The following is an incomplete list of Christmas songs (hit singles and tracks) recorded by well known and obscure artists, many of which have hit on various charts mostly in the United States (some only released in the artist's home country). A year indicates the first year of release for that artist's recorded version of the single or track, which may not necessarily be the first year the artist's version charted on one or more popular music charts by various music trade publications. However, many tracks were re-released as singles in subsequent years.
| Title | Artist | Year | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| "A' Soalin'" | Peter, Paul & Mary | 1963 | From the album Moving. Written by Paul Stookey, Tracy Batteste & Elaina Mezzetti. Contains an element of "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen". |
| "Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)" |
Associated Glee Clubs of America | 1925 | Peaked at # 5 on the pop singles chart in 1925. This historic record was the first electrically-recorded disc to create a popular impact, and featured the largest choir popular music has ever known: some 4,800 voices (according to Columbia Records). Bing Crosby also charted with a version of the traditional hymn, which peaked at # 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in December 1960. |
| "All Alone on Christmas" | Darlene Love | 1992 | Peaked at # 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in January 1993. From the 1992 film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. |
| "All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan" | Kenny Chesney | 2003 | Peaked at # 30 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in December 2003. |
| "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" | Spike Jones and his City Slickers | 1948 | Spent three weeks at # 1 on Billboard's Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys chart in December 1948 and January 1949. Also peaked at # 14 on Billboard's Children's Records chart and # 18 on Billboard's Best-Selling Pop Singles chart in January 1950. Written by Donald Yetter Gardner. |
| "All I Want for Christmas Is My Upper Plate" | Homer and Jethro | 1968 | Written by D. Gardner, H. Haynes and K. Burns.[1] |
| "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (1) | Carla Thomas | 1963 | Originally released as the B-side of Thomas's 1963 holiday hit, "Gee Whiz, It's Christmas". A new version recorded by Thomas peaked at # 11 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1966. |
| "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (2) | Vince Vance & The Valiants | 1989 | Honored by Billboard as one of radio's most requested Christmas songs, it peaked at # 31 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1994. First released as a single in 1989, but didn't become a country radio chart hit until 1993. Melody is the same as Bobby Vinton's 1964 top 10 pop hit, "My Heart Belongs to Only You". |
| "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (3) | Mariah Carey | 1994 | Peaked at # 12 on Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay chart and # 6 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in January 1995. Written by Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey. In December 2011, a version by Michael Bublé spent four weeks at # 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, while another version by Justin Bieber (in a duet with Carey) peaked at # 3 on the same chart. |
| "All My Love for Christmas" | Lonestar | 1998 | Peaked at # 61 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1999. From the 1998 various artists album Country Christmas Classics on RCA Records. |
| "Amen" | The Impressions | 1964 | Peaked at # 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1964. Also a minor chart hit for Lloyd Price and Erma Franklin in 1964 (Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles at # 124), and Otis Redding in 1968. Featured in the 1963 film Lilies of the Field. An updated version released by The Impressions in 1969, reaching # 44 on Billboard's Best Selling Soul Singles chart in January 1970. |
| "Angels Among Us" | Alabama | 1993 | Reached # 51 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in early 1994 from unsolicited airplay, as a partial Christmas single from the band's album Cheap Seats. Peaked at # 28 on the same Billboard chart in late 1994 and early 1995. |
| "Another Lonely Christmas" | Prince and The Revolution | 1984 | Peaked at # 5 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1984. First released as the B-side of Prince and The Revolution's 1984 single "I Would Die 4 U". |
| "Auld Lang Syne" | Peerless Quartet | 1921 | Written by Robert Burns. The most popular version of the song for years was actually by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, Lombardo charting in the Music Vendor Christmas list of 1963 (a Decca re-release) . Lombardo first performed the song on radio in 1929, then recorded it in 1939 and again in 1947. New York City disc jockey Harry Harrison's 1965 narration "May You Always" utilizes "Auld Lang Syne" as instrumental backing. Kenny G scored a top 10 hit in 1999 with the song. Cliff Richard's "The Millennium Prayer", a 1999 UK charity single features Richard singing the words of the Lord's Prayer to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne". |
| "Away in a Manger" | Reba McEntire | 1987 | Peaked # 73 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1999. From Reba's 1987 holiday album, Merry Christmas to You. A 1998 version by Kenny Chesney peaked at # 67 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2000. |
| "Babes in Toyland/March of the Toys" | Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops | Written by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough. One of the most familiar Christmas instrumentals. Popular by Tommy Dorsey's orchestra (1939). | |
