"I Heard" is a pop ballad by Hill. It is written by Deni Lew, Jamie Dornan, Pete Glenister and David Alexander for Hill's debut album Filling in the Pages. The song was released to iTunes on July 5, 2010. It reached number 1 on Brunei's Pelangi FM chart in September 2010.
Background and theme
"I Heard" is about how life gets more complicated as one grows older. The song is written in the form of questions that remain unanswered and seem less simple as time goes by.
The song was released under Sensible Records.
Music video
The single's music video, directed by Caswell Coggins, was shot in London in July 2010. It stars Hill,Kristin Kreuk,Faye Dunaway and Paulo Rivera. The video, a tale of unrequited love, sees Hill as a stuntman for a notoriously difficult Leading actor, played by Paulo Rivera, on a film shoot. He falls in love with the leading lady, played by Kristin Kreuk, but does not know how to tell her. At the end of the video, he takes his chance and gets the girl. Faye Dunaway plays the director.
Workers from the Never Mine wash up before eating lunch at Betty Boop's Tavern, where Betty sings and dances while they dine. After lunch is over, the miners all return to work (and reapply their dirt and grime before entering the mine). An excited Bimbo runs around, singing "I Heard", and calls Betty to come down into the mine. She takes the dumbwaiter down, but the cable snaps and plunges to the bottom. The crash leaves her unhurt, but clad only in her lingerie (Bimbo obligingly returns her dress). The two discover a team of ghosts playing a game of baseball, with a cartoon bomb as the ball. Bimbo and Betty head to the surface in the elevator, unwittingly carrying the bomb with them. They send it back down, and the resultant explosion fills all the railroad cars with coal. The ghosts are also blown into the air, and land in graves opened by a laughing Bimbo.
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I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day · Carpenters
Christmas Collection
â„— 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1984-01-15
Producer: Karen Carpenter
Producer: Richard Carpenter
Producer: Jack Daugherty
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Peter Knight
Composer Lyricist: Johnny Marks
Composer Lyricist: Henry Wordsworth Longfellow
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published: 07 Aug 2018
Carpenters - I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
published: 04 Jan 2010
The Carpenters - I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
The Carpenters - I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
published: 09 Jan 2012
"I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" (Lyrics) 💖 CARPENTERS 💖 Karen ♫ Richard
It Just Isn't Christmas Until I Hear Karen Carpenter's Angelic Voice & Richard's Beautiful Piano, Playing Through My Speakers! Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~ John Baptiste Calkin ~ Johnny Marks. 1984. You Can Find All Carpenters Music @ iTunes, Amazon, etc. 🎄👼💖
published: 24 Nov 2019
The Carpenters, I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day Lyrics
I OWN NOTHING
Lyrics Below:
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men
I thought how as the day had come
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along the unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men
And in despair I bowed my head
There is no peace on earth, I said
For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep
God is not dead nor doth he sleep
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men
(Good will to men)
published: 03 Dec 2022
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - Carpenters
published: 15 Dec 2021
Carpenters Christmas - I heard the bells on Christmas day
Carpenters Christmas - I heard the bells on Christmas day
published: 04 Dec 2018
Carpenters – “I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day” (A&M) 1984
Written by Johnny Marks. Arranged by Peter Knight and produced by Richard Carpenter and Jack Daugherty
From the album, “An Old Fashioned Christmas”
A&M released the Carpenters second Christmas album a year after Karen’s untimely passing in 1983. The album features unused tracks from the first album together with then newly recorded pieces.
Johnny Marks was a prolific composer of songs for the Holiday season. “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” and “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer” were two more of his.
published: 26 Nov 2022
Casting Crowns: I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
From Casting Crowns christmas-CD called Peace On Earth.
A fantastic song with a very relevant and touching story.
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I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day · Carpenters
Christmas Collection
â„— 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1...
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day · Carpenters
Christmas Collection
â„— 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1984-01-15
Producer: Karen Carpenter
Producer: Richard Carpenter
Producer: Jack Daugherty
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Peter Knight
Composer Lyricist: Johnny Marks
Composer Lyricist: Henry Wordsworth Longfellow
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I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day · Carpenters
Christmas Collection
â„— 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1984-01-15
Producer: Karen Carpenter
Producer: Richard Carpenter
Producer: Jack Daugherty
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Peter Knight
Composer Lyricist: Johnny Marks
Composer Lyricist: Henry Wordsworth Longfellow
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It Just Isn't Christmas Until I Hear Karen Carpenter's Angelic Voice & Richard's Beautiful Piano, Playing Through My Speakers! Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfe...
