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"The Battle Hymn of Love" is a song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music artists Kathy Mattea and Tim O'Brien. The song was recorded for Mattea's 1987 studio album Untasted Honey. It was released in July 1990 as the first single from her compilation album A Collection of Hits.
William Steffe (c.1830 – c.1890), born in South Carolina, United States, was a Philadelphia bookkeeper and insurance agent. He is credited with collecting and editing the musical tune for a camp-meeting song with the traditional "Glory Hallelujah" refrain, in about 1856. [1]
The album included "Battle Hymn of the Republic" which was released as a single and reached No. 9 on the Billboard singles chart. [3] The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on October 19, 1959, peaked at No. 1, and remained on that chart for 38 weeks. It was certified as a gold record by the RIAA. [4]
The British Methodist Hymn Book used in the mid 20th century had Walford Davies's Vision as the first tune, and the Battle Hymn as the second tune. [62] The progressive metal band Dream Theater utilise the lyrics of the Battle Hymn of the Republic at the end of their song "In the Name of God", the final song on their 2003 album Train of Thought.
Battle Hymn may refer to: Battle Hymn (1957), directed by Douglas Sirk; Battle Hymn, by B. Clay Moore and Jeremy Haun "Battle Hymn" (Manowar song) (1982), from Manowar's album Battle Hymns "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1861), popularized during the American Civil War "The Battle Hymn of the Reformation" (1527–1529), by Martin Luther
To a Latin text which depicts in short lines the stages of love in childhood, youth, manhood and old age, and finally ends as a hymn of praise in Heaven, Mr. Nielsen has written beautiful, natural and poetic music, which in its performance last evening could only have a directly appealing effect on the audience."
The bluegrass album Songs of the Civil War Era, self-published in November 2005 by ShoreGrass, contains a recording of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" in which the first and second stanzas of the Marching Song are included. Sweet Honey in the Rock recorded Truth's song in 1993 on their 20th anniversary album, Still on the Journey.
This is a comprehensive list of songs recorded by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. that were officially released. The list includes songs performed by the entire band only (Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe 1980 to 1997; Buck, Mills and Stipe 1998 to 2011).