Joy!

Joy!

Joy!

1999 single by Gay Dad


"Joy!" is a song by the English rock band Gay Dad from their first album, Leisure Noise, released as a single on 24 May 1999. It was featured in FIFA 2000 and in 2002 on a Mitsubishi television commercial. Additional vocals on the track are by Carol Kenyon.

Quick Facts Single by Gay Dad, from the album Leisure Noise ...

A-Side

While most Gay Dad tracks were a collaborative effort, "Joy!" originates from a recording created by Cliff Jones ten years earlier as a student at Durham University. The finished track combines Krautrock metronomic beats, a fluid bass line and scruffy guitar riffs with a plethora of synth effects ultimately ending with a gospel recital of the lyric "Goodbye my darling I'm ready to die". In a Sound on Sound interview, lead singer Cliff Jones described the song as sounding "like a record that was made 10 minutes in the future".[1]

Track listing

CD1

  1. "Joy!" (single edit) - 3:40
  2. "Sly" - 4:56
  3. "Desire" - 5:43

CD2

  1. "Joy!" (album version) - 5:00
  2. "Electrogeist" - 5:39
  3. "Twelve" - 4:14

10" Vinyl

  1. "Joy!" (album version) - 5:00
  2. "Desire" - 5:43

Cassette

  1. "Joy!" (single edit) - 3:40
  2. "Electrogeist" - 5:39
  3. "Sly" - 4:56

Charts

More information Chart (1999), Peak position ...

References

  1. Bell, Matt (July 1999). "CLIFF JONES & MARK FRITH: Recording Gay Dad's 'Joy'". Sound on Sound. Archived from the original on 25 December 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

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