"That Golden Rule" is the second single to be taken from Scottish

Scottish people

The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

 alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 trio Biffy Clyro's

Biffy Clyro

Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band from Kilmarnock, comprising Simon Neil , James Johnston and Ben Johnston...

 fifth studio album, Only Revolutions

Only Revolutions (Biffy Clyro album)

Only Revolutions is the fifth studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Biffy Clyro, released 9 November 2009 on 14th Floor Records. As with its predecessor, Puzzle, the album was produced by Garth Richardson. Upon release, Only Revolutions was a critical and commercial success...

, released on 23 August 2009.

The band describe the song as a mixture of prog and stoner rock

Stoner rock

Stoner rock or stoner metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, combining elements of psychedelic rock, blues rock, traditional heavy metal and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production...

, citing that "[it's] like Kyuss

Kyuss

Kyuss is a rock band, originally from Palm Desert, California. After forming in the late 1980s and releasing an EP under the name Sons of Kyuss in 1990, the band shortened its name to Kyuss. Over the next five years the band released four full-length albums, and one last split EP in 1997 with...

 and Tool

Tool (band)

Tool is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1990, the group's line-up has included drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones, and vocalist Maynard James Keenan. Since 1995, Justin Chancellor has been the band's bassist, replacing their original bassist Paul D'Amour...

 playing with some Scottish freaks screaming over the top of it". It received its first radio play in early July 2009, on Zane Lowe

Zane Lowe

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's Hottest Record in the World slot on Radio 1. The single debuted at #10 on the UK Single Chart on 30 August 2009. The song is being used by Sky Sports

Sky Sports

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 in their coverage of Super League XVI

Super League XVI

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 in 2011.

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

Scuzz

Scuzz is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group . It launched on 17 April 2003 and has gone on to be the highest-rated rock TV station on UK satellite. The channel plays a broad range of rock and all its subgenres...

, and has been A-listed by BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

.

Artwork

Storm Thorgeson's artwork for the single references the band's previous studio album, Puzzle

Puzzle (Biffy Clyro album)

Puzzle is the fourth studio album by Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro, released 4 June 2007 - the album was later released in America in August...

, with a missing jigsaw

Jigsaw

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 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.

Thorgeson later confirmed this on his official website, stating:

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

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Chart (2009)	Peak position