Jet Set is the fourth and last single from Alphaville

Alphaville (band)

Alphaville is a German synthpop group which gained popularity in the 1980s. The founding members were Marian Gold , Bernhard Lloyd , and Frank Mertens Alphaville is a German synthpop group which gained popularity in the 1980s. The founding members were Marian Gold (real name Hartwig Schierbaum,...

's first album, Forever Young, and was released in March 1985.

Re-recorded and released after founding band member Frank Mertens left the band, the 7" version drops the 'The' from the song's title and is mildly different from the original album version.

Marian Gold said of this song:

Track listings

7" single

1. "Jet Set (7" version)" — 3:40
2. "Golden Feeling" — 3:50

12" single

1. "Jet Set (Jellybean mix)" — 6:28
2. "Jet Set (Dub mix)" — 5:07
3. "Golden Feeling" — 3:50

Promotional 12" single

1. "Jet Set (Vocal/Jellybean mix)" - 6:28
2. "Jet Set (Dub mix)" - 5:05

• The "Vocal/Jellybean Mix" on the promotional 12" is identical to the regular 12" single's "Jellybean" mix
• A demo of the B-side "Golden Feeling" appeared on 1999's Dreamscapes
  Dreamscapes
  Dreamscapes is a limited edition eight-CD set of rare Alphaville recordings, released in 1999. It features 124 tracks with a total playing time of around 9.5 hours...
  
  

Charts

This single did the best in Germany, where it hit #11 on their charts. It was the first Alphaville single to not hit #1 on any chart in any country.

Other releases

Versions of this song have appeared on a variety of other Alphaville releases, including:

1. Dreamscapes (demos and live)
2. Forever Pop
   Forever Pop
   Forever Pop is a collection of new remixes of older Alphaville songs and singles. The people responsible for some of the remixes include notables such as Paul Van Dyk, Mark Plati, and De-Phazz.-Reviews:...
   
   (remix)
3. Little America
   Little America (Alphaville DVD)
   Little America a DVD of Alphaville's 17 July 1999 concert in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.The DVD also contains the otherwise unreleased video for the single "Soul Messiah", plus other bonus material.-Track listing:# "Dream Machine "...
   
   (live)
4. First Harvest 1984-92
   First Harvest 1984-92
   First Harvest 1984–92 is Alphaville's first "real" greatest-hits compilation ....
   
   (single)

In popular culture

• Internet Celebrity, The Cinema Snob (Brad Jones) uses the song twice in his series of reviews; Once as a fight theme in a review for Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
  Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
  Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky is a 1991 Hong Kong martial arts film written and directed by Lam Nai-choi, and based on the Japanese manga Riki-Oh by Masahiko Takajo and Saruwatari Tetsuya...
  
  (1991), and using a snippet of the song a second time for a theme song for an episode featuring a Pierre Kirby martial arts film.