Bangarang

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2011 single by Skrillex featuring Sirah

title: "Bangarang" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2011-songs", "2012-singles", "skrillex-songs", "sirah-(rapper)-songs", "grammy-award-for-best-dance-recording", "song-recordings-produced-by-skrillex", "big-beat-records-(american-record-label)-singles", "atlantic-records-singles", "owsla-singles", "songs-written-by-skrillex", "songs-written-by-sirah-(rapper)"] description: "2011 single by Skrillex featuring Sirah" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangarang" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 2011 single by Skrillex featuring Sirah ::

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coverBangarangSkrillex.jpg
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artistSkrillex featuring Sirah
EPBangarang
releasedDecember 24, 2011
recorded2011
length3:35
label* Big Beat
writerSonny Moore
producerSkrillex
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| name = Bangarang | cover = BangarangSkrillex.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Skrillex featuring Sirah | EP = Bangarang | released = December 24, 2011 | recorded = 2011 | studio = | genre =

"Bangarang" is one of Skrillex's most commercially successful singles. It has charted within the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Austria, France, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden. A music video for the song premiered on February 16, 2012 via his official YouTube channel. "Bangarang" received airplay on some modern rock radio stations. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.

Sirah forgot to close the window before recording it, and thus birds are audible in the recording.

Critical reception

Jon Dollan from Rolling Stone noted "the laser-blasting inanity of the track, which ends with someone bragging, 'I'm eating Fun Dip right now/Not givin' a fuck.' Not a bad credo for music that makes a disco sugar high feel downright pornographic". Garret Kamps from Spin gave the song a positive review, calling it a "massively enjoyable, massively concussive collection of blips and bursts that sounds like something Moby might hear in his head during a heart attack, so thoroughly and dyspeptically is dubstep's characteristic bass wobble distorted and pushed into the red. That remains [his] signature trick..."

Rolling Stone named the song the 22nd-best song of 2012.

Music video

A music video for the song premiered via YouTube on February 16, 2012. It depicts a group of three young boys robbing an ice cream truck in an elaborate heist. During the robbery, the ringleader of the boys amputates the truck driver's hand by slamming a door on his wrist. While the other boys celebrate, he throws his ice cream down in shame and disgust at his actions and what he did to the ice cream man.

When the boys have grown to adulthood, they perform a similarly elaborate heist on a group of bank robbers who have stolen several briefcases of cash. They succeed in stealing the cash, and the gang's leader surprises the ice cream man by giving him one of the cases.

Drawing from the song's 'Peter Pan/Hook' theme, the video features references to Captain Hook in the ice cream truck driver's style of moustache, the tattoo of a crocodile on his right hand, and the replacement of that hand with a hook.

Track listing

| headline = Promo CD / digital download | title1 = Bangarang | note1 = featuring Sirah | length1 = 3:35

Commercial performance

The song has charted in multiple countries worldwide, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. In Australia, the song became a commercial success, reaching the top five within the ARIA Charts whilst spending more than 20 weeks within the top 50. It has also been certified 4× Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

In the United States, the song entered the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at number four due to strong digital downloads. However, on the issue date of March 3, 2012, the song debuted at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100. It since reached a peak of number 72 and spent more than 20 weeks on the chart. It has sold over one million copies in the US as of January 2013. In the United Kingdom, the song reached a peak of number 24 and spent a total of 16 weeks inside the UK top 40.

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (2012) | Peak position | Australia|4|artist=Skrillex feat. Sirah|song=Bangarang|access-date=March 18, 2012}} | Australia Dance (ARIA) | Austria|25|artist=Skrillex feat. Sirah|song=Bangarang|access-date=February 26, 2012}} | Flanders|9|artist=Skrillex feat. Sirah|song=Bangarang|access-date=February 26, 2012|refname="Flanders"}} | Flanders Tip|2|artist=Skrillex feat. Sirah|song=Bangarang|access-date=February 26, 2012}} | Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders) | Wallonia Tip|9|artist=Skrillex feat. Sirah|song=Bangarang|access-date=March 04, 2012|refname="Wallonia"}} | Belgium Dance Bubbling Under (Ultratop Wallonia) | Canada|26|artist=Skrillex|song=Bangarang|artistid=1318571|access-date=February 26, 2012}} | Finland|12|artist=Skrillex|song=Bangarang (Feat. Sirah)}} | France|63|artist=Skrillex feat. Sirah|song=Bangarang}} | Germany|55|artist=Skrillex feat. Sirah|song=Bangarang|songid=958362|access-date=October 28, 2018}} | Honduras (Honduras Top 50) | Ireland|50|year=2012|week=35|access-date=24 August 2012}} | Dutch100|59|artist=Skrillex feat. Sirah|song=Bangarang|access-date=February 26, 2012}} | New Zealand|14|artist=Skrillex feat. Sirah|song=Bangarang|access-date=February 26, 2012}} | Norway|16|artist=Skrillex feat. Sirah|song=Bangarang|access-date=February 26, 2012}} | Romania (Romanian Top 100) | Sweden|24|artist=Skrillex feat. Sirah|song=Bangarang|access-date=March 04, 2012}} | Switzerland|61|artist=Skrillex feat. Sirah|song=Bangarang|access-date=March 04, 2012}} | UKdance|3|artist=Skrillex feat. Sirah|song=Bangarang|date=2012-06-02|access-date=May 27, 2012}} | UK|24|artist=Skrillex|song=Bangarang|date=2012-06-02|access-date=May 27, 2012}} | Billboardhot100|72|artist=Skrillex|song=Bangarang|artistid=1318571|access-date=March 8, 2012}} | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 70 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (2012)PositionAustralia (ARIA)Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)Canada (Canadian Hot 100)France (SNEP)Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)UK Singles (Official Charts Company)
21
74
34
74
106
44
73
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Chart (2013)PositionAustralia Streaming (ARIA)France (SNEP)UK Singles (Official Charts Company)
100
151
199
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Certifications

References

References

  1. Dolan, Jon. (2012-01-12). "Bangarang | Album Reviews".
  2. Wolk, Douglas. (December 4, 2012). "Top 10 Everything of 2012: 6. Skrillex, 'Bangarang'".
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  4. (2012-01-10). "The Naked And Famous Regain Top Spot, Skrillex's "Bangarang" Added To KROQ Playlist". KROQ.
  5. (4 March 2013). "Sirah: Rap, EDM and "Fun Dip"". Life+Times.
  6. (4 December 2012). "INTERVIEW: Sirah Talks 'Cult'; Explains How She Recorded Vocals for Skrillex's 'Bangarang{{'}}". ralphieaversa.com.
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  8. (December 5, 2012). "Skrillex feat. Sirah, 'Bangarang'".
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  11. "Music: Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart".
  12. Paul Grein. (January 4, 2013). "Week Ending Dec. 30, 2012. Songs: Taylor Knew Bruno Was Trouble". Yahoo Music.
  13. (October 11, 2015). "ARIA Dance Singles Chart - 15/6/15". [[ARIA Charts]]}}{{cbignore.
  14. (October 4, 2012). "Top 50". [[El Tiempo (Honduras).
  15. "Official Romania chart (18 noiembrie 2012)".
  16. "ARIA End of Year Singles 2012". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  17. "Jahreshitparade Singles 2012".
  18. "Jaaroverzichten 2012". Ultratop.
  19. "Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2012".
  20. "Top de l'année Top Singles 2012". SNEP.
  21. "Årslista Singlar – År 2012". Sverigetopplistan.
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