Saturday Sun (Vance Joy song)

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"Saturday Sun"
Saturday Sun acoustic by Vance Joy.jpg
Acoustic single art work
Single by Vance Joy
from the album Nation of Two
Released1 February 2018
Label Liberation Music
Songwriter(s)
  • Keogh
  • Dave Bassett
Vance Joy singles chronology
"We're Going Home"
(2018)
"Saturday Sun"
(2018)
"Call If You Need Me"
(2018)

"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 .

Contents

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 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." [1]

An acoustic version of the song was released on 4 May 2018. [2]

A Luca Schreiner version of the song was released on 8 June 2018 [3] and a Ryan Riback version on 6 July 2018. [4]

Video

The video was released on 12 April 2018. [5]

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." [6]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Saturday Sun"3:34
Acoustic Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Saturday Sun"2:41
Luca Schreiner Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Saturday Sun"3:06
Ryan Riback Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Saturday Sun"3:07

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [14] 3× Platinum210,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [15] Gold20,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] Silver200,000
United States (RIAA) [17] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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