The Black Keys – Gold on the Ceiling Lyrics

“Gold on the Ceiling” is a song by American rock band The Black Keys. It is the third track from their seventh studio album El Camino and was released as the record’s second single on February 25, 2012. The song was certified platinum in Australia and Canada.

“Gold on the Ceiling” was used in a prominent television advertising campaign for the 2012 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament nicknamed “Brackets Everywhere” on Turner Sports and CBS Sports networks. Along with being featured in commercials for the tournament, the song was featured during in-game coverage of the games. A mix of the song is also used in a 2012 United Kingdom advert for the Indian beer Cobra. The Sweet (with guitarist Andy Scott as the only original member) covered this song on their 2012 album New York Connection. It was also released as downloadable content for the video game Rocksmith. The first few seconds of the song as well as the end of the song was heard at the beginning of the NCIS season 9 episode, “The Good Son”. It is used in the advertisements for the TV series Veep. It is featured on the video game MLB 12: The Show. It is also used in the second half of the theatrical trailer for The Campaign, which stars Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis. The song can be heard on an episode of Workaholics entitled, “To Kill a Chupacabra”. The song was also performed live at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards by the band, accompanied on guitar by Johnny Depp.[12] It has been covered by One Direction in a concert on June 1, 2012. NBC Sports has made video montages with “Gold on the Ceiling” during the 2012 Summer Olympics honoring the Olympic athletes who had won gold medals. Currently, the song is the theme song for NASCAR: Race Day on SPEED.