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Sunflower (Vampire Weekend song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Sunflower
| cover = SunflowerBigBlue.jpg
| alt =
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Vampire Weekend featuring Steve Lacy
| album = Father of the Bride
| A-side = "Big Blue" (double A-side)
| released = March 6, 2019
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = * Psychedelic soul
* jam rock
* jazz-funk
| length = 2:18
| label = * Spring Snow
* Columbia
| writer = Ezra Koenig
| producer = * Ariel Rechtshaid
* Ezra Koenig
| chronology = Vampire Weekend
| prev_title = Harmony Hall
| prev_title2 = 2021
| prev_year = 2019
| title2 = Big Blue
| next_title = This Life" / "Unbearably White
| next_year = 2019
| misc =
}}
"'Sunflower'" is a song by American indie pop band Vampire Weekend featuring singer and guitarist Steve Lacy. It was the second single from their fourth studio album 'Father of the Bride', and was released on March 6, 2019 by Columbia Records as a double A-side with "Big Blue". In response to Post Malone and Swae Lee's identically-titled single, the band covered the song as a part of their BBC Live Lounge session.
Composition
The track has been characterised as psych-soul, jam rock and jazz-funk. Of the song's composition, Michelle Kim of 'Pitchfork' stated, "Koenigs love for the Dead and Phish is obvious in the proggy bass scales that open the track, the frantically curling guitar licks, and even the harmonized scatting thats done in unison with the instruments. Its kind of like Stevie Wonders "Sir Duke" by way of Guster."
Critical reception
Upon release, Will Hermes of 'Rolling Stone' called Sunflower, "Perhaps the best, and certainly the most weirdly-grooving of the four tracks Vampire Weekend have trickled out in advance of their forthcoming 'Father of the Bride' LP".
Music video
A music video for the song was released on March 13, 2019. It was directed by Jonah Hill, who had previously appeared in the video for Harmony Hall. It was filmed at Zabar's on the Upper West Side, Manhattan and features a cameo appearance from comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
Personnel
Credits adapted from 'Father of the Bride's liner notes.
* Ariel Rechtshaid engineering, mixing
* Chris Kasych engineering
* Dave Schiffman engineering
* John DeBold engineering
* Hiroya Takayama engineering
* Takemasa Kosaka engineering
* Emily Lazar mastering
* Chris Allgood mastering assistance
Charts
References
Category:2019 songs
Category:2019 singles
Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:Jazz-funk songs
Category:Psychedelic soul songs
Category:Songs written by Ezra Koenig
Category:Song recordings produced by Ariel Rechtshaid
Category:Vampire Weekend songs
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