"Joy!" is a song by the English rock band
Gay Dad
Gay Dad were an English rock band that formed in London in 1994 and broke up in 2002. The line-up of the band has included Cliff Jones (guitarist/vocalist), Nick "Baz" Crowe (drummer), James Riseboro (keyboardist), Nigel Hoyle (bassist) and ...
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
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Founded by YatarÅ Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group traces its origins to the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company that existed from 1870 to 194 ...
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
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. The finished track combines
Krautrock
Krautrock (also called , German for ) is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It originated among artists who blended elements of psychedelic rock, avant-garde composition, and electron ...
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
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'' interview, lead singer
Cliff Jones described the song as sounding "like a record that was made 10 minutes in the future".
Track listing
CD1
#"Joy!" (single edit) - 3:40
#"Sly" - 4:56
#"Desire" - 5:43
CD2
#"Joy!" (album version) - 5:00
#"Electrogeist" - 5:39
#"Twelve" - 4:14
10" Vinyl
#"Joy!" (album version) - 5:00
#"Desire" - 5:43
Cassette
#"Joy!" (single edit) - 3:40
#"Electrogeist" - 5:39
#"Sly" - 4:56
Charts
References
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1999 singles
1999 songs
Gay Dad songs
London Records singles