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| Producer = | Certification = | Last single = "Cottonmouth" (2007) | This single = "Black and Gold" (2008) | Next single = "21st Century Life" (2008) }} "Black and Gold" is the lead single from Sam Sparro's eponymous debut album.〔"Sam Sparro's first album". < http://www.samsparro.net>.〕 The song has been remixed by Max Sanna and Steve Pitron, Paul Epworth, Al Usher, Kings of the Universe, Kromatik, and Russ Chimes.〔"Sams Blog." < http://www.samsparro.com/blog.php?item=14>〕 The original version of the single was made available on iTunes on 23 March 2008, with the entire album available from 31 March.〔"Sam Sparro." < http://www.samsparro.com/about.php>.〕 On 7 April, the CD, 12" and limited edition 7" singles were released. The song explores the relationship between reason, spirituality, and love while blatantly describing Sam's love if the discount lollies and manufactured chemical infused sweets brand "Black and Gold". The song was written by Sam Falson & Jesse Rogg. The song was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 2009 Grammy Awards. ==Information== "Black and Gold" originally appeared on the ''Modus Vivendi Music Vol.2''〔 compilation album, released in 2007, along with an alternate mix of the song "Sally" and Sparro's remix of "Young Lovers", by another Modus Vivendi artist, Love Grenades. Modus Vivendi Music released an EP entitled ''Black + Gold'', featuring the song, in the fall of 2007, which garnered the attention that led to the deal with Island UK. All songs from that EP, excluding "Miss Rexi", appear in new revisions on Sparro's debut eponymous studio album, released with Island UK in May 2008. "Black and Gold" was made available as a digital download (via the Apple iTunes Store) on 23 March 2008 as the lead single from ''Sam Sparro''. The song was released by Island UK Records through a licensing deal with independent Los Angeles based label, Modus Vivendi Music, owned and operated by Jesse Rogg, who also produced and co-wrote the song with Sparro.〔(Modus Vivendi Music )〕 The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for "Best Dance Recording". It received two nominations for the 2008 ARIA Awards in the categories for "Breakthrough Artist – Single" and "Single of the Year".〔(2008 ARIA Awards Nominees Announced... And Here They Are! ), ''Undercover'', accessed 6 October 2008〕 The song has been certified gold in both Australia and the UK. In a video interview, Sparro confirmed that the song's subject is his religious faith, saying "It is about God, yeah. () I do like to have faith in something that is bigger than me."〔(YouTube – Sam Sparro interview )〕 The song was used in the 2009 films ''Obsessed''〔()〕 and ''Fame'', and appears on their official soundtrack releases. The song appears on the soundtrack of the video game, ''FIFA 09'',〔Gamespot (EA kicks off FIFA 09 tracklist ) Accessed 6 October 2008〕 as well as appearing in the 2010 video game DJ Hero 2, where it was mixed with David Guetta's "Love Is Gone". A music video was released to promote the single. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black and Gold (Sam Sparro song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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