Joy is an emotion in response to a pleasant observation or a remembrance thereof.
Joy or JOY may also refer to:
People and fictional characters Joy (given name), a list of people and fictional characters Joy (surname), a list of people Joy (singer) (born 1996), member of South Korean band Red Velvet Joy (model) (born 1985), Japanese model and TV personality Joy (Australian musician) Joy (Inside Out), protagonist of the Pixar franchise Inside Out
Places United States Joy, Arkansas Joy, Illinois Joy, Kansas Joy, Kentucky Joy, Missouri Joy, Ohio Joy, Oklahoma Joy, Texas Joy, West Virginia Joy, Utah Mount Joy, a small mountain in Valley Forge National Historical Park
Elsewhere Joy (crater), a lunar crater Joy Range, Nunavut, Canada Mount Joy, a small hill in Durham, England
Music
Bands Joy (Austrian band) Joy (South African band)
Albums Joy (Steven Curtis Chapman album), 2012 Joy (Fefe Dobson album), and the title track Joy (Isaac Hayes album), 1973 Joy (Jah Roots album), 2008 Joy (Joy album), 1976 Joy (Paul King album), 1987 Joy (Shizuka Kudo album) Joy (Crystal Lewis album) Joy (Phish album), and the title track Joy (Psychic TV VHS), 1989 Joy (Minutemen EP), 1989 Joy (Skids album) Joy (The Stalin album), 1989 Joy (Teddy Pendergrass album), 1988 Joy (Woo!ah! EP), 2022 Joy: A Christmas Collection, by the group Avalon Joy, an album by Yuki Isoya Joy, an album by Paper Aeroplanes Joy, album by Joe Nina, 1996
Songs "Joy" (Apollo 100 song), an instrumental from 1971 "Joy", a song by Harry Nilsson on the album Son of Schmilsson released in 1972 "Joy", a song by Gerry Niewood on the album Gerry Niewood & Timepiece released in 1977 "Joy" (Band AKA song), 1983 "Joy" (Marvin Gaye song), 1983 "Joy" (Psychic TV song), 1988 "Joy" (Teddy Pendergrass song), 1988 "Joy" (The Sundays song), 1990 "Joy" (François Feldman song), 1992 "Joy" (Staxx song), 1993 "Joy" (7669 song), 1994 "Joy" (Blackstreet song), 1994 "Joy" (Toni Pearen song), 1995 "Joy", a single by Newsboys, 2000 "Joy" (Mark Ryder song), 2000 "Joy" (For King & Country song), 2018 "Joy" (Bastille song), 2019 "Joy" (Mick Jagger song) "Joy" (Raye song), 2026 "Joy", a song by Against Me! on the album Searching for a Former Clarity "Joy", a song by Dry Cleaning on the album Secret Love "Joy", a song by Iron & Wine on the album Ghost on Ghost "Joy", a song by Jeremih and Chance the Rapper from Merry Christmas Lil' Mama "Joy", a song by Lucinda Williams on the album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road "Joy", a song by Mclusky "Joy", a song by Soul II Soul on the album Just Right Vol. III "Joy", a song by VNV Nation on the album Praise the Fallen "Joy", a song by Whitney Houston from The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album "Joy", a song by Yuki Isoya “Joy”, a song by Will Young taken from his sixth studio album released as the records second promotional single and was heavily featured in the Morrisons adverts. "Joy", a song by Withered Hand from Good News "Joy", a song by Post Malone from Austin "Joy", a song by Ben Rector from The Joy of Music "Joy", a song by the Lightning Seeds from Cloudcuckooland ”JOY” a song by Ellie Goulding from Halcyon
Literature Joy (Bernanos novel), a 1929 novel by Georges Bernanos Joy (Hunt novel), a 1990 novel by Marsha Hunt Joy (novels), a series of novels by Joy Laurey Joy (magazine), an international women's magazine
Television and film Joy, a 2005 Israeli film. Hebrew title: Muchrachim Lehiyot Same'ach Joy (2010 film), a 2010 Dutch film Joy (2015 film), a 2015 American film starring Jennifer Lawrence Joy (2018 film), a 2018 Austrian film Joy (2024 film), a 2024 British film "Joy" (House), a 2008 television episode
Vehicles Automobiles Chevrolet Onix, an American-Brazilian subcompact car, base model sold as Chevrolet Joy Daewoo Matiz, a South Korean city car, sold as Chevrolet Joy in Pakistan Daihatsu Cast, a Japanese city car, also sold as Toyota Pixis Joy
Watercraft USS Joy (SP-643), a patrol vessel of the United States Navy USS Turner Joy (DD-951), a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy, originally called USS Joy
Other uses Joy (dishwashing liquid) Joy (dog), an English Cocker Spaniel owned by Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia Joy (musical), a 2022 stage musical Joy (perfume) Joy (programming language) Joy 94.9, a radio station Joy Compressor, a make of air and gas compressors Joy FC, a Lesotho football club Joy FM (disambiguation), a name used by many radio stations Cyclone Joy, struck Australia in late 1990 Joy, the fictional euphoric drug in the video game We Happy Few
See also Joye Joys (shipwreck), a steamboat that sank in Lake Michigan The Joy (disambiguation)