| "Green Garden" | ||||
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| Single by Laura Mvula | ||||
| from the album Sing to the Moon | ||||
| Released | 22 February 2013 | |||
| Recorded | May–August 2012 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:09 | |||
| Label | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | Laura Mvula | |||
| Laura Mvula singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Green Garden" on YouTube | ||||
"Green Garden" is a song by British singer Laura Mvula. It was released as the second single from her debut studio album Sing to the Moon (2013). It was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on 22 February 2013.
A music video to accompany the release of "Green Garden" was first released onto YouTube on 17 January 2013 at a total length of three minutes and fifty seconds. It was filmed in Southern California at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge and the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. [1]
On 8 February 2013 she performed the song on The Graham Norton Show . [2]
John Robinson of The Guardian gave the song a positive review stating:
"Laura Mvula has a voice like the Queen has a house: classy, and so big she doesn't need to use all of it at once. This very good debut single is duly a masterclass of restraint [...] the minimal, chiming repetitions of the production and Mvula's understated Nina Simone delivery are as much the key to the song's success as the eventual gospel explosion of the chorus." [3]
Heat gave the song four stars out of five, calling it a "soulful tune". [4]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Green Garden" | 4:09 |
On 27 February 2013 the song was number 25 on the Official Chart Update. [5] It ultimately debuted at number 32 on 3 March, moving up by one place to 31 a week later. On 28 February 2013 the song entered the Irish Singles Chart at number 77.
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) [6] | 3 |
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders Urban) [6] | 12 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) [7] | 47 |
| Denmark (Tracklisten) [8] | 40 |
| Ireland (IRMA) [9] | 50 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100) [10] | 74 |
| Russia (Tophit) [11] | 246 |
| UK Singles (OCC) [12] | 31 |
| Chart (2013) | Position |
|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders Urban) [13] | 51 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 22 February 2013 [14] | Digital download | RCA Records, Sony Music Entertainment |
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