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"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
B-side
"Turkey Chase"
Released
July 13, 1973
Recorded
February 1973
Genre
Folk rock, gospel
Length
2:32
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Bob Dylan
Producer(s)
Gordon Carroll
Bob Dylan singles chronology
"George Jackson"
(1971) "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
(1973) "A Fool Such as I"
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"George Jackson"
(1971) "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
(1973) "A Fool Such as I"
(1973)
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song written and sung by Bob Dylan, for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Released as a single, it reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Described by Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin as "an exercise in splendid simplicity," [1] the song, in terms of the number of other artists who have covered it, is one of Dylan's most popular post-1960s compositions.
Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[2]
Contents
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1 Chart history
1.1 Weekly charts
1.2 Year-end charts
2 Cover versions
2.1 Eric Clapton version
2.2 Guns N' Roses versions
2.2.1 Charts
2.2.2 Certifications
2.3 Dunblane tribute
2.4 Other cover versions
3 Sampled version
4 Soundtrack inclusions
5 In popular culture
6 References
Chart history[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1973-74)
Peak
position
Australia KMR[3] 10
Canada RPM Top Singles[4] 10
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[5] 6
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 9
Netherlands 51
UK (OCC) 14
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 12
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[8] 5
US Cash Box Top 100[9] 10
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1973)
Rank
Australia [10] 92
Canada [11] 93
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[12] 104
Cover versions[edit]
Eric Clapton version[edit]
In January 1975 Eric Clapton played on Jamaican singer Arthur Louis' recording of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" arranged in a reggae style. Subsequently, Clapton recorded his own reggae-style version of the song which was released in August 1975, two weeks after Louis's version was released as a single in July 1975.[13] Clapton's single peaked at No. 38 in the UK Singles Chart. The single was less successful in the US, only reaching No. 109 in Cash Box. Clapton's 1996 boxed set Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies features a performance recorded in London in April 1977. The song was also performed during the Journeyman and One More Car, One More Rider world tours in 1990 and 2003. Additionally, the song has been included on several Clapton compilation albums, such as Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton, Backtrackin', The Cream of Clapton and Complete Clapton.[14]
Guns N' Roses versions[edit]
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
1992 UK picture sleeve
Song by Guns N' Roses
from the album Days of Thunder (soundtrack)
Released
June 26, 1990
Genre
Hard rock, blues rock
Length
5:36
Label
Geffen
Songwriter(s)
Bob Dylan
Producer(s)
Mike Clink
Guns N' Roses
In 1987, Guns N' Roses started including the song in their live sets. A live version of the song was released on the maxi-single of "Welcome to the Jungle" the same year. They recorded a studio version in 1990 for the soundtrack of the film Days of Thunder which reached No. 18 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in 1990. This version was later slightly modified for the 1991 album Use Your Illusion II (basically discarding the responses in the second verse). Released as the fourth single from the album, it reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart as well as No. 12 in Australia and No. 1 in Ireland. Their performance of the song at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992 was used as the B-side for the single release and was also included on their Live Era: '87–'93 album, released in 1999.[15] The music video for this version of the song was directed by Andy Morahan.[16]
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts
Chart (1992)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[17]
12
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[18]
3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[19]
1
Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)[20]
7
France (SNEP)[21]
7
Germany (Official German Charts)[22]
5
Ireland (IRMA)[23]
1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[24]
1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[25]
2
Norway (VG-lista)[26]
6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[27]
10
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[28]
5
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[29]
2
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[30]
18
Year-end charts
Chart (1992)
Position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[31] 20
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Australia (ARIA)[32]
Gold
Italy (FIMI)[33]
Platinum
Dunblane tribute[edit]
In 1996 and with the consent of Dylan, Scottish musician Ted Christopher wrote a new verse for "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" in memory of the schoolchildren and teacher killed in the Dunblane school massacre. This has been, according to some sources, one of the few times Dylan has officially authorized anybody to add or change the lyrics to one of his songs.[34][35] This version of the song, including children from the village singing the chorus with guitarist and producer of Dylan's album Infidels (1983), Mark Knopfler, was released on December 9 in the UK and reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart.[36] The proceeds went to charities for children.[37] The song was featured on the compilation album Hits 97, where all royalties from the song were given to three separate charities.
