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"Joy to the World" is a song written by Hoyt Axton and made famous by the band Three Dog Night. The song is also popularly known by its opening lyric, " Jeremiah was a bullfrog ". Three Dog Night originally released the song on their fourth studio album , Naturally , in November 1970, and subsequently released an edited version of the song as a ...
The album is a compilation of hits from Three Dog Night's first four studio albums, including all nine single A-sides issued by the band to date. The album was released concurrently with the band's tenth single (not included on Golden Bisquits ), " Joy to the World ", from their previous album Naturally (1970).
"Liar" is a song written by Russ Ballard of Argent from their 1970 self-titled debut album. It was released as the band's first single, but did not chart. A version by Three Dog Night was released the following year and was featured on the band's album, Naturally. [1] It was the follow-up to the biggest hit of the band's career, "Joy to the World."
His composition "Joy to the World", performed by Three Dog Night, reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six straight weeks in 1971, making it the top hit of the year. He named his record label Jeremiah after the bullfrog mentioned in the song. [2]
Music group Three Dog Night, known for hits such as "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)”, “Joy to the World”, “Black and White”, “Shambala” coming to Columbus
Naturally is the fifth album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1970. It produced two top ten hits: "Joy to the World" (#1 in February 1971) [2] and "Liar" (#7). [3] "One Man Band" reached the top 20 (#19). [4] The only original by the band is the instrumental "Fire Eater".
Joy to the World was the top song on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1971. Seven of the group's albums were certified gold by the RIAA and their first LP, Three Dog Night, was certified platinum.
The commentary included in the CD set Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975 states that vocalist Danny Hutton's girlfriend, actress June Fairchild (best known as the "Ajax Lady" from the Cheech and Chong movie Up In Smoke) suggested the name after reading a magazine article about Aboriginal Australians, in which it was explained that on cold nights they would customarily sleep ...