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| Released | August 21, 2020 | |||
| Recorded | July 2020 | |||
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| Length | 3:19 | |||
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| Producer(s) | David Stewart | |||
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| "Dynamite" on YouTube "Dynamite" (B-side) on YouTube | ||||
"Dynamite" is a song recorded by South Korean boy band BTS, released on August 21, 2020, through Big Hit Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment. It is the band's first song fully recorded in English.[3] The song was written by David Stewart and Jessica Agombar and produced by Stewart.[4] It has been described as an upbeat disco-pop song[1] with elements of funk, soul, and bubblegum pop, and takes influence from 1970s music—it features snapping handclaps, echoing synths, and celebratory horns.
Intended to soothe listeners during the COVID-19 pandemic, the song talks about joy and appreciation for the little things that make life valuable. Upon release, "Dynamite" received positive reviews from music critics, with praise towards its catchiness and broadly appealing retro sound. It garnered the band their first Grammy nomination, for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, making them the first Korean pop act to be nominated for one.
"Dynamite" experienced large amounts of commercial success worldwide; it debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's first number-one single in the United States and making BTS the first all-South Korean act to top the Hot 100. The song sold 265,000 downloads in its first week, marking the biggest pure sales week since Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do" (2017). "Dynamite" stayed atop the Hot 100 for three total weeks. On Spotify, "Dynamite" debuted with 7.778 million streams, marking the biggest opening day for a song in 2020. Additionally, "Dynamite" peaked at number one on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, topping the latter for three consecutive weeks. The song peaked within the top ten of the charts in 25 countries, including Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, and topped the charts in Hungary, Israel, Lithuania, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Korea. The accompanying music video reached 1 billion views on April 12, 2021.
Initially a standalone single, "Dynamite" was later included on BTS' fifth Korean-language album, Be (2020), released on November 20.[5]
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- ^ a b c Yoon, Sang-geun (August 21, 2020). "'다이너마이트'→'ON:E' 방탄소년단, 코로나19 뚫고 팬소통" ['Dynamite'→'ON:E' BTS, fan communication through Covid 19]. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ a b Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2022). "BTS - "Dynamite"". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 304.
- ^ Ali, Rasha (August 19, 2020). "K-pop stars BTS tackle 'interesting kind of challenge' with first all-English song 'Dynamite'". USA Today. Archived from the original on August 23, 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ^ Embley, Jochan (August 19, 2020). "BTS share teaser video for new song Dynamite - and it sounds like a disco smash". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on August 21, 2020. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- ^ Kaufman, Gil (November 10, 2020). "See the Track List For BTS' New 'Be' Album". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.