| "A Baby Changes Everything" | Faith Hill | 2008 | Spent three weeks at # 1 on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in December 2008. From Hill's first Christmas album, Joy to the World. |
| "Baby, It's Cold Outside" | Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer |
1949 | Written in 1944 by Frank Loesser and featured in the 1949 film Neptune's Daughter starring Esther Williams. Other hit versions in 1949 included duets by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan, Don Cornell & Laura Leslie (with the Sammy Kaye Orchestra), and Homer & Jethro with June Carter. In March 1962, a version by Ray Charles & Betty Carter peaked at # 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song was also a # 17 pop hit single in the UK in 1999 for Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews. More recently came a version by country music trio Lady Antebellum, whose version made the pop charts in 2008. |
| "Baby Jesus Is Born" | Garth Brooks | 1999 | Peaked at # 62 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in December 1999. |
| "Baby's First Christmas" | Connie Francis | 1961 | Peaked at # 7 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart, # 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in December 1961 and # 13 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1965. Featuring the Don Costa Orchestra. |
| "Back Door Santa" | Clarence Carter | 1968 | Released on the 1968 various artists holiday soul album Soul Christmas. Also recorded by Bon Jovi for the 1987 various artists holiday compilation A Very Special Christmas (though it was removed from later pressings for unknown reasons). Run-D.M.C. sampled the original version by Clarence Carter for their 1987 hit, "Christmas in Hollis" (which was also included on A Very Special Christmas). |
| "Barefoot Santa Claus" | Sonny James (The Southern Gentleman) | 1966 | Peaked at # 9 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1966 and # 12 on the same chart in December 1968. Features a children's chorus on backing vocals. From the album My Christmas Dream. |
| "Because It's Christmas (For All The Children)" | Barry Manilow | 1990 | Peaked at # 38 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in January 1991. From Manilow's first Christmas album, Because It's Christmas. |
| "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle" | Bobby Vinton | 1964 | Co-written by Burt Bacharach. Paul Evans, Bobby Helms, Herb Alpert and Bacharach each recorded the song as well, but only Bobby Vinton's version has charted (reaching #24 on the Billboard Christmas Singles chart in December 1964). |
| "Believe" | Josh Groban | 2004 | From the soundtrack to the film The Polar Express. |
| "Belleau Wood" | Garth Brooks | 1997 | Peaked at # 41 on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1998. From Brooks's album Sevens. |
| "The Bells of St. Mary's" | Bing Crosby | 1945 | Written by A. Emmett Adams and Douglas Furber in 1917. While the song has no lyrical relation to Christmas, its inclusion in the 1945 film of the same name has made it a popular choice for various artists' holiday albums. |
| "Better Days" | Goo Goo Dolls | 2006 | Despite its overtly Christian tone and obvious references to Christmas, this song managed to reach # 3 on the Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart, and remains in regular rotation on hot adult top 40 stations. |
| "The Blessings" | Alabama | 1996 | Peaked at # 72 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1997. |
| "Blue Christmas" | Ernest Tubb | 1949 | Written as a country song by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson in 1948, and first recorded by Doye O'Dell that year. First a hit in December 1949 and January 1950 in three separate recordings by country singer Tubb (# 1 on Billboard's Most Played Juke Box (Country & Western) Records chart), by bandleader Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra (# 9 on Billboard's Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys chart) and by bandleader Russ Morgan and His Orchestra (# 11 on Billboard's Best-Selling Pop Singles chart). Also a charted hit for The Browns featuring Jim Edward Brown (1960), Vince Gill (1998), Clay Walker (2000), and Harry Connick, Jr. (2003). Ranks as the all-time number one Christmas single of Billboard's Country Singles chart. Still one of the most-recorded holiday tunes due to Elvis Presley's 1957 version. |
| "Blue December" | Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra | 1951 | Peaked at # 18 on Billboard's Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys chart in early January 1952. |
| "Blue Lonely Winter" | Jimmy Newman | 1967 | Peaked at # 11 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart in January 1968. |
| "Blue Winter" | Connie Francis | 1964 | Peaked at # 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and # 7 on the Billboard Middle-Road Singles chart in March 1964. |
| "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus" | Mabel Scott | 1948 | Peaked at # 12 on Billboard's Race Records chart in December 1948. Written by Leon René. Other versions recorded by Patti Page (1950), Inner Voices (1994), Dave Koz (2001), the Brian Setzer Orchestra (2002) and Brenda Russell (2003). |
| "Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)" | Amy Grant | 1992 | From the album Home For Christmas. Also a hit for Donna Summer. |
| "Candy Cane Children" | The White Stripes | 2002 | |
| "Carol of the Bells" | John Tesh | 1997 | Peaked at # 20 on the Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in January 1998. |
| "Caroling, Caroling" | Nat King Cole | 1960 | Written by Alfred Burt & Wihla Hutson. Also recorded by Natalie Cole and Tennessee Ernie Ford. |
| "Celebrate Me Home" | Kenny Loggins | 1977 | Title track of his 1976 debut solo album. |
| "Cherry Cherry Christmas" | Neil Diamond | 2009 | Peaked at # 4 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in December 2009. First single released from and title track on Diamond's third holiday album, A Cherry Cherry Christmas. |
