"Joy"
Single by Apollo 100
B-side"Exercise in A Minor"
ReleasedDecember 1971
Recorded1971
GenreProgressive pop, baroque pop
LabelMega Records
Songwriter(s)Bach
Apollo 100 singles chronology
"Joy"
(1971) 		"Mendelssohn's 4th (Second Movement)"
(1972)

"Joy" is a 1971 instrumental pop hit record by Apollo 100. It is a contemporary rendition of a 1723 composition by Johann Sebastian Bach entitled "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", shortened to simply "Joy".

The song reached number 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in January 1972 and number 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, "Joy" reached number 24.[1] It is ranked as the 71st biggest U.S. hit of 1972.[2]

Chart history

Other versions

The Ventures released a version of "Joy" in 1972. They reached number 109 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1972-02-26. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  2. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". www.musicoutfitters.com.
  3. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz.
  5. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  6. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - IS=BN 0-89820-089-X
  7. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". www.musicoutfitters.com.
  8. ^ Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004

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Chamber music and orchestral works by, and transcriptions after, Johann Sebastian Bach
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