Bastille

Released: January 1, 2012

Featuring: Detour City

Songwriter: Dan Smith

Producer: Dan Smith Mark Crew

[Intro: Dan Smith & Tabitha Benjamin]
Oh I feel overjoyed
When you listen to my words
I see them sinking in
And I see them crawling underneath your skin

[Pre-Chorus: Dan Smith]
Word are all we have
We'll be talking, we'll be talking
These words are all we have
We'll be talking

[Chorus 1: Dan Smith, Tabitha Benjamin]
And I hear you calling in the dead of night
I hear you, in the dead of night, in the dead of night
(Oh I feel overjoyed)
Oh I hear you calling in the dead of night
I hear you, in the dead of night, in the dead of night
And I hear you calling in the dead of night
I hear you, in the dead of night, in the dead of night
(Oh I feel overjoyed)
Oh I hear you calling in the dead of night
I hear you, in the dead of night, in the dead of night

[Verse 1: Dan Smith, Tabitha Benjamin, Dan Smith & Tabitha Benjamin]
You lean towards despair
(You, you, you, you, you, you, you)
Any given opportunity you're there
(You, you, you, you)
But what is there to gain?
(You, you, you, you, you, you, you)
(No nothing to gain, nothing to gain)
When you're always falling off the fence that way

[Verse 2: Dan Smith & Tabitha Benjamin]
I feel overjoyed
I feel overjoyed
When
I feel overjoyed
I feel overjoyed
When
I feel overjoyed
I feel overjoyed
When
Oh I feel overjoyed
I feel overjoyed
I feel overjoyed
When
I feel overjoyed
I feel overjoyed
When
I feel overjoyed
I feel overjoyed
When
Oh I feel overjoyed

[Chorus 2: Dan Smith & Tabitha Benjamin]
And I hear you calling in the dead of night
I hear you, in the dead of night, in the dead of night
(Oh I feel overjoyed)
Oh I hear you calling in the dead of night
I hear you, in the dead of night, in the dead of night
And I hear you calling in the dead of night
I hear you, in the dead of night, in the dead of night
(Oh I feel overjoyed)
Oh I hear you calling in the dead of night
I hear you, in the dead of night, in the dead of night
(O-o-o-oh, o-o-o-oh, o-o-o-oh)

[Chorus 3: Dan Smith & Tabitha Benjamin]
And I hear you calling in the dead of night
I hear you, in the dead of night, in the dead of night
(Oh I feel overjoyed)
Oh I hear you calling in the dead of night
I hear you, in the dead of night, in the dead of night
And I hear you calling in the dead of night
I hear you, in the dead of night, in the dead of night
(Oh I feel overjoyed)
Oh I hear you calling in the dead of night
I hear you, in the dead of night, in the dead of night

Bastille is a British indie pop band. After releasing a limited single in 2010 and the Laura Palmer EP in 2011, the band was signed to Virgin Records. Following their signing, the band released two mix-tapes – Other People’s Heartache and Other People’s Heartache Pt. 2 — for free. In an interview with The Guardian, Dan Smith discussed the

Someone recently said to ‘The mixtapes were very clever, was that the label’s idea?’ Actually the label were completely against it; we were stealing and sampling illegally left, right and centre. The label ‘We want nothing to do with this.’ When it came to hosting the mixtapes, I had to register the website myself.

Preceding the release of their debut album, Bad Blood, the band released several singles — “Overjoyed”, “Bad Blood” and “Flaws”— to moderate commercial success. In February 2013, the band was catapulted into the charts by the album’s fourth single, “Pompeii”. The song was a commercial hit, going up to 5x Platinum around the world. In June 2014, “Pompeii” was confirmed to be the United Kingdom’s most streamed song ever. Unfortunately, it has since been overtaken.

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