"Golden Years" is a song recorded by music producer
M-Phazes
Mark Landon (born 1 February 1983), better known by his stage name M-Phazes, is an Australian-born producer based in LA. He has produced records for Logic, Demi Lovato, Madonna, Eminem, Kehlani, Zara Larsson, Remi Wolf, Kiiara, Noah Cyrus, a ...
and Australian singer
Ruel. The song was released on 14 April 2017,
becoming Ruel's official debut single. A remix of the song (which only credits Ruel as the lead artist) by M-Phazes was later released on 16 March 2018.
Ruel performed the song during the
2018 Commonwealth Games
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opening ceremony
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Music video
Though a music video for the original track was never released, one was made for the song's remix by M-Phazes, which was released on 16 March 2018—the same day as the track's release.
Reception
Sosefina Fuamoli from ''
The AU Review
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'' said "the final result is something of polished and refined electronic-driven pop" and the song is "primed for radio success".
Elton John
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, during his
Beats 1
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radio show, complimented the song, saying "it’s astonishing
owsomeone
uel UEL can refer to:
* UEFA Europa League, the second tier of European club football
* United Envirotech, a company based in Singapore
* University of East London, a public University in London, UK
* ''Universidade Estadual de Londrina'' (State Univer ...
so young can write something so good" and jokingly said "I give up."
Credits and personnel
Credits for the song's remix adapted from Tidal.
*
Ruel Vincent van Djik – lead artist, songwriter
*
Mark Landon – producer, songwriter
* Peter Harding – songwriter
* Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer
*
Andrei Eremin – mixing engineer
* Phil Anquetil – recording engineer
Formats and track listings
* Digital download
# "Golden Years" – 3:28
* Digital download – M-Phazes remix
# "Golden Years"
(M-Phazes remix) – 3:54
Notes
: a.
The remix does not credit M-Phazes as a lead artist.
References
2019 singles
2019 songs
M-Phazes songs
Ruel (singer) songs
Song recordings produced by M-Phazes
Songs written by M-Phazes
Songs written by Ruel (singer)
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