Maria, Tahukah Engkau
"Mary, Did You Know?" adalah sebuah kidung Natal dari pengarang teks Mark Lowry dan penggubah musik Buddy Greene. Pertama kali direkam oleh penyanyi lagu Kristen Michael English dalam album solo berjudul namanya sendiri pada tahun 1991 (saat itu English dan Lowry sama-sama adalah anggota grup Gaither Vocal Band). Lagu ini mencapai peringkat no. 6 pada AC Chart CCM Magazine.[1] Lowry sendiri kemudian merekam lagu itu beberapa kali, terutama dengan Gaither Vocal Band untuk album Natal mereka tahun 1998 "Still the Greatest Story Ever Told".
Sejak itu lagu ini menjadi kidung Natal terkenal dan direkam oleh berbagai artis dari berbagai genre musik.
Teks lagu
sunting| Asli (bahasa Inggris) | Terjemahan bahasa Indonesia |
|---|---|
| Mary did you know that your baby boy | Maria, tahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimu |
| Will one day walk on water? | suatu hari akan berjalan di atas air? |
| Mary did you know that your baby boy | Maria, tahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimu |
| Will save our sons and daughters? | akan menyelamatkan putra dan putri kami? |
| Did you know that your baby boy | Tahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimu |
| Has come to make you new? | telah datang untuk membuatmu menjadi baru |
| This child that you've delivered | Anak yang kaulahirkan ini |
| Will soon deliver you | segera akan menyelamatkanmu |
| Mary, did you know that your baby boy | Maria, tahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimu |
| Will give sight to a blind man? | akan memberi penglihatan bagi seorang buta? |
| Mary, did you know that your baby boy | Maria, tahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimu |
| Will calm a storm with his hand? | akan meneduhkan badai dengan tangan-Nya? |
| Did you know that your baby boy | Tahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimu |
| Has walked where angels trod? | telah berjalan di mana para malaikat melangkah |
| And when you kiss your little baby | Dan ketika engkau mencium bayi kecilmu, |
| You've kissed the face of God | engkau mencium wajah Allah |
| Oh, Mary did you know | Oh, Maria, tahukah engkau? |
| Ooh... | |
| The blind will see, | orang buta akan melihat |
| the deaf will hear, | orang tuli akan mendengar |
| The dead will live again | orang mati akan hidup kembali |
| The lame will leap, | orang lumpuh akan melompat |
| the dumb will speak, | orang bisu akan berbicara |
| The praises of the lamb | puji-pujian bagi sang domba |
| Mary did you know that your baby boy | Maria, tahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimu |
| Is Lord of all creation? | adalah Tuhan atas seluruh ciptaan |
| Mary did you know that your baby boy | Maria, tahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimu |
| Will one day rule the nations? | suatu hari akan memerintah bangsa-bangsa |
| Did you know that your Baby Boy | Tahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimu |
| Is Heaven's perfect Lamb? | adalah Domba sempurna dari sorga |
| This sleeping child you're holding | anak tertidur yang kau buai ini |
| Is the great I am | adalah "Aku adalah (Aku)" yang agung |
Versi Kenny Rogers & Wynonna Judd
sunting| "Mary, Did You Know?" | |
|---|---|
| Lagu oleh Kenny Rogers & Wynonna Judd | |
| dari album The Gift | |
| Dirilis | Desember 1996 |
| Format | CD single |
| Genre | Country |
| Durasi | 3:53 |
| Label | Magnatone |
| Pencipta | Mark Lowry, Buddy Greene |
| Produser | Brent Maher, Jim McKell |
Sebuah versi duet direkam oleh Wynonna Judd dan Kenny Rogers dalam album "holiday" Rogers "The Gift" mencapai peringkat puncak No. 55 pada chart Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks tahun 1997.[2]
Posisi Peringkat
| Chart (1997) | Posisi puncak |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 55 |
Versi Clay Aiken
sunting| "Mary, Did You Know?" | |
|---|---|
| Lagu oleh Clay Aiken | |
| dari album Merry Christmas with Love | |
| Dirilis | 2005 |
| Format | Digital download |
| Direkam | 2004 |
| Genre | Contemporary Christian music |
| Durasi | 3:21 |
| Label | RCA |
| Pencipta | Lee Rufus Greenebill, Mark Alan Lowry |
| Produser | Walter Afanasieff |
"Mary, Did You Know?" adalah single kelima Clay Aiken dalam album Natal Merry Christmas with Love. Aiken menampilkan lagu ini pada The Tyra Banks Show.[4]
Chart positions
| Chart (2005) | Posisi puncak |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 35 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Christian Songs | 32 |
Versi Cee Lo Green
sunting| "Mary, Did You Know?" | |
|---|---|
| Lagu oleh Cee Lo Green | |
| dari album Cee Lo's Magic Moment | |
| Dirilis | 2012 |
| Format | Digital download |
| Direkam | 2012 |
| Genre | R&B |
| Durasi | 3:54 |
| Label | RCA |
| Produser | Adam Anders, Peer Åström |
"Mary, Did You Know?" adalah track ke-11 dalam album Natal Cee Lo Cee Lo's Magic Moment. Pada tanggal 15 Desember 2012 lagu ini muncul pada chart US R&B Songs chart di peringkat no. 22. Juga menjadi lagu kredit penutup pada film tahun 2014 produksi 20th Century Fox, Son of God.
