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"Ringa Linga" (
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: 링가 링가) is a song recorded by
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n singer
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. It was released as a
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on November 8, 2013, through
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. Later, it became the first single to be released from his second studio album ''
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'' (2014). It was written and composed by
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bandmate
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and Shockbit. Commercially, "Ringa Linga" peaked at number six on the
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and sold more than 700,000 digital units in South Korea. The song also peaked within the top ten on the US
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chart and the
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.


Composition

The song was written by
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and produced by G-Dragon and Ricky "Shockbit" Luna. "Ringa Linga" is a mix of trap base,
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,
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and
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. The single's refrain is inspired by a Korean children's nursery song called "Round and Round," a song sung while going round and around with hands held, which was previously used in The Grasshopper Song by
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a year prior.


Reception

"Ringa Linga" was chosen by ''
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'' as the fifth best K-pop song of 2013, with Taylor Glasby commenting that this single shed "the sweet, somewhat hapless guise of his previous singles", writing that Taeyang's "blindingly" confidence made "this unapologetic dancefloor monster" "meth-level addictive." ''
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'' also ranked at the single number five in their list of best K-Pop songs of the year, describing "Ringa Linga" as a "hard-hitting, club banger" and adding that his "smoky vocals poured over an elaborate production of pumping synths and chest-beating thumps" made the release one of the "most addicting" songs of the year. Released with only one day left in the tracking week, "Ringa Linga" debuted at number 16 in the
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, with 129,876 downloads sold. The following week, the single rose to a peak position of number six, selling additional 151,463 downloads. In the streaming chart, "Ringa Linga" peaked at number eight. During ''Rise''s release week in 2014, "Ringa Linga" re-entered the chart at number 55. By mid-2014, "Ringa Linga" sold over 704,000 digital downloads. On the
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year-end issue for 2014, "Ringa Linga" was ranked as the 22nd best-selling international/foreign language song in the United States.


Promotion

A dance music video was released on November 7, showing the song choreography and Taeyang's dance that emphasized rhythm. Directed by Jerry Evans, the video featured Taeyang and male dancers dancing through a practice room to a garage and to a hallway continuously. The dance performance video captured in one take. Two days later the music video was also released, the sets included a warehouse, a place in front of a dilapidated building, a barebones elevator, a pickup truck, supported by a dance crew and bandmate
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.
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choreographer Parris Goebel choreographed the dance. The music video for the song was directed by Seo Hyun-seung. The first performance of "Ringa Linga" was held on the music show ''
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''. Taeyang continued promoting the song on ''
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'' and other ''Inkigayo'' stages. He also performed at the
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. In December 2013, a collaboration between YG Entertainment and
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Music Project released a remix of the song named "Ringa Linga (Shockbit Remix)".


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