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Joy by Bastille
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BastilleProduced by
Dan Priddy & Dan Smith & Mark CrewWrited by
Dan SmithAbout
Set at 8:34 AM, the song is representative of a morning when you wake up on the kitchen floor, following the events of the night out portrayed in the rest of the songs on the album. As such, it opens in wooziness and builds to a more appropriately joyous chorus. When tasked with describing it in one...
Joy Lyrics
[Intro]
(Woah, woah)
(Woah, woah)
[Verse 1]
Thought I'd never be waking on the kitchen floor
But here I lie, not the first time
Now my morning has broken and it brings the fear
My mind's falling, fall in
[Pre-Chorus]
Then I feel my pulse quickenin'
But regrets can't change anything
Yeah, I feel my pulse quickenin'
When your name lights up the screen
[Chorus]
Oh, Joy, when you call me
I was giving up, oh, I was giving in
Joy, set my mind free
I was giving up, oh, I was giving in
[Post-Chorus]
How d'you always know when I'm down?
How d'you always know when I'm down?
[Verse 2]
Take a walk through the wreckage, clearing out my head
I hear your eyes roll right down the phone
I'm your walking disaster, keep on dragging me
From self-pity, poor me
[Pre-Chorus]
Then I feel my pulse quickening
But I wouldn't change a thing
[Chorus]
Oh, Joy, when you call me
I was giving up, oh, I was giving in
Joy, set my mind free
I was giving up, oh, I was giving in
[Post-Chorus]
How d'you always know when I'm down?
How d'you always know when I'm down?
[Bridge]
As the night dissolves into this final frame
You're a sweet relief, you saved me from my brain
From my brain, from my brain
From my brain, brain, brain
Woah, woah (Brain, brain, brain, brain)
Woah, woah (Brain, brain)
[Chorus]
Oh, Joy, when you call me (Call me)
I was giving up, oh, I was giving in (I was giving in)
Joy, set my mind free
I was giving up, oh, I was giving in
[Post-Chorus]
How d'you always know when I'm down?
How d'you always know when I'm down?
[Outro]
I feel joy when you call me
I feel joy when you call me (I-I-I feel joy; I feel joy)
I feel joy when you call me (Call me)
I feel joy when you call me
How d'you always know when I'm down?
How d'you always know when I'm down?
Joy Q&A
Who wrote Joy's ?
Joy was written by Dan Smith.
Who produced Joy's ?
Joy was produced by Dan Priddy & Dan Smith & Mark Crew.
What did Bastille say about "Joy"?
“Joy” is about waking up on the kitchen floor and suddenly the anxieties of everything that’s happened, everything you’ve done and said, the problems of the world you’ve been trying to forget, all of the sudden come flooding back in, and then you get a phone call from that one person who can set you...
What inspired “Joy”?
The album is set over a night out, and this song comes at about 8:30 in the morning. Having passed out at some point and everything is blurred out into oblivion with the previous song, which is called “Those Nights.” “Joy” is waking up on the kitchen floor, which is never fun, and after this big nig...
How did the song start?
I think this chorus just kind of arrived in my mind at some point and I would have sung it into my phone, probably when we were on tour. I was probably looking like a complete weirdo ducking off into a corner somewhere to whisper-sing into my voice notes.
I remember making the demo in my room at ho...
What was it like working with producers Mark Crew and Dan Priddy?
Every bit of Bastille music we’ve released I’ve co-produced with Mark Crew who is such an important part of Bastille. We made both our first two albums in his tiny little basement studio in South London and between albums two and three, we built a studio in South London called “One Eye Jacks” which...