Like Gold Explained

Like Gold
Cover:Like Gold by Vance Joy.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Vance Joy
Album:Nation of Two
Released:3 November 2017[1]
Genre:Pop rock[2]
Length:3:44
Label:Liberation Music
Producer:Phil Ek
Prev Title:Lay It on Me
Prev Year:2017
Next Title:We're Going Home
Next Year:2018

"Like Gold" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy. It was released on 3 November 2017 as the second single from Joy's album Nation of Two (2018).

Vance wrote "Like Gold" after coming off the road at the start of 2016. Joy said: "It started with a simple melody I was humming and the idea of looking back at a relationship."[3]

In February 2018, Joy said: "I play a different rhythm from anything I've played before. I really like what the producer Phil Ek did with this song with big spacious drums and I like the way it sounds full of life. It's about a love that you're kind of reflecting on and the fire's gone out but there was some really good times in there."[4] [5]

"Like Gold" was certified gold in Australia in 2019.

Reception

Al Newstead from ABC called the song a "slower heart-on-sleeve ballad", saying: "Between hypnotic plucking and gentle prose, he captures the embers of a relationship that "used to roar like an open fire".[3] Emmy Mack from Music Feeds called the song a "rollicking folk toe-tapper [which] sounds like it was custom-made for group campfire singalong."[6]

Charts

Chart (2017)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 124
Australian Artist Singles (ARIA)[8] 14
US Alternative Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[9] 13
US Rock Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[10] 16

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Like Gold - single. iTunes Australia. 22 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Like Gold. AllMusic. 22 September 2018.
  3. Web site: First Spin: Vance Joy tugs on the heartstrings with 'Like Gold'. ABC. 3 November 2017. 22 September 2018.
  4. Web site: Vance Joy's Nation of Two: the stories behind the songs . ABC. 22 February 2018 . 22 September 2018.
  5. Web site: Listen: Vance Joy Shares New Song 'Like Gold' . indie88. 2 November 2018 . 22 September 2018.
  6. Web site: Vance Joy Announces New Album 'Nation Of Two', Unveils New Jam 'Like Gold'. Music Feeds. 3 November 2017. 22 September 2018.
  7. Web site: Forum - ARIA Charts: Weekly ARIA Chartifacts – ARIA Chartifacts 13-November-2017. australian charts.com. 22 September 2018.
  8. Web site: ARIA Report Issue 1446. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20171113130100/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20171114-0001/Issue1446.pdf. dead. 2017-11-13. ARIA. 13 November 2017. 22 September 2018.
  9. Vance Joy - Chart History (Alternative Digital Song Sales). Billboard. February 7, 2021.
  10. Vance Joy - Chart History (Rock Digital Song Sales). Billboard. February 7, 2021.