Ba*Bing

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"Ba*Bing"
Havana Brown Ba Bing single.png
Single by Havana Brown
from the album Flashing Lights
Released6 November 2015 (2015-11-06)
Genre Tribal house, electropop
Length3:40
Label Island Records Australia
Songwriter(s) Angelique Meunier, Luciana Caporaso, Nick Clow, Carl Ryden [1]
Producer(s) Nick Clow
Havana Brown singles chronology
"Battle Cry"
(2015)
"Ba*Bing"
(2015)
"Like Lightning"
(2016)

"Ba*Bing" is a song performed by Australian DJ and recording artist Havana Brown from her debut studio album Flashing Lights (2013). It was released as a promotional single from the album on 13 September 2013. The single was released on 6 November 2015 as the third single from Flashing Lights. [2]

Contents

The recording, which takes its name from Brown's dog, was written by Brown, Luciana Caporaso, Carl Ryden and Nick Clow, with Clow producing the track. "Ba*Bing" debuted, and peaked, at number forty-six on the Australian ARIA Singles Charts in 2013.

Background and reception

"Ba*Bing" was written by Havana Brown, together with Luciana Caporaso, Nick Clow and Carl Ryden, with Clow handling production. [1] [3] The track, which Brown notes as one of her favourites, [4] is named after Brown's yorkshire terrier, who would often be in the studio with her during recording sessions. [5] The song, which incorporates a bhangra beat, [5] was described by Mike Wass from Idolator as "sexy" and "spin bone-rattling", and a writer for Take40 Australia called it "a quirky dance track". [6] [7]

"Ba*Bing" was released digitally on 13 September 2013, as a promotional single [6] from her debut album Flashing Lights (2013). [8] "Ba*Bing" debuted on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number forty-six on 24 September 2013, becoming her third song to chart within the top one hundred. [9] The recording only spent one week on the charts. [10] "Ba*Bing" also appeared on the ARIA Dance Charts, spending two weeks in the top twenty, and peaking at number nine. [11]

The single was officially released on 6 November 2015.

Video

Despite "Ba*Bing" not being released as an official single, a video clip premiered on Brown's VEVO account on Monday 8 September 2014, almost a year after it was first digitally released. The video was included on the single "Better Not Said", which was released in Australia on 12 September 2014. [12]

Track listings

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Ba*Bing"3:40

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [10] 46
Australian Artist Singles (ARIA) [11] 6
Australia Dance (ARIA) [11] 9

Release history

RegionTypeDateFormatLabel
Australia13 September 2013Promotional Single Digital download Island Records Australia
Australia/ New Zealand6 November 2015Official Single [2] Digital download Universal Music Australia

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