Ecstasy

Ecstasy may refer to:

• Ecstasy (emotion), a trance or trance-like state in which a person transcends normal consciousness
• Religious ecstasy, a state of consciousness characterized by expanded spiritual awareness, visions or absolute euphoria
• Ecstasy (philosophy), a term used to mean "outside itself"
• Ecstasy (drug), a colloquial term for the drug MDMA

In the arts

• Ecstasy (film) (1933), a Czech film starring Hedy Lamarr and directed by Gustav Machaty
• Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, a collection of three novellas by Irvine Welsh
  • Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy (film) (2011), based on Irvine Welsh's third novella, The Undefeated
• Ecstasy (play), a 1979 play by Mike Leigh
• Ecstasy, a painting by Maxfield Parrish

In music

Bands

• The English band XTC is spelt the same as the current day play on Ecstasy, although the band's name is pronounced as X-T-C.

Albums

• Ecstasy (Avant album), an album by Avant
• Ecstasy (Lou Reed album), an album by Lou Reed containing the track "Ecstasy"
• Ecstasy (Ohio Players album), an album by Ohio Players and Gabe McGinnis of Wheelersburg, Ohio
• Ecstasy (Steve Kuhn album), an album by jazz pianist Steve Kuhn
• Ecstasy (EP), an EP by My Bloody Valentine
• Ekstasis, an album by Julia Holter

Songs

• "Ecstasy" (ATB song), a song by ATB from his 2004 album No Silence
• "Ecstasy" (Jody Watley song), a song by Jody Watley from her 1993 album Intimacy
• "Ecstasy", a song by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony from their 2000 album BTNHResurrection
• "Ecstasy", a song by Crooked Still from their 2005 album Shaken by a Low Sound
• "Ecstasy", a song by D-Complex released for the music video game Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
• "Ecstasy", a song by Dolores O'Riordan from her 2007 debut solo album Are You Listening?
• "Ecstasy", a song by Danity Kane from their 2008 album Welcome to the Dollhouse
• "Ecstasy", a song by Eric Burdon from his album Darkness Darkness
• "Ecstasy", a song by jj on their 2009 album jj n° 2
• "Ecstasy", a song by Megadeth from their 1999 album Risk
• "Ecstasy", a song by Anna Tsuchiya
• "Ecstasy", a song by 1200 Micrograms
• "Ecstasy", a song by Infected Mushroom
• "Ecstasy", a song by Koda Kumi
• "Ecstasy", a song by VAST from their album Turquoise & Crimson
• "Ecstasy", a song by zZz
• "Silver Ecstasy" a song by Never Shout Never from their 2011 album Time Travel
• "The Ecstasy of Gold", a song written by Ennio Morricone from the film The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, also used by Metallica

Other

• Carnival Ecstasy, previously known as Ecstasy, a cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Lines
• Guitar amplifier model currently in production by Bogner Amplification

See also

• Ecstasies, a book by the Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg
• Extasy Records, a record label
• XTC (disambiguation)