Gold Chains (song)

"Gold Chains"
Single by Genesis Owusu
from the album Smiling with No Teeth
Released19 February 2021[1]
Length3:38
LabelGenesis Owusu
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Genesis Owusu singles chronology
"The Other Black Dog"
(2020) 		"Gold Chains"
(2021) 		"Drown"
(2021)
Music video
"Gold Chains" on YouTube

"Gold Chains" is a song by Ghanaian-Australian singer, Genesis Owusu, released on 19 February 2021 as the fourth single from Owusu's debut studio album, Smiling with No Teeth. Upon release, Owusu said the track was one of the first written for the album and lyrically, set the tone for the rest of the record. [1]

The song won first place in the 2021 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition.[2]

In January 2022, Owusu performed the song on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.[3]

Critical reception

David Renshall from The Fader said "The song, a crunchy funk-rap number indebted to Prince and André 3000, plays as a celebratory moment but dig into Owusu's lyrics a little and there's an emptiness to the life of success and adoration."[4]

Track listings

Digital download/streaming

  1. "Gold Chains" – 3:38

Digital download/streaming

  1. "Gold Chains" (Harvey Sutherland remix) – 3:45

References

  1. ^ a b "First Spin". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Genesis Owusu wins 2021 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition". The Music Network. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Watch Genesis Owusu perform 'Gold Chains' on 'The Late Show'". NME. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Genesis Owusu feels the weight of it all in his "Gold Chains" video". The Fader. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2023.