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“Golden Skans” by The Klaxons
From the album Myths of the Near Future (2007)
“Golden Skans” by The Klaxons appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2007 and 2013. It was first released in 2007 on the album Myths of the Near Future. Its best result is #54 (tie) on the WBER Listener Countdown 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #144 alternative song of 2007.
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Klaxons put out "Golden Skans" on 22 January 2007, a week ahead of their debut album Myths of the Near Future, and the London band had it climbing the UK chart on downloads before the CD was even out: 16, then 14, and finally 7 once it was in the shops. James Ellis Ford produced it and played the drums, with Jamie Reynolds on bass, James Righton on keyboards and Simon Taylor-Davis on guitar, all three of them singing; Reynolds and Taylor-Davis wrote the words.
NME ranked it 40th among the greatest indie anthems ever in May 2007, named it the best single of the year that December, and in 2011 still had it at 97 on its list of the best tracks of the previous 15 years. Ed Banger Records gave it a French-only remix EP.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 85 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
| 2007 | 99 | CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC | CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 54 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2007 | 129 |
| 2007 | 54 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 84 | BBC Radio 6 Music | BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years | 100 |
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