Gold (Britt Nicole song)

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"Gold"
Britt Nicole Gold single.png
Single by Britt Nicole
from the album Gold
ReleasedNovember 13, 2012
Genre
Length3:00
Label Capitol, Sparrow
Songwriter(s) Britt Nicole, Dan Muckala, Jess Cates, BK Irish
Producer(s) Dan Muckala
Britt Nicole singles chronology
"Stand"
(2012)
"Gold"
(2012)
"Ready or Not"
(2013)
Gold EP
Britt Nicole Gold EP.png

"Gold" is a song by musician Britt Nicole from her fourth album, Gold . It was released on November 13, 2012 as her debut mainstream single on Capitol Records.

Contents

Background and composition

This song was produced by Dan Muckala, and was written by Muckala, Jess Cates, B.K. Irish and Britt Nicole. This song was composed in A-flat major with a tempo of 96 beats per minute and a time signature of 4
4
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Commercial performance

As of July 19, 2013, the song has sold 169,000 copies in the US. [1] However, on March 5, 2014 the song was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales over 500,000. This was Nicole's first song to chart the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 83.

Music video

The official video for the song premiered on November 29, 2012 and has received rotation on Disney Channel, TeenNick, and MTV. The video shows several high school teens who are not 'normal', in this sense being a Goth girl who self harms, a guy who dances ballet, a bulimic, a girl who likes to skateboard, and a young boy who is deemed too short to play basketball. They are all drawn to a gold light and drop into a world with several different teens, where they go to a mansion and find their people.

The music video is intercut with clips of Nicole singing and holding balloons in a hedge maze.

Track listing

  1. Gold
  1. Gold
  2. Gold (Jason Nevins Rhythmic Radio Remix)
  3. Gold (Wideboys Remix)

Charts

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