Jet Set (Alphaville song)

This article is about the Alphaville song. For other uses, see Jet set (disambiguation).
"Jet Set"
Single by Alphaville
from the album Forever Young
B-side "Golden Feeling"
Released March 1, 1985
Format 7" single
12" maxi
Recorded 1984
Genre Synthpop, soundtrack
Length 3:40 (7" version)
6:28 (Jellybean mix)
Label Atlantic / WEA
Writer(s) Bernhard Lloyd
Marian Gold
Frank Mertens (track 1)
Ricky Echolette (track 2)
Producer(s) Colin Pearson
Wolfgang Loos
Alphaville singles chronology
"Forever Young"
(1984)
"Jet Set"
(1985)
"Dance with Me"
(1986)

Jet Set is the fourth and last single from Alphaville's first album, Forever Young, and was released in March 1985.[1]

Re-recorded and released after founding band member Frank Mertens left the band, the 7" version drops the 'The' from the song's title and is mildly different from the original album version.[1]

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."[2]

Track listings

7" single
  1. "Jet Set (7" version)" — 3:40
  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
Promotional 12" single
  1. "Jet Set (Vocal/Jellybean mix)" - 6:28
  2. "Jet Set (Dub mix)" - 5:05

Charts

Chart Peak position
Belgium Singles Chart 26[3]
Germany Singles Chart 1[4]
Sweden Singles Chart 17[3]
Switzerland Singles Chart 13[3]

Other releases

Versions of this song have appeared on a variety of other Alphaville releases, including:

  1. Dreamscapes (demos and live)
  2. Forever Pop (remix)
  3. Little America (live)
  4. First Harvest 1984-92 (remix)

The original 12" version and the b-side "Golden Feeling" were both released on 2014's so80s presents Alphaville.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Alphaville Discography, retrieved 26 January 2013
  2. First Harvest 1984-92 Liner Notes, Page 7
  3. 1 2 3 Australian Charts (Alphaville: Jet Set (Song)), retrieved 23 October 2013
  4. Charts Surfer, archived from the original on January 8, 2010

External links

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