Song · Vance Joy
“Fire and the Flood” by Vance Joy
Released 2014
“Fire and the Flood” by Vance Joy appears on 13 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2015 and 2026. It was first released in 2014. Its best result is #11 on the WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #51 alternative song of 2015, #4,119 alternative song of all time and #425 of the '10s.
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Vance Joy wrote "Fire and the Flood" in February 2015 and cut it in Los Angeles, and by July it was out as the lead single for the deluxe edition of his debut album, Dream Your Life Away. The Australian songwriter started from a guitar riff that ended up handed to the horns, and once the song took shape he figured it deserved the widescreen treatment. It gets it: a big, sunlit swell that trades modest strumming for something grander.
Hayley Young directed the video, which keeps Joy staring straight into the lens while drama plays out behind him. The song later turned up in the animated film Storks, and in 2020 the Country Fire Authority used it to salute its volunteers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2015 | 25 |
| 2015 | 84 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 35 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2015 | 99 |
| 2015 | 80 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 11 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015 | 104 |
| 2015 | 41 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2015 | 50 |
| 2015 | 39 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015 | 107 |
| 2015 | 16 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015 | 100 |
| 2016 | 84 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 | 91 |
| 2016 | 39 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 28 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s | 102 |
| 2022 | 219 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2026 | 282 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
Also listed as: Fire & The Flood; Fire And The Flood.
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