangnam-style-remix-style-ep/1445173531|title = iTunes (U.S.) – Music – PSY – Gangnam Style (강남스타일) [Remix Style] – EP|access-date = December 17, 2015|date = March 5, 2013|website = iTunes (U.S.)}}

| title1 = Gangnam Style (강남스타일)

| note1 = featuring 2 Chainz and Tyga) (Diplo Remix

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| title2 = Gangnam Style (강남스타일)

| note2 = Afrojack Remix

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| title3 = Gangnam Style (강남스타일)

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The song and its accompanying music video currently hold, or have attained, the following records:

• Most viewed K-pop video on YouTube – On September 1, 2012, it overtook "Gee" by the 9-member K-Pop idol-group Girls' Generation with 89 million views.
• Most liked video on YouTube – On September 13, 2012, it overtook "Party Rock Anthem" by the American electro recording duo LMFAO upon receiving 1.57 million "likes", and subsequently won its first Guinness World Record one week later.{{cite web |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2012/9/gangnam-style-now-most-liked-video-in-youtube-history-44977/ |title='Gangnam Style' holds guinness world record for most 'liked' video in youtube history |date=September 20, 2012 |access-date=September 21, 2012 |website=Guinness World Records}}{{cite web |title=Psy's 'Gangnam Style' MV becomes Most Liked Video in YouTube History |url=http://www.allkpop.com/2012/09/psys-gangnam-style-mv-becomes-most-liked-video-in-youtube-history |website=Allkpop |access-date=November 2, 2012}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=February 2025}}
• First K-pop song to top the UK Singles Chart – On October 6, 2012, the song reached number one of the UK singles chart and Psy became the first South Korean musician to achieve that feat.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19779970 |title=South Korean rapper Psy tops UK chart |work=BBC News |date=September 30, 2012 |access-date=January 15, 2013}}
• Most viewed video on YouTube – On November 24, 2012, it overtook "Baby" by the Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Bieber after receiving more than 803 million views.{{cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |title=PSY's 'Gangnam Style' Passes Justin Bieber's 'Baby' for YouTube Crown |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/474032/psys-gangnam-style-passes-justin-biebers-baby-for-youtube-crown |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 24, 2012}}
• First video in Internet history to be viewed more than a billion times – On December 21, 2012, it acquired its billionth view at around 15:50 UTC.{{cite news|title=Gangnam Style hits a billion views on YouTube|url=http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/gangnam-style-hits-a-billion-views-youtube|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113050056/http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/gangnam-style-hits-a-billion-views-youtube|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 13, 2013|publisher=Radio Netherlands Worldwide (ANP/AFP)|agency=ANP/AFP|date=December 21, 2012|access-date=December 21, 2012|quote=The view counter attached to "Gangnam Style", which was only posted on the video-sharing site July 15, clicked over into 10 figures at around 1550 GMT, confirming its status as the most viewed video in the site's history.}}
• First video in Internet history to be viewed more than two billion times{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/YouTube/status/472584520597008384/photo/1|publisher=YouTube|title=YouTube Announces 2B Views Of #GangnamStyle On Twitter|date=May 31, 2014|access-date=May 31, 2014|quote=@psy_oppa's #GangnamStyle just became the first YouTube video to hit 2 billion views!}} – On May 31, 2014, it acquired its 2 billionth view. A second dance animation was added next to the view counter.{{cite web |title=PSY Gangnam Style Video Crosses 2 Billion Views on YouTube |url=https://vlogg.com/14554/psy-gangnam-style-music-video-crosses-2-billion-views-youtube/ |website=vlogg.com |access-date=September 23, 2021 |date=May 31, 2014}} They were removed in July 2014.Watch page archives from Wayback Machine: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140701022347/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0 2014-07-01]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20140801033118/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0 2014-08-01]

"Gangnam Style" was ranked No. 25 on the Rolling Stone{{'}}s 50 best songs of 2012 list{{cite magazine |url =https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-songs-of-2012-20121205/psy-gangnam-style-19691231 |title=50 Best Songs of 2012: No. 25 Psy, 'Gangnam Style' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=December 29, 2012}} and No. 8 on SPIN{{'}}s 40 best songs of the year.{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2012/12/best-songs-2012/121207-8-psy/ |title=SPIN's 40 Best Songs of 2012: No. 8 PSY – "Gnagnam Style" |website=Spin |date=December 10, 2012 |access-date=December 28, 2012}} The song also took the No. 8 spot on the 2012 Billboard 20 best K-Pop songs list by Jeff Benjamin and Jessica Oak, who commented "[the song] stands out not only for its slick, electronic production but also for its deeper critique on high-class society."{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481268/20-best-k-pop-songs-of-2012-bigbang-psy-2ne1-more |title=20 Best K-pop Songs of 2012: BIGBANG, PSY, 2NE1 & More |first1=Jeff |last1=Benjamin |first2=Jessica |last2=Oak |magazine=Billboard |date=December 21, 2012 |access-date=December 29, 2012}} According to MTV's list of the 2012 best songs, the song was ranked No. 8 with MTV news staff James Montgomery's comment: "'Gangnam' is either the track we, as a culture needed right now, or the track we, as a culture, deserved."{{cite web |title=Best Songs Of 2012 |author=MTV News staff |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1698577/best-songs-2012.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211001532/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1698577/best-songs-2012.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 11, 2012 |publisher=Viacom International Inc. |date=December 10, 2012 |access-date=December 29, 2012}} Time magazine chose it as the second best song of 2012 after Usher's "Climax," writing "The YouTube meme, a good-natured, mind-bendingly catchy lampoon [...] turned into a global obsession."{{cite news |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/12/04/listen-to-times-top-10-songs-of-2012-playlist/ |title=Listen to Time's Top 10 Songs of 2012 Playlist |magazine=Time |date=December 4, 2012 |access-date=December 29, 2012}}{{cite news |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/12/04/top-10-arts-lists/slide/can-graublau/#/2012/12/04/top-10-arts-lists/slide/the-belle-brigade-no-time-to-think/?&_suid=135677564126005010265793672921 |title=Top 10 Songs: #2 PSY, "Gangnam Style" |first=Douglas |last=Wolk |magazine=Time |date=December 4, 2012 |access-date=December 29, 2012}} The song was one of the best songs of the year on The New York Times pop critics' list{{cite news |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/21/popcast-best-songs-of-2012/ |title=Popcast: Best Songs of 2012 |work=The New York Times |date=December 21, 2012 |access-date=January 1, 2013}} and E! Online{{'}}s No. 1 pick on the top 10 pop songs of 2012 list.{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/photos/6916/top-10-pop-songs-of-2012#237008 |title=Photos/Top 10 Pop Songs of 2012: No. 1 PSY, "Gangnam Style" |publisher=E! |access-date=January 1, 2013}} Digital Spy ranked the song No. 20 among the 20 best singles of the year.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a446278/20-best-singles-of-2012-20-11.html |title=20 best singles of 2012 (20–11) |first1=Robert |last1=Copsey |first2=Lewis |last2=Corner |website=Digital Spy |publisher=National Magazine Company Ltd. |date=December 29, 2012 |access-date=January 2, 2013}} It was voted the 12th best single of 2012 by The Village Voice{{'}}s 40th annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll.{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/singles/2012/ |title=Pazz+Jop 2012, Singles — All Votes |website=The Village Voice |access-date=January 31, 2013 |archive-date=January 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118001018/http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/singles/2012/ |url-status=dead }} Music critic Robert Christgau placed "Gangnam Style" as the No. 2 single on his 2012 Dean's List.{{cite web |url=http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Rock-Roll/The-Dean-s-List-2012/ba-p/9707 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |title=The Dean's List 2012 |date=January 14, 2013 |website=Barnes and Noble Review |publisher=Barnes and Noble}}

The music video for "Gangnam Style" was chosen as the best music video of 2012 by Time. Melissa Locker of the magazine wrote "The catchy song paired with social satire and tongue-in-cheek vibe has spread so quickly it reminds us why videos are called viral. The video has sparked an International dance craze and catapulted Psy to international super stardom."{{cite magazine |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/12/18/9-best-music-videos-of-2012/#slide/grimes-oblivion/?&_suid=135691837660807584062848448763 |title=9 Best Music Videos of 2012: No. 1 PSY, "Gangnam Style" |first=Melissa |last=Locker |magazine=Time |date=December 18, 2012 |access-date=December 31, 2012}} Rolling Stone also ranked the video No. 1 on its "The Best Music Videos of 2012" list, saying "The Korean auteur [Psy] conquered the world with his 'dress classy, dance cheesy' aesthetic, blurring the line between parody and celebration."{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/best-videos-of-2012-20121207/psy-gangnam-style-0883808 |title=Best Music Videos of 2012: Psy, "Gangnam Style" |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 7, 2012 |access-date=December 31, 2012}} The video took No. 4 position on the Digital Spy's list of 10 top pop music videos of the year.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a446329/10-top-pop-music-videos-of-2012-david-guetta-gangnam-style-and-more.html |title=10 top pop music videos of 2012: David Guetta, Gangnam Style and more |first=Lewis |last=Corner |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Magazines UK |date=December 27, 2012 |access-date=December 31, 2012}}

The music video came in first with 21% rating in the 2012 Billboard.com's readers poll, beating "Where Have You Been" by Rihanna (19%) and "Beauty and a Beat" by Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj (11%).{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481323/madonna-rules-billboardcoms-readers-poll-2012 |title=Madonna Rules Billboard.com's Readers Poll 2012 |first=Jason |last= Lipshutz |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Rovi Corporation |date=December 18, 2012 |access-date=January 2, 2013}} The song was the most popular song played on New Year's Eve and the most sung song on the day, leaving "Auld Lang Syne" in second place for the first time since 2005, on karaoke company Lucky Voice's online service in the United Kingdom.{{cite web |title='Gangnam Style' revealed as most popular New Year's Eve track |url=https://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/67961 |website=NME |date=January 2, 2013 |access-date=January 2, 2013}}{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/auld-lang-syne-ditched-for-gangnam-style-as-psy-tops-new-years-eve-karaoke-chart-8435045.html| title=Auld Lang Syne ditched for Gangnam Style as Psy tops New Year's Eve karaoke chart | first=Robert| last=Dex| work=The Independent| date=January 2, 2013| access-date=January 4, 2013| location=London}} CNN readers picked "Gangnam Style" as the eighth best song of 2012.{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/17/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/readers-favorites-2012 |title=CNN Readers Pick the Best of 2012 |publisher=Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. |date=December 17, 2012 |access-date=June 9, 2016 }} The Week (US edition) ranked the song's global popularity at No. 6 with the strapline "'Gangnam Style' takes over the world" on the 13 biggest pop culture moments of the year list.{{cite web |url=https://theweek.com/article/index/238039/the-13-biggest-pop-culture-moments-of-2012 |title=The 13 biggest pop culture moments of 2012 |first=Scott |last=Meslow |website=The Week |publisher=The Week Publications, Inc. |date=December 26, 2012 |access-date=January 3, 2013}} The phenomenon of the song and the video was also picked as one of the 2012's most viral moments in music by Wendy Geller of Yahoo! Music,{{cite web |url=http://music.yahoo.com/news/drama--fights--love--gangnam-style--2012-s-most-viral-moments-in-music-203603920.html |title=Drama! Fights! Love! Gangnam Style! 2012's Most Viral Moments In Music |publisher=Yahoo! Inc. |first=Wendy |last=Geller |date=December 19, 2012 |access-date=January 3, 2013}} and No. 2 on the 2012 top 20 music moments list after Whitney Houston's death by Billboard, being written "If there's one meme, song and face that has been truly inescapable in the second half of 2012, it's South Korean rapper Psy and his outrageous 'Gangnam Style'."{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/list/1481303/top-20-music-moments-of-2012-whitney-psy-pussy-riot-more |title=The 2012 Top 20 Music Moments |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=January 10, 2013}}

