Joy!

"Joy!"
Single by Gay Dad
from the album Leisure Noise
B-side Desire, Twelve, Sly, Electrogeist
Released 24 May 1999
Format CD single, vinyl, Cassette
Genre Britpop
Length 5:00
Label London-Sire Records
Writer(s) Mark Firth
Producer(s) Chris Hughes
Gay Dad singles chronology
"To Earth with Love"
(1999)		 "Joy!"
(1999)		 "Oh Jim"
(1999)

"Joy!" is a song by the English rock band Gay Dad from its 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.

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 Krautrockmetronomic 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!" (Radio Edit) - 3:40
  2. "Sly" - 4:56
  3. "Desire" 5:43

CD2

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

10" Vinyl

  1. "Joy!"
  2. "Desire" 5:43

Cassette

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

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 22

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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