Turn It Up (T.O.P song)

"Turn It Up" (Korean: 턴 잇 업) is a song recorded by the South Korean singer-rapper T.O.P. It was released digitally on June 21, 2010 by YG Entertainment. The song was released as his first official single and was later included as bonus track on the albums: 2010 Big Show Live Album (2010), fourth live album of his group Big Bang and GD & TOP (2010), first studio album of his hip hop duo GD & TOP.

"Turn It Up"
Single by T.O.P
ReleasedJune 21, 2010 (2010-06-21)
Recorded2010
Genre
Length3:32
LabelYG
Songwriter(s)T.O.P[1]
Producer(s)
T.O.P singles chronology
"Turn It Up"
(2010)		 "Doom Dada"
(2013)
Music video
"Turn It Up" on YouTube

Background and release

"Turn It Up" has become public for the first time during Big Bang's 2010 Big Show concert in January 2010.[2] The song was released as a digital single on June 21, as part of the release of 2010 Big Show Live Album.[3] On Gaon Chart "Turn It Up" peaked at number one in Download Chart, selling 1,380 million digital downloads in 2010. Within 24 hours the song achieved the highest international debut for a Korean Hip-Hop/rap single on iTunes Charts on the Hip-Hop/Rap category.[4]

Music video

On June 14, 2010 a teaser of the music video was released on the YG Entertainment channel on YouTube. His video was officially released June 21, along with the digital single.[5] Later, the video was banned from MBC, because T.O.P mentions brand names, which is against MBC’s broadcasting rules.[6]

Track listing
Digital single
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Turn It Up"T.O.P
Teddy3:32
Total length:3:32

Chart performance

Sales
Chart Sales
Gaon Download Chart 2010 1,380,732[12]
gollark: I would offer a reassuring statement of some kind like nevin did, but I'm bad at those.
gollark: > or the importance of geological deposits on politicsIs there much to this beyond the general thing of useful resources affecting politics?
gollark: You *can* still discuss geology, if you want to, you don't need a dedicated channel. It might be nice, but it's not necessary.
gollark: It's entirely irrelevant to my life, so I'll probably forget about even that in about 5 minutes.
gollark: Very roughly, it's some sort of geology thing where rocks can change into other rocks in sequence when something something "fractional crystallization".

References
  1. "Turn It Up - T.O.P". KKBox Japan. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  2. "빅뱅 탑 콘서트서 첫 솔로곡 뮤비 깜짝 공개 '올 상반기 활동'" (in Korean). Newsen. January 31, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  3. "Turn It Up (Digital Single)". YG Entertainment. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  4. "BIG BANG'S < T.O.P > TURNS UP THE HEAT ON ITUNES HIP-HOP/RAP SINGLES CHARTS WORLDWIDE". DFSB Kollective. June 22, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  5. "T.O.P cranks up the heat with Turn It Up MV!". Allkpop. June 21, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  6. "MBC Bans Top's "Turn It Up" MV". Soompi. July 27, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  7. "Gaon Digital Chart Week 27". Gaon Chart. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  8. "Gaon Download Chart Week 27". Gaon Chart. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  9. "Gaon Streaming Chart Week 28". Gaon Chart. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  10. "Gaon BGM Chart Week 27". Gaon Chart. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  11. "Gaon Digital Chart - 2010". Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013.
  12. "Gaon Download Chart of 2010". Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.