The Golden Age (The Asteroids Galaxy Tour song)

"The Golden Age"
Single by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
from the album Fruit
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2009 (Denmark)
Recorded2009
GenreIndie pop, acid jazz
Length3:50
LabelSmall Giants
Songwriter(s)Lars Iversen, Mette Lindberg
Producer(s)Lars Iversen
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour singles chronology
"Around the Bend"
(2008) 		"The Golden Age"
(2009) 		"Major"
(2011)

"The Golden Age" is a song recorded by Danish indie pop band The Asteroids Galaxy Tour. The song was released as a single on September 13, 2009, as a digital download in Denmark from their debut studio album Fruit. The song was produced by Lars Iversen and written by Mette Lindberg and Lars Iversen. The song has charted in Austria, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada and United States.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "The Golden Age" was first released onto YouTube on August 7, 2009, at a total length of three minutes and fifty-six seconds. It features The Asteroids Galaxy Tour performing in the space which it has the planets of the solar system.[1]

Allusions within the song

The song makes allusion to the Rat Pack of Hollywood. It later makes reference to the character Sally Bowles from the musical Cabaret, based on the Christopher Isherwood book Goodbye to Berlin.[2]

Heineken and Deutsche Bahn advertisements

The song was used in a 2011 Heineken advertisement, as well as one in 2022 for Deutsche Bahn. It has a long version of the entire song with a music video and a shorter one for commercial spots on television.

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."The Golden Age"3:50

Chart performance

Weekly

Chart (2011/13) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 4
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[4] 60
Ireland (IRMA)[5] 91
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 27
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[7] 19
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 7
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[9] 70
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 9

Year-end charts

Chart (2011) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[10] 43
Swiss Singles Chart[11] 58

Certifications

Country Certification
Austria Gold[12]
Italy Gold[13]

Release history

Country Release date Format
United Kingdom September 6, 2009 Digital download
Denmark September 13, 2009

References

  1. ^ The Golden Age YouTube
  2. ^ Lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SfW2iXRsgA&NR=1
  3. ^ "The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – The Golden Age" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ^ The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Golden Age - Music Charts
  5. ^ "Chart Track: Week 07, 2013". Irish Singles Chart.
  6. ^ "The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – The Golden Age" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  7. ^ "The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – The Golden Age" Canciones Top 50.
  8. ^ "The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – The Golden Age". Swiss Singles Chart.
  9. ^ Chart Stats - Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Golden Age
  10. ^ "JAHRESHITPARADE SINGLES 2011" (in German). Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  11. ^ "SCHWEIZER JAHRESHITPARADE 2011". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
  12. ^ "IFPI Austria - Verband der Österreichischen Musikwirtschaft". Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  13. ^ "CERTIFICAZIONI DOWNLOAD FIMI" (PDF) (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2011.