{"id":653,"date":"2009-03-30T13:18:30","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T13:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/03\/jon-bon-jovi-queen-latifah-3-d.html"},"modified":"2009-03-30T13:18:30","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T13:18:30","slug":"jon-bon-jovi-queen-latifah-3-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/03\/jon-bon-jovi-queen-latifah-3-d.html","title":{"rendered":"Jon Bon Jovi, Queen Latifah, 3 Doors Down And More Go Gospel On New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"OhHappyDay.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/118\/import\/OhHappyDay.jpg\" width=\"174\" height=\"174\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/musicNews\/idUSTRE52Q6WQ20090327\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters reports today that some of secular music&#8217;s top acts <\/a>&#8212; among them Queen Latifah, Jon Bon Jovi, Joss Stone and 3 Doors Down &#8212; join together on the gospel album, &#8220;Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration.&#8221; The EMI Gospel\/Vector Recordings collection will be released March 31 exclusively at Wal-Mart.<br \/>\nFor 3 Doors Down, singing about their faith isn&#8217;t an issue. 3 Doors Down lead vocalist Brad Arnold tells Reuters, &#8220;It&#8217;s something that we&#8217;d never really done before, and it seemed like it would be a lot of fun. It seemed like it would also be a challenge because we&#8217;d never really recorded that style of song.&#8221; He adds, &#8220;We all grew up in church and we&#8217;re all Christians. We were happy to do it. There was no discussion at all of whether or not we should.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe band performs the song &#8220;Presence of the Lord,&#8221; backed by Soul Children of Chicago, a nondenominational community choir. According to a press release posted on several of the<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.myspace.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&amp;friendId=29134125&amp;blogId=476491699\" target=\"_blank\"> artists&#8217; MySpace pages<\/a>, the track listing for the album includes:<br \/>\n1. Jonny Lang &amp; the Fisk Jubilee Singers &#8220;I Believe&#8221;<br \/>\n2. 3 Doors Down &amp; the Soul Children of Chicago &#8220;Presence of the Lord&#8221;<br \/>\n3. Robert Randolph &amp; The Clark Sisters &#8220;Higher Ground&#8221;<br \/>\n4. Jon Bon Jovi &amp; the Washington Youth Choir &#8220;Keep the Faith&#8221;<br \/>\n5. Al Green &amp; Heather Headley &#8220;People Get Ready&#8221;<br \/>\n6. Mavis Staples &amp; Patty Griffin &#8220;Waiting for My Child To Come Home&#8221;<br \/>\n7. Michael McDonald &amp; the West Angeles COGIC Mass Choir &#8220;Storm Before The Calm&#8221;<br \/>\n8. Angelique Kidjo &#8220;Redemption Song&#8221;<br \/>\n9. Aaron Neville &amp; the Mt. Zion Mass Choir &#8220;A Change is Gonna Come&#8221;<br \/>\n10. Queen Latifah &amp; Jubilation &#8220;Oh Happy Day&#8221;<br \/>\n11. Joss Stone &amp; Buick Audra &#8220;This Little Light Of Mine&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Get the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gospel Soundcheck <\/a>headlines delivered daily to your email inbox. 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