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This article is about the Casting Crowns song. For the song beginning "Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee", see The Hymn of Joy.

"Joyful, Joyful"
Song by Casting Crowns
from the album Until the Whole World Hears
Studio
alternative CCM
Length4:28
LabelBeach Street
Songwriter(s)Mark Hall, Bernie Herms
Producer(s)Mark A. Miller

"Joyful, Joyful" is a song by

alternative CCM song, is driven by a string section that has been compared to Coldplay's song "Viva la Vida". It received positive reviews from music critics and received airplay over the 2010 Christmas season, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs
chart.

Background and recording

lead singer
, co-wrote "Joyful, Joyful" with Bernie Herms.

"Joyful, Joyful", is a rearrangement of the hymn "

Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" (itself a re-arrangement of a theme from Beethoven).[1] Hall felt that there are many Christian songs that have been around and sung so long that the meaning behind them is lost; he commented that "you hear them so many times you don't really hear what they're saying anymore", listing the original version of "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" as an example.[1]

Although the song is a re-interpretation of "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee", Mark Hall and Bernie Herms are credited with writing the song.

mastered by Andrew Mendelson, Shelly Anderson, Natthaphol Abhigantaphand and Daniel Bacigalupi at Georgetown Masters in Nashville.[2]

Composition

"Joyful, Joyful"
"Joyful, Joyful" is driven by strings and has been compared to Coldplay's "Viva la Vida".
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"Joyful, Joyful" is a song with a length of four minutes and twenty-eight seconds.

beats per minute. Mark Hall's vocal range in the song spans from the low note of B♭3 to the high note of F5.[4] The song has regarded as a re-invention of "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee"[5] and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9,[6] the song alters the format of the former, rearranging the song's overall structure while adding a chorus.[5] "Joyful, Joyful" is led by a "driving"[6] and "pulsing"[7] string section that has been compared to Coldplay's "Viva la Vida".[7][8] Mark Hall felt that the band's arrangement brought out the message of one of the song's final verses ("God our Father/Christ our brother/all who live in love are thine/teach us how to love each other/and fill us to the joy divine"); Hall described the message by saying "God's our father and Christ's our brother, we have this connection with God. But if we can't love each other, the joy isn't completed. Its not real joy yet until we know how to love the people that are around us".[1]

Critical reception

"Joyful, Joyful" received positive reviews from music critics. Andrew Greer of

Gospel Music Channel regarded the song as a highlight of the album.[9] Roger Gelwicks of Jesus Freak Hideout, while describing the song as "interesting", felt that it wasn't much of an improvement over the rest of the album.[5]

Chart performance

"Joyful, Joyful" received airplay over the 2010 Christmas season, debuting at number forty-two on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart for the chart week of December 11, 2010.[10] In its fifth week on the chart, the chart week of January 8, 2011, it reached its peak position of number three.[11]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the album liner notes for Until the Whole World Hears.[2]

Recording

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Billboard Hot Christian Songs[11] 3

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mark on 'Joyful, Joyful'". Casting Crowns.com. April 8, 2010. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Until the Whole World Hears (Media notes). Casting Crowns. Beach Street. 2009. p. 5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. Rovi Corporation. Archived
    from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  4. ^ "Casting Crowns – Joyful, Joyful Digital Sheet Music" (Digital Download). Musicnotes.com. Word Music. MN0080923. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ a b c Gelwicks, Roger (November 15, 2009). "Casting Crowns, 'Until the Whole World Hears' Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Archived from the original on May 12, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  6. ^ a b c Greer, Andrew (January 26, 2010). "Until the Whole World Hears Ups the Musical Ante". CCM Magazine. Crosswalk.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  7. ^ a b c Ham, Robert (November 17, 2009). "Until the Whole World Hears". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  8. ^ a b Cummings, Tony (December 9, 2009). "Casting Crowns - Until The Whole World Hears". Cross Rhythms. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  9. Gospel Music Channel. November 17, 2009. Archived from the original
    on July 27, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  10. ^ "Christian Songs (December 11, 2010)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on May 26, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  11. ^ a b "Christian Songs (January 8, 2011)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
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