Hallelujah (Panic! at the Disco song)

"Hallelujah"
Single by Panic! at the Disco
Released April 20, 2015
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 3:00
Label
Writer(s) Brendon Urie
Producer(s) Jake Sinclair[2]
Panic! at the Disco singles chronology
"Nicotine"
(2014)		 "Hallelujah"
(2015)

"Hallelujah" is a song by American rock band Panic! at the Disco.[2][3] On April 20, 2015, the band released the single without any prior announcement.[4][5][6][7] It will be featured on the band's fifth studio album.[2] "Hallelujah" debuted at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's second Top 40 hit, and the first in nine years since"I Write Sins, Not Tragedies" in 2006.

Background

When asked about the meaning of the song, Brendon Urie responded saying, "I mean, I grew up in a religious family and, like, that was a very big part of my life, and still, very much, is even though I don't affiliate with any specific religion. It's just, for me, you know, the spirituality of being able to own up to your sins, as they're called, and take responsibility for your actions really hit me this time around, and so that song really is about that, it's, you know, taking responsibility for things that you felt guilty for in the past and just owning it, because, now, that's a piece of you and you can't get rid of that history, so, that's really what it was. But it was a chance to, kind of also, you know, there's a little tagline in there that I throw out to our fans, I like to call them 'my sinners', and I'm a fellow sinner, and so I think that's a little special little throw-out to them."[2]

The song was performed live for the first time at the 7th annual Shorty Awards on Monday, April 20, 2015. The band also performed their single "Miss Jackson".[8][9]

Music video

An official audio video was uploaded to Fueled By Ramen's YouTube channel which shuffled through the recent racially diverse iOS praying emojis.[10]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Brendon Urie. "Hallelujah" samples "Questions 67 and 68" written by Robert Lamm and performed by Chicago. 

Digital download
No. Title Length
1. "Hallelujah"   3:00

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[11] 81
US Billboard Hot 100 40

Personnel

Panic! at the Disco

References

  1. ↑ "Artist: Panic! at the Disco". Rhapsody.com. Rhapsody. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harms, Andy. "EXCLUSIVE: Panic! at the Disco Talk "Hallelujah" for the First Time". ALT 98.7. ALT 98.7. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Crane, Matt. "Panic! at the Disco release new song, "Hallelujah"". AltPress.com. Alternative Press. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  4. ↑ ORSVP Staff. "Panic! At The Disco Release Surprise New Song ‘Hallelujah’". ORSVP.com. OSRVP. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Benjamin, Jeff. "PANIC! AT THE DISCO RETURN TO TAKE YOU TO CHURCH WITH "HALLELUJAH"". Fuse.tv. Fuse. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Panic! at the Disco. "Panic! at the Disco on Facebook". Facebook.com/PanicAtTheDisco. Panic! at the Disco. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Urie, Brendon. "Brendon Urie on Twitter - "All you sinners stand up... #Hallelujah"". Twitter.com/BrendonUrie. Brendon Urie. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Crane, Matt. "Panic! At The Disco perform new song, “Hallelujah,” live for the first time". AltPress.com. Alternative Press. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Carter, Emily. "WATCH PANIC! AT THE DISCO PERFORM HALLELUJAH LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME". Kerrang.com. Kerrang. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Fueled by Ramen. "Fuled by Ramen on Facebook - "Have you heard Panic! At The Disco's new single 'Hallelujah' yet? Discover it now! ► iTunes: http://smarturl.it/PATDHallelujah ► Amazon: http://smarturl.it/hallelujah-az ► Spotify: http://smarturl.it/hallelujah-sp"". Facebook.com/FueledByRamen. Fueled by Ramen. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-04-26" UK Singles Chart.