Joy to the World!

~ Recording by Mahalia Jackson

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5Joy to the World2:25Mahalia JacksonSilent Night: Songs for ChristmasMahalia JacksonAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CS 8703
1.5Joy to the World2:25Mahalia JacksonSilent Night: Songs for ChristmasMahalia JacksonAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)S 62130
1.5Joy to the World2:25Mahalia JacksonSilent Night: Songs for ChristmasMahalia JacksonAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CDCBS 62130
1.7Joy to the World!2:25Mahalia JacksonThe Christmas SongsMahalia JacksonAlbum + Compilation
  • -1989
World Star CollectionWSC 99952
1.16Joy to the World2:23Mahalia Jackson16 Most Requested Songs ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.16Joy to the World2:23Mahalia Jackson with Johnny Williams and his OrchestraChristmas: 16 Most Requested SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 48947
1.5Joy to the World2:25Mahalia JacksonSilent Night: Songs for ChristmasMahalia JacksonAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)WCK-38304
1.7Joy to the World2:24Mahalia JacksonChristmas Favorites: Music for the HolidaysVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsA 28194
1.16Joy to the World2:23Mahalia Jackson16 Most Requested Songs ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.5Joy to the World!2:26Mahalia JacksonSilent Night: Songs for ChristmasMahalia JacksonAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697392242
1.10Joy to the World2:25Mahalia JacksonGospel ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-11-23
Nagel Heyer Records
1.12Joy to the World!2:26Mahalia JacksonChristmas with Mahalia JacksonMahalia JacksonAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2013-09-27
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88725 41198 2
2.4Joy to the World2:24Mahalia JacksonJazz ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • IT2022-11-29
Mondadori Media S.p.A.
(unknown)
1.13Joy to the World2:24Mahalia JacksonMahalia JacksonMahalia JacksonAlbum + Compilation
56148

Relationships

producer:Irving Townsend
vocals:Mahalia Jackson
recording of:Joy to the World (Christmas carol)

Related works

Joy to the World (Christmas carol)

lyricist:Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:Lowell Mason (in 1839)
referred to in medleys:Christmas Train (medley)
Jingle Bells Medley (Psalty’s Christmas Calamity)
Joy to the Wonderful World
A Christmas Festival (order: 1)
Joy to the World / It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (order: 1)
Noëls pour cordes (Christmas Carols for Strings) (order: 1)
Kuklapolitan Christmas Carol Medley (order: 2)
Medley: Deck the Halls / Joy to the World / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (order: 2)
Christmas Medley (Pokémon) (order: 4)
“Unbegun” Symphony: Andante—Allegro (order: 12)
later parody versions:Cobb to the World
Joy to the Phone
乜鬼都買
later translated versions:Līksmi lai skan (Latvian version of English "Joy to the World")
Nu is er hoop
O Newydd Llon
Riemuita saa (translated by V. Arti)
Riemuita saa! (translated by Hilkka Norkamo)
もろびとこぞりて
later versions:Joy to the World (Dave Brubeck's arrangement)
is the basis for:Good King Joy
Joy to the World (Mariah Carey song, based off both the Christmas carol and the Hoyt Axton/Three Dog Night song)
PDX-mas Carol
Suite on Famous Christmas Carols: I. Joy to the World!
arrangements:Joy to the World (Geoff Zanelli's arrangement)
Joy to the World (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
Joy to the World (Peter Cardinali arrangement)
Joy to the World
Joy to the World (John Rutter's arrangement)
Joy to the World (arr. Johnson and Ricketts)
Joy to the World (arr. Keyte & Parrott)
Joy to the World (arr. Aly and AJ)
Joy to the World (arr. Scott Kritzer)
Joy to the World (Pentatonix arrangement)
Joy to the World (trad. arr. by The Mighty Fine Band)
Joy to the World (arr. Bruce Cockburn)
Joy to the World (arr. Nossa Bossa Nova) (translated)
Joy to the World (Psalty's Family Christmas Sing Along - arr Rettino/Kerner)
Joy to the World (Carla Bley arrangement)
Joy to the World (arr. Berry & Howard)
Joy to the World (lo‐fi arrangement)
Joy to the World
Joy to the World (Spider-Verse)
Joy to the World (Jingle Bells) (Psalty)
Joy to the World (Our God Reigns) (Sovereign Grace version of Joy to the World)
Joy to the World (Unspeakable Joy)
Joy to the World! (arr. John Carter)
music quoted in:Kiss’in Christmas
lyrics quoted in:Joy (To the World)
Kiss’in Christmas