"That Golden Rule" is the second single to be taken from
Scottish alternative rock
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trio
Biffy Clyro's fifth studio album, ''
Only Revolutions'', released on 23 August 2009.
The band describe the song as a mixture of
prog and
stoner rock
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, citing that "
t'slike
Kyuss
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and
Tool
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playing with some Scottish freaks screaming over the top of it". It received its first radio play in early July 2009, on
Zane Lowe
Alexander Zane Reid Lowe (born 7 August 1973) is a New Zealand radio DJ, live DJ, record producer, and television presenter.
After an early career in music creation, production and DJing, he moved to the UK in 1997. He came to prominence thro ...
's Hottest Record in the World slot on Radio 1. The single debuted at number 10 on the
UK Singles Chart
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on 30 August 2009, as well as number one on the
Scottish Singles Chart
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, making the song the band's fourth and most recent number-one single on that chart. The song was used by
Sky Sports
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in its coverage of
Super League
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from 2011 to 2013.
Music video
The video for That Golden Rule was shot in Chiswick House, West London. It was released on NME's official website on 22 July 2009. The video received heavy airplay on British rock television stations
Scuzz
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and
Kerrang! TV
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and has been A-listed by
BBC Radio 1
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.
Artwork
Storm Thorgerson
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's artwork for the single references the band's previous studio album, ''
Puzzle
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'', with a missing
jigsaw
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* Jigsaw (tool), a tool used for cutting arbitrary curves
* Jigsaw puzzle, a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of interlocking pieces
Arts and media Comics
* Jigsaw (Marvel Comics), a supervillain and arch-enemy of ...
piece resting in front of a sailor. The other man, sailing into the distance, appears to have a jigsaw shaped hole in his side – it is likely that this represents the man depicted on the front cover of ''Puzzle''.
Thorgerson later confirmed this on his official website, stating:
Track listing
CD single
14FLR38CD
#"That Golden Rule"
#"Prey Hey"
7" Picture Vinyl
14FLR38
#"That Golden Rule"
#"Eye Lids"
7" Orange Vinyl
14FLR38X
#"That Golden Rule"
#"Time Jazz"
iTunes Digital EP
#"That Golden Rule"
#"Prey Hey"
#"Eye Lids"
#"Time Jazz"
Charts
References
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Biffy Clyro songs
Song recordings produced by Garth Richardson
2009 singles
2009 songs
14th Floor Records singles
Songs written by Simon Neil
Number-one singles in Scotland