Song · Vance Joy
“Saturday Sun” by Vance Joy
From the album Nation of Two (2018)
“Saturday Sun” by Vance Joy appears on 11 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2018 and 2019. It was first released in 2018 on the album Nation of Two. Its best result is #20 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #12 alternative song of 2018 and #458 of the '10s.
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"Saturday Sun" is the sound of Vance Joy with the top down. It was the fourth single lifted from Nation of Two, the Australian singer-songwriter's second album, and Atlantic sent it out on 1 February 2018. Joy wrote it with Dave Bassett, and it's about meeting someone who knocks you flat and refusing to let the moment pass without making sure you'll run into them again.
The scenery did half the writing. Joy was working in Malibu, driving every day from a little Airbnb in Venice Beach out to the studio, and that stretch of coastal highway found its way into the words. The single had a long summer, too: an acoustic take arrived in May, and remixes from Luca Schreiner and Ryan Riback followed in June and July.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 29 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018 | 91 |
| 2018 | 23 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018 | 99 |
| 2018 | 40 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2018 | 50 |
| 2018 | 20 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2018 | 103 |
| 2018 | 71 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2018 | 97 |
| 2018 | 35 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2018 | 51 |
| 2018 | 45 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2018 | 104 |
| 2018 | 20 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2018 | 107 |
| 2018 | 54 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 230 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2019 | 230 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
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