Other cover versions[edit]
Two different live versions by Fairport Convention recorded in February 1974 at the Troubadour in Los Angeles were released. One on the Sandy Denny box set Who Knows Where the Time Goes in 1985, and the other on her anthology A Boxful of Treasures in 2004.[38]
A live version by Cold Chisel appears on their 1981 live album Swingshift.[39]
A live version by Television appears on their 1982 album The Blow-Up.
Danny & Dusty released a version of the song on their 1985 album The Lost Weekend.
Heaven released a version of the song on the group's 1985 album, Knockin' On Heaven's Door.[40]
Randy Crawford released a version of this song on her album Rich and Poor in 1989, featuring Eric Clapton and David Sanborn.
Vlado Kreslin released his live version on his album Pikapolonica in 1996. It was performed by Beltinška banda.
S Vremena Na Vreme released a cover on their live album Unplugged in 1997.[41]
The Brazilian singer Zé Ramalho released a Portuguese version of Dylan's song called "Batendo na Porta do Céu" in his 1997 album Antologia Acústica (Acoustic Anthology).
Warren Zevon released a version of the song on his 2003 album The Wind, shortly before his death from cancer in September of that year.
Avril Lavigne released a cover version on the bonus CD of her My World video release in 2003, as one of the B-Sides from her single "Nobody's Home" and afterwards as a Japanese bonus track for her 2011 album Goodbye Lullaby.
Larry Norman released his cover on his 2004 album Sessions. With the exception of the chorus line, the song has completely original lyrics.[42]
Roger Waters released a cover version on his album Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Volume 1.
Wyclef Jean recorded a version of the song, which was used in the 2004 documentary Ghosts of Cité Soleil.
Babyface released a version on his 2007 album Playlist.
A version by Antony and the Johnsons was included on the Bob Dylan cover album I'm Not There, which served as the soundtrack for the film of the same name.
Jerry Garcia Band often covered the song in their live sets, one recorded example being the live album Don't Let Go
Meir Ariel, an Israeli singer, covered the song with a Hebrew version in a 1998 concert later released as an album, Doors Are Opened By Themselves. The chorus is sung in both Hebrew and English.
Bryan Ferry recorded a version of the song on his album Dylanesque.
Sampled version[edit]
Gabrielle's single "Rise" (2000) sampled from this song.
Soundtrack inclusions[edit]
Film/TV show
Year
Performer
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973 Bob Dylan
Renaldo & Clara 1978 Bob Dylan & Roger McGuinn
Lethal Weapon 2 1989 Randy Crawford, Eric Clapton & David Sanborn
Days of Thunder 1990 Guns N' Roses
Shake Rattle & Roll 2 (segment "Aswang") 1990 Guns N' Roses
Rush 1991 Bob Dylan
Total Balalaika Show 1994 Leningrad Cowboys and Alexandrov Ensemble
Lawn Dogs 1997 Bob Dylan
The Dybbuk of the Holy Apple Field 1997 Roger Waters
Knockin' on Heaven's Door 1997 Selig
Treasure Planet 2002 Bob Dylan
Windstruck 2004 Youme
Be Cool 2005 Bob Dylan
Las Vegas (episode 45, "Letters, Lawyers and Loose Women") 2005 Bob Dylan
Six Feet Under (episode 61, "All Alone") 2005 Bob Dylan
ER (episode 260, "Darfur") 2006 Scoob Serious
Salvador (Puig Antich) 2006 Bob Dylan
I'm Not There 2007 Antony & the Johnsons
Supernatural (episode 35, "Houses of the Holy") 2007 Bob Dylan
Cold Case (episode 84, "Blood on the Tracks") 2007 Bob Dylan
Big Love (episode 2-08, "Kingdom Come") 2007 Bob Dylan
My Name is Earl 2008 Bob Dylan
Come Dio Comanda 2008 Antony & the Johnsons
Heaven's Door 2009 Angela Aki
Supernatural (episode 98, "Dark Side of the Moon") 2010 Bob Dylan
Lifted 2011 Uriah Shelton
Blue Bloods (Season 4, Episode 7, "Drawing Dead") 2013 Rick Devin[43]
The 100 2015 RAIGN
Sense8 (episode 9, "Death Doesn't Let You Say Goodbye") 2015 Antony & the Johnsons
Containment, episode 5, "Like a Sheep Among Wolves" 2016 RAIGN
In popular culture[edit]
Nick Talevski used the title for his book, Knocking On Heaven's Door: Rock Obituaries.[44] A version of this song was performed by Raign for the TV show "The 100"
The title is used as a name of a Stand, "Heaven's Door", in the fourth part of the manga "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure", Diamond is Unbreakable.
