Song · Ajr
“Bang!” by Ajr
From the album OK ORCHESTRA (2021)
“Bang!” by Ajr appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations in 2020. It was first released in 2021 on the album OK ORCHESTRA. Its best result is #4 on the CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #12 alternative song of 2020 and #46 of the '20s.
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AJR fired off "Bang!" on February 12, 2020 through their own label, AJR Productions, as the first single from what became their fourth album, OK Orchestra. Adam, Jack and Ryan Met wrote it and all three sing on it, Ryan produced, and JJ Kirkpatrick's trumpet and Emelia Suljic's violin get stirred into the electropop, with Joe Zook on the mix. Underneath the bounce, it's a song about stumbling into adulthood.
Critics split: some heard a thin idea riding a beat stuck on repeat, others heard a chorus built for a crowd to shout back. The public settled the argument, pushing it into the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and past half a billion Spotify streams. A remix with Hayley Kiyoko and AhhHaa followed in August 2020.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020 | 93 |
| 2020 | 23 | 101X Austin, TX | 101X Top 25 Songs of 2020 | 25 |
| 2020 | 4 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2020 | 88 |
| 2020 | 4 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | ALT 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2020 | 51 |
| 2020 | 6 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2020 | 50 |
Also listed as: Bang.
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