The Little Drummer Boy

~ Recording by Sufjan Stevens

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1The Little Drummer Boy3:44Sufjan StevensJoy: Songs for Christmas, Volume IVSufjan StevensEP
  • -2005-12
Asthmatic Kitty Records
4.1The Little Drummer Boy3:44Sufjan StevensSongs for ChristmasSufjan StevensEP + Compilation
  • NO2006-11-20
4.1The Little Drummer Boy3:44Sufjan StevensSongs for ChristmasSufjan StevensEP + Compilation
  • XW2006-11-21
Asthmatic Kitty Records
4.1The Little Drummer Boy3:44Sufjan StevensSongs for ChristmasSufjan StevensEP + Compilation
  • US2006-11-21
Asthmatic Kitty RecordsAKR028
4.1The Little Drummer Boy3:44Sufjan StevensSongs for ChristmasSufjan StevensEP + Compilation
  • GB2007-11-19
Rough Trade (post‐2000)RTRADCDX450
4.1The Little Drummer Boy3:44Sufjan StevensSongs for ChristmasSufjan StevensEP + Compilation
  • US2018-11-09
Asthmatic Kitty RecordsAKR028
1.25The Little Drummer Boy3:44Sufjan StevensSongs for ChristmasSufjan StevensEP + Compilation
  • US2020-12-04
1.25The Little Drummer Boy3:44Sufjan StevensSongs for ChristmasSufjan StevensEP + Compilation
  • XW2020-12-04
Asthmatic Kitty Records
Promotion
1.7The Little Drummer Boy3:43Sufjan StevensSongs for Christmas SamplerSufjan StevensEP + Compilation
  • US2006-10-18
Asthmatic Kitty Records

Relationships

acoustic guitar, bell [sleigh bells], electric guitar and tambourine:Sufjan Stevens
vocals:Bridgit DeCook
Sufjan Stevens
recording of:Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”) (cover)

Related works

Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)

lyricist and composer:Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:Henry Onorati (in 1958)
Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated)
International Korwin Corp.
Warner Chappell
Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955)
Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
referred to in medleys:Medley
Jolly Old St. Nicholas / The Little Drummer Boy (order: 2)
Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy (order: 2)
Mix 3 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 3)
later parody versions:Rapapapam
The Little Drum Machine Boy (Aqua Teen Hunger Force version)
later translated parody versions:Arabischer Bam
later translated versions:Der Kleine Trommler
Der kleine Trommlerjunge (Durch die Stille der Nacht)
Der Trommelmann (The Little Drummer Boy)
Jochie met een trommeltje
Kleine trommelaar
L'enfant au tambour
La canción del tamborilero
Little Drummer Boy (Kuhn / Alexander)
Mazais bundzinieks
Pieni rumpali
Zwei von Tausenden
המתופף הקטן
later versions:Little Drummer Boy (Poema version of the carol)
The Little Rummerboy
is based on:Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
is the basis for:A rum a dum dum
And Your Boy Can Drum
Drummer Boy
Kleiner Trommler
Little Drummer Bitch
Little Drummer Boy (arr. Mensinger/Noris)
Little Drummer Boy (Destiny's Child version)
arrangements:Carol of the Drum (catch‐all for arrangements)
Little Drummer Boy (arr. Lawson & McCarthy)
Little Drummer Boy (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
Mitt hjarta slar for dig (The Little Drummer Boy, "Carol of the Drum") (translated)
My Little Drum
The Little Drummer Boy (arr. Chris Walden)
The Little Drummer Boy (Psalty's Family Christmas Sing Along - arr Rettino/Kerner)
The Little Drummer Boy (arr. Goodwin)
lyrics quoted in:Christmas Tree
Drummer Boy