The title was used for the 12th episode of Angel Beats! and Bob Dylan along with the song was mentioned in the episode by T.K. and Hinata
Covered by The Jenerators, the song was used during a tribute to the death of cast member Miguel Ferrer of NCIS: Los Angeles at the end of the Season 8 Episode 16 "New Tricks", broadcast on March 5, 2017. Ferrer was a member of The Jenerators.[45]
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1962
"Mixed-Up Confusion" / "Corrina, Corrina"
1963
"Blowin' in the Wind" / "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
1965
"The Times They Are a-Changin'" / "Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance"
"Maggie's Farm" / "On the Road Again"
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" / "She Belongs to Me"
"Like a Rolling Stone" / "Gates of Eden
"Positively 4th Street" / "From a Buick 6"
"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" / "Highway 61 Revisited"
1966
"One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" / "Queen Jane Approximately"
"Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35" / "Pledging My Time"
"I Want You" / "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" (live with The Hawks)
"Just Like a Woman" / "Obviously 5 Believers"
1967
"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" / "Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine"
"If You Gotta Go, Go Now" / "To Ramona" (only in Europe)
1968
"Drifter's Escape" / "John Wesley Harding"
"All Along the Watchtower" / "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
1969
"I Threw It All Away" / "Drifter's Escape"
"Lay Lady Lay" / "Peggy Day"
"Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You" / "Country Pie"
1970
"If Not for You" / "New Morning"
"Wigwam" / "Copper Kettle"
1971
"Watching the River Flow" / "Spanish is the Loving Tongue"
"George Jackson" (band version) / "George Jackson" (acoustic version)
1973
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" / "Turkey Chase" (instrumental from Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid)
"A Fool Such as I" / "Lily of the West"
1974
"On a Night Like This" / "You Angel You"
"Something There Is About You" / "Tough Mama"
"Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" (live with The Band)
"All Along the Watchtower" / "It Ain't Me Babe"
1975
"Tangled Up in Blue" / "If You See Her, Say Hello"
"Million Dollar Bash" / "Tears of Rage"
"Hurricane" (Part 1) / "Hurricane" (Part 2)
1976
"Mozambique" / "Oh Sister"
"Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again" (live) / "Rita May"
1978
"Baby, Stop Crying" / "We Better Talk This Over"
"Changing of the Guards" / "Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)"
"Is Your Love In Vain?" / "We Better Talk This Over"
1979
"Maggie's Farm (live) / "All Along the Watchtower"
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"Man Gave Names to All the Animals" / "When You Gonna Wake Up?"
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"Solid Rock" / "Covenant Woman"
"Saved" / "Are You Ready?"
