"Overjoyed" is a song by the British band

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. Released on 27 April 2012, it was the band's first single release through

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. It was the first single to be taken from their first studio album, '' Bad Blood''. The track was also included in both their 2011 self-released recording, the '' Laura Palmer EP'', and the 2013 US-only release, the ''

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''. Due to little promotion, the track failed to chart in the United Kingdom, the only non-charting single from the album.

Music video

The

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was released onto ''

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'' on 3 November 2011. It was directed by Courtney Phillips and is a length of three minutes and forty-five seconds. It is the band's first music video and, like the extended play the song was originally featured on, it is said to be heavily inspired by the television series ''

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''. It shows a girl, possibly representing the character

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from the series, who leaves her room with a book and walks through the streets at night to go to a forest where she buries the book. She is also seen several times throughout the video standing near a lake in the forest (as seen in the single cover). Following its premiere, the music publication '' Q'' introduced the track as its "Track of the Day" for 7 March 2012. There are alternative videos of the band performing the song live at the

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. The

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remix was also given a video.

Track listing

;Digital download # "Overjoyed" – 3:24 # "Sleepsong" – 3:40 # "Overjoyed" (Yeasayer Remix) – 4:09 # "Overjoyed" (Distance Remix) – 5:05 # "Overjoyed" (Ghostwriter Remix) – 3:50 # "Overjoyed" (Detour City Redux) – 4:14 # "Overjoyed" (music video) – 3:43

Charts

Release history

References

2011 songs 2012 singles Bastille (band) songs Virgin Records singles Songs written by Dan Smith (singer) {{2012-single-stub