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Language
English
ISWC
T-070.241.385-1 BMI, ISWC
Comments
Originally written for an animated TV special called 'The Happy Song' that never materialized. Axton, who was a popular country music singer and songwriter from Oklahoma, pitched the song to Three Dog Night while he opened for them on a tour.
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IRVING MUSIC BMI
IRVING MUSIC GEMA
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Versions

written by English

Title Performer Release date Info
November 18, 1970 First release
Sampled by The Delegates [US2]
Hit song
(Bill Wellings) April 1971
May 5, 1971
May 1971
June 1971
August 9, 1971
October 5, 1971
October 1971
October 1971
1971 Medley
1971
1971
1971 Medley
1971
1971
1971
November 1972 Medley
1972
1973
Joy to the World Swing Ryders 1973 Unverified
1974
1974
1974
1982
1990 A cappella
November 1, 1994 Medley
1994
December 1995
1995
1997
1997 Medley
June 22, 1999
April 8, 2004 A cappella
August 8, 2006
March 1, 2008
December 25, 2008
August 14, 2009 Released more than 10 years after its recording
April 13, 2010 A cappella
November 19, 2010 Medley
July 12, 2011 Live
Medley
October 11, 2011
2012 A cappella
Live
April 23, 2013 Medley
2013
January 26, 2018
October 2018 A cappella
December 17, 2018
May 22, 2020
November 12, 2021 Medley
December 14, 2023 Medley