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The song was subsequently released as a promotional single on November 18, 1998, by Ruffhouse Records and Columbia Records, peaking at number 77 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Hill performed "To Zion" live with Santana at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards (1999), and has included it on set lists for all of her concert tours. In retrospective ...
"Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken", also called "Zion, or the City of God", [1] is an 18th-century English hymn written by John Newton, who also wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace". Shape note composer Alexander Johnson set it to his tune "Jefferson" in 1818, [ 2 ] and as such it has remained in shape note collections such as the Sacred Harp ever ...
"Iron Lion Zion" is a song written and recorded in April 1973 [2] [3] or 1974 [4] by Jamaican singer and songwriter Bob Marley. It was first released posthumously on 7 September 1992 on the Songs of Freedom box set, reaching number five in the UK Singles Chart. The single also peaked within the top 10 in Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, the ...
"Tochter Zion, freue dich" (Daughter Zion, rejoice) is an Advent song in German. The text was written by Friedrich Heinrich Ranke , based on music derived from two of Handel 's oratorios. The song was published in 1826, assigned to the Entry into Jerusalem .
"Road to Zion" was the 2nd US single to be taken from Damian Marley's Welcome to Jamrock, while "The Master Has Come Back" was released in Europe. It contains a sample from "Russian Lullaby" by Ella Fitzgerald .
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Hatikvah (Hebrew: הַתִּקְוָה, romanized: hattiqvā, ; lit. ' The Hope ') is the national anthem of the State of Israel.Part of 19th-century Jewish poetry, the theme of the Romantic composition reflects the 2,000-year-old desire of the Jewish people to return to the Land of Israel in order to reclaim it as a free and sovereign nation-state.
The rhythms of these chants were eventually an influence of popular ska, rocksteady and reggae music. Niyabinghi chants include: "400 Million Blackman" "400 Years" (its lyrics influenced Peter Tosh's "400 Years") "Babylon In I Way" "Babylon Throne Gone Down" (arranged by Bob Marley to "Rastaman Chant" in 1973) "Banks of the River" "Behold Jah live"