| "Children's Christmas Song" | The Supremes | 1965 | Featuring a children's chorus on backing vocals. |
| "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" | The Chipmunks | 1958 | Written by Ross Bagdasarian (a.k.a. David Seville). The most popular novelty Christmas single in the U.S. through the 1960s. Launched a 40-year music career for the fictional character group. |
| "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S" | Eddy Arnold, the Tennessee Plowboy and his Guitar | 1949 | Written by Eddy Arnold & Jenny Lou Carson. Also recorded by the Ames Brothers and Jim Reeves. |
| "Christmas Ain't Christmas (Without the One You Love)" | The O'Jays | 1969 | Written and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. The song's original title was the longer "(Christmas Ain't Christmas New Year's Ain't New Year's) Without the One You Love". Reissued by the group's record label (Philly International) in 1973 following the group's huge success. |
| "Christmas All Over Again" | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 1992 | From the 1992 film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. |
| "Christmas at Ground Zero" | "Weird Al" Yankovic | 1986 | |
| "Christmas at K-Mart" | Root Boy Slim | 1978 | |
| "Christmas at Our House" | Barbara Mandrell | 1984 | |
| "Christmas at the Zoo" | The Flaming Lips | 1995 | Released on The Flaming Lips' 1995 album, Clouds Taste Metallic. Not intended to be a Christmas song, though the characteristic "jingling bells" are featured in the song, as well as talk of the holiday. |
| "Christmas Auld Lang Syne" | Bobby Darin | 1960 | B-side "Child of God" also charted for one week in 1960. |
| "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" | Darlene Love | 1963 | Featured on the classic 1963 holiday album A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector. Written by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry. Covered famously by U2 in 1987 for the holiday charity album A Very Special Christmas. Also covered by Mariah Carey in 1994 and by the pop trio Hanson in 1997. |
| "Christmas Blues" | Canned Heat | 1968 | Peaked at #18 on the Billboard Christmas singles chart in 1968. Also released as a single by The Chipmunks. |
| "The Christmas Blues" | Dean Martin | 1953 | Written by David Holt and Sammy Cahn. Also recorded by Jo Stafford. |
| "Christmas Canon" | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | 1998 | Chord progression is based on that of Pachelbel's Canon in D major. |
| "Christmas Can't Be Far Away" | Eddy Arnold and his Guitar | 1954 | Reached #12 on the Billboard Country Singles chart in 1954. |
| "Christmas Can't Be Very Far Away" | Amy Grant | 1999 | Recorded by Amy Grant in 1999. Not to be confused with "Christmas Can't Be Far Away" by Eddy Arnold. |
| "Christmas Carol" | Skip Ewing | 1990 | Written in 1986, and first released on Ewing's 1990 album Following Yonder Star. First charted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart for the week ending January 6, 1996. |
| "Christmas Celebration" | B. B. King | 1964 | |
| "Christmas (Comes But Once A Year)" | Amos Milburn | 1960 | Originally released as the B-side of Charles Brown's 1960 holiday hit single, "Please Come Home for Christmas". |
| "Christmas Day" | Detroit Junior | 1960 | |
| "Christmas Dinner" | Tennessee Ernie Ford | 1951 | B-side is "A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus". |
| "Christmas Dinner Country Style" | Bing Crosby | 1963 | Written by Ralph Freed and Grace Saxon. |
| "Christmas Dragnet (Parts I & II)" | Stan Freberg with Daws Butler | 1953 | A parody of Dragnet and the follow-up to Freberg's # 1 hit from several months earlier, "St. George and the Dragonet". In 1954, the same record was re-issued under the title "Yulenet (Parts I & II)". |
| "Christmas Dream" | Perry Como | 1974 | Theme song from the 1974 film The Odessa File starring Jon Voight. Como's last appearance on the Billboard Hot 100. |
| "Christmas Eve in My Hometown" | Bobby Vinton | 1970 | Earlier recordings by Eddie Fisher and Kate Smith. |
| "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" | Savatage Trans-Siberian Orchestra |
1995 1996 |
The song is a medley including "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and a hard rock version of "Carol of the Bells". First released in 1995 on the Savatage album Dead Winter Dead, but the same recording was re-released in 1996 as a track on the Trans-Siberian Orchestra album Christmas Eve and Other Stories. |
| "Christmas for Cowboys" | John Denver | 1975 | Written by Steve Weisberg. |
| "Christmas in America" | Pat Benatar | 2001 | |
| "Christmas in Dixie" | Alabama | 1982 | The original version featured Alabama wishing you "Merry Christmas" near the end of the song. Lead singer Randy Owen re-recorded the song with Kenny Chesney in 2003. |
| "Christmas in Hollis" | Run-D.M.C. | 1987 | An original song written and recorded by the group for charity, with the music video a perennial favorite on the MTV through the late 1980s and 1990s. It first appeared on two 1987 various artist holiday compilation albums: A Very Special Christmas and Christmas Rap, with the former album to benefit the Special Olympics. The track samples the 1968 soul tune "Back Door Santa" by Clarence Carter. |
| "Christmas in Killarney" | Dennis Day | 1950 | Featuring the Mellowmen on backing vocals and instrumentation by the Henri René Orchestra. Another hit version was by Percy Faith and the Shillelagh Singers in 1950. Also recorded on successful Christmas albums by Bing Crosby, Bobby Vinton and Anne Murray. |
| "Christmas in My Hometown" (1) | Sonny James | 1954 | Covered by Travis Tritt in 1992. |
| "Christmas in My Hometown" (2) | Charley Pride | 1970 | Peaked at #11 on the Billboard Christmas Singles chart. |
| "Christmas in New Orleans" | Louis Armstrong with the Benny Carter Orchestra | 1955 | |