On December 1, 2014, YouTube announced that "Gangnam Style" had exceeded the number of views that are possible to store using a 32-bit signed integer, that being 2,147,483,647 (2³¹−1, or two billion). As a result, YouTube was forced to upgrade to using 64-bit integers to store view numbers, with a maximum value of 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 (2⁶³−1, or nine quintillion). "We never thought a video would be watched in numbers greater than a 32-bit integer, but that was before we met Psy," stated a YouTube spokesperson.{{cite web|title=We never thought a video would be watched in numbers greater than a 32-bit|date=December 1, 2014|access-date=July 4, 2020|url=https://plus.google.com/+youtube/posts/BUXfdWqu86Q|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208205643/https://plus.google.com/+youtube/posts/BUXfdWqu86Q|archive-date=February 8, 2019}}{{cite web|title=Gangnam Style music video 'broke' YouTube view limit|publisher=BBC|date=December 4, 2014|access-date=December 5, 2014|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30288542}}

With 132 beats per minute, the song was momentarily forbidden in gyms in South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic. The country restricted music faster than 120 BPM to avoid Koreans feeling energized by the tempo of music, breathing more heavily or sweating more intensely.[https://www.newsendip.com/south-korea-restricts-music-in-gyms-to-fight-covid/ South Korea Restricts Music in Gyms to Fight Covid – Newsendip]

Upon its release, "Gangnam Style" was an enormous hit. The song went straight to number one on the Gaon Singles Chart on the fourth week of July 2012, with 816,868 digital downloads,{{cite web |url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/chart/download.php?f_chart_kind_cd=T&f_week=30&f_year=2012&f_type=week |title=South Korean Gaon Chart: Online download – July 15, 2012 to July 21, 2012 |website=Gaon Chart |publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association |date=July 21, 2012 |access-date=October 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016153403/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/chart/download.php?f_chart_kind_cd=T&f_week=30&f_year=2012&f_type=week |archive-date=October 16, 2014 |url-status=dead }} and spent five consecutive weeks at the top position of the chart, tying it with IU's "Good Day" for the most weeks at number one single in the chart's history.{{cite web |url=http://sports.khan.co.kr/news/sk_index.html?cat=view&art_id=201208262257473&sec_id=540301 |script-title=ko:가온주간차트: 싸이, 5주연속 1위 독주 태세 |author=강수진 |website=The Kyunghyang Shinmun |publisher=Kyunghyang Co. |date=August 26, 2012 |access-date=January 5, 2013 |language=ko}} In addition, the song became the first-place winner on various weekly chart shows such as M Countdown (three straight weeks){{cite web |url=http://www.obsnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=654949 |script-title=ko:'엠카운트다운' 싸이, 강남스타일로 트리플크라운 달성! |author=박세완 |website=OBS News |publisher=OBS Gyeongin TV |date=September 7, 2012 |access-date=January 5, 2013 |language=ko}} and Music Bank (a total of 16 weeks including a record 10-consecutive-week).{{cite web |url=http://www.obsnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=677669 |script-title=ko:뮤직뱅크 새해 첫 1위, 싸이 '강남스타일' 16주 동안 정상 |author=OBS news staff |website=OBS News |publisher=OBS Gyeongin TV |date=January 4, 2012 |access-date=January 5, 2013 |language=ko}} According to the Korea Music Content Industry Association, "Gangnam Style" became the best selling song of 2012 in South Korea with 3,842,109 download sales.{{cite web |url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/chart/download.php?f_chart_kind_cd=T&nationGbn=&f_month=3&f_year=2012&f_type=year |title=Online download – 2012 Year End Chart |website=Gaon Chart |publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association |access-date=October 12, 2014 |language=ko |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716100633/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/chart/download.php?f_chart_kind_cd=T&nationGbn=&f_month=3&f_year=2012&f_type=year |archive-date=July 16, 2014 }}

The song debuted at number six on the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 for the week of July 28, 2012.{{cite magazine |title=Korea K-Pop Hot 100, Week of 28 July, 2012 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2012-07-28/k-pop-hot-100 |magazine=Billboard | publisher=Rovi Corporation| access-date=August 20, 2012}} It then topped the chart the week after and remained at the summit for five consecutive weeks, tying IU's record with "You and I" for the longest running number one song on the chart. The record, however, was broken by Lee Seung-gi's "Return" earned six weeks at the top spot from December 2012 to January 2013.{{cite magazine |title=Korea K-Pop Hot 100, Week of August 4, 2012 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2012-08-04/k-pop-hot-100 |magazine=Billboard | publisher=Rovi Corporation| access-date=August 20, 2012}}{{cite magazine |title=Korea K-Pop Hot 100, Week of September 2, 2012 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2012-09-01/k-pop-hot-100 |magazine=Billboard | publisher=Rovi Corporation| access-date=August 25, 2012}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/1481590/k-pop-hot-100-lee-seung-gi-makes-chart-history |title=K-Pop Hot 100: Lee Seung Gi Makes Chart History |first=Jeff |last=Benjamin |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Rovi Corporation |date=January 4, 2013 |access-date=January 5, 2013}} "Gangnam Style" took number one spot on the 2012 Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 year-end chart.