1981
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"Dead Man, Dead Man" / "Lenny Bruce"
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"I and I" / "Angel Flying too Close to the Ground"
"Sweetheart Like You" / "Union Sundown"
1984
"Jokerman" / "Isis"
1985
"Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)" / "We Better Talk this Over"
"When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky" / "Emotionally Yours"
1986
"Band of the Hand" / "Joe's Death" (Michael Rubini)
"Got My Mind Made Up" / "The Usual"
1988
"Silvio" / "Driftin' too Far from the Shore"
1989
"Everything Is Broken" / "Death is Not the End"
"Slow Train" (live with The Grateful Dead)
1990
"Political World" / "Ring Them Bells" (only in the UK and Australia)
"Most of the Time" / "Most of the Time (edit piece)
"Unbelievable" / "10,000 Men"
1991
"Series of Dreams" / "Seven Curses"
"Blind Willie McTell" / "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (from The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3)
"Step it Up and Go" — (no b-side)
1993
"My Back Pages" (with Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison) — (no b-side)
1995
"Dignity" (live on MTV Unplugged) / "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" (live version)
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" / "John Brown" (both live on MTV Unplugged)
1998
"Not Dark Yet" / "Tombstone Blues" (live) / "Ballad of a Thin Man" (live) / "Boots of Spanish Leather" (live)
"Love Sick" / "Tombstone Blues" (live)
2000
"Things Have Changed" / "Make You Feel My Love" (live) / "Hurricane" / "Song to Woody" (live)
2006
"Someday Baby" / "Someday Baby" (edit piece)
"Rollin' and Tumblin'" / "Not Dark Yet" / "High Water (for Charley Patton)"
2007
"Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" (Mark Ronson remix version) / "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" (album version)
2008
"Dreamin' of You" (edit piece) / "Dreamin' of You" (album version)
2009
"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" / "Down Along the Cove" (live)
"I Feel a Change Comin' On" / "I Feel a Change Comin' On" (edit piece)
"Must Be Santa" / "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
2010
"The Times They Are a-Changin'" (demo version) / "Like a Rolling Stone"
2012
"Duquesne Whistle"
2013
"Wigwam" (demo version) / "Thirsty Boots"
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December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
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"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
Single by The Four Seasons
from the album Who Loves You
B-side
"Slip Away"
Released
December 1975
Format
7"
Recorded
November 1975
Genre
Rock, disco
Length
3:36
3:20 (single version)
Label
Warner / Curb
Songwriter(s)
Bob Gaudio, Judy Parker
Producer(s)
Bob Gaudio
The Four Seasons singles chronology
"Who Loves You"
(1975) "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
(1975) "Silver Star"
(1976)
"Who Loves You"
(1975) "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
(1975) "Silver Star"
(1976)
"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" is a song by the Four Seasons, written by original Four Seasons keyboard player Bob Gaudio and his future wife Judy Parker, produced by Gaudio, and included on the group's album, Who Loves You (1975).
The song features drummer Gerry Polci on lead vocals, with the usual lead Frankie Valli singing the bridge sections and backing vocals, and bass player Don Ciccone (former lead singer of The Critters) singing the falsetto part (And I felt a rush like a rolling ball of thunder / Spinning my head around and taking my body under).
Contents
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1 Song origins
2 Composition
3 1975 release
4 1988 and 1993 remixes
5 Music video
6 Charts
6.1 Weekly charts
6.2 Year-end charts
7 Cover versions
7.1 French version as "Cette année-là"
8 References
Song origins[edit]
According to the co-writer and longtime group member Bob Gaudio, the song lyrics were originally set in 1933 with the title "December 5th, 1933," and celebrated the repeal of Prohibition,[1] but the lyrics were changed at the urgings of Frankie Valli and lyricist Parker to reposition the song as a nostalgic remembrance of a young man's first affair with a woman, and, more specifically, Gaudio's courtship with his wife, Judy Parker.[2]
Composition[edit]
The song is an up-tempo, piano-led dance song with a distinct and easily recognizable opening drum and then piano riff. It is written in 4/4 and in the key of D-flat major.
1975 release[edit]
The single was released in December 1975 and hit number one on the UK Singles Chart on February 21, 1976.[3] It repeated the feat on the US Billboard Hot 100 on March 13, 1976, remaining in the top spot for three weeks and one week on Cash Box. Billboard ranked it as the No. 4 song for 1976. On April 10 the same year, it topped the RPM National Top Singles Chart in Canada.[4] Drummer Gerry Polci sang lead with bassist Don Ciccone and long-time frontman Frankie Valli singing the bridge and refrain. It was the Four Seasons' final song, as a group, to reach number one. (Valli would have one final chart-topper as a solo act in 1978 with the theme song to the film Grease.)
