Gold (Spandau Ballet song)
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| Single by Spandau Ballet | ||||
| from the album True | ||||
| Released | 25 August 1983 | |||
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| Recorded | 1982 | |||
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| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Writer(s) | Gary Kemp | |||
| Producer(s) | Jolley & Swain | |||
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"Gold" is a single which the English band Spandau Ballet released, in 1983, from their third album, True.
Production history
Gary Kemp, joint leader, with his brother Martin, of Spandau Ballet, wrote the words to, and composed the music of, the selection, which the partnership of Steve Jolley and Tony Swain produced.
Initial reception
The song is Spandau Ballet's second best-charting single behind their previous release, "True,"[1] reaching #2 on the UK Singles Chart (KC and the Sunshine Band's "Give It Up" held it off the top of that chart), and #29 on the U.S Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The music video was directed by Brian Duffy and filmed on location in Carmona, Spain. A 'making of' video featured photographs of the band taken by his son: Chris Duffy.
The video featured Sadie Frost as a gold-painted nymph, in one of her earlier roles.[2]
Legacy
"Gold" was re-recorded in a semi-acoustic, unplugged-like style for Spandau Ballet's 2009 album Once More.
The song has featured in various shows and films. As part of the UK radio station Absolute Radio's celebrations for the 2012 Summer Olympics, Christian O'Connell, the network's breakfast show host, pledged to play the song for every gold medal won by Team GB. Spandau Ballet's lead singer, Tony Hadley, was also invited onto the programme for a live performance of "Gold."[3]
Hadley has said of the song:
"'Gold' is the song which even today's kids enjoy singing along to in student bars up and down the country, and is one of main reasons I get so many corporate shows. It's requested all the time at awards shows."[4]
He said this to explain his earnings being higher, since the turn of the Third Millennium, than they had been in the 1980s.
Track listing
7" version
- "Gold" – 3:54
- "Gold (Instrumental)" – 2:40
12" version
- "Gold (Extended Version)" – 7:12
- "Foundation (Live)" – 3:54
Charts
| Chart (1983–84, 2012) | Position [5][6] |
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| Canadian Singles Chart[7] | 12 |
| French Airplay Chart[8] | 3 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart | 3 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 8 |
| Spain (AFYVE)[9] | 4 |
| UK Singles Chart | 2 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 29 |
| US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs[10] | 8 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary | 17 |
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004), The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition. (Billboard Publications.)
- ↑ Girl on Film (21 March 2010). "Images of Heaven: GOLD by Spandau Ballet (1983)". Imagesofheaven.blogspot.com. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ↑ "Absolute Radio to play Gold over & over". Radio Today. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ↑ Webber, Richard (24 July 2011). "Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley: 'I earn more today than in the Eighties'". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ↑ Chart Positions - Allmusic.com
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Chart Positions". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ↑ "Item: 3034 - Library and Archives Canada". Library and Archives Canada - RBM. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ↑ "Song artist 726 - Spandau Ballet". The World's Music Charts. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/474009/chart-highlights-keha-climbs-to-no-1-on-pop-songs
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