| "Christmas in Our Hearts" | Jose Mari Chan | 1990 | From the album Christmas In Our Hearts. |
| "Christmas in the Caribbean" | Jimmy Buffett | 1985 | |
| "Christmas Is" (1) | Percy Faith | 1966 | Written by Percy Faith and Spencer Maxwell. Originally recorded by Percy Faith in 1964 as an instrumental ("Judy"). Selected as the theme song for the 1967 Christmas Seals appeal. Also a hit that year for Lou Rawls. |
| "Christmas Is" (2) | Jim Brickman featuring Mark Masri | 2008 | Reached #18 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart during the Christmas season of 2008. |
| "Christmas Is for Children" | Glen Campbell | 1968 | Written by Sammy Cahn. |
| "Christmas Is Just Around the Corner" | Barry Manilow | 2008 | Reached #16 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart during the Christmas season of 2008. |
| "Christmas Is Now Drawing Near at Hand" | Steve Winwood | 1997 | From the album A Very Special Christmas 3. |
| "Christmas is the Time to Say 'I Love You'" | Billy Squier | 1981 | First released as the B-side of Squier's late 1981 hit single "My Kinda Lover". |
| "Christmas Island" | The Andrews Sisters with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | 1946 | Later a hit for Jimmy Buffett (1996) and The Brian Setzer Orchestra (2005). |
| "Christmas Lights" | Coldplay | 2010 | Digital download track by the British alternative rock band that peaked at #13 on the British pop singles chart for the week of December 12, 2010. Debuted and peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #12 on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart for the week ending December 18, 2010. |
| "A Christmas Love" | Johnny Kaye with the Morty Jay Orchestra | 1963 | Charted for 1 week on the Christmas Singles chart, peaking at #20. |
| "Christmas Love" (2) | Billy Idol | 2006 | |
| "Christmas Lullaby" | Cary Grant | 1967 | Written by Peggy Lee and Cy Coleman. |
| "Christmas Medley" | The Salsoul Orchestra | 1976 | A 12-minute, 8-second disco medley of holiday songs performed by the backing band for Salsoul Records, containing these songs: "Joy To The World"/"Deck The Halls"/"O Come All Ye Faithful"/"Jingle Bells"/"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"/"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"/"The Christmas Song"/"White Christmas"/"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"/"I'll Be Home For Christmas"/"Winter Wonderland"/"The First Noël"/"We Wish You A Merry Christmas". The B-side of the single was "New Year's Medley", a 7-minute, 17-second medley of new year's-related songs. |
| "Christmas Memories" | Frank Sinatra | 1975 | Also recorded by Alabama in 1985, Steve Wariner in 1992, Rosemary Clooney in 1996, and Barbra Streisand in 2001. Sometimes titled "Christmas Mem'ries". |
| "Christmas Must Be Tonight" | The Band | 1977 | Written by Robbie Robertson a member of The Band. He also recorded the song solo in 1988 for the soundtrack to the holiday comedy film, Scrooged starring Bill Murray. |
| "Christmas Night in Harlem" | Louis Armstrong with the Benny Carter Orchestra | 1955 | |
| "Christmas Party" | "Two Ton" Baker the Merry Music Maker | 1948 | Issued as a 2-disc (in a foldout picture sleeve) 78 rpm set on Mercury Records' Miniature Playhouse children's series (songs on the set are "The Night Before Christmas"/"Santa's Toy Shop"/"Up on the House Top"/"Deck The Halls"/"Jingle Bells"). |
| "Christmas Rappin'" | Kurtis Blow | 1979 | |
| "The Christmas Shoes" | NewSong | 2000 | |
| "Christmas Shopping" | Buck Owens | 1968 | |
| "Christmas Song" | Dave Matthews Band | 2000 | |
| "A Christmas Song" | Shawn Phillips | 1970 | Contains an unusual dixieland backing. |
| "The Christmas Song" | Angel | 1977 | A version of the rock band's own 1977 hit "The Winter Song", but featuring alternate lyrics (both tracks featured The California Boys Choir and both were produced by Eddie Leonetti). |
| "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" | The King Cole Trio | 1946 | Written in 1944 by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells (Tormé's solo recording was also a hit). Also sometimes subtitled "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire", but originally subtitled "Merry Christmas to You." Re-recorded by Nat King Cole in 1953 and 1961. Popular versions were also recorded by such artists as James Brown, Herb Alpert, The Carpenters, Celine Dion, Al Jarreau, Luther Vandross, Toni Braxton, Hootie & the Blowfish, and Natalie Cole. Remains one of the most recorded Christmas songs ever. |
| "Christmas Tears" | Freddy King | 1961 | R&B hit in 1961; also charted on the Christmas Singles chart in 1964 & 1966. Released in 1964 by The Four Seasons as the B-side to "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". |
| "Christmas This Year" | Mêlée | 2008 | |
| "Christmas Through Your Eyes" | Gloria Estefan | 1992 | Reached the British pop singles chart in 1992 as a double-A side with "Miami Hit Mix". |
| "Christmas Time" (1) | Bryan Adams | 1985 | A different picture sleeve was issued in 1986. Peaked at #4 on the Billboard Christmas singles chart in 1985. |
| "Christmas Time" (2) | John Anderson | 1994 | Reached #57 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1995.[1] |
| "Christmas Time" (3) | Christina Aguilera | 2000 | |
| "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" | The Darkness | 2003 | UK number 2 hit single. |
| "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" | The Beatles | 1967 | Also recorded by group member Ringo Starr for his 1999 Christmas album, I Wanna Be Santa Claus. |
| "Christmas Time Is Here" (1) | Vince Guaraldi Trio | 1965 | Originally composed for the 1965 animated TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas, one of the very first animated Christmas special produced for network TV in the U.S. Melody has similar chord progression to the 1932 Cole Porter jazz standard "Night and Day". More recently, a hit for Toni Braxton and Johnny Mathis. Both instrumental and vocal versions were recorded by Guaraldi. |
