Hymn (Moby song)

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"Hymn"
Hymn-Moby.jpg
Single by Moby
from the album Everything Is Wrong
B-side "All That I Need Is to Be Loved"
ReleasedMay 16, 1994 (1994-05-16) [1]
Length
  • 3:17 (album version)
  • 3:45 (single version)
Label Mute
Songwriter(s) Moby
Producer(s) Moby
Moby singles chronology
"All That I Need Is to Be Loved"
(1993)
"Hymn"
(1994)
"Feeling So Real"
(1994)
Music video
"Hymn" on YouTube

"Hymn" is a song by American electronica musician Moby. It was released on May 16, 1994 by Mute Records as the first single from the musician's third studio album, Everything Is Wrong (1995). The single version, which was radically remixed from the album original and retitled "Hymn (This Is My Dream)", peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart and number three in Finland. A 33-minute ambient remix was also released, titled as "Hymn.Alt.Quiet.Version". The accompanying music video for "Hymn" was directed by English director Walter Stern, [2] [3] featuring Moby performing with silver bodypaint.

Contents

Critical reception

Steve Baltin from Cash Box described "Hymn" as a "beautiful piano tune". [4] Andy Beevers from Music Week gave it four out of five and named it Pick of the Week in the category of Dance. He wrote, "Moby can always be relied on to come up with a novel and commercial twist on the house formula. This time he goes for a full-blown choral treatment with the hard-edged synth sounds." [5] Stuart Bailie from NME said the track "is actually a blinder — mighty banks of angels all giving it their best hosannas and these unreal whizzing effects giving you the impression that you're zooming through the clouds, en route to a meeting with the great man himself." [6] Another editor, Ben Willmott wrote in the magazine's Vibes cloumn, "More very commercial party techno from Moby — this is no doubt chartbound, although Laurent Garnier's mix and the forthcoming 33 minute 'Mobient' mix are both far superior to the original version that'll be shoved down our airwaves." [7]

Track listings

  1. "Hymn (This Is My Dream)" – 3:45
  2. "All That I Need Is to Be Loved" (H.O.S. mix) – 2:45
  3. "Hymn" (European edit) – 8:57
  4. "Hymn" (Laurent's Wake Up) – 8:43
  1. "Hymn.Alt.Quiet.Version" – 33:43 (running time listed as "33.3333333333333" minutes on the packaging)
  1. "Hymn (This Is My Dream)" (extended mix) – 4:42
  2. "Hymn" (Laurent's Wake Up) – 8:43
  3. "Hymn (Upriver)" – 5:47
  4. "Hymn (Dirty Hypo)" – 7:20
  1. "Hymn (Menacing)" – 5:57
  2. "Hymn" (European mix) – 7:02
  3. "Hymn (Lucky Orgasm)" – 6:03
  4. "Hymn (I Believe)" – 7:08

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [8] 50
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [9] 3
Netherlands (Single Top 100 Tipparade) [10] 9
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 46
UK Singles (OCC) [12] 31
UK Dance ( Music Week ) [13] 9
UK Club Chart ( Music Week ) [14] 7
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [15] 10

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