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*[[Joy (EP)|Joy]], a three-song EP by American punk band the [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]] |
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*"[[Joy (The Stalin)|Joy]]", the first album by Japanese punk rock band [[The Stalin|Stalin]]. |
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*joy and JOY, a single and album by Japanese singer [[Yuki Isoya|YUKI]] |
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*"Joy", a song by [[Against Me!]] from their album ''[[Searching for a Former Clarity]]'' |
*"Joy", a song by [[Against Me!]] from their album ''[[Searching for a Former Clarity]]'' |
Revision as of 17:02, 24 July 2007
Look up joy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Joy is the overflow of a thankful heart. The reunion of a lost son to his father. A delight in the goodness of others. A delight in the very character of the supreme nature of the universe such that it affects and permeates all interactions with others.
Joy an emotion of great happiness.
Joy may also refer to:
People
- Alfred Harrison Joy (1882–1973), American astronomer
- Bill Joy, computer pioneer
- Norman H. Joy, British coleopterist (also, his Practical Handbook of British Beetles, which is often referred to by coleopterists simply as "Joy")
- Robert Joy, Canadian character actor
- C. Turner Joy
- Joseph Francis Joy, American inventor and founder of Joy Mining Machinery
- Joy Behar, American comedian, TV host of The View, and actress
- Joy Giovanni, WWE diva
- Henry Bourne Joy, automobile businessman
- Joy Williams, Christian singer
- Joy Enriquez, American singer who had success in the early 2000's
- Joy Gresham, American writer and wife of C.S.Lewis
- Joy Grieveson, British track and field athlete
- Joy Barrow, Guyanese/African American model
Literature
- Joy (novel), a 1990 novel by Marsha Hunt
- Joy series of erotic novels by Joy Laurey
- "Ode to Joy" ("An die Freude" in German), an ode written in 1785 by the German poet and historian Friedrich Schiller
- Surprised by Joy, an autobiographical work by C.S. Lewis
Music
- The fourth and final movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, also called "Ode to Joy"; inspired by the poem of Schiller
- Joy to the World, the title of a Christmas carol and several other songs
- "Joy", the final album by The Skids
- "Joy", a band from Austria
- Joy, a three-song EP by American punk band the Minutemen
- "Joy", the first album by Japanese punk rock band The Stalin.
- joy and JOY, a single and album by Japanese singer YUKI
- "Joy", a song by Against Me! from their album Searching for a Former Clarity
- "Joy", a song by Lucinda Williams on her album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
- "Joy", a song by VNV Nation on their album Praise the Fallen
- "Joy", a song by Mick Jagger on his album Goddess in the Doorway
- "A Joy", a song by Four Tet on his album Everything Ecstatic
- Joy Division, a band from the United Kingdom
- Joy Records, a record label
- Joy Electric, a one-man electropop/synth pop/Christian group consisting of Ronnie Martin.
- "Joy" A band from Australia in the '80s
Miscellaneous
- Joy (programming language), a concatenative functional language
- Joy Melbourne, a radio station in Melbourne, Australia
- Joy (crater), a crater on the Moon
- Joy dishwashing liquid, a brand name of detergent products produced by Procter & Gamble
- Joystick, a computer game control device
- Nurse Joy, a set of similar looking characters from the fictional Pokémon franchise that operate the Pokémon Centers.