Jet Set (song)

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Jet set
Alphaville
publication September 27, 1984 (album)
February 28, 1985 (single)
length 4:52 (album version)
3:50 (7 "version)
Genre (s) Synth pop
Author (s) Bernhard Lloyd , Marian Gold , Frank Mertens
Producer (s) Colin Pearson , Wolfgang Loos
Label Atlantic Records , WEA Records
album Forever Young

Jet Set ( Album Version: The Jet Set ) is a 1984 published pop song of Alphaville , that of Marian Gold , Bernhard Lloyd and Frank Mertens was written. The piece was released as the fourth and final single from the debut album Forever Young .

Origin and content

The song is 4:52 minutes long in the album version The Jet Set and was recorded by Lloyd, Gold and Mertens for the band's debut album. Here played Curt Cress drums and producer Wolfgang Loos the keyboards. Another producer was Colin Pearson . The recordings took place in Studio 54 in Berlin as well as in the EMI Studios in Cologne , mixed again in Berlin, in the Audio Studios. After the success of the first three singles and after Mertens left the band, a slightly different version was released as a single with Jet Set .

In The Jet Set or Jet Set is quick is a right Synthiepop -Song, the way of life of the jet set is oversubscribed and the call "Let's go to the moon", "let us fly to the moon," culminates. Marian Gold said of the song: “We didn't intend to write a proper song; it was supposed to be some kind of jingle that advertises things money can't buy: anarchy, freedom, love, fun and a piece of the end of the world. ”(“ We didn't want to write a serious song; it was meant to be one Kind of promotional song that praises the things money can't buy: anarchy , freedom, love, fun and a piece of the end of the world. "

Publication and reception

The single Jet Set was released on February 28, 1985 by Atlantic / WEA . On the B-side was the title Golden Feeling . There was also a 12 "maxi with a 6:52 minute remix by Jellybean . It also contained a 5:07 minute dub mix and also the title Golden Feeling . A promo 12" maxi only contained the two remixes.

The single was able to achieve quite good chart positions at number eleven in Germany , number 13 in Switzerland and Sweden and number 26 in Belgium ( Flanders ).

Music video

A music video was shot for Jet Set , which takes up the theme of the song. The band and the audience celebrate in an exaggerated way. At the end, according to the text, the band is shown floating to the moon. At the same time, the words "Wish You Were Here" are displayed.

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 11 (12 weeks) 12
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 13 (8 weeks) 8th

Playlists

7 "single
  1. Jet Set (7 "version) - 3:50
  2. Golden Feeling - 3:50
12 "single
  1. Jet Set ( Jellybean Mix) - 6:28
  2. Jet Set (Dub Mix) - 5:07
  3. Golden Feeling - 3:50
Promo 12 "single
  1. Jet Set (Vocal / Jellybean mix) - 6:28
  2. Jet Set (Dub Mix) - 5:05
  • The Vocal / Jellybean Mix on the Promo 12 "is identical to the 12" Jellybean Mix
  • A demo version of the B-side Golden Feeling was released in 1999 on the Dreamscapes box set .

Cover version

In 2018 Judith Holofernes covered the song at Sing mein Song - Das Tauschkonzert in the presence of Marian Gold in a slightly rocking version with a guitar solo. It was the first time she sang in English in public. Gold said: "She made a bold version of Jet Set and gave this song a completely new topicality." The version also appeared on the album Sing mein Song - Das Tauschkonzert , Vol. 5.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alphaville - Jet Set , discogs.com
  2. ^ Alphaville - The Jet Set , genius.com
  3. ^ Marian Gold, booklet for the compilation First Harvest 1984-92 , p. 7
  4. ^ The Jet Set. alphaville.info, accessed June 20, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Alphaville - Jet Set Chart Placement Switzerland. In: Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed June 19, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Official music video on YouTube
  7. ↑ Alphaville - Jet Set Chart Placement Germany. GfK Entertainment , accessed on June 19, 2020 .
  8. ^ Judith Holofernes - Jet Set , dailymotion.com
  9. ↑ Sing my song 2018: English premiere for Judith Holofernes at Alphavilles Jet Set , vox.de