In Oceania, "Gangnam Style" was a huge success. The single made its chart debut on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 21 on September 3, 2012. After two weeks, the song reached in the top ten and the following week topped the chart, becoming the first K-pop song and the first foreign language song in three decades to achieve that feat since German band Nena's "99 Luftballons" hit the top spot in March 1982.{{cite web |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Gangnam-Style-is-NZ-1/tabid/418/articleID/270471/Default.aspx |title=Gangnam Style is NZ #1 |author=3 News online staff |website=3 News |publisher=MediaWorks TV |date=September 25, 2012 |access-date=September 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019140539/http://www.3news.co.nz/Gangnam-Style-is-NZ-1/tabid/418/articleID/270471/Default.aspx |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |url-status=dead }} The song remained atop the chart for two consecutive weeks before being deposed from the top spot by One Direction's "Live While We're Young." After one week of the band's reign, "Gangnam Style" regained its number one position and stayed at the top spot for a further four weeks, tallying a total of six nonconsecutive weeks atop the chart. The track was ranked in the top ten of the chart for 17 consecutive weeks before it fell to number 11 on the January 14, 2013, chart. The song has been certified 4× Platinum with sales exceeding 60,000 by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). "Gangnam Style" was the second biggest-selling single of 2012 in the country behind Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe."

In Australia, the song debuted at number seven on the ARIA Singles Chart on September 17, 2012, becoming the highest debut for the week. It reached number one on the chart just three weeks after its release, overtaking "Battle Scars" by Guy Sebastian featuring Lupe Fiasco, and spent six consecutive weeks at the summit, making it the second-longest running chart-topper for 2012 behind Flo Rida's "Whistle," which remained at the pole position for seven weeks.{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/psy-tops-aria-singles-for-6th-week-20121104 |title=PSY Tops ARIA Singles For 6th Week |first=Gavin |last=Ryan |publisher=Noise11 |date=November 4, 2012 |access-date=January 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124000824/http://www.noise11.com/news/psy-tops-aria-singles-for-6th-week-20121104 |archive-date=November 24, 2012 }} As a result, Psy became the first artist to reach number one on the chart with a foreign-language song since Las Ketchup topped the chart with "The Ketchup Song" in September 2002, and the eighth overall. In addition, "Gangnam Style" was the first Korean song to enter the chart and to climb to the top spot in Australian chart history.{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/guy-sebastian-psy-fid-off-top-of-aria-chart-20120930 |title=Guy Sebastian PSY Fi'd Off Top Of ARIA Chart |first=Gavin |last=Ryan |publisher=Noise11 |date=September 30, 2012 |access-date=January 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005235513/http://www.noise11.com/news/guy-sebastian-psy-fid-off-top-of-aria-chart-20120930 |archive-date=October 5, 2012 }} After the single spent the first 14 weeks in the top ten of the chart since its chart debut, it dropped to number 11 in its 15th week. The song, however, rebounded from the position to number three on the issue date of December 31, 2012. It descended to number 14 in its 18th week, ending a 16-week in the top ten, and out of the top 20 the following week, placed at number 23. It has been certified 10× Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), with sales exceeding 700,000 copies.{{cite web|title=ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 Singles |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesaria-charts-accreditations-singles-2013.htm |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=April 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204135112/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesaria-charts-accreditations-singles-2013.htm |archive-date=February 4, 2016 }} "Gangnam Style" was placed at number two on the 2012 ARIA Singles year-end chart behind Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe."

In Europe, the song was successful as well, topping the charts in almost all countries. "Gangnam Style" made its first European chart appearance, entering the Danish Singles Chart at number 40 on August 3, 2012. It reached the top ten in its fifth week, and climbed to number four in its sixth. For the issue dated September 14, 2012, the song became Psy's first number one on the chart, ending the one-week reign of the Danish rock band Nephew's "Hjertestarter." The song remained at the top position for seven consecutive weeks, tying it with "Somebody That I Used to Know" performed by Gotye featuring Kimbra for the longest running number one single on the chart for 2012. In its 24th week, it climbed back to the top, giving it its 8th week in that position. The single spent 22 straight weeks in the top ten of the chart. In January 2013, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI Denmark) certified the single 2× Platinum, denoting sales of 60,000 copies.{{cite web |title=Certificeringer {{!}} ifpi.dk |url=http://www.ifpi.dk/?q=certificeringer&page=33 |publisher=IFPI Denmark |access-date=February 1, 2013 |language=da}}

