| Fire and the Flood | |
| Cover: | Fire_and_the_Flood_by_Vance_Joy_cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Vance Joy |
| Album: | Dream Your Life Away |
| Released: | 24 July 2015 |
| Recorded: | Los Angeles, 2015 |
| Length: | 4:09 |
| Label: | Liberation Music |
| Producer: | Benny Blanco Stargate |
| Prev Title: | Georgia |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
| Next Title: | Straight into Your Arms |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
"Fire and the Flood" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy and released on 24 July 2015[1] as the first single from deluxe edition (and fourth overall) of his debut studio album Dream Your Life Away (2014). It was also featured in the Warner Bros CGI-animated film Storks.
Joy wrote the song in February 2015 and recorded it in Los Angeles. Joy explains; "There was a couple of moments when the song started coming together. I wrote this guitar riff that ended up being the line that the horns play and just a few lyrics that were rolling around in my head... When we were recording it, it feels like an epic song so we may as well treat it that way."[2]
The music video was directed by Hayley Young and released on 22 July 2015.[3]
The video features Joy staring down the barrel of the camera while some dramatic scenes unfold in the background.[4]
The song was used by the Country Fire Authority in 2020 for a short video 'Skilled and Ready' celebrating the volunteer fire and emergency response agency.
| Chart (2015) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[5] | 46 | |
| Chart (2016) | Position | |
| US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[6] | 55 | |
| US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[7] | 30 |