Joy to the World (Hoyt Axton song)

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This article is about Joy to the world, the pop song written by Hoyt Axton. For the Christmas carol see Joy to the World.

"Joy to the World" is a song written by Hoyt Axton, and made famous by the band Three Dog Night. The song is also popularly known by its incipit, "Jeremiah was a Bullfrog". The words are nonsensical. Axton wanted to convince his record producers to record a new melody he had written and the producers asked him to sing anything for words. He sat down and put these words to the tune.

Three Dog Night's version went to number one on the pop music charts in February 1971, and was on the band's album Naturally. It was also released on their albums Around the World With Three Dog Night (1973), ' (1974), The Best of 3 Dog Night (1982), and ' (1993).

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