It Just Isn't Christmas Until I Hear Karen Carpenter's Angelic Voice & Richard's Beautiful Piano, Playing Through My Speakers! Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~ John Baptiste Calkin ~ Johnny Marks. 1984. You Can Find All Carpenters Music @ iTunes, Amazon, etc. 🎄👼💖
It Just Isn't Christmas Until I Hear Karen Carpenter's Angelic Voice & Richard's Beautiful Piano, Playing Through My Speakers! Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~ John Baptiste Calkin ~ Johnny Marks. 1984. You Can Find All Carpenters Music @ iTunes, Amazon, etc. 🎄👼💖
I OWN NOTHING
Lyrics Below:
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will ...
I OWN NOTHING
Lyrics Below:
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men
I thought how as the day had come
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along the unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men
And in despair I bowed my head
There is no peace on earth, I said
For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep
God is not dead nor doth he sleep
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men
(Good will to men)
I OWN NOTHING
Lyrics Below:
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men
I thought how as the day had come
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along the unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men
And in despair I bowed my head
There is no peace on earth, I said
For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep
God is not dead nor doth he sleep
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men
(Good will to men)
Written by Johnny Marks. Arranged by Peter Knight and produced by Richard Carpenter and Jack Daugherty
From the album, “An Old Fashioned Christmas”
A&M rele...
Written by Johnny Marks. Arranged by Peter Knight and produced by Richard Carpenter and Jack Daugherty
From the album, “An Old Fashioned Christmas”
A&M released the Carpenters second Christmas album a year after Karen’s untimely passing in 1983. The album features unused tracks from the first album together with then newly recorded pieces.
Johnny Marks was a prolific composer of songs for the Holiday season. “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” and “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer” were two more of his.
Written by Johnny Marks. Arranged by Peter Knight and produced by Richard Carpenter and Jack Daugherty
From the album, “An Old Fashioned Christmas”
A&M released the Carpenters second Christmas album a year after Karen’s untimely passing in 1983. The album features unused tracks from the first album together with then newly recorded pieces.
Johnny Marks was a prolific composer of songs for the Holiday season. “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” and “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer” were two more of his.
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I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day · Carpenters
Christmas Collection
â„— 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1984-01-15
Producer: Karen Carpenter
Producer: Richard Carpenter
Producer: Jack Daugherty
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Peter Knight
Composer Lyricist: Johnny Marks
Composer Lyricist: Henry Wordsworth Longfellow
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It Just Isn't Christmas Until I Hear Karen Carpenter's Angelic Voice & Richard's Beautiful Piano, Playing Through My Speakers! Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~ John Baptiste Calkin ~ Johnny Marks. 1984. You Can Find All Carpenters Music @ iTunes, Amazon, etc. 🎄👼💖
I OWN NOTHING
Lyrics Below:
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men
I thought how as the day had come
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along the unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men
And in despair I bowed my head
There is no peace on earth, I said
For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep
God is not dead nor doth he sleep
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men
(Good will to men)
Written by Johnny Marks. Arranged by Peter Knight and produced by Richard Carpenter and Jack Daugherty
From the album, “An Old Fashioned Christmas”
A&M released the Carpenters second Christmas album a year after Karen’s untimely passing in 1983. The album features unused tracks from the first album together with then newly recorded pieces.
Johnny Marks was a prolific composer of songs for the Holiday season. “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” and “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer” were two more of his.
I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play And wild and sweet the words repeat, Of peace on earth, good will to men. I thought how as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had roll'd along th' unbroken song Of peace on earth, good will to men. Till ringing, singing on its way The world revolved from night to day, A voice, a chime, a chant sublime Of peace on earth, good will to men. In despair I bow'd my head: There is no peace on earth, I said, For hate is strong, and mocks the song Of peace on earth, good will to men. I heard the bells on Christmas day Yeah yeah Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The wrong shall fail, the right prevail, With peace on earth, good will to men. Peace on earth, good will to men. Peace on earth, good will to men. Good will to men. I heard the bells on Christmas day