"Fire and the Flood" | ||||
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Single by Vance Joy | ||||
from the album Dream Your Life Away | ||||
Released | 24 July 2015 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Recorded | Los Angeles, 2015 | |||
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Length | 4:09 | |||
Label | Liberation Music | |||
Writer(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Ryan Hadlock | |||
Vance Joy singles chronology | ||||
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"Fire and the Flood" is a single by Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy, the song is included on the deluxe edition of his debut studio album Dream Your Life Away (2014). The song was released on 24 July 2015 and tops the ARIA chart for Aussie artists on the Australian Singles Chart.
Joy wrote the song in February 2015 and recorded it in Los Angeles. Joy explains ;"There was a couple of moments when the song started coming together. I wrote this guitar riff that ended up being the line that the horns play and just a few lyrics that were rolling around in my head... When we were recording it, it feels like an epic song so we may as well treat it that way."
The video was directed by Hayley Young and released on 22 July 2015.
The video features Joy staring down the barrel of the camera while some dramatic scenes unfold in the background.
The song was used in the trailer for the movie The Space Between Us.
The song was used in the final delivery sequence in the movie Storks.
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone