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 Flanders)[6] 3
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders Urban)[6] 12
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[7] 47
Denmark (Tracklisten)[8] 40
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 50
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 74
UK Singles (OCC)[11] 31

Year-end charts
Chart (2013) Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders Urban)[12] 51

Release history
Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 22 February 2013[13] Digital download RCA Records, Sony Music Entertainment

References
  1. Laura Mvula – Green Garden on YouTube
  2. Laura Mvula – Green Garden (Live Graham Norton Show) on YouTube
  3. John Robinson (25 February 2013). "Laura Mvula, Richard Hawley: this week's new tracks reviewed". The Guardian. London: guardian.co.uk/.
  4. "Singles of the week". Heat. Bauer Media (720): 86. 2–8 March 2013.
  5. Justin Timberlake, Bastille battle for No.1 spot. Digital Spy
  6. "Ultratop.be – Laura Mvula – Green Garden" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  7. "Ultratop.be – Laura Mvula – Green Garden" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  8. "Danishcharts.com – Laura Mvula – Green Garden". Tracklisten.
  9. "Chart Track: Week 11, 2013". Irish Singles Chart.
  10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Laura Mvula – Green Garden" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  11. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  12. Year-end: Urban (in Dutch). ultratop (NL). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  13. iTunes – Music – Green Garden – Single by Laura Mvula
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