"Turn It Up" () is a song recorded by the South Korean rapper, songwriter and actor 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

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Background and release

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"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.

Music video

On June 14, 2010, a teaser of the music video was released on the YG Entertainment channel on

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. His video was officially released June 21, along with the digital single. Later, the video was banned from MBC, because T.O.P mentions brand names, which is against MBC's broadcasting rules.

Track listing

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Sales

References

{{T.O.P 2010 singles 2010 songs T.O.P songs YG Entertainment singles Songs in Korean Songs written by T.O.P Black-and-white music videos Song recordings produced by Teddy Park