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The song was developed on the band's warm-up tour during soundchecks. [3] [4] "Jacob's Ladder" uses several time and key signatures, and possesses a dark, ominous feel in its first half. The lyrics are based on a simple concept; a vision of sunlight breaking through storm clouds.
"Jacob's Ladder" uses multiple time signatures, and possesses a dark, ominous feel in its first half. Its lyrics are based on a simple concept: a vision of sunlight breaking through storm clouds. The title is a reference to the natural phenomenon of the sun breaking through the clouds in visible rays, which in turn is named after the Biblical ...
We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder is a spiritual. [1] As a folk song originating in a repressed culture, the song's origins are lost. Some academics believe it emerged as early as 1750, [ 3 ] and definitely no later than 1825, [ 4 ] and was composed by American slaves taken from the area now known as Liberia . [ 3 ]
Although the lyrics at the end of the song could be interpreted as mentions to the Biblical Jaccob's Ladder, the concept of the song is about a storm being formed and at the end of storms Crepuscular rays can often be seen -- and these rays are commonly named "Jaccob's Ladder" --Pinnecco 13:42, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
"Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)" is a song by English rock band Chumbawamba. An earlier version of the song, criticizing Winston Churchill , was included on their 2002 studio album Readymades , but in response to the incipient Iraq War , the group rewrote the song as a broader criticism of war.
"Jacob's Ladder" is a 1986 song written by Bruce Hornsby and his brother John Hornsby and recorded by Huey Lewis and the News. The song spent one week at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1987, [ 1 ] becoming the band's third and final number-one hit.
Fore! is the fourth studio album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released on August 20, 1986.The album was a commercial success, peaking at number one on the Billboard 200 and went on to score five top-ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, including the number-one hits "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder".
"Jacob's Ladder" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts at number 56 on the chart week of June 8, 1996. It spent 20 weeks on that chart, peaking at number 6 on the chart week of September 28. The song's B-side, "High Low and In Between," was released in October 1996 as the second single from Wills ...