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Christmas Songs & Singles. This index lists the essential songs (not all the songs) contained on the albums reviewed in my Christmas section, plus singles, album tracks, or one-hit wonders not otherwise included on those albums. Whenever
possible, the artist's name is linked to my review of the best Christmas album (not necessarily
the only or original album) on which to find the song.
Barring that, the names will be linked to a place where you may buy the song
(usually Amazon).
If there's no link, it means that, to my knowledge, the song is not available
on any CD. Of course, the list will expand as I write more reviews. And, nothing's
perfect - especially me and my crazy list. Please send additions, corrections,
criticisms, and suggestions via email.
- I Believe In Christmas Eve (Smokey Robinson & The
Miracles, 1970)
- I Believe In Father Christmas
- I Believe In Santa Claus (Mills Brothers, 1955)
- I Believe In Santa's Cause (Statler Brothers,
1978)
- I Believe In You (Sinead O'Connor,
1992)
- I Can't Have A Merry Christmas, Mary (Without You) (Jerry Lee Lewis, 1970)
- I Can't Wait Till Christmas (Teresa Brewer, 1953)
- I Did It For The Toys (Dance Hall Crashers,
1996)
- I Don't Believe In Santa Claus (Methadone
Cocktail, circa 1993)
- I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You (Saint Etienne, 1998)
- I Don't Want To Be Alone For Christmas (Bill
Haley & The Saddlemen, 1951)
- I Farted On Santa's Lap (Now Christmas Is Gonna Stink For Me) (Little
Stinkers, 1998)
- I Fell In Love With A Snowman (Millie Small, 1965)
- I Give Up, What Is It? (Yogi Yorgesson, 1951)
- I Hate Christmas (Ren & Stimpy,
1993)
- I Hate December (Ivy, 1994)
- I Hate Fuckin' Christmas (Rugburns,
1995)
- I Hear Jingle Bells (Freddy King,
1961)
- I Heard The Bells On Christmas (Johnny Cash,
1963)
- I Hope I Sell A Lot Of Records At Christmastime (Princess
Superstar, 1999)
- I Like Christmas (Teresa Brewer, 1958)
- I Love Christmas (Tommy James & The Shondells, 2004)
- I Love Xmas (Screaming
Santas, 1995)
- I Never Spend A Christmas That I Don't Think Of You (Statler
Brothers, 1978)
- I Remember Christmas
- I Said A Prayer For Santa Claus (Jimmy Boyd, 1953)
- I Saw Mommy Cha Cha Cha With You Know Who? (Bonnie Sisters, 1955)
- I Saw Mommy Do The Mambo (With You Know Who) (Jimmy
Boyd, 1954)
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- I Tan't Wait Till Quithmuth (Mel
Blanc, 1951)
- I Told Santa Claus (Fats Domino, 1993)
- I Wanna Be A King Of Orient-ah! (Elastica,
1994)
- I Wanna Be Santa Claus (Ringo Starr,
1999)
- I Want A Boy For Christmas (Del-Vets,
1961)
- I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas (Gayla
Peevey, 1953)
- I Want A Present For Christmas (J.B.
Summers with Doc
Bagby's Orchestra, 1949)
- (I Want A) Rock & Roll Guitar (Johnny
Preston, 1960)
- I Want An Alien For Christmas (Fountains
Of Wayne, 1997)
- I Want Elvis For Christmas (Holly Twins
with Eddie Cochran, 1956)
- I Want My Baby For Christmas (Smookey
Hogg, 1948)
- I Want My Baby For Christmas (Jimmy
Liggins & The Drops Of Joy, 1950)
- I Want To Come Home For Christmas (Marvin
Gaye, 1972)
- I Want To Spend Christmas With Elvis (Debbie
Dabney aka Marlene Paul, 1956)
- I Want You With Me At Christmas (Jesse Belvin,
1956)
- I Was A Teenage Reindeer (Jim Backus with Daws Butler, 1959)
- I Was Born On Christmas Day (Saint Etienne, 1993)
- I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up For Christmas (Aimee Mann, 2005)
- I
Wish It Could Be A Wombling Merry Christmas Every Day (The
Wombles with Roy Wood, 2000)
The
English have a bit of a thing for Christmas songs. First of all, they get their
knickers all in a bunch over which song will be #1 on Christmas
- not necessarily a Christmas song, though it frequently has been. (This odd phenomenon was even the
subject a 2003 movie, Love
Actually, starring Hugh Grant.)
