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Golden Skans

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324:. It features a message at the beginning very similar to the words spoken by the narrator in the "Can You Feel It" video. It also features other elements from the Jacksons' video including an inventive and contemporary use of light and dark with all three band members represented as light particles wearing different coloured ribbons, destroying certain shapes and moving dramatically to the music. 31: 254:
on download sales on 14 January (two weeks before the release of the CD) and climbed to number 14 the next week, eventually reaching number seven after the CD release. It was a minor hit in Belgium, charting on the
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According to a radio interview with the Klaxons, the name "Golden Skans" is derived from a performance luminaire, the "Golden Scan" manufactured by
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made a cover for a national radio show called "3 Pistas" (3 Tracks). Since then, they released a video clip for the song.
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An instrumental remix of the song has featured in the background of television trails for
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charts of both Flanders and Wallonia. The track was also released on French label
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placed it at number 97 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".
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magazine placed "Golden Skans" at number 40 in its list of the 50 Greatest
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Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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Index


Single
Klaxons
Myths of the Near Future
B-side
Genre
Indie rock
Label
Rinse
Polydor
Songwriter(s)
James Righton
Jamie Reynolds
Simon Taylor Davis
Producer(s)
James Ford
Klaxons
Magick
Gravity's Rainbow
Klaxons
Myths of the Near Future
UK Singles Chart
Ultratip
Ed Banger Records
NME
Indie
NME single of the year
NME album of the year
Clay Paky
Saam Farahmand

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