Golden Touch (song)

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"Golden Touch"
Golden touch.jpg
Single by Razorlight
from the album Up All Night
B-side "Dean, Take Your Time", "If You Know What You Know", "Losing Your Mind"
Released14 June 2004 (2004-06-14)
Length3:25
Label Vertigo
Songwriter(s) Johnny Borrell
Producer(s) John Cornfield
Razorlight singles chronology
"Stumble and Fall"
(2004)
"Golden Touch"
(2004)
"Vice"
(2004)
Music video
"Golden Touch" on YouTube

"Golden Touch" is a song by English indie rock band Razorlight, appearing as the eighth track on their 2004 debut album, Up All Night . The song is based on MTV2 and Queens of Noize DJ Mairead Nash, with whom Johnny Borrell had a brief relationship. [1] "Golden Touch" was released as the fourth single from Up All Night in June 2004 and peaked at No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2006, it was ranked 87th on Q magazine's "100 Greatest Songs Ever".[ citation needed ]

Contents

Track listings

UK CD single [2]

  1. "Golden Touch" (full length)
  2. "Golden Touch" (Jo Whiley session)

UK limited-edition CD single [3]

  1. "Golden Touch" (full length)
  2. "Bright Lights" (demo version)

UK limited-edition 7-inch single [4]

A. "Golden Touch"
B. "Dean, Take Your Time"

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [5] 13
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 9

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [7] Platinum600,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom14 June 2004
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
Vertigo [8]
United States14 September 2004 Alternative radio [9]

References

  1. Razorlight, T in the Park 2005, BBC.
  2. Golden Touch (UK CD single liner notes). Razorlight. Vertigo Records. 2004. 9869067.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. Golden Touch (UK limited CD single liner notes). Razorlight. Vertigo Records. 2004. 9866834.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. Golden Touch (UK limited 7-inch single liner notes). Razorlight. Vertigo Records. 2004. 986 683-5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  6. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  7. "British single certifications – Razorlight – Golden Touch". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  8. "Rooftop Stuff!". NME . 14 June 2004. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  9. "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records . No. 1572. 10 September 2004. p. 22. Retrieved 18 June 2021.