"Like Gold" | ||||
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Single by Vance Joy | ||||
from the album Nation of Two | ||||
Released | 3 November 2017 [1] | |||
Genre | Pop rock [2] | |||
Length | 3:44 | |||
Label | Liberation Music | |||
Songwriter(s) | James Keogh, Dan Wilson | |||
Producer(s) | Phil Ek | |||
Vance Joy singles chronology | ||||
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"Like Gold" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy. It was released on 3 November 2017 as the second single from Joy's album Nation of Two (2018).
Vance wrote "Like Gold" after coming off the road at the start of 2016. Joy said: "It started with a simple melody I was humming and the idea of looking back at a relationship." [3]
In February 2018, Joy said: "I play a different rhythm from anything I've played before. I really like what the producer Phil Ek did with this song with big spacious drums and I like the way it sounds full of life. It's about a love that you're kind of reflecting on and the fire's gone out but there was some really good times in there." [4] [5]
"Like Gold" was certified gold in Australia in 2019.
Al Newstead from ABC called the song a "slower heart-on-sleeve ballad", saying: "Between hypnotic plucking and gentle prose, he captures the embers of a relationship that "used to roar like an open fire". [3] Emmy Mack from Music Feeds called the song a "rollicking folk toe-tapper [which] sounds like it was custom-made for group campfire singalong." [6]
Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [7] | 124 |
Australian Artist Singles (ARIA) [8] | 14 |
US Alternative Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [9] | 13 |
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [10] | 30 |
US Rock Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [11] | 16 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [12] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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