Golden Rule is the seventh and final studio album by Australian rock band Powderfinger, released on 13 November 2009.

Lead singer Bernard Fanning describes the song as the "most consistently upbeat song that we have written in our entire career," and that "it's a sideways glance at the sometimes redundant nature of party politics", however he has stated that it is not a particularly political song, but rather "a general dissatisfaction with the way democracy can be blindsided by the self interest that holding on to power can generate".

[4] On 6 November it was mentioned by the band's lead guitarist Darren Middleton on the Powderfinger website that the upcoming second single off the album would be "Burn Your Name".

"Sail the Wildest Stretch" was remixed by Michael Brauer and released as the band's third single from the album in April 2010.

[8] The first track "El Camino de la Muerte" is Spanish for "The Path of Death".