"Saturday Sun" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter
Vance Joy and was released on 1 February 2018 as the fourth single from Joy's second studio album ''
Nation of Two
''Nation of Two'' is the second studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy. The album was announced on 12 January 2018. The album serves as a follow-up to his 2014 album Dream Your Life Away (2014). with Vance Joy explaining: "''Nat ...
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Joy explains "I wrote this last year when I was in
Malibu. I guess it’s about meeting someone really great and not wanting to miss the chance of seeing them again. When I was writing this song, I was travelling from my little AirBnB in
Venice Beach
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to the studio in Malibu and I got to drive my car on this beautiful stretch of coastal highway and I think that drive inspired some of the lyrics."
An acoustic version of the song was released on 4 May 2018.
A Luca Schreiner version of the song was released on 8 June 2018 and a
Ryan Riback
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version on 6 July 2018.
Video
The video was released on 12 April 2018.
Reception
Brandon John from Tone Deaf said "In keeping with much of his best work, it’s about as hopeful a tune as you could reasonably ask for, dripping with the optimism of a young romantic as Vance proclaims his new love to the sun over bright acoustic and a swelling horn section."
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
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References
2018 singles
2017 songs
Vance Joy songs
Songs written by Dave Bassett (songwriter)
Songs written by Vance Joy
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