Gangnam Style

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"Gangnam Style"
Single by PSY
from the album PSY 6 (Six Rules), Part 1
Released	July 15, 2012 (2012-07-15)
Format	Digital download
Genre	K-pop, electro house, hip house, Korean hip hop
Length	3:39
Label	YG, Universal Republic, Schoolboy
Writer(s)	Park Jai-Sang, Yoo Gun-Hyung[1]
Producer	Yang Hyun-suk[citation needed]
PSY chronology
"Korea" (2012) "Gangnam Style" (2012) "Oppa Is Just My Style" (2012)
PSY 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 Disc artwork "Gangnam Style" Hangul 강남스타일 Hanja 江南스타일 Revised Romanization Gangnamseutail McCune–Reischauer Kangnamsŭt'ail
Music sample
"Gangnam Style"
Music video
"Gangnam Style" on YouTube

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"Gangnam Style" (Korean: 강남스타일, IPA: [kaŋnam sɯtʰail]) is a single by South Korean rapper Psy. The song was released on July 15, 2012, as the lead single of his sixth studio album PSY 6 (Six Rules), Part 1. "Gangnam Style" debuted at number one on the Gaon Chart, the national record chart of South Korea.^[2] As of October 19, 2012 (2012 -10-19)^[update], the music video has been viewed over 510 million times on YouTube,^[3] and is the site's third most watched video^[4] and most watched K-pop video.^[5]
The song's dance moves have been performed by several political and business leaders including the British Prime Minister David Cameron^[6] and Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt. "Gangnam Style" has been hailed by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon as a "force for world peace",^[7][8] and its music video has become a source of parodies and reaction videos by many different groups including The Oregon Duck, midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy, and the North Korean government.^[9][10] Psy has brought the "Gangnam Style" dance to various locations such as Saturday Night Live, Dodger Stadium, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Samsung commercials.^[11]
"Gangnam Style" has been praised for its catchy beat and Psy's amusing dance moves in the music video and during live performances. On September 17, the song was nominated for Best Video at the upcoming 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards to be held in Frankfurt, Germany.^[12] On September 20, 2012, "Gangnam Style" was recognized by Guinness World Records as the most "liked" video in YouTube history.[