We Are Golden

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"We Are Golden"
Song

"We Are Golden" is the first single from English singer Mika's second studio album, The Boy Who Knew Too Much.[2] The song was produced and mixed by Greg Wells and features the Andrae Crouch Gospel Choir.[2]

Release

The single made its radio airplay debut in the United Kingdom on 20 July 2009, on BBC Radio 2.[3] It was made available for download on August 14, 2009 in Australia and later on September 6, 2009 in the United Kingdom. It was released physically on 7 September 2009 along with the limited edition 7" and 12" vinyl records. In the United States, "We Are Golden" became available exclusively from Apple's iTunes Store for one week starting August 18, 2009.[4] The song was featured in many TeenNick promos in Fall 2009. It is also used in an ABC series, Make It or Break It, in Malaysia for the kids@fgw promo which is shown since January 2010 on ntv7 and in the first episode of the TV show Hellcats

Description

In an interview with Q magazine, Mika says:

['We Are Golden' is] big sounding and aggressive, but in a good way. It's got a gospel choir on it and a kids' choir, but unlike the first record they're not singing sweetly, they're screaming at the top of their lungs.

— Mika, Q Magazine[5]

Critical reception

The song has received mixed and generally positive reviews.

We Are Golden is unlikely to change anyone's mind. It sounds like Jim Steinman doing High School Musical and features two varieties of choir - gospel and kiddie, in case you were wondering. Mika, meanwhile, flits in and out of falsetto whenever he fancies. What do we think? Well, the big old chorus makes his foibles worth putting up with... as long as we don't have to watch the video too.

—  Nick Levine, Digital Spy. [6]

Music video

A frame from the "We Are Golden" music video.

The music video for "We Are Golden" was shot on the 9 July and 10 July 2009 in Elstree Studios. It was directed by the Swedish film director Jonas Åkerlund.[7] The video premiered on 4 August 2009 in the United Kingdom on Channel 4.[8] The video features Mika dancing around a bedroom in his underwear as a "celebration of all the years Mika spent dancing around his bedroom as a teenager." [9]

Formats and track listings

CD[10]
No.TitleLength
1."We Are Golden"3:59
2."We Are Golden" (Calvin Harris Remix– Radio edit)3:34
3."Lonely Alcoholic"3:05
iTunes single[10]
No.TitleLength
1."We Are Golden"3:57
2."Blue Eyes" (Live from Sadler's Wells)3:34
iTunes extended play[11]
No.TitleLength
1."We Are Golden"3:58
2."We Are Golden" (Calvin Harris Remix – club mix)6:28
3."We Are Golden" (Mirwais – Vocal Mix)6:12
4."We Are Golden" (Don Diablo Dub)6:11
5."We Are Golden" (Bob Sinclar's Big Room Remix)6:38
6."We Are Golden" (Acoustic Version)3:09
12" vinyl
No.TitleLength
1."We Are Golden" (Calvin Harris Club Remix) 
2."We Are Golden" (Calvin Harris Dub Remix) 
3."We Are Golden" (Mirwais Dub Remix) 
4."We Are Golden" (Don Diablo Vocal Remix) 
Limited edition, numbered, gold 7" vinyl
No.TitleLength
1."We Are Golden"3:58
2."We Are Golden" (Jokers Of The Scene Remix)8:10
Remixes EP[12]
No.TitleLength
1."We Are Golden" (Calvin Harris Vocal) 
2."We Are Golden" (Calvin Harris Dub) 
3."We Are Golden" (Don Diablo Remix) 
4."We Are Golden" (Don Diablo Dub) 
5."We Are Golden" (Mirwais Remix) 
6."We Are Golden" (Mirwais Dub) 
7."We Are Golden" (Jokers of the Scene Remix)8:10

Charts

The single debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #4, on September 13, 2009, before dropping out the Top 10 on its second week, falling to #11.[13] Despite becoming Mika's second UK Top 5 single, it was his shortest lasting single, spending only 7 weeks in the UK Top 100. The single was released in August in the United States, but failed to make any impact on the charts. In Italy it was a huge success, it peaked at #3 after 18 weeks on the singles charts and while his second single from The Boy Who Knew Too Much - "Rain" was still at #9.

Charts (2009) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 10
Austrian Singles Chart 7
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) 9
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) 7
Canadian Hot 100[14] 15
Dutch Singles Chart[15] 20
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 4
French Singles Chart[16] 9
German Singles Chart[14] 9
Hungarian Singles Chart[14] 10
Irish Singles Chart[17] 14
Italian Singles Chart[18] 3
Japan Hot 100[19] 15
Norwegian Singles Chart 16
Romanian Top 100[20] 71
Spanish Singles Chart[14] 37
Swedish Singles Chart[21] 3
Swiss Singles Chart 11
UK Singles Chart 4
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 5

End-of-year charts

Chart (2009) Position
Italian Singles Chart[22] 50
Romanian Top 100 [23] 54
UK Singles Chart[24] 170

Release history

Region Date Format
Australia August 14, 2009[25] Digital download
United States August 18, 2009 Digital download
United Kingdom, Ireland July 20, 2009 Radio airplay
September 6, 2009 Digital download
September 7, 2009 CD single
Italy July 24, 2009 Radio airplay

Credits

External links

References

  1. ^ Business Wire (14 June 2009). "Global Pop Phenomenon, MIKA, Releases Sophomore Album, WE ARE GOLDEN, September 22", Business Wire. Retrieved on 2009-07-14.
  2. ^ a b "Life in technicolor". London: guardian.co.uk. June 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  3. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lqdq0
  4. ^ http://www.billboard.com/news/mika-conquered-the-world-america-is-next-1004003565.story#/news/mika-conquered-the-world-america-is-next-1004003565.story?page=2
  5. ^ Allen, Matt (1 June 2009). "Exclusive: Mika's Second Coming", Q magazine. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  6. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a175363/mika-we-are-golden.html
  7. ^ http://www.mtv.it/news/news_page.asp?idnews=26741&from=rss_news
  8. ^ http://www.channel4.com/tv-listings/daily/2009/08/04
  9. ^ http://www.mikasounds.com/blog/post/602/We_Are_Golden_Video_-_Watch_it_now
  10. ^ a b http://www.mikasounds.com/music/release/35/We_Are_Golden_-_Digital_Download
  11. ^ http://www.mikasounds.com/news/view/616/We_Are_Golden_-_Bsides_Remixes
  12. ^ Remixes Physical EP
  13. ^ UK Singles Chart - Sept. 20
  14. ^ a b c d Mika - We Are Golden at acharts.us Accessed September 25, 2009
  15. ^ "Radio 538 = 102 FM - Hitlijst". Retrieved August 16, 2009.
  16. ^ http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Mika&titel=We+Are+Golden&cat=s
  17. ^ [1]
  18. ^ http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_digital.php
  19. ^ "Hot 100｜JAPAN Charts｜Billboard JAPAN: 2009/08/10". August 10, 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
  20. ^ RT100 13 September
  21. ^ Sverigetopplistan
  22. ^ "FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana - Ricerche e dati di mercato". Fimi.it. 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  23. ^ "Topul celor mai difuzate piese în România în 2010" (in Romanian). România Liberă. Retrieved 21 January 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  24. ^ "Charts Plus Year end 2009" (PDF). Charts Plus. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  25. ^ "What do Mika and Madonna have in common?". Nova 100. August 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
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