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Listen To The New Single From Tiny Desk Contest Winners Tank And The Bangas

Hear the newly released, studio version of "Quick," the song that made the New Orleans-based band the winners of the 2017 Tiny Desk Contest.
Tank And The Bangas perform perform a Tiny Desk Concert on Mar. 6, 2017. (NPR)

On January 27, a New Orleans group called uploaded to YouTube. It was a simple, one-shot clip of the R&B, spoken-word and hip-hop group performing their song "Quick": a danceable, on that, from a pool of over 6,600 entries from all 50 states, Tank And The Bangas had won the 2017 Tiny Desk Contest. That entry video has since garnered over 10 million views on Facebook.

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