Green Garden (song)

"Green Garden" is a song by British singer Laura Mvula. It was released as the second single from her debut studio album Sing to the Moon (2013). It was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on 22 February 2013.

"Green Garden"
Single by Laura Mvula
from the album Sing to the Moon
Released22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)
RecordedMay–August 2012
Genre
Length4:09
Label
Songwriter(s)Laura Mvula
Laura Mvula singles chronology
"Like the Morning Dew"
(2012)
"Green Garden"
(2013)
"That's Alright"
(2013)
Music video
"Green Garden" on YouTube

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Green Garden" was first released onto YouTube on 17 January 2013 at a total length of three minutes and fifty seconds. It was filmed in Southern California at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge and the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.[1]

Live performances

On 8 February 2013 she performed the song on The Graham Norton Show.[2]

Critical reception

John Robinson of The Guardian gave the song a positive review stating:

"Laura Mvula has a voice like the Queen has a house: classy, and so big she doesn't need to use all of it at once. This very good debut single is duly a masterclass of restraint [...] the minimal, chiming repetitions of the production and Mvula's understated Nina Simone delivery are as much the key to the song's success as the eventual gospel explosion of the chorus."[3]

Heat gave the song four stars out of five, calling it a "soulful tune".[4]

Track listings

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Green Garden"4:09

Chart performance

On 27 February 2013 the song was number 25 on the Official Chart Update.[5] It ultimately debuted at number 32 on 3 March, moving up by one place to 31 a week later. On 28 February 2013 the song entered the Irish Singles Chart at number 77.

Weekly charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[6] 3
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders Urban)[6] 12
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[7] 47
Denmark (Tracklisten)[8] 40
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 50
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 74
Russia (Tophit)[11] 246
Scotland (OCC)[12] 42
UK Singles (OCC)[13] 31

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders Urban)[14] 51

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 22 February 2013[15] Digital download RCA Records, Sony Music Entertainment

References

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