Sing Sang Sung

2009 single by Air

"Sing Sang Sung"

Single by Air

from the album Love 2

Released

28 September 2009

Genre

Neo psychedelia

Length

3:08 (album version)

Label

Virgin

Songwriter(s)

Nicolas Godin
Jean-Benoît Dunckel

Producer(s)

Air

Air singles chronology

"Mer du Japon"
(2007)

"Sing Sang Sung"
(2009)

"So Light Is Her Footfall"
(2009)

"Sing Sang Sung" is a song by the French duo Air. It is the most successful song on their 2009 studio album Love 2. It was released as a single from that album on 25 August 2009.

Music video

An animated music video was produced to promote the single, which depicts a ball rolling around a world that was called reminiscent of a level in a Sonic the Hedgehog video game.^[1] The video was directed by Petra Mrkyz and François Moriceau.^[2]

Critical reception

Amrit Singh of Stereogum called it "nice" and wrote that "whatever joy 'Do the Joy' lacked comes through many times over in Air's infectious Love 2 single".^[3] Scott Plagenhoef of Pitchfork felt that it works "better in the context" of Love 2, "where it serves as a breath of fresh air" as it is "one of the lightest, most agile moments on a more bottom-heavy record".^[4]

Charts

Chart performance for "Sing Sang Sung"
Chart (2009)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)^[5]	22

References

^ Singh, Amrit (8 September 2009). "New Air Video – "Sing Sang Sung"". Stereogum. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
^ Breihan, Tom (10 September 2009). "Video: Air: "Sing Sang Sung"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
^ Singh, Amrit (2 September 2009). "New Air – "Sing Sang Sung"". Stereogum. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
^ Plagenhoef, Scott (13 September 2009). "Air: "Sing Sang Sung" Track Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
^ "Air – Sing Sang Sung" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 2 April 2024.