Hallelujah (Panic! at the Disco song)

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For other songs of the same name, see Hallelujah (disambiguation).
"Hallelujah"
Single by Panic! at the Disco
from the album Death of a Bachelor
Released April 20, 2015 (2015-04-20)[1]
Format Digital download
Genre Pop,[2][3] power pop,[4] rock[5]
Length 3:00
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Imad Royal
  • Jake Sinclair[6][7]
Panic! at the Disco singles chronology
"Girls / Girls / Boys"
(2013)		 "Hallelujah"
(2015)		 "Victorious"
(2015)
Death of a Bachelor track listing

"Hallelujah" is a song by American rock band Panic! at the Disco. It was released as a single on April 19, 2015 through Fueled By Ramen[8][9][10] as the first single from the band's fifth studio album Death of a Bachelor.[7] "Hallelujah" debuted at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 selling over 71,000 copies, becoming the band's second top-forty hit single and the first in nine years since "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" was released in 2006.[11][12][13]

It has been digitally streamed over 18 million times.[11] "Hallelujah" was nominated for Song Of The Year at the 2016 Alternative Press Music Awards.[14]

Background

Panic! at the Disco at the 2015 Shorty Awards, where the band first performed the song live.

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."[15] Urie later stated, "When you have to own up to your mistakes, you know, praise that; as long as you take responsibility for your actions, everything else seems it can fall into place if you have that same attitude, so, that's really what it was, it's kind of a play on just, 'yeah, you know, hallelujah, I'm not a sinner', but we are, I mean the song is definitely about that".[16]

The opening of the song is taken from the Chicago song "Questions 67 and 68".[17]

It is the band's first song since the departure of drummer Spencer Smith.[18][19][20][21]

The song was performed live for the first time at the 7th annual Shorty Awards on Monday, April 20, 2015.[22] At the Shorty Awards, the band also performed the single "Miss Jackson".[23] The band also performed the single at the 2015 Alternative Press Music Awards along with a cover of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen.[24]

Music video

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The audio video for the single features the two hands raised emoji.

An audio video was uploaded to Fueled By Ramen's YouTube channel featuring racially diverse iOS preaching emojis.[11][25]

On July 7, 2015, a music video was released for the song.[26][27][28] The video is inspired by the game Monument Valley. As of May 2016, the music video has surpassed 19 million views.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Brendon Urie, Jake Sinclair, Morgan Kibby, Aron Wright and Imad-Roy El-Amine.[29] "Hallelujah" samples "Questions 67 and 68" written by Robert Lamm and performed by Chicago[6]. 

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

Chart performance

Personnel

Panic! at the Disco
Additional Personnel
  • Jake Sinclair – background vocals
  • White Sea – background vocals
  • Mark Stepro – drums

References

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  30. ↑ "Panic at the Disco – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Panic at the Disco.
  31. ↑ "26, 2015/ Archive Chart: April 26, 2015" UK Singles Chart.
  32. ↑ "Panic at the Disco – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Panic at the Disco.
  33. ↑ "Panic at the Disco – Chart history" Billboard Alternative Songs for Panic at the Disco.
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