Amazing Grace (popular hymn first published 1779, catch‐all)
~ Song
Annotation
The tune currently commonly associated with Amazing Grace is an anonymous folk tune.
This tune has been identified variously as, Harmony Grove (which for years had James Carrell and David Clayton misattributed as its composers) and also, New Britain to which William Walker set Newton's words.
"New Britain", (itself an amalgamation of two melodies "Gallaher" and "St. Mary") was published with the John Newton's lyrics by Charles H. Spilman and Benjamin Shaw in 1829.
Annotation last modified on 2017-10-10 06:55 UTC.
Relationships
| publisher: | Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education) |
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| lyricist and writer: | John Newton (English poet) (in 1779) |
| additional composer: | Edwin Othello Excell |
| composer: | [anonymous] (special purpose artist) [traditional] (special purpose artist) |
| publisher: | Carlin Music Corporation EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) Patterdale Music Ltd. Rokstone Music Ltd. Universal Classics & Jazz (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher – do NOT use as a release label) イーエムアイ音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present) |
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| part of: | Viisikielinen (Song book of "Viides herätysliike") (number: 94) (order: 3) |
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| Wikidata: | Q210211 [info] |
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| referred to in medleys: | But for Your Grace (with Amazing Grace) Waarheen, waarvoor (Mieke Telkamp song) |
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| later translated versions: | Amazing Grace (in Navajo) Amazing Grace (in Sioux) Eine Nacht, die ich nie mehr vergessen kann On armo suuri, ihmeinen Pererin Wyf So a Segen Žēlastība アメイジング・グレイス アメイジング・グレイス |
| later versions: | Amazing Grace (Heinz Gietz's arrangement of the hymn, ~1979) Amazing Grace (incl. 4th verse by Beecher-Stowe) |
| is the basis for: | Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) Amazing Grace (Jonathan Richman’s version) Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace) C'est Noël, joie sur la Terre! Grace Flows Down Grace Like Rain Prière (Amazing Grace) Your Amazing Grace 仁愛的心 奇異恩典 |
| arrangements: | Amazing Grace (Keith McCutchen's ~2005 arrangement of the hymn) Amazing Grace (John Rutter's arrangement of the popular hymn) Amazing Grace (Mark O’Connor arrangement) Amazing Grace (House of the Rising Sun arrangement) Amazing Grace (Yes arrangement) Amazing Grace (arrangement by Himes of the hymn, for brass band) Amazing Grace (for wind ensemble, Maldonado) Amazing Grace (arr. Daniel Lanois) Amazing Grace (Mullaney and Abbott's arrangement of the hym, ~1972) Amazing Grace (Ernie Rettino/Debby Kerner Rettino arrangement) Amazing Grace (Justin Bolger, O.P. arrangement) Amazing Grace (for piano, Walden) Amazing Grace (Destiny's Child version) Amazing Grace (Hamiet Bluiett/World Saxophone Quartet arrangement) Amazing Grace (Giddens/Turrisi version) Amazing Grace (Carla Bley arrangement) Amazing Grace Amazing Grace (arrangement by Rebecca Lynne, John Booth, and William Tillis) アメイジング・グレイス (Flute Ensemble Triptyque arrangement) アメイジング・グレイス (Michiaki Kato Arrangement) |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1947 | Amazing Grace | Mahalia Jackson | 3:35 | |
| 1951-02-21 | Amazing Grace (1951-02-21) | Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Rosette Gospel Singers | 3:26 | |
| 1963-04-08 | Amazing Grace | Reno and Smiley | 2:58 | |
| 1971-03-15 | Amazing Grace | cover | Elvis Presley | 3:35 |
| 1971-03-15 | Amazing Grace | cover | Elvis Presley | 3:36 |
| 1971-03-15 | Amazing Grace (alternate take 2) | cover | Elvis Presley | 3:26 |
| 1971-03-15 | Amazing Grace (takes 1 – 2) | cover | Elvis Presley | 5:28 |
| 1971-05-13 | Amazing Grace (live, 1971-05-13: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK) | live | The Byrds | 2:31 |
| 1972-01-13 | Amazing Grace (live, 1972-01-13: New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Aretha Franklin | 16:11 |
| 1972-01-13 | Amazing Grace (live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, January 13, 1972) (single edit) | cover and live | Aretha Franklin | 12:41 |
| 1972-01-13 | Amazing Grace (live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, January 13, 1972) (single edit) | cover and live | Aretha Franklin | 12:41 |
| 1972-01-13 | Amazing Grace (live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, January 13, 1972) (single edit) | cover and live | Aretha Franklin | 12:41 |
| 1972-01-13 – 1972-01-14 | Amazing Grace (live, 1972-01: New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Aretha Franklin | 10:49 |
| 1972-11-16 | Amazing Grace | Hubert Laws | 7:20 | |
| 1973-03-17 | Amazing Grace Tuneup / Introduction | live and partial | New Riders of the Purple Sage | 1:25 |
| 1973-09-26 | You Don’t Love Me / Amazing Grace (live, 1973: Winterland) | cover, live and medley | The Allman Brothers Band | 10:49 |
| 1973-10 | Borstal Boy / Amazing Grace | live and medley | Rod Stewart / Faces | 9:57 |
| 1974-06-17 | Amazing Grace | Johnny Cash | 2:28 | |
