Golden Boy (song)
Encyclopedia
Golden Boy is a signature song by German
Eurodance
artist Sin With Sebastian
. The 1996
single is the title track from the 1995
album of the same name
, recorded at Boogie Park Studios. It was released on CD
format.
, particularly in Finland
where it reached number four. In Belgium
, it reached number forty-five.
and half-naked male dancers moving around the female singer who is holding a baby "golden boy". In 2008, when Sin With Sebastian
looked through their archives they found some footage
that was filmed during the time
of the making of the video clip.
Music, Lyrics & Programming: Sebastian Roth
Producers:Chris Von Deylen, Inga Humpe
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
Eurodance
Eurodance
Eurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
artist Sin With Sebastian
Sin With Sebastian
Sin with Sebastian is a moniker used by the German musician/singer/songwriter Sebastian Roth currently living and producing in Berlin, Germany. Sin With Sebastian came to prominence in 1995 with the Europe-wide hit, "Shut Up ", which made it up to #1 in Spain, Austria, Finland, and Mexico, and Top...
. The 1996
1996 in music
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single is the title track from the 1995
1995 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.- January–February :*January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident....
album of the same name
Golden Boy (album)
Golden Boy is the debut album by Sin With Sebastian, a moniker used by the German musician/songwriter Sebastian Roth. The Eurodance album contained the international hits "Shut Up ","He Belongs to me", and the title track Golden Boy"...
, recorded at Boogie Park Studios. It was released on CD
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format.
Chart performance
The song was a chart hit across EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, particularly in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
where it reached number four. In Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, it reached number forty-five.
Lyrics
The song discusses a certain view on life and lifestyle: fun loving , being lazy, partying and the distinctive feeling of being "special" and "the best".Music video
The music video is distinctive for content such as faces amongst heaps of fruitFruit
In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...
and half-naked male dancers moving around the female singer who is holding a baby "golden boy". In 2008, when Sin With Sebastian
Sin With Sebastian
Sin with Sebastian is a moniker used by the German musician/singer/songwriter Sebastian Roth currently living and producing in Berlin, Germany. Sin With Sebastian came to prominence in 1995 with the Europe-wide hit, "Shut Up ", which made it up to #1 in Spain, Austria, Finland, and Mexico, and Top...
looked through their archives they found some footage
Footage
In filmmaking and video production, footage is the raw, unedited material as it had been originally filmed by movie camera or recorded by a video camera which usually must be edited to create a motion picture, video clip, television show or similar completed work...
that was filmed during the time
1995 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.- January–February :*January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident....
of the making of the video clip.
Credits
Mixing: Andreas HerbigMusic, Lyrics & Programming: Sebastian Roth
Producers:Chris Von Deylen, Inga Humpe