Difference between revisions of "Everything is Beautiful (1970)"
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− | The song was successfully brought two trophies home for two wins at the Grammy Awards of 1971: Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Ray Stevens and Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance for Jake Hess. Stevens's recording | + | The song was successfully brought two trophies home for two wins at the Grammy Awards of 1971: Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Ray Stevens and Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance for Jake Hess. Stevens's recording sat on the 1st position on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in the summer of 1970. The song also spent three weeks in the adult contemporary songs chart.<ref>Joel Whitburn. Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. 2002. ''Record Research''. p. 231. Retrieved from [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Is_Beautiful# Wikipedia], February 1, 2021.</ref> |
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[[Category:Anti-Black Racism in Song Lyrics]] | [[Category:Anti-Black Racism in Song Lyrics]] |
Latest revision as of 09:48, 19 March 2021
Everything Is Beautiful is a song performed by Ray Stevens. The song was written and composed by Steven and has appeared on several of his albums, and has become a common pop standard in religious performances. For the hymn, the line "Jesus Loves the Little Children" were sung by the Oak Hill Elementary School choir from Nashville, Tennessee. Stevens's two daughters were also included in this group.[1]
Key Lyrics
And everything is beautiful in its own way
Like a starry summer night
On a snow covered winter's day, ah, sing it children
Everybody's beautiful in their own way
Under God's Heaven
The world's gonna find a way
We shouldn't care about the length of His hair
Of the color of His skin
Don't worry about what shows from without
But the love that lives within
Interpretation
Even though the song was actually a Christian praising song, it also includes anti-racist and pro-tolerance song for it accommodate important lyrics regarding racism such as "We shouldn't care 'bout the length of his hair/Or the color of his skin."[2]
Reception
The song was successfully brought two trophies home for two wins at the Grammy Awards of 1971: Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Ray Stevens and Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance for Jake Hess. Stevens's recording sat on the 1st position on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in the summer of 1970. The song also spent three weeks in the adult contemporary songs chart.[3]
Reference
- ↑ Everything Is Beautiful. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ↑ "Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens (Lyrics and Chords)". Guntheranderson.com. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ↑ Joel Whitburn. Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. 2002. Record Research. p. 231. Retrieved from Wikipedia, February 1, 2021.