1988 and 1993 remixes[edit]
In both 1988 and 1993, Dutch DJ and producer Ben Liebrand remixed the song and re-released it as a single.[5][6] The 1993 re-release spent 27 weeks on the Hot 100 (matching the chart life of the original 1975 single). The peak position of the 1993 remix version was #14. Adding together the two 27-week chart runs for the 1975 original single and the 1993 remix version (for a combined total of 54 weeks, two more weeks than a full year) gave the song the longest tenure ever on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart up to that time. The tenure has since been surpassed many times.[7]
Music video[edit]
A music video was produced to accompany the original 1975 release.[8] The video used the edited single version, which had a Phaser effect during Frankie's vocals, not heard on any other version of the song.
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1975-76)
Peak
position
Canada 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[9] 1
US 1
New Zealand 2
Australia 3
Belgium 3
Netherlands 3
Norway 6
Sweden 11
Germany 16
Ireland 3
Chart (1994)
Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 14
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1976)
Rank
Australia 22
Canada[10] 13
New Zealand[11] 8
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 4
Chart (1994)
Rank
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 89
Chart (1995)
Position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[14] 46
Cover versions[edit]
(Chronological)
The Fatback Band recorded a cover of the song for the closing track of their LP Night Fever (1976).
Change recorded a cover of the song on their third album Sharing Your Love (1982) and released it as a single.
In 1995 the Mexican banda group Banda Vallarta Show recorded a Spanish version called Diciembre del '63 for their last album La Fiesta.
In 1996, British dance duo Clock took it to #13 in the UK chart.[citation needed]
Singer Vitamin C released her own version of the song in the 1999 which heavily sampled instrumentation and vocals—including those of Valli—from the original song and removed most of the original lyrics. This version was used as a brand image theme by the American television network The WB in image spots, promos, and interstitials during the 2000-01 television season.
Slovene singer Tomaž Domicelj covered the song on his album Na planini je živel; his version was titled "Jamajka" ("Jamaica"). Whether it is a cover of the original song or Claude François' is unclear.[citation needed]
Mr. Vegas (together with singer Jackie) did a cover of this song which was featured on his album Damn Right (2001).
Wyclef Jean produced a hip-hop version of this song, titled "What a Night", about his journey as a hip-hop artist, released on the album Masquerade (June 18, 2002).
In 2006 Cam'ron sampled the song on a track called "Oh What A Night"... The full version was finally released in 2007 but never made a release album due to sample clearance issues.
John Barrowman covered this song, which was featured on his album John Barrowman (2010).
In 2011, Football song parodist James Daly wrote a reworded version of this in reaction to Crystal Palace's 3-1 victory over fierce rivals Brighton and Hove Albion.[citation needed]
In 2012, Ball Park Music covered the song during their set at Splendour in the Grass.
In the 2014 film Jersey Boys, the cast sings the song during the closing credits.
In 2016 Kat DeLuna sampled the song on a track called What a Night featuring Jeremih in her album Loading (February 26, 2016).
French version as "Cette année-là"[edit]
French singer Claude François covered the song on his album Le Vagabond (1976); his version was titled "Cette année-là" ("That Year"). Incorporating new lyrics reminiscing François' own beginnings in show business in 1962, the song became a hit in Europe.[15]
In 2000, rapper Yannick produced another French version, titled "Ces soirées-là" ("Those Nights"), based on Claude François' song. It peaked at #1 in France and Belgium. The lyrics recount the fun had at a certain night club. This rap is featured at the beginning of the Broadway musical Jersey Boys.
In 1998, Thomas Bangalter, of house music duo Daft Punk fame, sampled the bridge from Claude François' version of the song in his track "Colossus".
In 2003, singers of musical Belles belles belles covered Claude François' song.