| 1975-07 – 1975-08 | Amazing Grace (live, 1975) | live | Joan Baez | 4:26 |
| 1977-04-25 | Amazing Grace | instrumental | Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan | 4:23 |
| 1978-05 | Amazing Grace | instrumental | Leroy Mack | 2:35 |
| 1979-10-06 | Medley: Some Have Fathers Over Yonder / In the Sweet By and By / Down at the Cross / Nearer My God to Thee / Amazing Grace / Mother’s Not Dead | medley | Rev. Howard Finster | 4:44 |
| 1979-12 | Amazing Grace | cover and instrumental | Billy Lang | 2:19 |
| 1980-09-20 – 1980-09-21 | Amazing Grace | Rose Maddox with The Vern Williams Band | 5:00 | |
| 1981-05 | Amazing Grace | The Ambrosian Singers, Jessye Norman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson | 3:22 | |
| 1982-05-03 | Amazing Grace | James Horner | 1:28 | |
| 1984-10-04 | Amazing Grace (live, 1984-10-04: Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ, USA) | cover and live | Hüsker Dü | 4:17 |
| 1984-10-06 | Amazing Grace (live, 1984‐10‐06: Psychedelly, Bethesda, MD, USA) | cover and live | Hüsker Dü | ?:?? |
| 1984 | Amazing Grace | live | SKRUK & Suløen | 4:42 |
| 1985-01-25 | Amazing Grace (live, 1985-01-25: Ice Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden) | live | U2 | 1:36 |
| 1985-03-21 | The Electric Co. | cover, live and partial | U2 | 8:35 |
| 1985-03-21 | The Electric Co. (live, 1985-03-21: University of Illinois Pavilion, Chicago, IL, USA) | cover, live and partial | U2 | 8:36 |
| 1985-07-13 | Amazing Grace (live, 1985‐07‐13: Live Aid 1985, JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Joan Baez | 1:29 |
| 1985-07-13 | Amazing Grace (live, 1985-07-13: Live Aid 1985) | cover and live | Joan Baez | 1:55 |
| 1985-07-13 | Amazing Grace (live, 1985-07-13: Wembley Stadium, London, England, UK) | cover | Joan Baez | 1:16 |
| 1985-11-24 | Amazing Grace | live | Morriston Orpheus Choir | 3:40 |
| 1986-01-07 | Amazing Grace | instrumental | Chet Baker | 3:42 |
| 1986-01-29 | Gospel Favourites (Medley): Amazing Grace / I'll Fly Away / Will the Circle Be Unbroken / I Saw the Light (live, 1986-01-29: Church Street Station, Orlando, Florida) | live and medley | Tammy Wynette | 4:33 |
| 1987 | Amazing Grace | cover and live | John Farnham | 4:27 |
| 1988-01 | Amazing Grace | David Murray | 5:40 | |
| 1989-12-01 | Love Rescue Me / Amazing Grace | cover, live and partial | U2 | 6:12 |
| 1989 | Amazing Grace | cover | Sissel Kyrkjebø | 4:05 |
| 1991-04-09 | Amazing Grace (live, 1991‐04‐09: Civic Centre, Pensacola, FL, USA) | cover and live | Yes | 1:23 |
| 1991-04-09 | Amazing Grace (live, 1991‐04‐09: Civic Centre, Pensacola, FL, USA) | cover and live | Yes | 1:52 |
| 1991-04-17 | Whitefish / Tempus Fugit / Amazing Grace (live, 1991‐04‐17: Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA) | cover, live and medley | Yes | 8:43 |
| 1991-04-17 | Whitefish / Tempus Fugit / Amazing Grace (live, 1991‐04‐17: Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA) | cover, live and medley | Yes | 9:26 |
| 1991-04-20 | Long Distance Runaround / Whitefish / Tempus Fugit / Amazing Grace (live, 1991‐04‐20: Nassau Coliseum, New York, NY, USA) | cover, live and medley | Yes | 12:52 |
| 1991-04-20 | Whitefish / Amazing Grace (live, 1991‐04‐20: Nassau Coliseum, New York, NY, USA) | cover, live and medley | Yes | 9:36 |
| 1991-05-09 | Whitefish / Amazing Grace (live, 1991‐05‐09: McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, CO, USA) | cover, live and medley | Yes | 9:47 |
| 1991-05-09 | Whitefish / Tempus Fugit / Amazing Grace (live, 1991‐05‐09: McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, CO, USA) | cover, live and medley | Yes | 9:46 |
| 1991-05-31 | Long Distance Runaround / Whitefish / Tempus Fugit / Amazing Grace (live, 1991‐05‐31: Hanns‐Martin‐Schleyer‐Halle, Stuttgart, Germany) | cover, live and medley | Yes | 13:41 |
| 1991-06-29 | Long Distance Runaround / Whitefish / Tempus Fugit / Amazing Grace (live, 1991‐06‐29: Wembley Arena, London, UK) | cover, live and medley | Yes | 14:19 |
| 1991-07-15 | Saving My Heart / Whitefish / Tempus Fugit / Amazing Grace (live, 1991‐07‐15: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | cover, live and medley | Yes | 14:42 |
| 1991-07-15 | Whitefish / Amazing Grace (live, 1991‐07‐15: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | cover, live and medley | Yes | 10:03 |
| 1991-07-26 | Amazing Grace (live, 1991‐07‐26: Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI, USA) | cover and live | Yes | 1:45 |
| 1991-08-08 | Whitefish / Amazing Grace (5.1 mix) | cover, live and medley | Yes | 10:47 |
| 1991-08-08 | Whitefish / Amazing Grace (stereo mix) (live, 1991‐08‐08: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA) | cover, live and medley | Yes | 10:47 |
| 1991-08-08 | Whitefish / Tempus Fugit / Amazing Grace (live, 1991‐08‐08: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA) | cover, live and medley | Yes | 10:03 |
| 1991-11-03 | Amazing Grace | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 5:06 |
| 1991-11-03 | Amazing Grace (encore II) (live, 1991‐11‐03: Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | ?:?? |
| 1991 | Whitefish / Amazing Grace (live, 1991‐08‐08: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA) | cover, live and medley | Yes | 9:58 |