But, the Brits go bonkers over Christmas songs in ways Yanks
rarely
do. Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody," for instance, was a huge hit
across the pond (#1 for a month in 1973) while it didn't even chart in the
US. Other UK
Christmas #1's include "Lonely This Christmas" (Mud, 1974), "Mary's
Boy Child"
(Boney M, 1978), "When A Child Is Born" (Johnny Mathis, 1976), "Merry
Christmas Everyone" (Shakin' Stevens, 1985), "Mistletoe & Wine"
(Cliff Richard, 1988), and
three different versions of Band Aid's "Do
They Know It's Christmas?" (1984,
1989, and 2004). Anyway, as Bill Cosby used to say, I told you all that to
tell you this... Two other peculiarly British Christmas hits were "I Wish
It Could Be Christmas Everyday"
(1973) by ELO founder Roy Wood and his new band Wizzard,
and "Wombling Merry Christmas" (1974) created by musician/producer
Mike Batt for a British childrens TV show. Both were great, glam-inflected
songs, and both peaked
at #4 on the British charts. So, somehow it seemed (almost)
natural when in 2000 Batt
mashed them up to create a new hybrid single. "We've
taken the two songs and made the silliest song ever by juggling the two bits
together," Batt explained to the BBC at
the time. The writer for the Beeb expected that the new Wombles/Wood record would "fight
it out for the number one spot with releases from Westlife and the Spice Girls" -
both pop sensations at the time. Instead, the #1 record in England on Christmas went
to (believe it or not) juvenile TV sensation
Bob The Builder and his theme song "Can
We Fix It?" Anyway, "I Wish It Could Be A Wombling Merry Christmas
Every Day" was issued as a CD
single - in two parts, no less, with various b-sides
- and included on early pressings of the British CD, The
Wombles Collection (now deleted).
- I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
- I Wish My Mom Would Marry Santa Claus (Gene
Autry, 1953)
- I Wish You A Merry Christmas (Little
Eva & Big Dee Irwin, 1963)
- I Won't Be Home For Christmas (Blink
182, 1998)
- I Won't Be Twisting This Christmas (Father Guido Sarducci, 1980)
- (I Wonder) Who's Spending Christmas With You (Joe
Dowell, 1961)
- I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas (Yogi Yorgesson,
1949)
- I'd Like To Trim A Tree With You (McGuire Sisters, 1955)
- I'd Like You For Christmas (Julie London,
1957)
- (I'll Be Glad When) Christmastime Is Done (Bite
The Wax Godhead, 1994)
- I'll Be Home For Christmas
- I'll Be Home On Christmas Day (Elvis Presley,
1971)
- I'll Be Missing You (Under The Mistletoe) (Bonnie Guitar, 1966)
- I'll Be On The Chimney (Freddy Fender,
1977)
- I'll Be Walking The Floor This Christmas (Ernest
Tubb, 1954)
- I'll Be Your Santa Baby (Rufus Thomas,
1973)
- I'll Have A Merry Christmas Without You (Flat Duo Jets, 1994)
- I'll Make Everyday Christmas (For My Woman) (Joe
Tex, 1967)
- (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presents, Dear (Syd
Straw, 1993)
- I'm Getting Pissed for Christmas (Peter & The
Test Tube Babies with GBH, 1997)
- I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus (Brenda Lee,
1956)
- I'm Gonna Tell Santa On You (Faron Young,
1953)
- I'm Mad At The Fatman (Ray & Glover,
1994)
- I'm Trimming My Christmas Tree With Teardrops (Ernest
Tubb, 1953)
- I'm Your Private Santa Claus (Eddy Arnold, 1954)
- I've Fallen In Love With A Snowman (Millie Small, 1965)
- I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
- I've Got Some Presents For Santa (Sarah
Taylor & Billy Mumy, 1994)
Released
briefly by Rhino
on CD single, this titillating tune was written, played, and produced by Billy
Mumy, best known as earnest Will Robinson from the oft-parodied
60's sci-fi TV show, Lost In Space. In the 70's, young
Master Mumy formed Barnes & Barnes, the bizarre duo (in)famous for "Fish
Heads," a
song in regular rotation during the early days of MTV (when they
had little else to play) and on Dr. Demento's syndicated radio
show.
