Bang (Gorky Park song)

"Bang"
Single by Gorky Park
from the album Gorky Park
Released 1989
Format CD, vinyl,[1] etc.
Genre Hard rock, glam metal
Length 4:47
Label Vertigo/Mercury
Writer(s) Alexey Belov, Michael Berardi, Nikolai Noskov, Gregory Schwartz
Gorky Park singles chronology
— "Bang"
(1989)		 "Peace in Our Time"
(1989)

"Try to Find Me"
(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.[2]

The music video for "Bang" received heavy rotation on the American MTV,[3] where it stayed two months in MTV's Top 15, peaking at number 3.[4] The song reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, but didn't enter the Hot 100.[5] 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.[6][7]

Track listings

7" Single Vertigo 874 764-7 (made in Nederlands)[7]
No. Title Length
1. "Bang"   4:47
2. "Action"   3:55

Charts

Chart (1989) Position
scope="row" Norway (VG-lista)[8] 5
US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)[5] 41

References

  1. ↑ "Bang von Gorky Park". Chartsurfer.de. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  2. ↑ Jeff Zeigler (1989-11-03). "Russian Rockers Gorky Park Come To U.s. With A Bang Night Life This Weekend Entertainment". The Morning Call. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  3. ↑ Curtis Zimmermann, Rovi (2014-10-08). "Gorky Park - Biography". Billboard.com.
  4. ↑ "Парк Горького" отметит юбилей. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  5. 1 2 "Bang (song by Gorky Park) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  6. ↑ "VG-lista - Gorky Park / Bang". Verdens Gang. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  7. 1 2 "ultratop.be - Gorky Park - Bang". ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  8. ↑ "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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