Big Bang (single album)

Big Bang (also known as Big Bang First Single) is the debut single album by South Korean boy band Big Bang, released via YG Entertainment on August 28, 2006. It spawned the single "We Belong Together" featuring labelmate Park Bom, who would later debut as a member of 2NE1. Commercially, the single album peaked at number five on the monthly MIAK album charts in South Korea and sold nearly 44,000 copies by 2016.

Big Bang
Single album by
Big Bang
ReleasedAugust 28, 2006 (2006-08-28)
Recorded2006
Genre
Length12:52
LanguageKorean
LabelYG
Producer
Big Bang chronology
Big Bang
(2006)		 Big Bang Is V.I.P
(2006)
Singles from Big Bang
  1. "We Belong Together"
    Released: August 28, 2006

Composition

G-Dragon and T.O.P composed several of the tracks on the single album; band leader G-Dragon composed the title track "We Belong Together" while he along with T.O.P. wrote the lyrics. The song is an R&B track that presents a rhythmic up-tempo tune with rap passages. The song "This Love" is a remake of the song of the same name by Maroon 5.[1]

Commercial performance

Upon its release, Big Bang First Single debuted and peaked at number five on the monthly MIAK album chart issue for August 2006, selling 17,159 copies within three days.[2] In the following month, it dropped to number 16 and sold an additional 9,452 copies.[3] On the 2006 year-end album chart ranking, Big Bang First Single sold 36,420 copies and was the 35th best-selling album of the year in South Korea. Total sales grew to almost 40,000 copies by February 2007.[4]

Track listing
Big Bang First Single track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Intro (Put Your Hands Up)"G-Dragon
Brave Brothers1:22
2."We Belong Together" (featuring Park Bom)
G-Dragon
3:58
3."A Fool's Only Tears" (눈물뿐인 바보; Nunmulppunin Babo)
  • An Young-min
  • G-Dragon
Jeon Seung-wooJeon Seung-woo4:03
4."This Love" (G-Dragon solo)G-Dragon
G-Dragon3:30
Total length:12:52
CD+DVD Edition – DVD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Big Bang Documentary" (10 Parts) 

Charts and sales

Sales
Region Sales
South Korea (MIAK) 40,000[4]

References
  1. "The Making of G-Dragon's "Coup D'Etat"". Complex Magazine. September 10, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  2. 2006.08월 – 가요 음반 판매량 [2006.08 – Sales volume] (in Korean). Music Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on April 30, 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  3. 2006.09월 – 가요 음반 판매량 [2006.09 – Sales volume] (in Korean). Music Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  4. 2007.02월 – 가요 음반 판매량 [2007.02 – Sales volume] (in Korean). Music Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  5. 2006년 가요음반판매량 [2006 Album Sales Figures] (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
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