The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 196 on September 1, 2012, and in its fourth week broke into the top 40 at number 37.{{cite web |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/120901cluk.txt |title=Chart Log UK: New Entries Update (1.09.2012 – week 34) |publisher=Zobbel.de |access-date=September 4, 2012 |author=Zywietz, Tobias}}{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/gangnam-style-breaks-into-the-uk-official-singles-chart-top-40-1591/ |title=Gangnam Style breaks into the UK Official Singles Chart Top 40 |first=Lauren |last=Kreisler |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |date=September 16, 2012 |access-date=September 30, 2012}} In its fifth week, the song reached the top five on the chart and eventually peaked at number one on the week of October 6, becoming the first-ever K-pop song to achieve that feat. While the track only remained atop the chart for one week before being overtaken by Rihanna's "Diamonds", it spent a further 17 consecutive weeks in the top ten of the chart before it fell to number twelve on the January 26, 2013, chart. The song was the sixth biggest selling single of 2012 with 878,000 sales,{{cite web |last=Lane |first=Dan |title=The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles Of 2012 revealed! |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-singles-of-2012-revealed-1784/ |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |date=January 2, 2013 |access-date=January 2, 2013}} and ranked at number 24 among the top 40 most streamed tracks of the year in the United Kingdom.{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-top-40-most-streamed-tracks-of-2012-revealed-1790/ |title=The Top 40 most streamed tracks of 2012 revealed |first=Dan |last=Lane |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |date=January 5, 2013 |access-date=January 7, 2013}} According to Official Charts Company sales data, "Gangnam Style" has become not only the 129th track to sell more than 1 million copies in the history of the UK's Official Singles Chart, but also the first million seller by an Asian music star.{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/gangnam-style-gallops-to-over-a-million-sales-in-the-uk-1847/ |title=Gangnam Style gallops to over a million sales in the UK! |first=Dan |last=Lane |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |date=February 8, 2013 |access-date=April 10, 2013}} On April 9, 2013, the song became 13th most downloaded single ever in the UK.{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/1-billionth-singles-download-is-sold-in-the-uk-2152/ |title=1 billionth singles download is sold in the UK! |first=Daniel |last=Lane |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |date=April 9, 2013 |access-date=April 10, 2013}}

Elsewhere in Europe, the song also peaked at number one on the German Singles Chart for two non-consecutive weeks in 2012. For the week of January 11, 2013, it returned to the summit, ending the ten-consecutive-week reign of "Diamonds" by Rihanna, and spent a week at the top. Psy's song remained in the top ten on the chart for a 19th straight week including 15 in the top three position since October 2012. It has been certified 5× Gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI), denoting sales of 750,000 copies.{{cite web |url=http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Gangnam+Style&strInterpret=Psy&strTtArt=single&strAwards=checked |title=Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Psy; 'Gangnam Style') |publisher=Bundesverband Musikindustrie |language=de |access-date=April 25, 2018}} In addition, the single remained number one in Austria for four nonconsecutive weeks, Belgium (Flanders) for five consecutive weeks, Belgium (Wallonia) for seven straight weeks, Czech Republic for one week, Finland for four consecutive weeks, France for six non-consecutive weeks, Italy for a week, the Netherlands for two consecutive weeks, Norway for four straight weeks, Scotland for a week, Spain for 12 consecutive weeks, and Switzerland for three nonconsecutive weeks. It additionally placed top five positions in Iceland, Ireland, and Sweden, and top ten in Hungary and Slovakia.

In the United States, "Gangnam Style" debuted at number 64 the Billboard Hot 100 in the week of September 22, 2012, with 61,000 downloads sold, more than the total number of previous weeks (57,000), becoming the second K-pop song to enter the chart behind the Wonder Girls' "Nobody," which spent a week at number 76 on the October 31, 2009 chart.{{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/475111/weekly-chart-notes-psy-adds-style-to-the-hot-100|title=Weekly Chart Notes: Psy Adds 'Style' to the Hot 100 |first=Gary |last=Trust |magazine=Billboard| publisher=Rovi Corporation| date=September 14, 2012 |access-date=September 18, 2012}} The following week, the song rocketed to number 11 on the chart with 188,000 downloads, seeing a sales increase of 210% after Psy appeared on various TV shows such as The Ellen DeGeneres Show and NBC's Today.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/475016/maroon-5-reaches-no-1-on-hot-100-with-one-more-night |title=Maroon 5 Reaches No. 1 on Hot 100 with 'One More Night' |first=Gary |last=Trust |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Rovi Corporation|date=September 19, 2012 |access-date=September 19, 2012}} In its third week, it rose to number two on the chart, topping the Hot Digital Songs chart with a 60% increase to 301,000 downloads sold and climbing to number nine on On-Demand Songs chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474916/maroon-5-still-tops-hot-100-psy-one-step-from-no-1|magazine=Billboard| publisher=Rovi Corporation| title=Maroon 5 Still Tops Hot 100, PSY One Step from No. 1|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=September 26, 2012|access-date=September 26, 2012}} After that, the song peaked at the runner-up spot for seven consecutive weeks behind Maroon 5's "One More Night," failing to gain in enough radio audience to ascend to the summit, although it ruled Hot Digital Songs for a fourth week and On-Demand Songs for a fifth week during that period.{{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474276/maroon-5-spends-eighth-week-atop-hot-100| title=Maroon 5 Spends Eighth Week Atop Hot 100| first=Gary| last=Trust| magazine=Billboard| publisher=Rovi Corporation| date=November 7, 2012| access-date=January 5, 2013}} While "One More Night" dominated the Radio Songs chart for eight weeks, "Gangnam Style" peaked at just number 12 on the chart.{{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474391/maroon-5-psy-spend-a-sixth-week-in-hot-100s-top-spots| title=Maroon 5, PSY Spend a Sixth Week in Hot 100's Top Spots| first=Gary| last=Trust| magazine=Billboard| publisher=Rovi Corporation| date=October 31, 2012| access-date=January 6, 2013}}

