Joy (Mick Jagger song)

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"Joy"
Promotional single by Mick Jagger
from the album Goddess in the Doorway
Released19 November 2001
Genre Rock and roll
Length4:41
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s) Mick Jagger
Producer(s) Mick Jagger; Matt Clifford [1]

"Joy" is a song by English singer-songwriter Mick Jagger. It was released as a track on his fourth solo album, Goddess in the Doorway (2001). [2] Rolling Stone called it "a rocking, gospel-tinged collaboration with Bono of U2" - featuring Pete Townshend on guitar. [2] "Joy" was one of three tracks from Goddess in the Doorway to be featured on Jagger's greatest hits album, The Very Best of Mick Jagger .

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