Mess Is Mine

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"Mess Is Mine"
Vance Joy Mess Is Mine.jpg
Single by Vance Joy
from the album Dream Your Life Away
Released9 July 2014
Recorded2013
Genre
Length3:43
Label Liberation Music
Songwriter(s) Vance Joy
Vance Joy singles chronology
"Riptide"
(2013)
"Mess Is Mine"
(2014)
"First Time"
(2014)

"Mess Is Mine" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy, released on 9 July 2014 as the lead single from his debut studio album Dream Your Life Away (2014). The song peaked at number 37 on the Australian national singles chart,

Contents

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Mess Is Mine" was first released onto YouTube on 9 July 2014 at a total length of three minutes and fifty-four seconds and was directed by Luci Schroder. [1]

"Mess is Mine" features in the soundtrack of the popular video game by EA Sports, FIFA 15 as final track in game soundtrack's album. It was also featured in fourth season of the American television show Hart of Dixie , the first episode of the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why , and in the trailer for the 2017 film The Big Sick and 2018 Netflix original film Sierra Burgess is a Loser . Vance has also publicly said the song and many others on this album were written about Amber Morris, a girl he met while touring in Texas.

The song was also used on a Delta TV ad in 2015.

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Mess Is Mine"3:43

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [11] 4× Platinum280,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [12] Gold30,000
Canada (Music Canada) [13] 2× Platinum160,000
Italy (FIMI) [14] Gold25,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Gold400,000
United States (RIAA) [16] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Australia9 July 2014 Digital download Liberation Music
United States [17] [18] 12 January 2015 Adult album alternative radio
13 January 2015 Modern rock radio

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