| "Christmas Time Is Here" (2) | Ray Parker, Jr. | 1982 | Later re-issued as the B-side of Parker's top 40 pop hit single, "Jamie". |
| "Christmas Tonight" | Dave Barnes with Hillary Scott | 2010 | Reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in December 2010. |
| "Christmas Tree" | Lady Gaga featuring Space Cowboy | 2009 | |
| "Christmas Vacation" | Mavis Staples | 1989 | From the 1989 film National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Written by Barry Mann. |
| "The Christmas Waltz" | Harry Connick, Jr. | 2003 | Hit the Adult Contemporary chart in 2004. Previously recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1954, Kay Starr, Nancy Wilson, The Carpenters, Lawrence Welk, Natalie Cole, and Barry Manilow. |
| "Christmas Was a Friend of Mine" | Fay Lovsky | 1981 | Fay Lovsky is a Dutch artist. "Christmas Was a Friend of Mine" was her first hit single, and was included on the Christmas ballads collection Christmas Through Your Eyes. |
| "Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day" | Brenda Lee | 1964 | B-side to her single "This Time of the Year". Charted for 1 week in 1964. |
| "A Christmas Wish" | Bobby Goldsboro | 1968 | |
| "Christmas with the Devil" | Spinal Tap | 1984 | Written by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer. Originally issued on Enigma Records with picture sleeve and also a special picture disc issue, both 7" |
| "Christmas Without You" | Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton | 1984 | From the album Once Upon a Christmas. |
| "Christmas Wrapping" | The Waitresses | 1981 | First appeared on the various artists holiday compilation album A Christmas Record on ZE Records in 1981. Covered in 1998 by the Spice Girls and released as a B-side on their single "Goodbye". |
| "Christmastime" | Aimee Mann | 2006 | Co-written by Michael Penn, brother of Sean Penn. |
| "Christmastime" | Smashing Pumpkins | 1997 | An original song written by Billy Corgan and released on the compilation A Very Special Christmas 3 in aid of the Special Olympics. |
| "Colorado Christmas" | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 1983 | First released in 1983, charted at No. 92 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1984. |
| "Coming Home for Christmas" | Jim Brickman | 2007 | Peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart during the Christmas season of 2007. Features Richie McDonald (former lead singer of Lonestar) on lead vocals. |
| "Cool Yule" | Louis Armstrong with the Commanders | 1953 | Written by Steve Allen. Also a hit remake for singer/actress Bette Midler in 2006. |
| "Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas" | Commander Cody | 1973 | Peaked at #19 on the Billboard Christmas Singles chart in December 1973. |
| "Dearest Santa" | Bobby Vinton | 1964 | From the album A Very Merry Christmas. Peaked at #8 on the Billboard Christmas Singles chart in December 1964, and released with the B-side "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle" (which also charted on the Billboard Christmas Singles chart for one week in 1964, peaking at #23). "Dearest Santa" was also issued with the hit song "Mr. Lonely" as a back-to-back promotional single with a text sleeve. |
| "Deck the Halls" | Mannheim Steamroller | 1984 | From their first holiday album Mannheim Steamroller Christmas. Peaked at #38 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in January 1995. Also a chart hit for SheDaisy (peaked at #40 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2000, and at #37 on the same chart in January 2001), Kenny G (as a medley with "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary chart in January 2003), and Brian Wilson (peaked at #8 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in January 2006). |
| "Dig That Crazy Santa Claus" | Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra |
1954 1954 |
Also a hit for The Brian Setzer Orchestra in 2005. |
| "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" | George Harrison | 1974 | Peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in February 1975. |
| "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | Band Aid | 1984 | A benefit recording by an all-star group to assist famine relief in Ethiopia; organized by Bob Geldof of the British rock band The Boomtown Rats. Written by Geldof and Midge Ure of the British rock band Ultravox. A Christmas #1 single on the UK singles chart in 1984, and re-recorded on two other separate occasions: Band Aid II in 1989 and Band Aid 20 in 2004. |
| "Do You Hear What I Hear?" | Bing Crosby | 1963 | Peaked at # 2 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1963 (and charted again in both 1964 and 1965). Featuring backing by Ralph Carmichael's chorus and orchestra. Other charted versions by Andy Williams (# 18 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1965), Vanessa Williams (# 15 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in January 1997) and Carole King (# 15 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in December 2011). Originally recorded by the Harry Simeone Chorale in 1962. |
| "Dominick the Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey)" | Lou Monte | 1960 | Featuring orchestration by Joe Reisman. Peaked at #114 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in December 1960. |
| "¿Dónde Está Santa Claus? (Where Is Santa Claus?)" | Augie Rios | 1958 | Featuring orchestration by Mark Jeffrey. Peaked at #47 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in December 1958. Also covered by actress Charo in 1978 and by the rock band Guster in 2003. |
| "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day" | Celine Dion | 1998 | Christian group Avalon covered the song for their 2000 album Joy: A Christmas Collection. Clay Aiken also covered it for his 2004 Christmas collection, called Merry Christmas with Love, and it has become his signature holiday song. |