In 2016, the French singer M. Pokora released a remake of the French language version originally done by Claude François in 1976. Pokora's version known as "Cette année-là (2016)" charted on SNEP, the official French Singles Chart peaking at number 7.[16]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "December 1963 (Oh What a Night)". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
Jump up ^ "Gaudio put words in Valli's mouth". Sun-setinel.com. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
Jump up ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 323. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
Jump up ^ "Frankie Valli & Four Seasons, The - December 1963 (Oh, What A Night) (Ben Liebrand Re-mix) (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
Jump up ^ "Four Seasons, The - December 1963 (Oh, What A Night) (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
Jump up ^ Billboard.com review of album "Oh, What a Night"[dead link]
Jump up ^ "The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
Jump up ^ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
Jump up ^ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3865
Jump up ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1976". Longboredsurfer.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
Jump up ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1994". Longboredsurfer.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
Jump up ^ "End of Year Charts 1995". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "François". Rfimusique.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
Jump up ^ Steffen Hung. "M. Pokora - Cette année-là". Lescharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
Preceded by
"Forever and Ever" by Slik UK number-one single
February 21, 1976 (two weeks) Succeeded by
"I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)" by Tina Charles
Preceded by
"Love Machine" by The Miracles Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
March 13, 1976 - March 27, 1976 (three weeks) Succeeded by
"Disco Lady" by Johnnie Taylor
Preceded by
"All by Myself" by Eric Carmen Cash Box Top 100 singles
March 20, 1976 (one week) Succeeded by
"Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright
Preceded by
"Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright RPM number-one single (Canada)
April 10, 1976 (one week) Succeeded by
"Lonely Night (Angel Face)" by Captain and Tennille
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The Four Seasons
Frankie Valli
Tommy DeVito
Bob Gaudio
Nick Massi
Charles Calello
Joe Long
Gerry Polci
Albums
Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
The 4 Seasons Greetings (1962)
Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others (1963)
The 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others (1963)
Golden Hits of the 4 Seasons (1963)
Dawn (1964)
Rag Doll (1964)
Born to Wonder (1964)
Stay and Other Great Hits (1964)
The 4 Seasons Sing Big Hits by Burt Bacharach... Hal David... Bob Dylan (1965)
4 Seasons Entertain You (1965)
Lets Hang On (1965)
Working My Way Back to You (1965)
On Stage with The Four Seasons (1965)
New Gold Hits (1967)
Edizione D'Oro (Gold Edition) (1968)
The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette (1969)
Half and Half (1970)
Chameleon (1972)
Who Loves You (1975)
Helicon (1977)
The Very Best of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (2002)
Singles
"Bermuda"
"Sherry"
"Big Girls Don't Cry"
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
"Walk Like a Man"
"Ain't That a Shame"
"Candy Girl"
"New Mexican Rose"
"Dawn (Go Away)"
"Stay"
"Ronnie"
"Rag Doll"
"Alone (Why Must I Be Alone)"
"Save It for Me"
"Sincerely"
"Big Man in Town"
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
"Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)"
"Since I Don't Have You"
"Girl Come Running"
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"
"Let's Hang On!"
"Don't Think Twice"
"Working My Way Back to You"
"Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'bout Me)"
"On the Good Ship Lollipop"
"I've Got You Under My Skin"
"The Proud One"
"Tell It to the Rain"
"Beggin'"
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
"C'mon Marianne"
"Lonesome Road"
"Watch the Flowers Grow"
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
"My Eyes Adored You"
"Our Day Will Come"
"Who Loves You"
"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
"Silver Star"
"Grease"
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"Mary, Did You Know?" is a Christmas song with lyrics written by Mark Lowry and music written by Buddy Greene. It was originally recorded by Christian recording artist Michael English on his self-titled debut solo album in 1991 (English and Lowry were both members of the Gaither Vocal Band at the time). It reached No. 6 on CCM Magazine's AC Chart.[1] Lowry would record the song several times himself, most notably with the Gaither Vocal Band on their 1998 Christmas album Still the Greatest Story Ever Told.
The song has since gone on to become a modern Christmas classic, being recorded by many artists over the years across multiple genres.
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1 Kenny Rogers & Wynonna Judd version
2 Clay Aiken version
3 Cee Lo Green version
4 Pentatonix version
5 Other notable versions
6 Musical
7 Criticism
8 References
9 External links
Kenny Rogers & Wynonna Judd version[edit]
"Mary, Did You Know?"
