2014Released
3:24

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Interesting facts and trivia about Riptide. By Songfacts®.

James Keogh is an Australian singer-songwriter who records under the name of Vance Joy. He took his stage moniker from the storyteller character in the Peter Carey book Bliss.

This ukulele-led song is a track from his his debut EP God Loves You When You're Dancing, which was released in March 2013 through Mushroom Group label Liberation Music. It peaked at #7 on the ARIA singles Chart and was the best selling song of 2013 in his home country by an Australian.

This was inspired by an encounter with a girl. Joy recalled to 3Links Music: "Around the time I wrote the song I met this girl. I asked her what she did and she was like 'I'm a magician's assistant.' I didn't really know where to go from there. I bet she never gets tired of laying that line on people."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Riptide.
C♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
102BPM

Album

The album Riptide is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Riptide.
Atlantic Records
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States excluding Australia and New Zealand
℗ Tracks 4 & 6 2013, all other tracks 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States excluding Australia and New Zealand.

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