美國鄉村樂天后［費絲希爾］－－聖誕經典翻唱－－管弦樂／唱詩班版的〔Joy to the World／普世歡騰〕

Joy to the world, the Lord is come

Let Earth receive her King

Let every heart prepare Him room

And heaven and nature sing

And heaven and nature sing

And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing

Joy to the world, the Savior reigns

Let all their songs employ

While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains

Repeat the sounding joy

Repeat the sounding joy

Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

He rules the world with truth and grace

And makes the nations prove

The glories of His righteousness

And wonders of His love

And wonders of His love

And wonders, wonders, of His love

Joy to the world, the Lord is come

Let Earth receive her King

Let every heart prepare Him room

And heaven and nature sing

And heaven and nature sing

And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing

２００８年９月　４１歲的美國鄉村樂天后費絲希爾（Faith Hill）推出事業第七張錄音室專輯──也是首張聖誕大碟 〔Joy to the World／普世歡騰〕

由她, Byron Gallimore, Dann Huff等製作,走結合鄉村與大樂隊的耶誕曲風

樂評良好。

大碟登上Billboard專輯榜＃１２　副榜－鄉村榜亞軍

至今在美國賣出８０萬張, 取得金唱片

專輯至少推出六首宣傳主打

標題曲［Joy to the World］亦是其中之一

歌詞由英國牧師Isaac Watts於所寫, １７１９年出版

至於其讚美詩旋律初期並不固定

目前流行版本是美國作曲家Lowell Mason於１９４８年編曲／出版的版本

至２０世紀末, ［Joy to the World］是北美洲出版最多的聖誕頌歌。

費絲版是結合管弦樂與唱詩班的風格

在合唱團的澎湃背景樂聲中, 希爾以她渾厚嗓音重新詮釋這首耶誕頌歌, 氣勢磅礡, 頗具成功。

此版登上Billboard副榜──鄉村單曲榜＃４４

成為費絲的聖誕歌曲佳作之一

MV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9vq0h0PZY0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uKZPqwZBAo

Live @ Rockefeller Center.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8VTiIHfdbI

AXS TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KnmIIosWGQ

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNZfgmlPofg