What is "silence is golden"

prov. 1 peace and quiet have great value. 2 Often the best choice is to say nothing.

Silence Is Golden may refer to:

• "Silence Is Golden" (song), a song recorded by The Four Seasons and The Tremeloes
• Silence Is Golden (film), a 2006 short film by Chris Shepherd
• Man About Town (1947 film), originally Le Silence est d'or (Silence is golden), a 1947 film by René Clair and Robert Pirosh
• Silence Is Golden (EP), an EP by A Thorn For Every Heart
• "Silence Is Golden", a song by Garbage from the album Beautiful Garbage

Silence Is Golden is A Thorn for Every Heart's first EP. It contains either six or seven tracks, depending on the version. The original version contains "Intro" as track #1 and "Next of Kin" as track #2. On later versions, those two tracks were combined as track #1. The primary songwriters were Jeff Harber, Joel Ryan Holt, and Aaron Peck. Kelvin Cruz was the primary lyricist. It is the only A Thorn for Every Heart record to feature founding guitarist Holt, though five of its six songs were rerecorded to fill half the track listing of the band's forthcoming debut album, Things Aren't So Beautiful Now, which served to be their only release for four and a half years after the release of "Silence Is Golden."

Silence Is Golden is a 15-minute award-winning film written and directed by Chris Shepherd and produced by Maria Manton. Set in 1970s Britain, it tells the story of a 10-year-old boy's obsession with his seemingly simple-minded neighbour Dennis. The film mixes live action with various form of animation, including stop frame, drawn 2D. The complex mixture of styles enables Shepherd to show Billy's fantasies and inner thoughts on screen.

In 2006 the film won the TCM Classic Shorts Award at the London Film Festival. Industry stars celebrated the merits of the film, Terry Gilliam: "Terrific, strong, non-sentimental kid's story", Imelda Staunton "Wonderfully surreal", Stephen Poliakoff "Technically extremely impressive, full of wit and imagination" and Matthew Modine "A wonderful combination of mixed media, strong storytelling and talented actors." The film has continued to win awards and been screened internationally.

"Silence Is Golden" is a song co-written by Bob Gaudio of the American rock band, The Four Seasons, with Bob Crewe. It was released as a B-side to the hit song " Rag Doll," in 1964. This song was originally made and sung by The Four Seasons.

It was later covered by the English band The Tremeloes, whose recording was a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart on 18 May 1967, staying at the top for a total of three weeks. Guitarist Rick West sang lead vocal on "Silence Is Golden", although the prominent voice is Len Hawkes falsetto which mimics the parts sung in the original by Frankie Valli.

The Tremeloes single hit No. 11 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on the Epic label and was one of the top 100 songs of 1967. The track sold one million copies globally, earning gold disc status. The Tremeloes also recorded an Italian version, "E in silenzio".

The song was also covered by Swedish singer Jim Jidhed in 1989.