Bang (Gorky Park song)

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"Bang"
Single by Gorky Park
from the album Gorky Park
Released1989
Genre
Length4:47
Label
Songwriter(s)
Gorky Park singles chronology
"Bang"
(1989) 		"Peace in Our Time"
(1989)

"Bang" is a song by the Soviet rock band Gorky Park, released in 1989 as the lead single from the band's self-titled debut album.[1]

The music video for "Bang" received heavy rotation on the American MTV,[2] where it stayed two months in MTV's Top 15, peaking at number 3.[3] The song reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, but didn't enter the Hot 100.[4] In Europe, the single was probably most successful in Norway, where it spent 6 weeks in the VG-lista Topp 10, four of them at number 5.[5][6]

Track listings[]

7" single Vertigo 874 764-7 (made in Netherlands)[6]
No.TitleLength
1."Bang"4:47
2."Action"3:55

Charts[]

Chart (1989) Position
Norway (VG-lista)[7] 5
US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)[4] 41

References[]

  1. ^ Jeff Zeigler (1989-11-03). "Russian Rockers Gorky Park Come To U.s. With A Bang Night Life This Weekend Entertainment". The Morning Call. Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  2. ^ Curtis Zimmermann, Rovi (2014-10-08). "Gorky Park - Biography". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  3. ^ "Парк Горького" отметит юбилей. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). 2012-11-08. Archived from the original on 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Bang (song by Gorky Park) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  5. ^ "VG-lista - Gorky Park / Bang". Verdens Gang. Archived from the original on 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "ultratop.be - Gorky Park - Bang". ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  7. ^ "Topp 20 Single uke 51, 1989 – VG-lista. Offisielle hitlister fra og med 1958" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
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