"Gold" was the third single released from

Beverley Knight Beverley Knight (born Beverley Anne Smith, 22 March 1973) is an English recording artist and musical theatre actress. She released her first album, ''The B-Funk'', in 1995. Heavily influenced by American soul music icons such as Sam Cooke and ...

's studio album, '' Who I Am''. The song, which peaked at #27 in

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, was different from the album version - which was produced by

Mike Spencer Michael Spencer is an English record producer and recording engineer, who has worked with pop acts ranging from Newton Faulkner to Emeli Sandé. Many of his productions have achieved platinum certification, and have won MOBO and Brit Awards, a ...

, and is a big favourite amongst fans. The accompanying video was directed by Adrian Moat. Knight promoted the song by performing the song on ''

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'' and sister show '' Top of the Pops Saturday''.

Background

During Knight's 100% Tour in 2010, she announced that she wrote "Gold" after a friend of Knight's told her that she thought we was 'gold'. Knight was then immediately inspired and sat down at a piano and then wrote the song. She dedicated the song to her friend on the album of which "Gold" appears: '' Who I Am '' and also whilst live.

Track list

;CD 1 #"Gold" (single mix) #"Liquid Gold" (Mark Revel extended mix) #"Gold" (album version) #"Gold" (video) ;CD 2 #"Gold" (single mix) #"Same (As I Ever Was)" (Bump N Flex mix) #"Same (As I Ever Was)" (album version)

Charts

Personnel

*Written by Beverley Knight, Mike Spencer *Single version mixed and produced by Mike 'Spike' Drake *Album version recorded and produced by

*All vocals performed and arranged by Beverley Knight *Drums performed by YoYo, Real drums on album version performed by Shane Meehan *Decks performed by DJ Pogo Piano Martin Lister Drums Shane Meehan Bass Derek Mcyntyre Guitar Rob Harris

Background

Track list

Charts

Personnel

See also