God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings

~ Recording by Barenaked Ladies feat. Sarah McLachlan

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings3:30Barenaked Ladies & Sarah McLachlanChristmas SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum
  • CA2000-11-21
Nettwerk
1.1God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen3:30Barenaked Ladies with Sarah McLachlanChristmas Songs (club edition)Various ArtistsAlbum
  • CA2000-11-21
NettwerkCW2 30163
1.9God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings3:30Barenaked Ladies feat. Sarah McLachlanMaybe This ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum
  • US2002-11-05
Nettwerk30295
1.1God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen3:29Barenaked LadiesA Winter's NightVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-11-18
Nettwerk
1.1God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen3:29Barenaked LadiesA Winter's Night: The Best of Nettwerk ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-10-05
1.10God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings3:26Barenaked Ladies feat. Sarah McLachlanBarenaked for the HolidaysBarenaked LadiesAlbum
  • US2004-10-05
1.10God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings3:26Barenaked Ladies with Sarah McLachlanBarenaked for the HolidaysBarenaked LadiesAlbum
  • US2004-10-05
Desperation Records2-40015
1.10God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings3:26Barenaked Ladies feat. Sarah McLachlanBarenaked for the HolidaysBarenaked LadiesAlbum
  • CA2004-10-05
Desperation RecordsCDW 40015
1.10God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings3:29Barenaked Ladies feat. Sarah McLachlanBarenaked for the Holidays (UK Release)Barenaked LadiesAlbum
Desperation Records
1.1God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen3:31Barenaked Ladies feat. Sarah McLachlanA Winter's Night: The Best of Nettwerk ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-11-22
1.1God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen3:31Barenaked Ladies feat. Sarah McLachlanA Winter's Night: The Best of Nettwerk ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-11-22
1.10God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings3:26Barenaked Ladies feat. Sarah McLachlanBarenaked for the HolidaysBarenaked LadiesAlbum
  • US2010-09-28
1.3God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings3:26Barenaked Ladies feat. Sarah McLachlanChristmas FavoritesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2016-12-08
Concord Music Group (formed in 2004 with the merger of Concord Records and Fantasy Records)
1.10God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings3:26Barenaked Ladies & Sarah McLachlanBarenaked for the Holidays (Deluxe Edition)Barenaked LadiesAlbum
  • XW2022-11-11
Craft Recordings (US jazz label; reissue division of Concord)
1.16God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen3:33Barenaked Ladies & Sarah McLachlanChristmas Joy 2002Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.2God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen3:30Barenaked LadiesThe Ladies Room, Volume 1Barenaked LadiesEP
NettwerkLR 9701
1.1God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen3:29Barenaked LadiesSeriously West Coast, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2007-12-15
Nettwerk
Bootleg
1.2God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings3:34Barenaked Ladies & Sarah McLachlanThe Hippest Holiday Mix EverVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)

Relationships

bass:Jim Creeggan
other instruments [Suitcase]:Tyler Stewart
guest vocals:Sarah McLachlan
vocals:Sarah McLachlan
Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies)
Ed Robertson
performer:Sarah McLachlan
arranger:Barenaked Ladies
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/1aVALIp0CHjkIlwOfUxVkA [info]
recording of:God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here) (cover)

Related works

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings

writer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
arranger:Jim Creeggan
Kevin Hearn
Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies)
Ed Robertson
Tyler Stewart
publisher:Treat Baker Music Inc.
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
medley of:1. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
2. We Three Kings

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)

lyricist and composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
referred to in medleys:A Majestic Christmas Theme
Jingle Bells Medley (Psalty’s Christmas Calamity)
Medley
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings (order: 1)
Christmas Collage (order: 2)
Christmas Day (medley by Gustav Holst) (order: 2)
Mix 4 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 2)
A Christmas Festival (order: 3)
Megamix 4 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 4)
Mix Four (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 4)
Noëls pour cordes (Christmas Carols for Strings) (order: 6)
later parody versions:It’s a Fanboy Christmas
The Restroom Door Said, "Gentlemen"
later translated versions:God zegene de kinderen
Guds frid i gode vise män
later versions:God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Ian Anderson)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Nox Arcana arrangement)
Merry Gentlemen's Bounce
Sulphur Ahoy
is the basis for:A Star to Follow
Don’t Be Afraid (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)
Gog Rest Ye Merry Prospitians (Homestuck)
Handel’s Torch
Hark! The Merry Gentleman, op. 90
Men of Goodwill: Variations on a Christmas Carol
Paraphrase on ‘God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen’
PDX-mas Carol
Take a Break Guys
Variations on "God rest ye merry, Gentlemen"
Where Is the Comma in “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” Supposed to Go? (RamsesThePigeon’s song based on “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen”)
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arrangements:Christmas Sweet: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Deadly Gentlemen
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Trans‐Siberian Orchestra arrangement)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Aly and AJ)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Scott Kritzer)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Ralph Carmichael instrumental arrangement)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Les Penning and Robert Reed)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Dave Stephens (Welsh guitarist))
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Moya Brennan)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Nadja version)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Carla Bley arrangement)
God rest ye merry, gentlemen (arr. Sirett)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Mariah Carey arrangement)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Geoffrey Keating)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Willan arrangement)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. John Høybye)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Berry & Howard)
Rondo alla Natale
music quoted in:Candles and Merry Gentlemen (Homestuck)
Carolmanthetime (Homestuck)
Ghost of Marley