Bang Bang Bang (Mark Ronson song)

"Bang Bang Bang" is a song from Record Collection, the third studio album by Mark Ronson, released under the moniker Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. The song features rapper Q-Tip and singer MNDR. It was released as the album's lead single on 9 July 2010 in the United Kingdom.^[1]

"Bang Bang Bang"
Single by Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. featuring Q-Tip and MNDR
from the album Record Collection
Released	9 July 2010 (2010-07-09)
Recorded	Dunham Studios (Brooklyn, New York City) Downtown Music Studios (Manhattan, New York City)
Genre	Alternative hip hop synth-pop
Length	3:54
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Amanda Warner Kamaal Fareed Nick Hodgson Mark Ronson Alex Greenwald Homer Steinweiss Peter Wade Keusch
Producer(s)	Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson singles chronology
"Just" (2008) "Bang Bang Bang" (2010) "The Bike Song" (2010)
Q-Tip singles chronology
"Move" (2008) "Bang Bang Bang" (2010) "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" (2013)
MNDR singles chronology
"C.L.U.B." (2009) "Bang Bang Bang" (2010) "Caligula" (2010)

The song is based on the popular French Canadian children's song "Alouette", which means "skylark". The chorus directly references lyrics from "Alouette" including the line "Je te plumerai la tête", which means "I shall pluck your head". The beginning of the music video also depicts a young girl singing the opening lines to "Alouette". "Bang Bang Bang" debuted at number six on the UK Singles Chart with 50,170 copies sold in its first week.^[2]

Critical reception

Anthony Hill from Clickmusic describes "Bang Bang Bang" as having "the impromptu charm and inexorable appeal of a 1980s New York block party". Hill further comments, "'Un, deux, trois' slams the intro, revealing the exact number of seconds it takes Mark Ronson's latest effort to gatecrash its way into the brain. Once lodged among the neurons, it deftly impels every muscle and limb to move spasmodically to its infectious beat."^[3]

Music video

The music video for "Bang Bang Bang", featuring (from left to right) Q-Tip, Mark Ronson, and Amanda Warner.

The music video was directed by Warren Fu.^[4]

Daniel Kreps from Rolling Stone described the video as:

Bookended by two seemingly unrelated pieces of footage – a fictitious retro commercial for sandwich spread and a dramatic tennis match – stars Ronson as the guest on an offbeat, '70s-style Japanese talk show. When he's asked to chat about his music, Ronson transforms into a smooth Bryan Ferry figure and hops behind a bank of synthesisers to perform his latest composition. The clip is equal parts American Bandstand and Tron – and the most effective time-capsule music video since Snoop Dogg resurrected the Rick James era with "Sexual Eruption".^[5]

In February 2011, music video blog Yes, We've Got a Video! ranked the song's music video at number nine on their list of the Top 30 Videos of 2010, adding that "there's plenty to be enjoyed in basically every second of this".^[6]

Usage in media

"Bang Bang Bang" was featured in episodes of Gossip Girl,^[7] 90210,^[8] CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Entourage. The song was also used in the 2011 comedy film No Strings Attached and appears on its soundtrack.^[9] It was used diegetically during the warehouse party scene of season 1, episode 7 of Girls. The song was used by E4 to promote the sixth series of The Big Bang Theory. It is also heard in the Episode of Entourage, Sniff Sniff Bang Bang^{[citation needed]}

The song is featured in the soundtrack of the PlayStation Vita game Lumines Electronic Symphony.

Track listings

• Amazon MP3 single^[10]

1. "Bang Bang Bang" – 4:05
2. "Bang Bang Bang" (Count and Sinden Remix) – 5:23

• iTunes EP^[1]

1. "Bang Bang Bang" – 4:05
2. "Bang Bang Bang" (Count and Sinden Remix) – 5:21
3. "Bang Bang Bang" (Russ Chimes Remix) – 6:12

• US iTunes EP^[11]

1. "Bang Bang Bang" – 4:05
2. "Bang Bang Bang" (Count and Sinden Remix) – 5:22
3. "Bang Bang Bang" (Russ Chimes Remix) – 6:10
4. "Bang Bang Bang" (SBTRKT Remix) – 3:50

• 12" single^[12]

A1. "Bang Bang Bang" (Album Version) – 4:05

A2. "Bang Bang Bang" (Russ Chimes Remix) – 6:10

B1. "Bang Bang Bang" (Count and Sinden Remix) – 5:22

B2. "Bang Bang Bang" (SBTRKT Remix) – 5:02

Personnel

Credits adapted from 12" single liner notes.^[12]

Mark Ronson – production Ona Ascoli – backing vocals Victor Axelrod – keyboards Thomas Brenneck – recording Joseph Elmhirst – backing vocals Tom Elmhirst – mixing Emmett Farley – assistant recording Brian Gardner – mastering Nick Hodgson – backing vocals Peter Wade Keusch – engineering, vocal production, synths, writing Mat Maitland – art direction, imagery Vaughan Merrick – additional engineering, editing, programming, recording

MNDR – keyboards, vocals Nick Movshon – bass Rob Murray – recording Dan Parry – mixing assistant Q-Tip – vocals Gerard Saint – art direction Scarlet Smith – backing vocals Bryony Shearmur – portraits Stevie Smith – backing vocals Homer Steinweiss – drums Amanda Warner – additional programming

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[13]	16
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[14]	75
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[15]	3
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[16]	19
Denmark Airplay (Tracklisten)[17]	18
European Hot 100 Singles[18]	18
Germany (GfK)[19]	43
Ireland (IRMA)[20]	18
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[21]	37
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22]	68
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[23]	25
Scotland (OCC)[24]	7
South Korea International (Circle)[25]	43
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[26]	65
UK Singles (OCC)[27]	6

Certifications

Certifications for "Bang Bang Bang"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[28]	Gold	35,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[29]	Gold	7,500*
United Kingdom (BPI)[30]	Silver	200,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.