Bang (Gorky Park song)

"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]

"Bang"
Single by Gorky Park
from the album Gorky Park
Released1989
GenreHard rock, glam metal
Length4:47
LabelVertigo/Mercury
Songwriter(s)Alexey Belov, Michael Berardi, Nikolai Noskov, Gregory Schwartz
Gorky Park singles chronology
"Bang"
(1989)		 "Peace in Our Time"
(1989)

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 Nederlands)[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. "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. "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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