| "Don't Shoot Me Santa" | The Killers | 2007 | |
| "Don't Wait 'Till the Night Before Christmas" | Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra | 1938 | Featuring vocals by Stanley Worth. Peaked at #9 on the pop singles chart in December 1938. |
| "Early Christmas Morning" | Cyndi Lauper | 1998 | From the album Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life |
| "Easier Said Than Done" | Jon Anderson | 1986 | Written by Vangelis. From Jon's Christmas album 3 Ships. |
| "8 Days of Christmas" | Destiny's Child | 2001 | Peaked at # 57 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, and at #102 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in January 2002. |
| "El Burrito de Belén" | Juanes | 2006 | |
| "Elf's Lament" | Barenaked Ladies featuring Michael Bublé | 2004 | |
| "Even Santa Claus Gets the Blues" | Marty Stuart | 2003 | From the 2003 various artists album A Very Special Acoustic Christmas. Peaked at # 55 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2004. |
| "Every Year, Every Christmas" | Luther Vandross | 1995 | Peaked at #32 on the Billboard Hot R&B Airplay chart in January 1996. |
| "Everyday Is Christmas" | Do | 2004 | |
| "(Everybody's Waitin' For) the Man with the Bag" | Kay Starr | 1950 | Another version recorded by The Brian Setzer Orchestra in 2002. |
| "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday" | William Bell | 1967 | Covered by the Sweet Inspirations in 1969 and by Daryl Hall & John Oates in 2006. |
| "Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas" | Eels | 1998 | |
| "Fa La La" | Jim Brickman featuring Olivia Jade Archbold | 2011 | Peaked at # 2 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart for the week of December 17, 2011. |
| "Fall La La in Love" | David Martin | 2007 | Written by David Martin. |
| "Far Away on Christmas Day" | Bradley Joseph | 2000 | From the album Christmas Around the World. |
| "Father Christmas" | The Kinks | 1977 | Written by Ray Davies of the Kinks. |
| "Feliz Navidad" | José Feliciano | 1970 | The best-known version of the best-known Spanish-language Christmas song. |
| "The First Christmas" | Danny Thomas | 1967 | With the Sid Feller orchestra. From the Rankin/Bass animated special The Cricket on the Hearth. |
| "The First Noel" | Clay Aiken | 2003 | Contemporary version of the traditional English Christmas carol that first charted in December 2003, and peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. |
| "From Our House to Yours" | Barbara Mandrell | 1984 | |
| "Frosty the Snowman" | Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys | 1950 | Other hit versions that also charted were released by Nat King Cole (1950), Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (1950), Red Foley and the Little Foleys (1951), Johnny Mathis (2002) and Kimberley Locke (2007). Other popular versions of the song were released by the Ronettes (1963), the Beach Boys (1964) and Jimmy Durante (1969). Locke's 2007 hit version spent one week at #1 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. |
| "Gabriel's Message" | Sting | 1987 | Included on the 1987 holiday compilation album A Very Special Christmas. |
| "Gee Whiz, It's Christmas" | Carla Thomas | 1963 | Follow-up to Carla's 1961 top 10 pop and R&B hit, "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)". |
| "The Gift" | Jim Brickman | 1997 | Peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart during the Christmas season of 1997. Features Collin Raye and a female session musician on lead vocals. |
| "The Gift of Giving" | Bill Withers | 1972 | |
| "Give Love on Christmas Day" | The Jackson 5 | 1970 | |
| "Go Tell It on the Mountain" | Garth Brooks | 1992 | Garth's version of this classic spiritual was first released in 1992, but didn't make the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart until late 1998/early 1999. A medley of this song with "Mary Had a Baby" was a hit for Vanessa L. Williams in 1993, and inspired her to record a full-length holiday album the following year. |
| "Goin' Home (Sing a Song of Christmas Cheer)" | Bobby Sherman | 1970 | B-side is "Love's What You're Getting For Christmas" from his 1970 Christmas album. "Goin' Home" contains a portion of "Silent Night", and made the Cashbox Top 100 in the year of its release. |
| "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" | Elmo & Patsy | 1979 | Written by Randy Brooks. Originally released in 1979, other versions were recorded/released in 1982 and 1984 (the 1984 version is the one that radio most often plays). The song hit #1 on the Billboard Christmas singles charts during the Christmas season of 1983–1985, and bubbled under the Hot 100 in 1992. The biggest selling novelty Christmas single of all time in the U.S. |
| "A Great Big Sled" | The Killers | 2006 | |
| "The Greatest Gift of All" | Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton | 1984 | From the album Once Upon a Christmas. |
| "Greatest Time of Year" | Aly & AJ | 2006 | From the album Acoustic Hearts of Winter. Also used in the film The Santa Clause 3. |
| "Green Chri$tma$" | Stan Freberg | 1958 | Featuring Daws Butler, Marvin Miller and Wil Wright in a "commercial" parody of Scrooge. National Top 50, top five in Los Angeles. |
| "Grown-Up Christmas List" | David Foster featuring Natalie Cole | 1990 | Written by David Foster (music) and Linda Thompson Jenner (lyrics). More recent hit versions include Amy Grant (1992), Barbra Streisand (2001), Michael Bublé (2003), Kelly Clarkson (2003) and Clay Aiken. |
| "Happy Birthday, Jesus" | Patti Page | 1967 | Backing music is "Silent Night"; issued with 2 different picture sleeves. |
| "The Happy Elf" | Harry Connick, Jr. | 2005 | From the album Harry for the Holidays. |
| "Happy Holiday" | Bing Crosby | 1942 | Written by Irving Berlin for the 1942 film Holiday Inn, co-starring Crosby and Fred Astaire. Hit versions were recorded by Peggy Lee, Andy Williams and Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme. Billy Idol recorded a recent hit version in 2006. |
