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. It was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2009 and physically the day after. The track heavily borrows from

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Reception

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referred to "Gold Digger" as "the pop equivalent of flicking through ''

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Chart Blog called it a "very decent debut" and wrote that " e 'wonky' pop sound gets you bopping from the off and the quirkyness of their style matches the eccentricity of the song." However, he criticised the track by stating that "fame hungry girls talking about other fame hungry girls is a touch hypocritical", while noting the lack of "a killer melody to match the killer dance/pop production". ILikeMusic described the song as a "barn-storming and truly inspired collision of the Tom Tom Club's 'Wordyrappinghood' and Kid Creole's 'Stool Pigeon'", naming it "one of the greatest pop tunes of 2009" as well as "both a social diatribe and bangin' floor-filler." The single reached number forty-six on the

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, where it spent one week only.

Music video

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on 27 May 2009. The video stars Christopher Goh as city boy, Gavin Molloy as rock star, Ben Baker as young boy, Stephen Kelly as victim, Mehran Armando as Antony and various other actors as newspaper seller and victims of a gorgeous, sexy and glamorous gold digger. The released video for the song, directed by James Abadi through Fingertip Films and cinematographed by Hazel Palmer, was shot in the

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shop on London's

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. It premiered on

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channel, the 2D version on 24 July 2009, and the 3D version on 4 September 2009.

Track listings

*;UK CD single #"Gold Digger" – 2:55 #"Gold Digger" (Bimbo Jones Remix) – 2:53 *;UK iTunes single #"Gold Digger" (Radio Edit) – 2:55 #"Je Suis une Dolly" – 2:53 *;UK promo CD single – Remixes #"Gold Digger" (Bimbo Jones Club Mix) – 6:24 #"Gold Digger" (Superbass Mix) – 6:52 #"Gold Digger" (Bimbo Jones Radio Edit) – 2:52 #"Gold Digger" (Original Radio Edit) – 2:53

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD single liner notes. * David Bascombe – mixing * Nigel Butler – additional mixing, bass, guitar, producer * Andy Fallon – photography *

Ray Hedges Ray "Madman" Hedges is an English songwriter and record producer from Surrey, England who has had over 60 top 20 singles and albums including seven UK number-ones as producer and or writer with many on his own record labels. Career Hedges has b ...

– additional mixing, producer * A. Rowland – mixing assistant * Traffic – design

Charts

Release history

References

{{Authority control British pop songs 2009 debut singles Parlophone singles Songs written by Chris Frantz Songs written by Ray Hedges Song recordings produced by Ray Hedges Songs written by Tina Weymouth 2009 songs Songs written by Nigel Butler Songs written by August Darnell