Chart positions
| Chart (2012) | Posisi puncak |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard R&B Songs[5] | 11 |
| U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[5] | 44 |
Versi Pentatonix
sunting| "Mary, Did You Know?" | |
|---|---|
| Lagu oleh Pentatonix | |
| dari album That's Christmas to Me | |
| Dirilis | 17 Oktober 2014 |
| Format | Digital download |
| Direkam | 2012 |
| Genre | Ambient, a cappella |
| Durasi | 3:23 |
| Label | RCA |
"Mary, Did You Know?" adalah track ke-6 dalam album Natal kedua Pentatonix, That's Christmas to Me.[6] Lagu ini dirilis dan mencapai peringkat puncak No. 26 pada chart mingguan Billboard Hot 100 untuk minggu yang berakhir pada tanggal 6 Desember 2014.
Chart positions
| Chart (2014) | Posisi puncak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[7] | 26 |
Versi terkenal lainnya
sunting- 1993: Kathy Mattea on her Christmas album Good News, which won a Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
- 1995: Vickie Winans recorded the song for her self-titled album
- 1997: Gary Chapman on his Christmas album "This Gift"
- 1998: Donny Osmond did his rendition of this song as a ballad for his album Christmas at Home.
- 1999: Reba McEntire on her Christmas album The Secret of Giving
- 2001: Hayley Westenra on her second album, My Gift to You, released in New Zealand and Australia, by Universal New Zealand label; also included as a bonus song on a special UK version of her first international album, Pure (2003); and performed it on her 2004 PBS Great Performances special, Live from New Zealand, which was released on DVD.
- 2004: The Katinas on their album Family Christmas
- 2005: Jeff Fenholt on his album "Down from his glory ... and more"
- 2006: Stan Whitmire recorded his solo-piano arrangement on his second Christmas album, "Christmas Around The Piano."
- 2007: Kimberley Locke on her album Christmas
- 2008: Kutless on BEC Recordings album X Christmas
- 2011: Rascal Flatts released a version of the song as a single, which appears on the 2012 compilation A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years Bringing Joy to the World
- 2012: Don Moen on his album Christmas: A Season of Hope (a duet with its composer, Buddy Greene)
- 2012: Jeremy Camp on his album Christmas: God with Us
- 2012: Scotty McCreery on his album Christmas with Scotty McCreery
- 2013: Mary J. Blige on her album A Mary Christmas
- 2013: The Oak Ridge Boys on their album Christmas Time's A-Comin'
- 2015: India.Arie on Christmas with Friends; a duet with Gene Moore, Jr.
- 2015: Jordan Smith on The Voice's season nine finals. This version reached 24 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- 2015: Peter Hollens published a six-voice a capella version on Youtube[8]
- 2015: The Braxtons on their Christmas album Braxton Family Christmas
Musikal
suntingThe song was also used as the basis for a stage musical, also titled Mary, Did You Know and written by Bruce Greer, that won the 1999 Dove Award for Musical of the Year.[9]
Referensi
sunting- ^ Brothers, Jeffrey Lee (2003). Hot hits : adult contemporary charts, 1978-2001 (edisi ke-1st ed.). Bloomington, IN: 1stBooks Library. hlm. 86. ISBN 9781410732941.
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p93355/charts-awards/billboard-singles
- ^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ Clay Aiken - Mary Did You Know - The Tyra Banks Show di YouTube
- ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/artist/298842/cee+lo+green/chart?f=1230
- ^ Official Video - Mary, Did You Know? - Pentatonix di YouTube
- ^ "Pentatonix Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Diakses tanggal December 4, 2014.
- ^ Mary, did you know - Peter Hollens (Youtube Video)
- ^ Cusic, Don (2010). Encyclopedia of contemporary Christian music: pop, rock, and worship. ABC-CLIO. hlm. 141–. ISBN 978-0-313-34425-1. Diakses tanggal 7 June 2011.