'' Billboard '' placed the track at the tenth spot in their best Big Bang songs list , calling the single " impossible to ignore , " stating that , even though " the sudden shift in pacing throughout the single come off as jarring upon first listen , " the track 's " stuttering rhythm , " " chaotic environment " and " frenzied energy " makes the song " all that more compelling . " '' Sun-Times '' included " Bang Bang Bang " in their unranked list of ten best Big Bang songs , claiming that " this club-ready track takes classic Big Bang swagger to new levels of sophistication . " '' The Muse '' felt that the single " savvily hits every note , including anthemic trap breakdown " describing the song as " literally , lit . " Fuse compared the song to their 2012 single " Fantastic Baby " , hailing both as " nonstop party " tracks . KKBox praised the track 's energetic sound , and hailed " Bang Bang Bang " a classical song from the band . '' Thump '' choose it as one of best songs of summer , feeling that the " multi-genre banger " is " fire in any language , in any country . " " Bang Bang Bang " topped the Gallup Korea annual poll of nationwide Koreans between the ages of 13 to 59 for Song of the Year . The song was chosen by the South Korean government to be a part of the loudspeaker propaganda broadcast into North Korean borders , in response to the January 2016 nuclear tests . It was also sang by Seoul university students during the 2016 South Korean protests for the resignation of president Park Geun-hye
January 2016 nuclear tests
January 2016 North Korean nuclear test
Bang Bang Bang (Big Bang song)