| 1992-01-18 | Amazing Grace | Cyrus Chestnut Trio | 6:21 | |
| 1992-03-04 | Whitefish / Tempus Fugit / Amazing Grace (live, 1992‐03‐04: Bunka Taiikukan, Yokohama, Japan) | cover, live and medley | Yes | 9:23 |
| 1992-03 | Amazing Grace | Fats Domino | 3:28 | |
| 1992-12-23 | Amazing Grace | live | Diana Ross, Wiener Symphoniker, Vjekoslav Šutej | 5:46 |
| 1993-02-03 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-02-03: Portland Expo, Portland, ME, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 1:57 |
| 1993-02-04 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-02-04: Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 3:51 |
| 1993-02-04 – 1993-02-05 | Amazing Grace | cover | Jerry Garcia, David Grisman & Tony Rice | 4:55 |
| 1993-02-04 – 1993-02-05 | Amazing Grace | Jerry Garcia, David Grisman & Tony Rice | 5:18 | |
| 1993-02-04 – 1993-02-05 | Amazing Grace (run through) | Jerry Garcia, David Grisman & Tony Rice | 5:11 | |
| 1993-02-05 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-02-05: Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:11 |
| 1993-02-09 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-02-09: Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 3:48 |
| 1993-02-11 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-02-11: Haas Center for the Arts, Bloomsburg, PA, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:26 |
| 1993-02-12 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-02-12: Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:29 |
| 1993-02-13 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-02-13: Bob Carpenter Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:08 |
| 1993-02-15 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-02-15: Memorial Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:25 |
| 1993-02-19 | Amazing Grace (live, At the Roxy 1993) | cover and live | Phish | 3:21 |
| 1993-02-22 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-02-22: The Moon, Tallahassee, FL, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 3:04 |
| 1993-02-25 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-02-25: The Cameo Theatre, Miami Beach, FL, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 1:06 |
| 1993-03-05 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-03-05: Deep Ellum Live, Dallas, TX, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:13 |
| 1993-03-16 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-03-16: Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:15 |
| 1993-03-17 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-03-17: The Palace, Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:19 |
| 1993-03-19 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-03-19: The Greek Theatre, Redlands, CA, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:10 |
| 1993-03-22 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-03-22: Crest Theatre, Sacramento, CA, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:39 |
| 1993-03-24 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-03-24: Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:03 |
| 1993-03-26 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-03-26: Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 3:02 |
| 1993-03-30 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-03-28: Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 1:40 |
| 1993-04-02 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-04-02: Mt. Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 1:48 |
| 1993-04-16 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-04-16: The Macauley Theater, Louisville, KY, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:12 |
| 1993-04-18 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-04-18: Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 1:49 |
| 1993-04-20 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-04-20: Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 1:40 |
| 1993-04-22 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-04-22: The Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:15 |
| 1993-04-24 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-04-24: Cheel Arena, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:25 |
| 1993-04-27 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-04-27: Concert Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) | cover and live | Phish | 2:10 |
| 1993-04-30 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-04-30: Sports Center, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 1:41 |
| 1993-05-03 | Amazing Grace (live, 1993‐05‐03: State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 1:54 |
| 1993-05-05 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-05-05: Palace Theatre, Albany, NY, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:52 |
| 1993-05-07 | Amazing Grace (live bootleg, 1993-05-07: Bangor Auditorium, Bangor, ME, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:02 |
| 1993-05-08 | Amazing Grace (live, 1993-05-08: UNH Fieldhouse, Durham, NH, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 1:43 |
| 1993-05-08 | Amazing Grace Jam (live, 1993-05-08: UNH Fieldhouse, Durham, NH, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 5:19 |
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