God Loves You When You're Dancing

God Loves You When You're Dancing
EP by Vance Joy
Released 22 March 2013 (2013-03-22)
Genre
eede
Length 22:10
Label Liberation Music
Vance Joy chronology
God Loves You When You're Dancing
(2013)		 Dream Your Life Away
(2014)
Singles from God Loves You When You're Dancing
  1. "From Afar"
    Released: 21 January 2013
  2. "Riptide"
    Released: 21 May 2013

God Loves You When You're Dancing is the debut extended play by Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy. It was released in Australia on 22 March 2013 via Liberation Music.

The EP was nominated for two awards at the ARIA Music Awards of 2013; ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist - Release, but lost to Flume by Flume and ARIA Award for Best Pop Release, but lost to Armageddon by Guy Sebastian.[1]

The EP contains the single "Riptide" that in May 2015 become the longest-charting song in ARIA Chart history, having remained in the top 100 for 107 weeks and counting. It surpassed previous record holder, Poker Face by Lady Gaga's 106 week record.[2] In January 2016, the week count was at 120.[3]

Critical Reception

Grace Goodfellow of The Ripe TV gave the extended play a positive review, praising each song and concluding; “Vance Joy isn’t just a musician. He is an artist and this EP is his masterpiece. ‘’God Loves You When You’re Dancing’’ is a beautiful piece of art – it really, truly is.”[4] Daniel Falconer of Female First UK also praised each track and gave the EP 5 out of 5 saying “Vance Joy is without a doubt one of the most exciting singer-songwriters to emerge from the scores we see on a regular basis, and any fan of music would be a fool not to keep an eye firmly on him.” [5]

Track listing

  1. "Emmylou" 4:40
  2. "Riptide" 3:24
  3. "Play with Fire" 4:23
  4. "Snaggletooth" 5:19
  5. "From Afar" 4:24

Release history

Region Release date Format Label
Australia[6] [7] 22 March 2013
Liberation LMCD0219

References

  1. ↑ "2013 ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 7 August 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Cameron Adams (10 May 2015). "Vance Joy's Riptide breaks Lady Gaga's incredible record on the Australian charts". www.heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "ARIA Singles: Justin Bieber 'Love Yourself' Is Australia's First No 1 Of 2016". Gavin Ryan. www.noise11.com. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "VANCE JOY – GOD LOVES YOU WHEN YOU’RE DANCING". www.theripe.tv. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Vance Joy - 'God Loves You When You're Dancing' - EP Review". www.femalefirst.co.uk. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "God Loves You When You’re Dancing (EP) by Vance Joy". iTunes Store (AU). Apple Inc. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "God Loves You When You're Dancing EP by Vance Joy". www.sanity.com.au. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
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