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Caricaturing rousing a cappella songs, the song exploits frequent a cappella customs such as fake words, grinning "like you know Jesus personally", and a male beatboxer. [6] The song includes rock and rap, and a cappella members make trumpet and drum sounds. [7] One of Ylvis' fictional words is "Boodelooap", a fictional Nigerian soft drink.
Media exposure included television appearances, while the song "More Precious Than Gold" became the centerpiece of a Sony Camcorder television commercial and was broadcast across the USA. Hymns For All The World helped to increase the group's exposure internationally. Acappella has toured extensively around the world, singing in Africa ...
"Hymn" is a song from Ultravox's sixth studio album Quartet. Released as the album's second single on 19 November 1982, it reached #11 on the UK Singles Chart [ 1 ] and the Top 10 in Germany and Switzerland.
The single received universally positive reviews. Pitchfork Media gave the song a positive review, rating the track an 8 [out of a possible 10] and saying: "'Acapella' is a smooth, Donna Summer-style track with Kelis as an icy electro queen, a robotic embrace of house's metronomic bliss."
Music performed a cappella (/ ˌ ɑː k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AH kə-PEL-ə, UK also / ˌ æ k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AK ə-PEL-ə, Italian: [a kkapˈpɛlla]; [1] lit. ' in [the style of] the chapel '), less commonly spelled a capella in English, [2] is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment.
Hymns for the Celebration of Life, The Unitarian Universalist Association (1964) Liberal Religious Youth Ohio Valley Federation Songs for Triangle Club of All Souls Unitarian Church, Assembled by Mike Selmmanoff (1964–65), Reprinted by E.O. Davisson (1966) [644] Hymns for Living, General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (1985)
[10] Dario Usuelli, PD at EHR Radio Deejay Network/Milan commented, "It is a fast danceable pop song without pretention and has a good strong dance rhythm for the clubs." [ 11 ] James Hamilton from Music Week ' s RM Dance Update called it a "typical breezy synth buzzed chanting italo techno-pop scamperer". [ 12 ]
The song was also covered by the American a cappella group Home Free in 2017. [10] The song was also covered by the American rock band Of Mice & Men in 2021. The cover was included in their third EP Ad Infinitum and their seventh studio album Echo. [11] The song was also covered by the American band Foxes and Fossils in 2013. [12]