"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.
"Joy!" | ||||
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Single by Gay Dad | ||||
from the album Leisure Noise | ||||
B-side | "Desire"
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Released | 24 May 1999 | |||
Genre | Britpop | |||
Length | 5:00 | |||
Label | London-Sire Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jones, Hoyle, Crowe, Risebero | |||
Producer(s) | Chris Hughes | |||
Gay Dad singles chronology | ||||
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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]
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Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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UK Singles Chart | 22 |