Bastille - Pompeii (Video clip)

"Pompeii" is a single by English indie rock group Bastille. It is the 4-th single from their first album Bad Blood and the debut to get major airplay and promotion. The music was released as the on 11

January 2013. It reached 2-nd in the UK Singles Chart, number four in Australian ARIA Chart, and number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Alternative Songs chart. Furthermore, according to the Official Charts Company, it was the UK's most streamed single up to June 2014.

Lyrically, the music is about the Roman town of the same name, which met its fate with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. It was nominated for British Single of the Year at the 2014 BRIT Awards. A mashup of the single with Rudimental and Ella Eyre's "Waiting All Night" was performed live by Rudimental, Eyre and Bastille at the aforementioned ceremony.