"Overjoyed"
Single by Bastille
from the album Bad Blood
B-side"Sleepsong"
Released27 April 2012
Recorded2011
Genre
Length3:24
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Dan Smith
Producer(s)Dan Smith, Mark Crew
Bastille singles chronology
"Flaws" / "Icarus"
(2011) 		"Overjoyed"
(2012) 		"Bad Blood"
(2012)
Music video
"Overjoyed" on YouTube

"Overjoyed" is a song by the British band Bastille. Released on 27 April 2012, it was the band's first single release through Virgin Records.[1] It was the first single to be taken from their first studio album, Bad Blood. The track was also included in both their 2011 self-released recording, the Laura Palmer EP, and the 2013 US-only release, the Haunt. Due to little promotion, the track failed to chart in the United Kingdom, the only non-charting single from the album.

Music video

The music video was released onto YouTube on 3 November 2011. It was directed by Courtney Phillips and is a length of three minutes and forty-five seconds. It is the band first music video and, like the extended play the song was originally featured on, it is said to be heavily inspired by the television series Twin Peaks.[citation needed] It shows a girl, possibly representing the character Laura Palmer from the series, who leaves her room with a book and walks through the streets at night to go to a forest where she buries the book. She is also seen several times throughout the video standing near a lake in the forest (as seen in the single cover).

Following its premiere, the music publication Q introduced the track as its "Track of the Day" for 7 March 2012.[2]

There are alternative videos of the band performing the song live at the Copped Hall.[3] The Distance remix was also given a video.[4]

Track listing

Digital download[5]
  1. "Overjoyed" – 3:24
  2. "Sleepsong" – 3:40
  3. "Overjoyed" (Yeasayer Remix) – 4:09
  4. "Overjoyed" (Distance Remix) – 5:05
  5. "Overjoyed" (Ghostwriter Remix) – 3:50
  6. "Overjoyed" (Detour City Redux) – 4:14
  7. "Overjoyed" (music video) – 3:43

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
UK Streaming (Official Streaming Chart)[6] 29

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom[5][7] 27 April 2012 Digital download (remixes) Virgin Records
30 April 2012 7" vinyl

References

  1. ^ "Overjoyed Bastille release debut Virgin single". EMI. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Bastille – Overjoyed – Track Of The Day". Q. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014.
  3. ^ "BASTILLE // Overjoyed – Live at Copped Hall". YouTube. BASTILLEvideos. 3 April 2012.
    - "BASTILLE // Overjoyed (Acapella)". YouTube. BASTILLEvideos. 9 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Bastille – Overjoyed (Distance Remix) (2012)". IMVDb. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Overjoyed (Remixes) – EP by Bastille". iTunes Store (GB). Apple. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  6. ^ Lane, Daniel (12 March 2013). "Bastille top the Official Streaming Chart with Pompeii". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Overjoyed [7" Vinyl] [Single]". Amazon. Retrieved 8 June 2014.


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