Gold (Spandau Ballet song)

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Spandau Ballet - "Gold"
While some critics described "Gold" as "tasteful" and "smashing", others called it "kitschy" and "laughable".
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A couple of critics picked up on the Bond tribute, but reviews were extremely divided. Billboard magazine explained, "High drama, artful and elegant" was the success behind "True" and that "Gold" was "a little more energetic if equally tasteful. Breathing a world of meaning into a one-word hook is proving to be one of vocalist Tony Hadley's greatest gifts." [35] Cashbox also compared the two songs, noting that the new single had "an energetic thrust" and mentioning, "A pretty sax solo also highlights." [36] Mike Gardner of Record Mirror was especially enthusiastic about the song in his weekly review column: "In a week when most have forgotten about simple things like melodies, beats, style, feeling and simple entertainment, along comes Gary Kemp and the lads to show how it can be done." [37] Number One ’s Sunie Fletcher thought that Kemp had "written the best Bond film song for donkey's years. It's big, bold and dramatic, with big Tone Basseying away like a good 'un. Smashing." [38]

Although Peter Martin of Smash Hits wrote, "Consolidating Gary Kemp's chances of soundtracking James Bond films, 'Gold' is elaborately classy and eminently tasteful", he also warned, "Make no mistake. This is not a number one. Bereft of the magic of 'True', this works hard to be special, and it shows." [39] Gavin Martin of New Musical Express took issue with the lines "These are my salad days,/Slowly being eaten away", claiming, "the words are just laughable but delivered in a way that makes you think everyone but Tony Hadley has been let in on the joke." [40] In reviewing the band's 2014 Royal Albert Hall concert, Ian Gittins described the song in The Guardian as a "brash blare of self-belief that appears to be constructed from pure titanium. It may be the least subtle song ever written, but, like Spandau Ballet, it mainlines sheer chutzpah." [41] In a retrospective review, Stewart Mason of AllMusic thought it was "weaker" than the other singles from the True album, specifying that while "Lifeline" and the title song "sound utterly natural and convincing, there's something just vaguely off about 'Gold'". He accused Kemp of wanting to write a hit that sounds like "late-period Roxy Music" and dismissed it as "entertaining in its own kitschy way". [42]

Legacy

"Gold" became associated with the top prize at the Olympic Games. The band performed the song there in the summer of 1988 [43] and, 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. Hadley was also invited onto the programme for a live performance of the song. [44]

In explaining his earnings being higher since the start of the 21st century than they had been in the 1980s, Hadley said, "'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." [45]

Aftermath

Kemp was disappointed with the number 29 showing of the song on the US pop chart and took it as a sign that Chrysalis America was not working to promote them. [46] The US release of "Communication" that followed in 1984 only got as high as number 59, and "Only When You Leave", the first single from their next album, Parade , became their last Hot 100 entry when it peaked at number 34 later that year. [32] Kemp was unhappy with their performances stateside as well [47] and blamed the low numbers on his perception that a conflict between Chrysalis founders Chris Wright and Terry Ellis was taking up time that could benefit Spandau Ballet. [48] Wright refused to license the band to a bigger label in the U.S., so they sought legal advice to get out of their contract. [49] The disappointing singles chart entries in the U.S. resulted in their move from Chrysalis to CBS Records, which released their Parade follow-up, Through the Barricades , in 1986. [50]

Kemp felt a strong attraction to Frost during her audition for the "Gold" music video. [51] When they parted ways after the shoot, she asked him to call her, but their next contact was in 1986 [52] when she was hired to appear in the Spandau Ballet video "Fight for Ourselves". [53] They married in 1988 and were divorced in 1995. [54]

A semi-acoustic version of "Gold" was recorded for Spandau Ballet's 2009 album Once More , and in 2012 Belgian record producer, musician and DJ Basto used Hadley's original vocal recording for a remix titled "Gold 2012" that was credited as Spandau Ballet vs. Basto. In Billboard magazine, it peaked at number eight on the Dance Club Songs, [55] number 20 on the Dance/Electronic Songs, [56] and number 34 on the Global Dance Songs [57] charts in 2013.

Formats and track listings

Original recording

"Gold"
Spandau Gold.jpg
Single by Spandau Ballet
from the album True
B-side "Gold (Instrumental)"
Released
  • 5 August 1983 (1983-08-05) (UK)
  • 1 November 1983 (US)
RecordedOctober–December 1982
Genre Synth-pop, [1] sophisti-pop [2]
Length
  • 3:51 (single version)
  • 4:51 (album version)
  • 7:12 (extended version)
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s) Gary Kemp
Producer(s)
Spandau Ballet singles chronology
"True"
(1983)		"Gold"
(1983)		"Pleasure"
(1983)
Music video
Spandau Ballet – "Gold" (single version) on YouTube

Gold 2012

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes for True , except as noted: [64]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [34] Platinum600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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