| "Happy New Year" (1) | Judy Garland | 1957 | Written by Gordon Jenkins. Also recorded by Nat King Cole (1958). |
| "Happy New Year" (2) | ABBA | 1980 | Released as a CD single in 1999. |
| "Happy New Year" (3) | UFX | 2002 | Included on the UK punk band's "Total Sonic Mayhem" album and features the festive lyrics "Merry Christmas may your soul rot in Hell... and a happy new year to you as well." |
| "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" | John and Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir | 1971 | Written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Later covered by Melissa Etheridge in 1994, The Polyphonic Spree, Celine Dion in 1997, The Idols, The Alarm, Neil Diamond, the Street Drum Corps ft. Bert McCracken of The Used, and most recently by Sarah McLachlan in 2006. |
| "Hard Candy Christmas" | Dolly Parton | 1982 | Written by Carol Hall for the movie The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. |
| "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" | Carrie Underwood | 2008 | Reached #14 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart during the Christmas season of 2008. |
| "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Judy Garland | 1944 | Peaked at # 27 on the pop singles chart in December 1944. Featuring orchestration by Georgie Stoll. Written by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin, and introduced in the 1944 film Meet Me in St. Louis starring Garland. Other charted versions were recorded by Vince Gill (1993), Kenny G (1994), Vince Gill (1994), Lonestar (2000), James Taylor (2001), Neal McCoy (2001), Ruben Studdard & Tamyra Gray (2003), Aimee Mann (2006), and Colbie Caillat (2009). |
| "The Heart of Christmas" | Matthew West | 2011 | Peaked at # 6 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart for the weeks of December 17, 2011 and December 24, 2011. |
| "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" | Gene Autry | 1947 | Covered by Elvis Presley in 1957. |
| "Here We Come A-Caroling" | Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Traditional carol, recorded in successful albums by more than 20 other artists. | |
| "Here's Your Sign Christmas" | Bill Engvall | 1998 | Engvall scored his debut hit in 1997 with "Here's Your Sign" with Travis Tritt, a top 30 hit on the Billboard Country Singles chart. |
| "Hey Santa!" | Carnie and Wendy Wilson | 1993 | Bubbled under the Hot 100 in 1994. From the album Hey Santa!. |
| "Holiday Hootenanny" | Paul & Paula | 1963 | An adaptation of "Jingle Bells". |
| "Holiday in Cambodia" | Richard Cheese | 2006 | Straight lounge-music cover of the Dead Kennedys song with jingling bells in the background and a "Merry Christmas" shoutout at the end. |
| "The Holly and the Ivy" | Natalie Cole | 1994 | From her 1994 Christmas album Holly & Ivy. |
| "A Holly Jolly Christmas" | Burl Ives | 1964 | Peaked at # 13 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1964, and charted again on the same Billboard chart in December 1968 (peaking at # 29). Written by Johnny Marks in 1962, and first recorded by The Quinto Sisters. Made famous by Ives in the 1964 holiday television special Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. A 1992 version by Alan Jackson from the film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York peaked at # 51 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1998. For the week of December 10, 2011, a version by Michael Bublé peaked at # 3 on Adult Contemporary chart. |
| "Home for Christmas" | Daryl Hall & John Oates | 2006 | From the album Home for Christmas. Not to be confused with "I'll Be Home for Christmas". |
| "Hooray for Santa Claus" | Al Hirt | 1964 | Written by Milton DeLugg and Roy Alfred. From the 1964 science fiction film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians starring John Call and Pia Zadora. |
| "Hurry Home for Christmas" | Robert Goulet | 1968 | Written and originally recorded by Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé. |
| "I Believe in Father Christmas" | Greg Lake | 1975 | Written by Greg Lake and Peter Sinfield. Major hit in Britain, placed in US Top 100. |
| "I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You" | Margo Guryan | 2001 | |
| "I Don't Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You" | 'N Sync | 2001 | Reached #24 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in 2001. |
| "I Farted on Santa's Lap (Now Christmas Is Gonna Stink for Me)" | The Little Stinkers | 1998 | Novelty song first released in 1998. Charted briefly on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Singles Sales chart in 2002. |
| "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" | Bing Crosby | 1956 | Other singers with popular versions: Nat King Cole, The Carpenters, Harry Belafonte, Burl Ives, Johnny Mathis and Sarah McLachlan. |
| "I Like a Sleighride (Jingle Bells)" | Peggy Lee | 1960 | Arranged & adapted by Billy May & Dave Cavanaugh. Orchestra conducted by Billy May. Produced by Dave Cavanaugh. |
| "I Only Want You for Christmas" | Alan Jackson | 1991 | |
| "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" | Jimmy Boyd | 1952 | Written by Tommie Connor. Other hit versions were recorded by The Ronettes, The Four Seasons, The Jackson 5, John Mellencamp, and Jessica Simpson. |
| "I Saw Three Ships" | Sting | 1997 | This 'new age' version of the traditional carol was a charity single and video. |
| "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" | Gayla Peevey | 1953 | Written by John Rox. The original 1953 version by Gayla Peevey features orchestration by Norman Leyden. Also recorded by The Three Stooges in 1960. |
| "I Want Eddie Fisher for Christmas" | Betty Johnson (1954) Spike Jones |
1954 | Two versions released the same Christmas season during the height of the Eddie Fisher craze. |
