Golden Skans

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"Golden Skans"
Single by Klaxons
from the album Myths of the Near Future
Released	January 22, 2007UK, February 2, 2007 Piczo
Format	Vinyl record (7" & 12"), CD
Recorded	2006
Genre	New Rave
Label	Polydor Records
Chart positions
#7 (UK)
Klaxons singles chronology
"Magick" (2006)	"Golden Skans" (2007)	"Gravity's Rainbow" (2007)

"Golden Skans" is a song released by London new rave band Klaxons on January 22, 2007. It reached #16 in the UK Singles Chart on download sales on January 14 (two weeks before the release of the CD) and climbed to #14 the next week, eventually reaching #7 after the CD release. It is taken from their first album Myths of the Near Future, which was released on January 29, 2007. The song's lyrics briefly sum up the J.G. Ballard short story "Myths of the Near Future".

The video features an inventive and contemporary use of light and dark with all three band members wearing different coloured ribbons, and moving dramatically to the music.

The track was also released on French label Ed Banger Records, as a French exclusive remix EP.

[edit] Track listing

• CD RINSE002CD
  1. "Golden Skans"
  2. "Golden Skans (Erol Alkan's Ekstra Spektral Edit)"
• 7" 1 RINSE002S
  1. "Golden Skans" [live in Manchester]
  2. "The Bouncer" [live in Manchester]
• 7" 2 RINSE002SX
  1. "Golden Skans"
  2. "Atlantis to Interzone" [live in Manchester]
• 12" RINSE002T (Released 29 January 2007)
  1. "Golden Skans (Erol Alkan's Ekstra Spektral Edit)"
• 12" BEC5772075 (Released February 2007)
  1. "Golden Skans (SebastiAn Remix)"
  2. "Golden Skans (Surkin Remix)"
  3. "Golden Skans (Erol's Ekstra Spektral Remix)"

Preceded by "Pac's Life" by 2Pac Featuring. Ashanti & T.I.

Piczo Top 50 number one single January 12, 2007 - February 9, 2007

Succeeded by "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado

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Discography

Albums: Myths of the Near Future EPs: Xan Valleys Singles: "Gravity's Rainbow" | "Atlantis to Interzone" | "Magick" | "Golden Skans"

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