| The Golden Age | |
| Cover: | TheGoldenAgeTheAsteroidsGalaxyTour.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Asteroids Galaxy Tour |
| Album: | Fruit |
| Released: | September 13, 2009 (Denmark) |
| Recorded: | 2009 |
| Genre: | Indie pop, acid jazz |
| Length: | 3:50 |
| Label: | Small Giants |
| Producer: | Lars Iversen |
| Chronology: | The Asteroids Galaxy Tour |
| Prev Title: | Around the Bend |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | Major |
| Next Year: | 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.
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]
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]
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.
| Chart (2011/13) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[3] | 60 | |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[4] | 70 | |
| US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 | 9 |
| Chart (2011) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Austrian Singles Chart[5] | 43 | |
| Swiss Singles Chart[6] | 58 |
| Country | Certification | |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | Gold[7] | |
| Italy | Gold[8] |
| Country | Release date | Format |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | September 6, 2009 | Digital download |
| Denmark | September 13, 2009 | |