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Vance Joy

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LIST YEAR

2014

Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.

Genre

Folk popIndie pop

Theme

Not classified

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Reported release: 2013

Reported release: 2013Date needs verification | Recent carryover

Reported in supplied material; independent release-date verification remains open.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2014.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.

Former annual assignments retained as history

These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.

  • 2015: older return
  • 2024: older return
  • 2025: older return
BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Supplied note - not independently verified

This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.

Joy wrote the song about falling in love and the uncertainty that comes with it.

Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony

Sources for this information

Owner-supplied 2014.html, position 108
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label

Other appearances and versions

catalog version unspecified

Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.

An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.

Sources and scope

Supplied annual selection; independent annual corroboration remains open

Editorial artist-repertoire classification

Owner-supplied 2014.html
Supplied annual selection, not independently corroborated.

ALL 66 ANNUAL COLLECTIONS

1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.

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