For the week of November 24, the song dropped to number five on the Hot 100, despite leading in sales with 188,000 downloads.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474165/maroon-5s-one-more-night-ties-for-hot-100s-longest-lead-this-year|magazine=Billboard| publisher=Rovi Corporation| title=Maroon 5's 'One More Night' Ties for Hot 100's Longest Lead This Year|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=November 14, 2012|access-date=November 14, 2012}} In its 12th week, the single rebounded from number seven to number five with top Digital Gainer accolades, spurred by Psy's show-closing performance of the song with MC Hammer at the AMA. The track returned for a sixth week atop Hot Digital Songs with 229,000 downloads sold including 41,000 stemmed from the duet version, which mixed in Hammer's 1992 No. 5 Hot 100 hit "2 Legit 2 Quit."{{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473967/rihanna-scores-double-domination-atop-hot-100-billboard-200| title=Rihanna Scores Double Domination Atop Hot 100, Billboard 200| first=Gary| last=Trust| magazine=Billboard| publisher=Rovi Corporation| date=November 28, 2012| access-date=January 6, 2013}} It was the first song to spend six weeks at number one on the Digital Songs chart without reaching the top spot on the Hot 100 since Miley Cyrus's "Party in the U.S.A." in 2009.{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Grein |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-nov-25-2012-songs-phillip-phillips-031437247.html |title=Week Ending Nov. 25, 2012. Songs: Phillip Phillips Is "Home" |website=Yahoo! Music |date=November 28, 2012 |access-date=January 6, 2013}} After the song stayed in the top ten of the Hot 100 for 11 consecutive weeks, it dropped out of the top ten on the December 22, 2012, chart, falling from number 10 to number 11.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481445/bruno-mars-makes-heaven-ly-ascent-to-no-1-on-hot-100|magazine=Billboard| publisher=Rovi Corporation| title=Bruno Mars Makes 'Heaven'-ly Ascent to No. 1 on Hot 100|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=December 12, 2012|access-date=December 12, 2012}} The following week, "Gangnam Style" descended to number 18 on the chart but achieved the milestone of 3 million downloads sold in the country, becoming the first and only K-pop song to reach the mark.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481307/bruno-mars-has-top-hot-100-spot-locked-up-again|magazine=Billboard|title=Bruno Mars Has Top Hot 100 Spot 'Locked' Up Again |publisher=Rovi Corporation|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=December 12, 2012|access-date=December 19, 2012}} For the week of January 12, 2013, powered by consumers purchasing some of 2012's most buzzworthy hits and radio airplay recounting the same in year-end retrospectives, the song resurged from number 19 to number six with its best weekly total 400,000 downloads sold, returning to the Hot 100's top ten after three weeks out of the top ten.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481615/bruno-mars-locked-at-no-1-on-hot-100-taylor-swift-closing-in|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Rovi Corporation| title=Bruno Mars 'Locked' at No. 1 on Hot 100, Taylor Swift Closing In|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=January 3, 2013|access-date=January 3, 2013}} The track dropped to number 14 in its 18th week, ending a 12-week in the top 10, and number 22 in its 19th week, despite staying in the top ten of Digital Songs chart with 192,000 and 105,000 copies sold, respectively.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100?begin=21&order=position |title=Billboard Hot 100: The week of January 26, 2013 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=January 18, 2013}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2013-01-26/digital-songs |title=Billboard Hot Digital Songs: The week of January 26, 2013 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=January 18, 2013}} On February 20, 2013, Billboard and Nielsen announced the addition of U.S. YouTube video streaming data to its platforms, which includes an update to the methodology for the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Thanks to the change to reflect online video activity, "Gangnam Style" rebounded from number 48 to number 26 on the Hot 100 for the week of March 2, 2013.{{cite magazine |title=Hot 100 News: Billboard and Nielsen Add YouTube Video Streaming to Platforms |author=Billboard staff |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1549399/hot-100-news-billboard-and-nielsen-add-youtube-video-streaming-to-platforms |magazine=Billboard |date=February 20, 2013 |access-date=February 22, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-feb-17-2013-songs-harlem-shakes-020629170.html |title=Week Ending Feb. 17, 2013. Songs: "Harlem Shake" Debuts At #1 |first=Paul |last=Grein |website=Yahoo! Music |publisher=Yahoo! Inc. |date=February 20, 2013 |access-date=February 22, 2013}}

