The Christmas Song

~ Recording by Perry Como

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)3:35Perry ComoPerry Como Sings Merry Christmas MusicPerry ComoAlbum
RCA CamdenCAL-660 RE, CAS-660(e)
1.4The Christmas Song3:35Perry ComoI Wish It Could Be Christmas ForeverPerry ComoAlbum
RCA Victor
1.10The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)3:36Perry ComoChristmas Through the YearsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s DigestRDD-143/CDI
1.8The Christmas Song3:35Perry ComoPerry Como Sings Merry Christmas MusicPerry ComoAlbum
RCA Camden, RCA Special Products, Special Music CompanyCAK-660
1.8The Christmas Song3:35Perry ComoPerry Como Sings Merry Christmas MusicPerry ComoAlbum
  • US2000-08-01
RCA CamdenCAD 10660
1.4The Christmas Song3:35Perry ComoI Wish It Could Be Christmas ForeverPerry ComoAlbum
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)
(unknown)
1.16The Christmas Song3:35Perry ComoChristmas AlbumPerry ComoAlbum + Compilation
  • -2001-05-29
5.22The Christmas Song3:31Perry ComoChristmas Legends - 20 Classic Original Christmas AlbumsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
The Intense Media60030

Relationships

recording of:The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (cover)

Related works

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

writer:Mel Tormé ("The Velvet Fog") (from 1944 until 1945)
Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:Chappell/Morris Ltd.
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
Warner Chappell Ltd.
E. 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
クリスマスの歌
later versions:Captain’s Roastin’
Het kerstlied
is the basis for:The Christmas Song
arrangements:Rimfrostjul (The Christmas Song, "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") (translated)
The Christmas Song (arr. John Rutter)
The Christmas Song (Carla Bley arrangement)