Bang (Rye Rye song)

"Bang"
Single by Rye Rye featuring M.I.A.
from the album Go! Pop! Bang!
Released March 31, 2009
Format 12", CD single, digital
Recorded 2008
Genre Electronic
Length 3:32
Label N.E.E.T. Recordings, Interscope Records
Writer(s) Rye Rye, Maya Arulpragasam, Blaqstarr
Producer Blaqstarr
Rye Rye featuring M.I.A. singles chronology
"Bang"
(2009)		 "Sunshine"
(2010)
Bang (The Remixes)
EP by Rye Rye featuring M.I.A.
Released June 2, 2009 (iTunes), Amazon.com
Genre Electronic
Label N.E.E.T. Recordings/Interscope Records

"Bang" is a song and single by rapper/dancer Rye Rye featuring M.I.A.. It was recorded in 2008 and is possibly set to appear on her 2011 album Go! Pop! Bang!. It was released in 2009 on N.E.E.T. Recordings and Interscope Records. The single was released first, followed by an EP of remixes, Bang – The Remixes, which includes remixes by Buraka Som Sistema and DJ Sega. The song appears on the Fast & Furious motion picture soundtrack and in the episode "The Sorkin Notes" of the TV-series Entourage.

Contents

Music video

The video features Rye Rye, M.I.A. and several Baltimore club dancers including Whyte Boi dancing in a dark, messy underground club setting. The video was directed by M.I.A. in Baltimore.[1]

Tracklistings and formats

"Bang (feat. M.I.A.)" CD EP

  1. Bang (Main Version) [feat. M.I.A.] - 3:33
  2. Bang (Clean Version) [feat. M.I.A.] – 3:33
  3. Bang (Instrumental) – 3:30
  4. Bang (Acapella) [feat. M.I.A.] – 3:33

"Bang (feat. M.I.A.) - Single"

  1. Bang (feat. M.I.A.) - 03:32

"Bang (The Remixes) [feat. M.I.A.] - EP"

  1. Bang (WTF I Asked For a Kuduro Remix) [feat. M.I.A.] – 03:59
  2. Bang (Buraka Carnival Remix) [feat. M.I.A.] – 05:28
  3. Bang (DJ Sega's Philly Club Remix) [feat. M.I.A.] – 04:06
  4. Bang (feat. M.I.A.) - 3:33
  5. Bang (Instrumental) - 3:30
  6. Bang (Acapella) [feat. M.I.A.] - 3:33

Reception

Rolling Stone said of the song "This gloriously showoffy track from M.I.A.'s speedrapping protégée features a monstrously syncopated break beat – it's hotter than a blonde and a brunette double-teaming an ice cream cone." This spare, cheap-effects jam from M.I.A.'s protégée is a hot early hip-hop throwback. Best is Rye Rye's voice: high-pitched like a chipmunk but not cuddly. 'Throw your fucking sets up!' she yells. Why not?" Seattle Weekly heralded the raw energy that Rye Rye captured in the song and the video, saying "Unlike a lot of music videos that portray a fantastical and glamorous lifestyle, Rye Rye injects edginess and grit that embody a real life feel."[2]

Credits

References

  1. ^ "VIDEO: RYE RYE F/ M.I.A. – ‘BANG’". Rap Up. 1 July 2009. http://www.rap-up.com/2009/07/01/video-rye-rye-f-mia-bang/. Retrieved 4 October 2009. 
  2. ^ Malia Makowicki (31 July 2009). "Rye Rye bangs in more than one way". Seattle Weekly. http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2009/07/. Retrieved 4 October 2010. 

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