2020Released
2:50

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Interesting facts and trivia about Bang!. By Songfacts®.

The Metzger brothers originally began performing their material in their teen years (or in Jack's case pre-teen). Here, they sing about that strange transition period between childhood and adulthood when they're trying to pull off the mature thing without actually feeling grown up. Feel like I'm gonna puke 'cause my taxes are due Do my password begin with a one or a two? Been a hell of a ride, but I'm thinking it's time to grow Bang! Bang! Bang! "We wrote 'BANG!' about the weird middle ground between being a kid and becoming an adult; a time when we're doing all the things adults are supposed to do, but we don't yet feel grown up," the Metzer brothers said in a press release. "The fact is, adulthood is bound to hit us at some point, so the plan we made in the song is to 'go out with a bang.'"

AJR started off crafting the song with a mysterious horn beat in an attempt to create the feeling of a movie villain entering a scene. They then added the playful verses about "that weird time where you're not quite a kid anymore, and you're not quite an adult yet," which Ryan Metzger told American Songwriter is something that the brothers think about a lot.

The voice that intones "here we go" and "metronome" on this song is familiar to anyone who has ridden the New York City subway: It's Charlie Pellett, the voice of the subway system - the one always telling us to "stand clear of the closing doors, please." It turns out, Pellett is a fan of AJR; when they found out, they recruited him for the song.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Bang!.
C♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
140BPM

Album

The album Bang! is released on.
Bang!AJR
2020Single

Released By

The record label that has released Bang!.
Black Butter
(P) 2020 AJR Productions LLC under exclusive license to Black Butter Limited

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