On October 11, 2012, Billboard unveiled new methodology for the Hot Rap Songs chart, including digital download sales and streaming data for the first time, along with radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS. Due to this, "Gangnam Style" soared from number 20 to number one on the October 20, 2012, chart.{{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474704/taylor-swift-rihanna-psy-buoyed-by-billboard-chart-changes| title=Taylor Swift, Rihanna & PSY Buoyed by Billboard Chart Changes| first=Silvio| last=Pietroluongo| magazine=Billboard| publisher=Rovi Corporation| date=October 11, 2012| access-date=January 6, 2013}} The song spent eight consecutive weeks atop the chart before being overtaken by Flo Rida's "I Cry." After four weeks of his reign, "Gangnam Style" regained its number one position in the week of January 12, 2013.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2013-01-12/rap-song |title=Billboard Hot Rap Songs: The week of January 12, 2013 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=January 6, 2013}} The track also peaked at number three on the Hot Dance/Club Play Songs chart in the week of November 17, 2012. The song was certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 19, 2013, denoting digital download sales of 4,000,000.{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Gangnam+Style%22 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104170445/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Gangnam+Style%22 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 4, 2013 |title=American single certifications – PSY – Gangnam Style |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |format=If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH |access-date=November 22, 2013 }} According to Nielsen SoundScan, "Gangnam Style" became the 9th best selling song of 2012 in the United States with 3,592,000 download sales.{{cite web |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130104005149/en/Nielsen-Company-Billboard%E2%80%99s-2012-Music-Industry-Report |title=The Nielsen Company & Billboard's 2012 Music Industry Report |website=Business Wire |date=January 4, 2013 |publisher=Berkshire Hathaway Company |access-date=January 8, 2013}} In late January 2013, the song topped the 4 million mark in digital sales, becoming the third comic/novelty song to reach the mark, following LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" and Cee Lo Green's "Fuck You!."{{cite web |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-jan-27-2013-songs-another-f-233455441.html |title=Week Ending Jan. 27, 2013. Songs: Another F**kin' Top 10 Hit |first=Paul |last=Grein |website=Yahoo! Music |publisher=Yahoo! Inc. |date=January 31, 2013 |access-date=January 31, 2013}}

In Canada, "Gangnam Style" was a big hit just like the rest of the world. The song entered the Canadian Hot 100 chart at number 71 on the week of September 8, 2012.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2012-09-08/canadian-hot-100?order=gainer |title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100: The week of September 8, 2012 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=January 7, 2013}} In its fourth week, it reached in the top ten of the chart, climbing to number three, and the following week hit the pole position. The single spent seven consecutive weeks atop the chart, making it the second longest running number one song of 2012 behind Maroon 5's "Payphone" remained at the top for eight straight weeks.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2012-11-17/canadian-hot-100 |title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100: The week of November 17, 2012 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=January 7, 2013}} On the week of September 12, 2012, the song debuted at number seven on the Top 20 Digital Tracks chart, based on Nielsen SoundScan data.Top 20 Digital Tracks chart in Canada:
*{{cite web |url=http://www.musiccanada.com/Top20Digital.aspx?scid=62405 |title=Top 20 Digital Tracks: September 12, 2012 |website=Nielsen SoundScan |publisher=Music Canada |access-date=January 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930020210/http://www.musiccanada.com/Top20Digital.aspx?scid=62405 |archive-date=September 30, 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.musiccanada.com/Top20Digital.aspx?scid=62447 |title=Top 20 Digital Tracks: September 19, 2012 |website=Nielsen SoundScan |publisher=Music Canada |access-date=January 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930020504/http://www.musiccanada.com/Top20Digital.aspx?scid=62447 |archive-date=September 30, 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.musiccanada.com/Top20Digital.aspx?scid=62658 |title=Top 20 Digital Tracks: October 17, 2012 |website=Nielsen SoundScan |publisher=Music Canada |access-date=January 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930015741/http://www.musiccanada.com/Top20Digital.aspx?scid=62658 |archive-date=September 30, 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.musiccanada.com/Top20Digital.aspx?scid=62718 |title=Top 20 Digital Tracks: October 24, 2012 |website=Nielsen SoundScan |publisher=Music Canada |access-date=January 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930015909/http://www.musiccanada.com/Top20Digital.aspx?scid=62718 |archive-date=September 30, 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.musiccanada.com/Top20Digital.aspx?scid=62958 |title=Top 20 Digital Tracks: November 14, 2012 |website=Nielsen SoundScan |publisher=Music Canada |access-date=January 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930015606/http://www.musiccanada.com/Top20Digital.aspx?scid=62958 |archive-date=September 30, 2013 }} The following week it topped the chart and spent four weeks at the top spot before giving the summit to "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift. "Gangnam Style," however, was back on top of the chart for the week of October 24, and grabbed the number one position for another four straight weeks, tallying a total of eight nonconsecutive weeks atop the chart. On November 16, 2012, the track was certified 4× Platinum by Music Canada, and as of January 2013 had sold more than 476,000 copies in the country.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/01/14/adele-carly-rae-jepsen-nielsen_n_2471458.html |title=Adele, Carly Rae Jepsen, Celine Dion Rule Nielsen/Billboard 2012 Canadian Music Industry Report |last=MacNeil |first=Jason |website=The Huffington Post Canada |date=January 14, 2013 |access-date=November 26, 2014}}

On August 21, 2012, "Gangnam Style" charted number one on the iTunes Music Video Charts, overtaking Justin Bieber's "As Long as You Love Me" and Katy Perry's "Wide Awake"; this feat was the first for any South Korean artist.{{cite news |title=Baseball Goes Gangnam Style |author=Woo, Jaeyeon |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2012/08/21/baseball-goes-gangnam-style/ |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=August 21, 2012 |access-date=August 21, 2012}} From September 8, 2012, to February 23, 2013, the song has also peaked and stayed at number one on Billboard's YouTube Chart for 22 weeks, until being surpassed by "Stay" by Rihanna for one week; as of April 2013, it had reclaimed its top position for a 30th week.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2013-02-23/youtube |title=The most popular songs on YouTube |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 23, 2013}}

