Song · Bastille
“Joy” by Bastille
From the album Doom Days (2019)
“Joy” by Bastille appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations in 2019. It was first released in 2019 on the album Doom Days. Its best result is #15 on the Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #54 alternative song of 2019.
Bastille picked "Joy" as the third single from Doom Days, their third album, and put it out on 2 May 2019. Dan Smith wrote it alone and sings it. He produced it with Mark Crew, Daniel Priddy added production, and the three of them share the keyboards; William Farquarson plays guitar and bass, Chris "Woody" Wood drums, and singer Bim Amoako adds backing vocals. Mark "Spike" Stent mixed it.
The video landed on YouTube at the end of May, and Smith explained it as a look at the private things that make people happy when they think nobody's watching, the secret, even compulsive habits they'd rather keep hidden, and at the gap between the self people show at work or online and the one they keep to themselves. On 7 June the band played it on The Graham Norton Show.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 84 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 | 91 |
| 2019 | 15 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019 | 51 |
| 2019 | 54 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2019 | 107 |
| 2019 | 24 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2019 | 50 |
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