Single: Gold

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Single details

Released:	30 November 1995 4 December 1995 (Australia)
Related album:	The Gold Experience
Label(s):	Warner Bros. / NPG Records
Non-Album track(s):	Gold (Alternate Radio Mix With Guitar Solo) (4:37) Gold (Edit) (4:43) Gold (Radio Edit With Guitar Solo) (4:23) Gold (Radio Edit Without Guitar Solo) (4:23) Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) (4:34)

Charts, Certifications & Awards

Charts
America
Country: Chart	Entry Date	Peak Position	Weeks in Chart
USA: Billboard Hot 100	23 Dec. 1995	88	1
USA: Billboard Hot R&B Singles	13 Jan. 1996	92	5

Europe
Country: Chart	Entry Date	Peak Position	Weeks in Chart
Belgium: Ultratop Flanders	23 Dec. 1995	42	2
U.K.: Gallup Top 40	9 Dec. 1995	10	9

Certifications
This single has not received any certifications in the USA

Awards
This single has not received any awards in the USA

See also

Gold (Music video)	Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) (Music video)

Gold was the second commercial single to be released from Prince’s 17th album The Gold Experience, the first album to be credited to . It was released two months after the album, and was released worldwide.

The previously-unreleased b-side, Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis), received some press coverage as it was hastily-written and recorded as a response to Lenny Kravitz’s hit song Rock And Roll Is Dead.

The single reached only number 88 on the US Billboard Pop Chart, and number 92 on the Billboard R&B Chart. The single fared much better in the UK, where it reached number 10 on the Gallup Top 40 Singles Chart.

Track listing

7"	CD
A. Gold (Edit) (4:43) B. Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) (4:34) References: US: 7-17715	1. Gold (Edit) (4:43) 2. Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) (4:34) 3. Hate U (Extended Remix) (6:17) References: UK: W0325CD UK Limited Edition: W0325CDX DE: 9362-43571-9 JP: WPCR 449
See individual tracks and related albums for credits.

Other Formats

12" Promo	CD Promo
(US gold vinyl: PRO-A-7941) A1. Gold (Album Version) (7:23) A2. Gold (Radio Edit with Guitar Solo) (4:23) B1. Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) (4:34) B2. Gold (Alternate Radio Mix with Guitar Solo) (4:37)	(US: PRO-CD-7941-R) 1. Gold (Radio Edit with Guitar Solo) (4:23) 2. Gold (Alternate Radio Mix with Guitar Solo) (4:37) 3. Gold (Radio Edit without Guitar Solo) (4:43) 4. Gold (Album Version) (7:23) 5. Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) (4:34) (UK: PRCD 99) 1. Gold (Edit) (4:43) 2. Gold (Album Version) (7:23) (DEU: WMSPROM99) 1. Gold (7:23) 2. Dolphin (4:59) 3. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (4:26) 4. Endorphinmachine (4:07)

Releases

7", 12", CD, Cassettes and Other versions

Country	Format	Cat. Number	Comments	Front	Back	Label 1	Label 2

USA	7"	7-17715
USA	5"CD	W0325CD	limited edition packaging

Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
Country	Format	Cat. Number	Comments	Front	Back	Label 1	Label 2

None