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• {{cite web| url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=year&hitYear=2012&targetTime=12&nationGbn=K| title=Download Chart (Domestic) – 2012 (see #1)| website=Gaon Music Chart| publisher=KMCIA| access-date=August 10, 2016|language=ko}}
• {{cite web| url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?pageno=2&serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=month&hitYear=2013&targetTime=01&nationGbn=K| title=Download Chart (Domestic) – January 2013 (see #159)| website=Gaon Music Chart| publisher=KMCIA| access-date=August 10, 2016|language=ko}}
• {{cite web| url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?pageno=2&serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=month&hitYear=2013&targetTime=02&nationGbn=K| title=Download Chart (Domestic) – February 2013 (see #198)| website=Gaon Music Chart| publisher=KMCIA| access-date=August 10, 2016|language=ko}}
• {{cite web| url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?pageno=3&serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=month&hitYear=2013&targetTime=03&nationGbn=K| title=Download Chart (Domestic) – March 2013 (see #278)| website=Gaon Music Chart| publisher=KMCIA| access-date=August 10, 2016|language=ko}}
• {{cite web| url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?pageno=3&serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=month&hitYear=2013&targetTime=04&nationGbn=K| title=Download Chart (Domestic) – April 2013 (see #243)| website=Gaon Music Chart| publisher=KMCIA| access-date=August 10, 2016|language=ko}}
• {{cite web| url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?pageno=3&serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=month&hitYear=2013&targetTime=05&nationGbn=K| title=Download Chart (Domestic) – May 2013 (see #291)| website=Gaon Music Chart| publisher=KMCIA| access-date=August 10, 2016|language=ko}}
• {{cite web| url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?pageno=4&serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=month&hitYear=2013&targetTime=06&nationGbn=K| title=Download Chart (Domestic) – June 2013 (see #321)| website=Gaon Music Chart| publisher=KMCIA| access-date=August 10, 2016|language=ko}}
• {{cite web| url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?pageno=4&serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=month&hitYear=2013&targetTime=07&nationGbn=K| title=Download Chart (Domestic) – July 2013 (see #345)| website=Gaon Music Chart| publisher=KMCIA| access-date=August 10, 2016|language=ko}}
• {{cite web| url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?pageno=4&serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=month&hitYear=2013&targetTime=07&nationGbn=K| title=Download Chart (Domestic) – August 2013 (see #315)| website=Gaon Music Chart| publisher=KMCIA| access-date=August 10, 2016|language=ko}}|certyear=2013|relyear=2012|access-date=October 12, 2014}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Oppa Is Just My Style

| cover = Gangnam Style (Hyuna Version) Cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Hyuna and Psy

| album =

| released = {{Start date|2012|08|14}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/viral-videos/480446/psy-releases-new-gangnam-style-video |title=Psy Releases New 'Gangnam Style' Video |author=Benjamin, Jeff |magazine=Billboard |date=August 14, 2012 |access-date=October 1, 2012}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length =

| label = {{flatlist|

• YG
• Universal Republic

}}

| writer = {{flatlist|

• Yoo Gun Hyung
• Psy

}}

| producer = Yang Hyun-seok

| chronology = Hyuna

| prev_title = Trouble Maker

| prev_year = 2011

| next_title = Ice Cream

| next_year = 2012

| misc = {{External music video |type=single|1={{YouTube|wcLNteez3c4|"Oppa Is Just My Style"}} |header=}}

}}

{{Infobox Korean name

|title=Oppa Is Just My Style

|hangul=오빤 딱 내 스타일

|hanja=

|rr=Oppan Ttag Nae Seutail

|mr=Oppan Ttak Nae Sŭt'ail

}}

"Gangnam Style" was officially re-released on August 14, 2012, as "Oppa Is Just My Style" ({{langx|ko|오빤 딱 내 스타일}}), featuring additional vocals provided by Korean singer and 4Minute member Hyuna. Mallika Rao of The Huffington Post wrote that the video was "apparently retrofitted here to work from a woman's point of view, but the main difference we're spotting is less invisible horse riding and more sultry side-eyeing."{{cite news |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/15/gangnam-style-becomes-opp_n_1783292.html |title='Gangnam Style' Becomes 'Oppa Is Just My Style': PSY's 'Girl Version' Followup, Featuring Hyuna (VIDEO) |last=Rao |first=Mallika |date=August 15, 2012 |work=The Huffington Post |access-date=August 17, 2012}} {{As of|2021|1}}, the accompanying music video had received more than 838 million views, 3.1 million likes, and 598,000 dislikes on YouTube.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcLNteez3c4 |title=PSY (ft. HYUNA) 오빤 딱 내 스타일 |trans-title=Psy featuring Hyuna: Oppa Is Just My Style Official MV |author=officialpsy |date=August 14, 2012 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=June 9, 2016|author-link=Psy }}

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{{Portal|2010s|Internet|Music|South Korea}}

• Gangnam Style in popular culture
• List of best-selling singles
• List of best-selling singles in Australia
• List of best-selling singles in Brazil
• List of best-selling singles in South Korea
• List of best-selling singles in the United States
• List of million-selling singles in the United Kingdom
• List of top hit singles (Youtube 100)
• World Digital Song Sales

{{reflist}}

{{commons category}}

• {{YouTube|9bZkp7q19f0|"GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일)" music video}}
• {{YouTube|wcLNteez3c4|"PSY (ft. HYUNA) 오빤 딱 내 스타일 M/V – Oppa Is Just My Style" music video}}
• {{YouTube|9HPiBJBCOq8|"PSY – GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) M/V Making Film"}}
• Kirsten Acuna: [http://www.businessinsider.com/gangnam-style-translation-2012-9 Here's the English Translation of "Gangnam Style"], Business Insider, September 19, 2012

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{{Melon Music Award for Song of the Year}}

{{MAMA Award for Song of the Year}}

{{MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video}}

{{Street dance}}

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