Single by Kenny Rogers & Wynonna Judd
from the album The Gift
Released
December 1996
Format
CD single
Genre
Country
Length
3:53
Label
Magnatone
Songwriter(s)
Mark Lowry, Buddy Greene
Producer(s)
Brent Maher, Jim McKell
Kenny Rogers singles chronology
"I'll Be There for You"
(1992) "Mary, Did You Know?"
(1996) "The Greatest"
(1999)
"I'll Be There for You"
(1992) "Mary, Did You Know?"
(1996) "The Greatest"
(1999)
A duet version recorded by Wynonna Judd and Kenny Rogers on Rogers' holiday album The Gift peaked at No. 55 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1997.[2]
Chart positions
Chart (1997)
Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 55
Clay Aiken version[edit]
"Mary, Did You Know?"
Single by Clay Aiken
from the album Merry Christmas with Love
Released
2005
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2004
Genre
Contemporary Christian music
Length
3:21
Label
RCA
Songwriter(s)
Mark Lowry, Buddy Greene
Producer(s)
Walter Afanasieff
Clay Aiken singles chronology
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
(2005) "Mary, Did You Know?"
(2005) "Without You"
(2006)
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
(2005) "Mary, Did You Know?"
(2005) "Without You"
(2006)
"Mary, Did You Know?" is Clay Aiken's fifth single for his Christmas album Merry Christmas with Love. Aiken performed the song on The Tyra Banks Show.[4]
Chart positions
Chart (2005)
Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 35
U.S. Billboard Hot Christian Songs 32
Cee Lo Green version[edit]
"Mary, Did You Know?"
Song by Cee Lo Green
from the album Cee Lo's Magic Moment
Released
2012
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2012
Genre
R&B
Length
3:54
Label
RCA
Songwriter(s)
Mark Lowry, Buddy Greene
Producer(s)
Adam Anders, Peer Åström
"Mary, Did You Know?" is the eleventh track on Cee Lo's Christmas album Cee Lo's Magic Moment. On December 15, 2012 the song appeared on the US R&B Songs chart at number 22. This version is the slowest of all. It also served as the closing credits song to the 2014 20th Century Fox movie Son of God.
Chart positions
Chart (2012)
Peak
position
U.S. Billboard R&B Songs[5] 11
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[5] 44
Pentatonix version[edit]
"Mary, Did You Know?"
Song by Pentatonix
from the album That's Christmas to Me
Released
October 17, 2014
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2012
Genre
Ambient, a cappella
Length
3:23
Label
RCA
Songwriter(s)
Mark Lowry, Buddy Greene
Music video
"Mary, Did You Know?" on YouTube
"Mary, Did You Know?" is the sixth track on Pentatonix's second Christmas album, That's Christmas to Me.[6] The song both debuted and peaked at No. 26 on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week ending December 6, 2014.
Chart positions
Chart (2014)
Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 26
Other notable versions[edit]
1993: Kathy Mattea on her Christmas album Good News, which won a Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
1995: Vickie Winans recorded the song for her self-titled album
1997: Gary Chapman on his Christmas album This Gift
1998: Donny Osmond on his album Christmas at Home
1999: Natalie Cole on her album The Magic of Christmas
1999: Reba McEntire on her Christmas album The Secret of Giving
2000: Lea Salonga on her album The Christmas Album
2001: Rescue on their album The First Christmas
2001: Hayley Westenra on her second album, My Gift to You, released in New Zealand and Australia, by Universal New Zealand label; also included as a bonus song on a special UK version of her first international album, Pure (2003); and performed it on her 2004 PBS Great Performances special, Live from New Zealand, which was released on DVD.
2004: Glen Campbell recorded the song on his album Love Is the Answer: 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love.
