tropical elements so common in Korean hip-hop nowadays." Sun-Times included the track in their unraked list of ten best BigBang songs. Gawker praised the track for being "so perfect it transcends language." Commercial performance "Bad Boy" debuted and peaked at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart, after the group's own "Blue," and at number one on the Gaon Download Chart, with first week sales of 537,161 downloads. On its second week, the single remained at its peak position on both charts, selling additional 384,125 downloads. For the month of March, "Bad Boy" was the fifth best performing song on Gaon. By the end of the year, "Bad Boy" was the 30rd best selling song of 2012, with over 2.2 million downloads. Music video The music video for "Bad Boy" was filmed in a 90s throwback style, using 360-degree rotation-capable MK-V AR Steadicam’s Arri Alexa cameras. The shot took place in the New York City neighborhood Williamsburg, down by the Marcy Ave JMZ subway entrance. It reached 100 million views on YouTube on December of 2016, making Big Bang the first Korean boy band to have five music videos that have hit over 100 million viewers. Duncan Cooper from The Fader called the video "compelling and refreshingly unforced", writing that the group is "on the ground and they're walking the turf, and for four breezy minutes they're absolutely killing it." Popdust ranked "Bad Boy" fourteen in their list of 20 Best K-pop videos of 2012, commenting that the video "proves that sometimes less really is more." Credits and personnel Adapted from Qobuz. Big Bang – performer G-Dragon – composer, writer Choice37 – composer T.O.P – writer Charts Sales Release history References BigBang (South Korean band) songs 2012 singles 2012 songs Korean-language songs YG Entertainment singles Songs written by G-Dragon Songs written by T.O.P