Lay It on Me (Vance Joy song)

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"Lay It on Me"
Lay It On Me by Vance Joy.jpg
Single by Vance Joy
from the album Nation of Two
Released12 July 2017
Genre Indie
Length3:34
Label Liberation Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) James Keogh
Vance Joy singles chronology
"Straight into Your Arms"
(2016)
"Lay It on Me"
(2017)
"Like Gold"
(2017)

"Lay It on Me" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy and released on 12 July 2017. [1] It is the first single from his album Nation of Two . [2]

Contents

The song premiered on Triple J on 13 July 2017, and is about being in a relationship and letting your defences down. Joy said "Lay It on Me" was recorded in Malibu, California and came together on the basis of an old phone recording looking for a home. "I wrote the guitar riff for this song in 2012 [and] I tried to write lyrics to it for ages. I remember being at SXSW in 2013/4 and just that riff was still there. The start of this year it all came together... once you have the right lyrics and ingredients the song comes together really quickly. I think Paul Kelly described them as odd socks, you have them lying around looking for another match." [3]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, the song was nominated for Song of the Year. [4] [5]

Video

The video was directed by Mimi Cave and was released on 12 July 2017. [6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2017–18)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 18
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [8] 7
US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) [9] 31
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 12
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [11] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)Position
Australia (ARIA) [12] 90
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard) [13] 46
US Rock Airplay (Billboard) [14] 24

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [15] 4× Platinum280,000
Canada (Music Canada) [16] 2× Platinum160,000
United States (RIAA) [17] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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