Jet Set (Alphaville song)

Jet Set is the fourth and last single from Alphaville's first album, Forever Young, and was released in March 1985.¹

Re-recorded and released after founding band member Frank Mertens left the band, the 7" version drops the 'The' from the song's title and is mildly different from the original album version.²

Marian Gold said of this song:

Track listings

7" single

1. "Jet Set (7" version)" — 3:40
2. "Golden Feeling" — 3:50

12" single

1. "Jet Set (Jellybean mix)" — 6:28
2. "Jet Set (Dub mix)" — 5:07
3. "Golden Feeling" — 3:50

Promotional 12" single

1. "Jet Set (Vocal/Jellybean mix)" - 6:28
2. "Jet Set (Dub mix)" - 5:05

• The "Vocal/Jellybean Mix" on the promotional 12" is identical to the regular 12" single's "Jellybean" mix
• A demo of the B-side "Golden Feeling" appeared on 1999's Dreamscapes

Charts

This single did the best in Germany, where it hit #11 on their charts⁴. It was the first Alphaville single to not hit #1 on any chart in any country.

Other releases

Versions of this song have appeared on a variety of other Alphaville releases, including:

1. Dreamscapes (demos and live)
2. Forever Pop (remix)
3. Little America (live)
4. First Harvest 1984-92 (single)

In popular culture

• Internet Celebrity, The Cinema Snob (Brad Jones) uses the song twice in his series of reviews; Once as a fight theme in a review for Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991), and using a snippet of the song a second time for a theme song for an episode featuring a Pierre Kirby martial arts film.

Notes

1.^ http://www.alphaville.info/main.htm, Discography

2.^ http://www.alphaville.info/main.htm, Discography

3.^ First Harvest 1984-92 Liner Notes, Page 7

4.^ http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php