Thursday, February 16, 2023

Riptide - Vance Joy

Riptide - Vance Joy
3:24
God Loves You When You're Dancing, 2013
Written by Vance Joy, Edwin White, & John Castle

2.9 billion streams on Spotify.  I'm always the last one to the popular party.  This is another song introduced to me by my stepdaughters.  I wouldn't say that this song is one of the best of all time, but it's got a breezy familiarity, and the recondite lyrics ("all my friends are turning green"?) about a girl he's besotted with distract from the song's overall repetitiveness.  And it's played on a ukulele!  Quirky stuff.

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