"Fire and the Flood" | ||||
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Single by Vance Joy | ||||
from the album Dream Your Life Away | ||||
Released | 24 July 2015 | |||
Recorded | Los Angeles, 2015 | |||
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Length | 4:09 | |||
Label | Liberation Music | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Benny Blanco Stargate | |||
Vance Joy singles chronology | ||||
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"Fire and the Flood" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy and released on 24 July 2015[1] as the first single from deluxe edition (and fourth overall) of his debut studio album Dream Your Life Away (2014). It was also featured in the Warner Bros CGI-animated film Storks.
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."[2]
The music video was directed by Hayley Young and released on 22 July 2015.[3]
The video features Joy staring down the barrel of the camera while some dramatic scenes unfold in the background.[4]
The song was used by the Country Fire Authority in 2020 for a short video 'Skilled and Ready' celebrating the volunteer fire and emergency response agency.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Fire and the Flood" | 4:09 |
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[14] | 5× Platinum | 350,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada)[15] | 2× Platinum | 160,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[16] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |