The Christmas Song

~ Recording by Barry Manilow

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1The Christmas Song?:??Barry ManilowBecause It’s ChristmasBarry ManilowAlbum
  • US1990-09-25
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)AC-8644
1.1The Christmas Song3:54Barry ManilowBecause It’s ChristmasBarry ManilowAlbum
  • US1990-09-25
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)ARCD 8644
1.1The Christmas Song3:54Barry ManilowBecause It’s ChristmasBarry ManilowAlbum
  • US1990-09-25
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)AL 8644
1.1The Christmas Song3:54Barry ManilowBecause It’s ChristmasBarry ManilowAlbum
  • JP1990-11-21
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)BVCA-12
1.1The Christmas Song3:54Barry ManilowBecause It’s ChristmasBarry ManilowAlbum
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)211 127, 211127
1.1The Christmas Song3:54Barry ManilowBecause It’s ChristmasBarry ManilowAlbum
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)261 127
1.1The Christmas Song3:54Barry ManilowBecause It’s ChristmasBarry ManilowAlbum
  • JP1991-11-06
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)BVCA-126
1.1The Christmas Song?:??Barry ManilowBecause It’s ChristmasBarry ManilowAlbum
  • US2000-05-05
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), BMG Special Products7551745676 2
1.9The Christmas Song3:56Barry ManilowThe Ultimate Christmas Album, Volume 6Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-10-02
Collectables (US reissue label)
1.9The Christmas Song3:56Barry ManilowWCBS FM101.1: The Ultimate Christmas Album, Volume 6Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-03-14
Collectables (US reissue label)COL‐CD‐2524, SONY A 54485
1.1The Christmas Song3:54Barry ManilowBecause It’s ChristmasBarry ManilowAlbum
  • -2007-08-14
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)G010000279985B
1.1The Christmas Song3:53Barry ManilowBecause It’s ChristmasBarry ManilowAlbum
  • XW2008-12-10
RCA CamdenG010000284638P

Relationships

recording engineer and mixer:Don Murray (producer / engineer)
producer:Eddie Arkin
Barry Manilow
vocals:Barry Manilow
conductor:Mark Watters
arranger:Eddie Arkin
Barry Manilow
orchestrator:Eddie Arkin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1990)
purchase for download:https://music.apple.com/gb/song/293818464 [info]
https://music.apple.com/us/song/262394497 [info]
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/1pAsPdPMLvZA3xYhjVXOta [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/6ajkdhT0jyPXnUm6bRcNQ0 [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/2324132 [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/15401531 [info]
other databases:https://www.whosampled.com/Barry-Manilow/The-Christmas-Song-[1990]/ [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/48036 [info]
streaming page:https://music.apple.com/gb/song/293818464 [info]
https://music.apple.com/us/song/262394497 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/2861756 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/33978867 [info]
recording of:The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (cover)

Related works

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

lyricist:Robert Wells (songwriter) (in 1945-07)
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)
composer:Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)
publisher:Chappell/Morris Ltd.
MPL Music Publishing Inc.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd.
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
Warner Chappell
Warner Chappell Ltd.
Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
referred to in medleys:Mix 3 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 1)
Megamix 3 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 2)
Mix Three (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 2)
later translated versions:Joululaulu (Hiljaa leijaa maahan hiutaleet)
Joyeux Noël
Julesangen
Min barndoms jul
Viele bunte Päckchen
クリスマスの歌
later versions:Captain’s Roastin’
Het kerstlied
is the basis for:The Christmas Song
arrangements:Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (lo‐fi arrangement)
Rimfrostjul (The Christmas Song, "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") (translated)
The Christmas Song (arr. John Rutter)
The Christmas Song (Carla Bley arrangement)
The Christmas Song
The Christmas Song (arr. Chris Walden)
The Christmas Song (arr. Peter Knight)
The Christmas Song (arr. for Béla Fleck & the Flecktones)
The Christmas Song (John Zorn arr.)