That Golden Rule

"That Golden Rule"
Single by Biffy Clyro
from the album Only Revolutions
B-side	Prey Hey, Eye Lids, Time Jazz
Released	23 August 2009
Format	CD, Digital download, vinyl
Recorded	2009
Genre	Alternative metal, post-hardcore, progressive metal, stoner rock
Length	3:57
Label	14th Floor
Producer(s)	Garth Richardson
Biffy Clyro singles chronology
"Mountains" (2008) "That Golden Rule" (2009) "The Captain" (2009)
Only Revolutions track listing "The Captain" "That Golden Rule" "Bubbles" "God and Satan" "Born on a Horse" "Mountains" "Shock Shock" "Many of Horror" "Booooom, Blast & Ruin" "Cloud of Stink" "Know Your Quarry" "Whorses"

"That Golden Rule" is the second single to be taken from Scottish alternative rock 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, citing that "[it's] like Kyuss and Tool playing with some Scottish freaks screaming over the top of it". It received its first radio play in early July 2009, on Zane Lowe's Hottest Record in the World slot on Radio 1.^[1] The single debuted at #10 on the UK Single Chart on 30 August 2009.^[2] The song was used by Sky Sports in its coverage of Super League from 2011 to 2013.

Video

The video for That Golden Rule was shot in Chiswick House, West London. The video was released on NME's official website on 22 July 2009. The video has begun to receive some airplay on British rock television station Scuzz, and has been A-listed by BBC Radio 1.^[3]

Artwork

Storm Thorgerson's artwork for the single references the band's previous studio album, Puzzle, with a missing jigsaw 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:^[4]

“

Our design for Biffy was about two boats passing, the receding one representing the previous album [Puzzle] and steered by the puzzle man, into the distance, into the past; the approaching boat steered by the 'women-laden man' pushing forward in the rain, his troubled life etched on his face heading into an uncertain future, into the present, shot for real 'at sea' betwixt Skye and the Scottish mainland.

”

Track listing

CD Single 14FLR38CD

1. "That Golden Rule"
2. "Prey Hey"

7" Picture Vinyl 14FLR38

1. "That Golden Rule"
2. "Eye Lids"

7" Orange Vinyl 14FLR38X

1. "That Golden Rule"
2. "Time Jazz"

iTunes Digital EP

1. "That Golden Rule"
2. "Prey Hey"
3. "Eye Lids"
4. "Time Jazz"

Chart performance

Chart (2009)	Peak position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5]	10

References

1. Radio 1's Hottest Record in the World http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/zanelowe/2009/07/hottest_record_biffy_clyro_tha.html
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums.shtml
3. Biffy Clyro mailing list email, 3 August 2009
4. http://www.stormthorgerson.com/window.html
5. "Biffy Clyro: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company.