Everything is Beautiful (1970)

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Everything Is Beautiful is a song written, composed, and performed by Ray Stevens. It has appeared on many of Stevens's albums, including one named after the song, and has become a pop standard and common in religious performances. The children heard singing the chorus of the song, using the hymn, "Jesus Loves the Little Children", are from the Oak Hill Elementary School in Nashville, Tennessee. This group includes Stevens's two daughters.[1]

Key Lyrics

And everything is beautiful in its own way

Like a starry summer night

On a snow covered winter's day, ah, sing it children

Everybody's beautiful in their own way

Under God's Heaven

The world's gonna find a way


We shouldn't care about the length of His hair

Of the color of His skin

Don't worry about what shows from without

But the love that lives within

Interpretation

Although the song was actually a Christian song, it’s also includes anti-racist and pro-tolerance since it contain important lyrics regarding racism such as "We shouldn't care 'bout the length of his hair/Or the color of his skin."[2]

Reception

The song was responsible for two wins at the Grammy Awards of 1971: Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Ray Stevens and Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance for Jake Hess. Stevens's recording was the Number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in the summer of 1970. The song also spent three weeks atop the adult contemporary chart.[3]

Reference

  1. Everything Is Beautiful. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  2. "Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens (Lyrics and Chords)". Guntheranderson.com. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  3. Joel Whitburn. Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. 2002. Record Research. p. 231. Retrieved from Wikipedia, February 1, 2021.