Safe and Sound (Justice song)

Prior to the song's release, a user on the social media site Reddit discovered "Safe and Sound" in a DJ set by Busy P, head of Ed Banger Records, through the Shazam mobile app.{{cite magazine | url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/justice_new_song__safe_and_sound_emerges_online | title=Justice's New Track "Safe and Sound" Emerges Online | magazine=Exclaim! | date=8 July 2016 | accessdate=8 September 2016 | author=Adams, Gregory}}{{cite web | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/justice-new-music-reddit-safe-and-sound/ | title=Did A Reddit User Just Uncover a New Justice Track? | publisher=Vice | work=Thump | date=7 July 2016 | access-date=8 September 2016 | author=Rodriguez, Krystal}} On 13 July 2016, "Safe and Sound" received its first radio airplay on DJ Annie Mac's radio show on BBC Radio 1.{{cite magazine | url=http://www.factmag.com/2016/07/13/justice-safe-and-sound-ed-banger-records/ | title=Justice announce return with new single 'Safe and Sound' | magazine=Fact | date=13 July 2016 | accessdate=26 July 2016 | author=Wilson, Scott}} On the same day, the song was made available as a free download, in both MP3 and WAV formats, from Justice's website.{{cite web | url=https://www.stereogum.com/1887772/justice-safe-and-sound/mp3s/ | title=Justice – "Safe And Sound" | website=Stereogum | date=13 July 2016 | accessdate=26 July 2016 | author=Claymore, Gabriela Tully}}{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/master/view/1028573 | title=Justice – Safe And Sound (master) | publisher=Discogs | accessdate=26 July 2016}}

"Safe and Sound" received positive reviews from critics. They often praised the song's disco-like structure and sound. Ryan Reed of Rolling Stone called the song "a psychedelic disco epic built on finger snaps, synth-strings, spastic jazz-fusion synths and one of the fiercest slap-bass grooves since Patrice Rushen's 1982 classic 'Forget Me Nots'."{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-justices-psychedelic-first-single-in-five-years-safe-and-sound-20160713 |title=Hear Justice's Trippy First Single in Five Years, 'Safe and Sound' |date=13 July 2016 |access-date=9 August 2016 |magazine=Rolling Stone |last=Reed |first=Ryan}} Lyndsey Havens of Consequence of Sound compared the song to Justice's hit song "D.A.N.C.E.", citing the "repetitive, hypnotic hook and airy vocals that sail over the song’s booming synth" as a reason why. She also complimented the duo's use of a funk-like bass and synthesized strings for the song.{{cite magazine |url=https://consequence.net/2016/07/justice-return-with-first-single-in-five-years-safe-and-sound-listen/ |title=Justice return with first single in five years, 'Safe and Sound' |date=13 July 2016 |access-date=9 August 2016 |magazine=Consequence of Sound |last=Havens |first=Lyndsey}} Allison Sadlier of Entertainment Weekly wrote that the song stays true to the duo's disco-reminiscent "modern techno-style" sound and "makes for [a] dance worthy listen."{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/13/justice-debut-new-song-safe-and-sound |title=Justice: Safe and Sound first song in 5 years |date=13 July 2016 |access-date=9 August 2016 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |last=Sadlier |first=Allison}}

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