Much later, Mumy collaborated with otherwise
obscure vocalist Sarah Taylor on "I've
Got Some Presents For Santa," a smooth, smokey ballad that manages
to check off just about every sexual metaphor in the rich Christmas catalogue.
Santa
squeezes his
big North Pole
down Sarah's hot
chimney - and
that's just where the fun begins. (Unfortunately, Mumy's b-side, "Holiday
Affair" demonstrates the fine line between ribald and puerile, falling flat
using much the same convention.) In 2000, Mumy reprised "Presents" with
his band the Jenerators on Mark & Brian's Little
Drummer Boys.
- I've Had A Very Merry Christmas (Jerry
Lewis, 1952)
- Ice (Shelleyan Orphan, 1990)
- Ich Hasse Santa Claus (I Hate Santa Claus) (Nina
Hagen, 1999)
- If Christmas Can't Bring You Home (Reigning
Sound, 2004)
- If Christmas Comes To Your House (Freddy
Fender, ,1977)
- If Everyday Was Like Christmas (Elvis
Presley, 1966)
- If I Get Home On Christmas Day (Elvis
Presley, 1971)
- If It Doesn't Snow On Christmas (Gene Autry,
1949)
- If Santa Was My Daddy (Lael Calloway, 1956)
- If We Make It Through December
- Il Est Ne (He Is Born) (Tom Tom Club, 2002)
- Irie Christmas (Freddie MacGregor,
circa 1966)
- Is Christmas Only A Tree? (Bing Crosby,
1955)
- Is There Really A Santa Claus? (Red Foley, 1966)
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
- It Doesn't Have To Be That Way (Jim
Croce, 1973)
- It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas (Pet Shop Boys, 1997)
- It Just Wouldn't Be Christmas (Loud Family, 1994)
- It Kinda Looks Like Christmas (Royal
Guardsmen, 1967)
- It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring)
- It Won't Seem Like Christmas (Jim
Eanes, 1963)
- It Won't Seem Like Christmas (Without You) (Elvis
Presley, 1971)
- It's A Big Country (Davitt Sigerson, 1981)
- (It's A) Happy Holiday (Shells, 1962)
- It's A Holiday (Material with Nona Hendryx,
1981)
- It's A Wonderful Life (Gonna Have A Good Time) (Fishbone,
1987)
- It's About That Time (The Idea,
1991)
- It's Always Christmas At My House (Huntingtons,
1998)
- It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Bing
Crosby, 1951)
- It's Christmas (Bouquet Of Veal, 1995)
- It's Christmas (Brave Combo, 1991)
- It's Christmas (Marvin & Johnny,
1958)
- It's Christmas (A Time For Giving) (Screamin'
Jay Hawkins, 1984)
- It's Christmas (All Over the World) (New Edition,
1985)
- It's Christmas All Year Round (Charles
Brown, 1961)
- It's Christmas Everywhere (Paul
Anka, 1960)
- It's Christmas In Herald Square (Tony Bennett,
1998)
- It's Christmas Once Again
- It's Christmas Time (George
Castelle, 1954)
- It's Christmas Time (Five Keys, 1951)
- It's Christmas Time (Bubber Johnson, 1955)
- It's Christmas Time (Louvin Brothers,
1961)
- It's Christmas Time (Smokey Robinson & The
Miracles, 1970)
- It's Christmas Time Again (Peggy Lee,
1953)
- It's Christmas Time Again (Jimmie Davis, 1964)
- It's Christmas Time Once Again (Cecil
Gant, 1950)
- It's Christmas Time (Yeh We're Gonna Rock) (Flat Duo Jets, 1995)
- It's Cold Outside (The
Choir, 1966)
- (It's Gonna Be) A Lonely Christmas
- (It's Gonna Be A) Punk Rock Christmas (Ravers,
1977)
- It's Just Another New Year's Eve (Barry
Manilow, 1977)
- It's Love On Christmas Day (Buzzed Meg,
2001)
- It's Not Christmas (Kelley Ryan,
1991)
- It's So Close To Christmas (And I'm So Far From Home) (Bellamy Brothers, 1981)
- It's That Time Of The Year (Manhattans,
1966)
- It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (Andy
Williams, 1963)
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