The Christmas Song

Name: The Christmas Song
Duration: 2 min 57 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.5	The Christmas Song	2:59	Lionel Richie	Sounds of the Season: The Lionel Richie Collection	Lionel Richie	EP	US2006-10-10	Universal Music Special Markets, NBC (American TV network)	B0007650-02
1.5	The Christmas Song	2:57	Lionel Richie	Sounds of the Season: The Lionel Richie Collection	Lionel Richie	EP	-2006-11-17	Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)
1.5	The Christmas Song	2:57	Lionel Richie	Sounds of the Season	Lionel Richie	EP	US2006-12-04	Universal Music Special Markets	B0007650-02
1.5	The Christmas Song	2:59	Lionel Richie	Sounds of the Season	Lionel Richie	EP	BE2006-12	The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label)	602517076129
1.5	The Christmas Song	2:57	Lionel Richie	Sounds of the Season	Lionel Richie	EP	RU2006-12	Universal Music Russia	46050 2601003
1.5	The Christmas Song	2:57	Lionel Richie	Sounds of the Season	Lionel Richie	EP	ID2006-12	The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label)	170 761-2
1.5	The Christmas Song	2:57	Lionel Richie	Sounds of the Season	Lionel Richie	EP	UA2007	The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label)	602517076129
1.5	The Christmas Song	2:58	Lionel Richie	So Fresh: Songs for Christmas 2012	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2012-11-09	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)	88725466192

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

lyricist:	Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
composer:	Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (from 1944 until 1945)

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 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)