2004: The Katinas on their album Family Christmas
2005: Jeff Fenholt on his album "Down from His Glory" ... and more
2006: Stan Whitmire on his album Christmas Around the Piano
2007: Kimberley Locke on her album Christmas
2008: Kutless on BEC Recordings album X Christmas
2008: MC6 A Cappella on their album Christmas
2009: Jerry Douglas on his album Jerry Christmas
2010: Aled Jones on his album Aled's Christmas Gift
2010: Jessica Simpson on her album Happy Christmas
2011: Rascal Flatts released a version of the song as a single, which appears on the 2012 compilation A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years Bringing Joy to the World
2012: Don Moen on his album Christmas: A Season of Hope (a duet with its composer, Buddy Greene)
2012: Jeremy Camp on his album Christmas: God with Us
2012: Scotty McCreery on his album Christmas with Scotty McCreery
2013: Mary J. Blige on her album A Mary Christmas
2013: Linda Eder on her album Christmas Where You Are
2013: The Oak Ridge Boys on their album Christmas Time's A-Comin'
2014: Sanam Puri as solo cover
2014: The slowest version of this song played in the credits of the film Son of God
2015: India.Arie on Christmas with Friends; a duet with Gene Moore, Jr.
2015: Jordan Smith on The Voice's season nine finals. This version debuted and peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and at No. 2 on the Billboard Holiday 100 chart on the week ending January 2, 2016.
2015: Peter Hollens published a six-voice a cappella version on Youtube[8]
2015: The Braxtons on their album Braxton Family Christmas
2015: Danny Gokey on his album Christmas Is Here
2016: Straight No Chaser (group)[9] on their album I'll Have Another... Christmas Album (Straight No Chaser album)
2016: Voctave on their album The Spirit of the Season (feat. composer Mark Lowry)
2016: Beckah Shae on her album Let It Snow
2017: Cabin 5[10] as a single
2017: Zara Larsson on the soundtrack of the CGI-animated Christmas film The Star
Musical[edit]
The song was also used as the basis for a stage musical, also titled Mary, Did You Know and written by Bruce Greer, that won the 1999 Dove Award for Musical of the Year.[11]
Criticism[edit]
"Mary, Did You Know?" remains a popular piece of Christmas music, although some criticize it for what they perceive as a lack of Scriptural or theological depth.[12][13] For example, Lutheran writer Holly Scheer, in addressing the rhetorical-question title of the song writes that those familiar with "the biblical account of Christ’s conception and birth shouldn’t need to ask if Mary knew, because the Bible plainly tells us she did."[14] On the other hand the Roman Catholic author Karl Erickson implored people to praise "Mary, Did You Know?" as a "beautiful expression of God’s love for all of us" and responded to criticism of the piece, stating that "Mary, Did You Know is a song and not a theological essay. Even as simple Christmas music, however, it does a fine job conveying the beauty and profound mystery of the Incarnation. Yes, there is some poetic license taken within the lyrics, but much less than is taken within innumerable other songs we are asked to sing regularly—Sing a New Church, for example."[15]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Brothers, Jeffrey Lee (2003). Hot hits : adult contemporary charts, 1978-2001 (1st ed.). Bloomington, IN: 1stBooks Library. p. 86. ISBN 9781410732941.
Jump up ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p93355/charts-awards/billboard-singles
Jump up ^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
Jump up ^ Clay Aiken - Mary Did You Know - The Tyra Banks Show on YouTube
^ Jump up to: a b https://www.billboard.com/artist/298842/cee+lo+green/chart?f=1230
Jump up ^ Official Video - Mary, Did You Know? - Pentatonix on YouTube
Jump up ^ "Pentatonix Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
Jump up ^ Mary, did you know - Peter Hollens (Youtube Video)
Jump up ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxDlLzSRp34
Jump up ^ https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/1mdbai6o6xmqhazzABTxP3
Jump up ^ Cusic, Don (2010). Encyclopedia of contemporary Christian music: pop, rock, and worship. ABC-CLIO. pp. 141–. ISBN 978-0-313-34425-1. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
Jump up ^ McTeigue SJ, Fr. Robert. "The Problem With "Mary Did You Know"". Aleteia. Aleteia. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
Jump up ^ "Mary, Did You Know?". EWTN. EWTN. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
Jump up ^ Scheer, Holly (21 December 2016). "Why 'Mary Did You Know' Is The Most Biblically Illiterate Christmas Tune". The Federalist. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
Jump up ^ Erickson, Karl (30 December 2015). "What Did Mary Know?". Catholic 365. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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