| Green Garden | |
| Cover: | GreenGardensong.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Laura Mvula |
| Album: | Sing to the Moon |
| Recorded: | May–August 2012 |
| Length: | 4:09 |
| Prev Title: | Like the Morning Dew |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
| Next Title: | That's Alright |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
"Green Garden" is a song by British singer Laura Mvula. It was released as the second single from her debut studio album Sing to the Moon (2013). It was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on 22 February 2013.
A music video to accompany "Green Garden" was first released onto YouTube on 17 January 2013, at a total length of three minutes and 50 seconds. It was filmed in Southern California at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge and the Lincoln Heights neighbourhood of Los Angeles.
On 8 February 2013, Mvula performed the song on The Graham Norton Show.
John Robinson of The Guardian gave the song a positive review stating:
"Laura Mvula has a voice like the Queen has a house: classy, and so big she doesn't need to use all of it at once. This very good debut single is duly a masterclass of restraint [...] the minimal, chiming repetitions of the production and Mvula's understated Nina Simone delivery are as much the key to the song's success as the eventual gospel explosion of the chorus."[1]
Heat gave the song four stars out of five, calling it a "soulful tune".[2]
On 27 February 2013, the song was number 25 on the Official Chart Update.[3] It ultimately debuted at number 32 on 3 March, moving up by one place to 31 a week later. On 28 February 2013, the song entered the Irish Singles Chart at number 77.
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders Urban) | 12 |
| Russia (Tophit)[4] | 246 |