We Are Golden

"We Are Golden"
Single by Mika
from the album The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Released 6 September 2009 (Download)
(see Release history)
Format
Recorded 2008–09
Genre
Length 3:58 (album version)
3:30 (radio edit)
Label Casablanca[1]
Writer(s) Mika
Producer(s)
Mika singles chronology
"Relax, Take It Easy" / "Lollipop"
(2007)		 "We Are Golden"
(2009)		 "Rain"
(2009)

"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 14 August 2009 in Australia and later on 6 September 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 18 August 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, while in Malaysia, it was used for the kids@fgw promo which is shown in 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 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]

Track listing

UK CD single[10]
No. Title Length
1. "We Are Golden"   3:59
2. "We Are Golden" (Calvin Harris Remix) (Radio Edit) 3:34
3. "Lonely Alcoholic"   3:05
UK digital download[10]
No. Title Length
1. "We Are Golden"   3:57
2. "Blue Eyes" (Live From Sadler's Wells) 3:34
UK Digital EP[11]
No. Title Length
1. "We Are Golden"   3:58
2. "We Are Golden" (Calvin Harris 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
UK 12" Single
No. Title Length
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)  
UK 7" Single
No. Title Length
1. "We Are Golden"   3:58
2. "We Are Golden" (Jokers Of The Scene Remix) 8:10
German 2-Track CD single[12]
No. Title Length
1. "We Are Golden"   3:58
2. "We Are Golden" (Bob Sinclar's Big Room Remix) 6:38
German 4-Track CD single[13]
No. Title Length
1. "We Are Golden"   3:59
2. "We Are Golden" (Calvin Harris Remix) (Radio Edit) 3:34
3. "Lonely Alcoholic"   3:05
4. "We Are Golden" (Music Video)  
Italian CD single[14]
No. Title Length
1. "We Are Golden"   3:58
2. "We Are Golden" (Bob Sinclar's Big Room Remix) 6:38
3. "We Are Golden" (Calvin Harris Remix) (Radio Edit) 3:34
4. "We Are Golden" (Calvin Harris Club Mix) 6:28
5. "We Are Golden" (Mirwais Vocal Mix) 6:12

Charts

The single debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #4, on 13 September 2009, before dropping out the Top 10 on its second week, falling to #11.[15] 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. It was also certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry.[16]

Charts (2009) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 10
Austrian Singles Chart 17
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) 9
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) 7
Canadian Hot 100[17] 15
Czech Airplay Chart[18] 39
Dutch Singles Chart[19] 20
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 4
French Singles Chart[20] 19
German Singles Chart[17] 29
Hungarian Singles Chart[17] 10
Irish Singles Chart[21] 14
Israeli Singles Chart[22] 8
Italian Singles Chart[23] 3
Japan Hot 100[24] 15
Norwegian Singles Chart 16
Romanian Top 100[25] 71
Slovak Airplay Chart[26] 26
Spanish Singles Chart[17] 37
Spanish Airplay Chart[27] 14
Spanish Physical Singles Chart[28] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[29] 30
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[30] 50
Romanian Top 100 [31] 54
UK Singles Chart[32] 170

Release history

Region Date Format
Australia 14 August 2009[33] Digital download
United States 18 August 2009 Digital download
United Kingdom, Ireland 20 July 2009 Radio airplay
6 September 2009 Digital download
7 September 2009 CD single
Italy 24 July 2009 Radio airplay

Credits

External links

References

  1. ↑ Business Wire (14 June 2009). "Global Pop Phenomenon, MIKA, Releases Sophomore Album, WE ARE GOLDEN, 22 September", Business Wire. Retrieved on 2009-07-14.
  2. 1 2 "Life in technicolor". London: guardian.co.uk. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  3. ↑ "Radio 2 Programmes - Ken Bruce, 20/07/2009". BBC. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  4. ↑ "Mika Conquered The World, America Is Next". Billboard.com. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  5. ↑ Allen, Matt (1 June 2009). "Exclusive: Mika's Second Coming", Q magazine. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  6. ↑ Published Wednesday, 2 September 2009, 16:32 BST (2 September 2009). "Mika: 'We Are Golden' - Music Singles Review". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  7. ↑ "Mika in arrivo - Notizie online MTV". Mtv.it. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  8. ↑ Archived 28 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ "MikaSounds / Blog". Mikasounds.com. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  10. 1 2 "MikaSounds / Music / 'We Are Golden' - Digital Download". Mikasounds.com. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  11. ↑ "MikaSounds / Latest News / 'We Are Golden' Release News!". Mikasounds.com. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  12. ↑ "We Are Golden (2-Track): Mika: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  13. ↑ "We Are Golden: Mika: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  14. ↑ "We Are Golden - ITALY excl. 5 Mixes CD Single cardsleeve: Mika: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  15. ↑ UK Singles Chart - 20 Sept.
  16. ↑ "Certificazioni Download FIMI" (PDF) (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  17. 1 2 3 4 Mika - We Are Golden at acharts.us Accessed 25 September 2009
  18. ↑ ds. "Čns Ifpi". Ifpicr.cz. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  19. ↑ "Radio 538 = 102 FM - Hitlijst". Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  20. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Mika - We Are Golden". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  21. ↑ ">> IRMA << Irish Charts - Singles, Albums & Compilations >>". Irma.ie. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  22. ↑ "Media Forest: Airplay chart". mediaforest.biz.
  23. ↑ "FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana - Classifiche". Fimi.it. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  24. ↑ "Hot 100｜JAPAN Charts｜Billboard JAPAN: 2009/08/10". 10 August 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  25. ↑ RT100 13 September
  26. ↑ ds. "Sns Ifpi". Ifpicr.cz. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  27. ↑ "Promusicae (Week: January 1, 2009)" (PDF). Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  28. ↑ "Physical Single Top 20". Hung Medien. 2009-09-27. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  29. ↑ Sverigetopplistan
  30. ↑ "FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana - Ricerche e dati di mercato". Fimi.it. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  31. ↑ "Topul celor mai difuzate piese în România în 2010" (in Romanian). România Liberă. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  32. ↑ "Charts Plus Year end 2009" (PDF). Charts Plus. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  33. ↑ "What do Mika and Madonna have in common?". Nova 100. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
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