"Gold" is the debut single by American singer Kiiara, released as the lead single from her debut extended play (EP) Low Kii Savage (2016) and was also included on her debut studio album, Lil Kiiwi (2020) on October 26, 2015. Commercially, the single was a sleeper hit, becoming her first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 13. At one point, there was so much buzz about the song that the rapper, Sisqo, considered replacing the word "thong" with "Gold" on his 15th anniversary remix edition of the Thong Song, according to an interview in Rolling & Stoned 'Zine (a local Montana Musical Fan 'Zine) A remix featuring Lil Wayne was ultimately released on November 18, 2016. Background Kiiara first wrote "Gold" on a classical guitar in 2014. The song was based on a childhood lesson of not having to answer to anybody: "It just seemed right; it fell out of my mouth when I wrote it." Then, a producer named Felix Snow made an electro-pop twist of the song that was more vibe-oriented and less lyrical than Kiiara's classical acoustic version. Another co-writer the singer worked with, preferring the classical acoustic version over Snow's rendition, recommended doing a mixture of both types of songs. The artist originally planned to name the song "W.E.L.Y.K," acronym for "without ever letting you know," but ultimately decided on "Gold" after finding the initial title too "trendy." Release The track was first released on SoundCloud in the summer of 2015, which at the time Kiiara kept her real identity unknown for the music to be focused on; a day later, she garnered a swarm of emails from several major labels and signed with Atlantic. Shortly after, it, as well as "Feels," played on the first week of Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show. By July 2016, "Gold" had garnered 188 million Spotify plays. Composition According to the sheet music published at musicnotes.com, the song is written in F minor, with a moderate tempo of 84–88 beats per minute. It features a glitchy vocal sound in the opening of the track and appears throughout in the chorus. The vocal chops came from Kiiara's lines from the pre-chorus. Musically, "Gold" is an electropop and trap song that contains elements of snap as well as Alt-pop beats. The song's verses are backed by a finger-click beat with double and triple-timed hi-hats in the chorus, along