Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

~ Recording by Amy Grant

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:55Amy GrantA Christmas AlbumAmy GrantAlbum
  • US1983-09-27
Myrrh (Christian music record label)
1.2Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:55Amy GrantA Christmas Album (BMG Club Edition)Amy GrantAlbum
  • US1983-09-27
A&M Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)CD 5057, D 114811
1.2Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:56Amy GrantA Christmas AlbumAmy GrantAlbum
A&M Records7-01-676827-9, CD 5057
1.2Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:56Amy GrantA Christmas AlbumAmy GrantAlbum
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)RCA 07863 66259-2
1.2Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:54Amy GrantA Christmas Album (12" Vinyl)Amy GrantAlbum
Myrrh (Christian music record label)7-01-676806-6
1.2Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:56Amy GrantA Christmas Album (club edition)Amy GrantAlbum
A&M RecordsCD 5057
1.5Hark the Herald Angels Sing2:56Amy GrantThe Christmas CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CDXMAS1
1.2Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:56Amy GrantA Christmas Album (Reissue of 1983 release)Amy GrantAlbum
Reunion Records (US Christian music label from Franklin, Tennessee)REND-24397
1.12Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:57Amy GrantHoliday Sounds of the Season 2000Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-07
BMG Special ProductsDRK12850
1.12Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:58Amy GrantHoliday Sounds of the Season 2000Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-07
BMG Special ProductsDRC12850
2.3Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:56Amy GrantCasey Kasem Presents: All-Time Christmas FavoritesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-09-14
EMI Music Special Markets, Top Sail Productions72435-71881 2-8, TSP 71901-2
1.8Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:56Amy GrantThe Christmas CollectionAmy GrantAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-09-30
Sparrow Records (Christian artist label)
1.9Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:55Amy GrantHave Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasAmy GrantAlbum + Compilation
EMI Christian Music Group (renamed in 2013 as Capitol Christian Music Group or Capitol CMG)5099908729224
1.6Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:56Amy GrantBreath Of Heaven: The Christmas CollectionAmy GrantAlbum + Compilation
  • US2012-10-31
Sparrow Records (Christian artist label)5099963541427
1.6Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:55Amy GrantIcon ChristmasAmy GrantAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-09-30
Sparrow Records (Christian artist label)B002163202
1.10Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:55Amy GrantThe Ultimate Christmas PlaylistAmy GrantAlbum + Compilation
  • US2015-11-27
Amy Grant Productions
1.36Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:56Amy GrantChristmas Hits, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP
1.6Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:55Amy GrantThe Best Christmas Album in the World… Ever! 2021Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2021-09-11
FP
1.1Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:55Amy GrantChristmas: Celebrate the JoyAmy GrantEP + Compilation
  • US2021-12-24
FP
1.27Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (2007 digital remaster)2:55Amy GrantChristmas 2022Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2022-04-08
FP
1.67Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (2007 Digital remaster)2:55Amy GrantBest Christmas Hits EverVarious ArtistsCompilation
  • -2022-11-16
FP
1.66Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:55Amy GrantBest Christmas Music of all TimeVarious ArtistsCompilation
  • -2023-12-01
FP
1.24Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:55Amy GrantThe Best Christmas Album in the World… Ever! 2023Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2023-12
Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)
1.29Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:55Amy Grant80s/90s Christmas MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2024-11-01
FP
1.2Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:55Amy GrantA Christmas AlbumAmy GrantAlbum
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)
Bootleg
1.7Hark the Herald Angels Sing2:58Amy GrantSomethin' About Christmas Time, Vol. 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Remix + DJ-mix + Mixtape/Street
  • US2000-12-12
16 Paws Production
Withdrawn
1.73Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (2007 digital remaster)2:55Amy GrantRock Christmas 2022 - The Very Best OfVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2022-10-05
FP
(unknown)
1.6Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:56Amy GrantHappy Holidays, Vol. 28 True ValueVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
RCA Special Products (a label of BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.)DPC1-1107
1.2Hark! The Herald Angels Sing?:??Amy GrantSongs Of ChristmasAmy GrantCompilation
EMI Music Special Markets, Music Catalogue Cracker Barrel Old Country Store509992-37315-2-3, CR03002

Relationships

acoustic guitar:Jon Goin
bass:Mike Brignardello
drums (drum set):Paul Leim
horn, strings and woodwind:The Martyn Ford Orchestra
keyboard:Shane Keister
percussion:Victor Feldman (jazz musician)
piano:Michael W. Smith (Christian pop-rock singer)
background vocals and lead vocals:Amy Grant
choir vocals:The Hollywood Presbyterian Choir
chorus master:Fred Bock (organist, choir director, composer, arranger, and music publisher)
horn arranger, woodwind arranger and choir vocals arranger:Alan Moore (instrumental arranger)
instruments arranger:Alan Moore (instrumental arranger)
concertmaster:Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
recording of:Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol) (cover)

Related works

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)

additional lyricist:George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:William H. Cummings (in 1855)
referred to in medleys:(Hark, The Herald) Angels Dream
A Majestic Christmas Theme
Angels We Have Heard on High / Hark the Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful
Christmas Train (medley)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Gloria (in excelsis Deo)
Hark! The Herald Angels We Have Heard on High
Medley: O Come All Ye Faithful / Angels We Have Heard on High / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Medley: Hark the Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful (order: 1)
Medley: The First Noel / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / O Come, All Ye Faithful / We Wish You a Merry Christmas (order: 2)
The March of the Kings / Hark the Herald Angels Sing (order: 2)
Noëls pour cordes (Christmas Carols for Strings) (order: 3)
The Merry Christmas Medley: We Wish You a Merry Christmas / Angels From the Realms of Glory / Hark the Herald Angels Sing / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (order: 3)
A Christmas Festival (order: 5)
later parody versions:Hark! The Herald Angels Rap
皆因一經過六四
later translated versions:Clywch Lu’r Nef yn Seinio’n Un
Clywch y Ddwyfol Sanctaidd Gân
Debespulks dzied apstarots (Latvian version of English "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing")
Hamau! Na Anelá
Hoor de eng'len zingen d'eer
Hoor, de engelen zingen de eer
天には栄え (Japanese version of “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”)
新生王
later versions:Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (John Ferguson arrangement)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Die Toten Hosen arrangement)
Hark! The Herald Angels Swing
Høyr kor englar syng frå sky
is the basis for:Ghost of Christmas Past
Hark! The Merry Gentleman, op. 90
Jailhouse Angels
Paraphrase on ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’
Postlude on "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
Suite on Famous Christmas Carols: III. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
With One Voice
arrangements:"Bark!" The Herald Angels Sing
Enkellaulu kajahtaa (translated)
Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Bob Dylan arrangement)
Hark the Herald Angels Sing (arr. Scott Kritzer)
Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Vince Guaraldi arr.)
Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Gordon Jenkins arr.)
Hark the Herald Angels Sing (arr. Barry)
Hark! the herald angels sing (arr. Ledger)
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (Sovereign Grace version)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (descant and organ arr. Philip Ledger)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr. Willcocks)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr. Paulus)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr. Feller)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing