2021 (song)
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| Single by Vampire Weekend | ||||
| from the album Father of the Bride | ||||
| A-side | "Harmony Hall" (double A-side) | |||
| Released | January 24, 2019 | |||
| Length | 1:38 | |||
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"2021" is a song by American indie pop band Vampire Weekend. Alongside "Harmony Hall", it served as the double A-side lead single for their fourth studio album Father of the Bride, and was released on January 24, 2019, by Columbia Records.[2] "2021" was later re-released on December 22, 2021 as a collaboration 12" single alongside "Talking" by Haruomi Hosono.[3]
Composition
The "sparse lovelorn ballad" is built around a sample of the ambient track "Talking", composed in the 1980s by Haruomi Hosono for Japanese retail company Muji. It features a soft pulsing synth and fingerpicked guitars, along with a distorted vocal sample of the word "boy" sung by Jenny Lewis.[2][4][5]
Personnel
Credits adapted from Qobuz.[6]
Musicians
- Ezra Koenig – vocals, guitar
- Jenny Lewis – additional vocals
- Ariel Rechtshaid – programming, synthesizer, bass guitar
Engineers
- Ariel Rechtshaid – engineering, mixing
- Chris Kasych – engineering
- John DeBold – engineering
- Ezra Koenig – mixing
- Chris Allgood – assistant engineering
- Emily Lazar – mastering
Charts
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[7] | 38 |
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
| Japan (Oricon)[8] | 69 |
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