| "I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas" | Jon Bon Jovi | 1992 | B-side to the Bon Jovi song "Keep the Faith". Also replaced "Back Door Santa" on later pressings of the 1987 various artists holiday compilation A Very Special Christmas. |
| "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" | Wilson Phillips | 2010 | Peaked at # 13 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in early January 2011. Remake of the 1973 UK hit by Wizzard. Re-recorded by the writer, Wizzard frontman Roy Wood, with his Roy Wood Big Band as a live single in 1995. Also covered by the A*Teens, and Girls Aloud. |
| "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" | Blink-182 | 2001 | |
| "I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas" | Yogi Yorgesson with the Johnny Duffy Trio | 1949 | Written by Yorgesson under his real name, Harry Stewart. Covered live by farm broadcaster Orion Samuelson and the Uff da Band. |
| "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Bing Crosby | 1943 | Written during World War II by Kim Gannon, Walter Kent and Buck Ram to honor soldiers overseas. Still one of the most recorded Christmas songs today. Hit singles of this song include covers by Frank Sinatra, The Brothers Four, The Carpenters, Barbara Mandrell, Amy Grant, and Josh Groban. During the Christmas season of 2008, a version by Brian McKnight reached #14 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. |
| "I'll Make Every Day Christmas (for My Woman)" | Joe Tex | 1967 | |
| "I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus" | Brenda Lee | 1956 | Written by Frankie Adams & Wilbur Jones. Credited as "Little Brenda Lee (9 Years Old)" though she turned 12 in 1956. |
| "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" | Les Brown & His Orchestra | 1948 | Written in 1937 by Irving Berlin and introduced in the 1937 film On the Avenue by its stars, Dick Powell and Alice Faye. Les Brown's instrumental hit version was recorded in 1946, but didn't become a million-selling top 10 song until late 1948 and early 1949. Three other versions by the Mills Brothers, Art Lund and the Starlighters also hit the pop singles chart in early 1949. The song has also been recorded by such artists as Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Bette Midler and Kimberley Locke. |
| "If Every Day Was Like Christmas" | Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires and the Imperials Quartet | 1966 | Written by Red West. |
| "If We Make It Through December" | Merle Haggard | 1973 | From the album A Christmas Present. Charted again in 1974. |
| "In Dulci Jubilo" | Mike Oldfield | 1975 | Also known as "Good Christmas Men, Rejoice" and "In Sweetest Jubilee". |
| "Is This the Way to Santa's Grotto" | Santa | 2005 | A Christmas parody of "Is This the Way to Amarillo" by Tony Christie. |
| "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" | Daryl Hall & John Oates | 2006 | A #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. Traditional carol previously recorded by over 100 other artists. |
| "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way" | Jim Croce | 1973 | |
| "It May Be Winter Outside, (But in My Heart It's Spring)" | Love Unlimited | 1973 | |
| "It Must Have Been the Mistletoe" | Barbara Mandrell | 1984 | Charted by Barbra Streisand in 2002. |
| "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" | Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra | 1951 | Peaked at # 19 on Billboard's Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys chart in early January 1952 and # 23 on Billboard's Best Selling Pop Singles chart in December 1951. Meredith Willson composed this song while writing The Music Man. For the week of December 24, 2011, a version by Michael Bublé peaked at # 2 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. |
| "It's Christmas" (1) | Ronnie Milsap | 1986 | From the album Christmas with Ronnie Milsap. Later covered by Trace Adkins. |
| "It's Christmas" (2) | Modern Talking | 1987 | Written by Dieter Bohlen for the most popular men's duo in Germany pop music stage, Modern Talking. The song was included on their 1987 album, In the Garden of Venus. |
| "It's Christmas (All Over The World)" | Sheena Easton | 1985 | From the 1985 film Santa Claus: The Movie. |
| "It's Christmas Time All Over the World" | Sammy Davis, Jr. | 1963 | Also recorded by the Jackie Gleason orchestra. |
| "(It's Gonna Be A) Lonely Christmas" | The Orioles | 1948 | Reached #8 on Billboard magazine's R&B Juke Box chart in December 1948, and #5 on the same singles chart the following year. |
| "It's Just Another New Year's Eve" | Barry Manilow | 1977 | |
| "It's So Close to Christmas (And I'm So Far From Home)" | Bellamy Brothers | 1981 | No. 62 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1981 |
| "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" | Andy Williams | 1963 | Written in 1963 by George Wyle and Edward Pola, and selected as the theme song for Christmas Seals in both 1968 and 1976. Another popular version was released by Johnny Mathis in 1986. Country superstar Garth Brooks hit #56 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in December 1999 with his version of the song. Most recently, a 2008 recording of the song by Harry Connick, Jr. (from his album What a Night! A Christmas Album) hit #9 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. |
| "Itz the Holidaze" | Westside Connection | 2002 | From the soundtrack to the film Friday After Next. |
| "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" | Josh Groban | 2005 | The most famous instrumental version is George Winston's "Joy" from the album December, an all-time holiday best-seller. |
| "Jingle Bell Rock" | Bobby Helms | 1957 | Featuring backing vocals by the Anita Kerr Singers. Written by Joe Beale and Jim Boothe. Later hit versions by Bobby Rydell & Chubby Checker in 1961, Chet Atkins in 1961, Brenda Lee in 1964, Daryl Hall & John Oates in 1983, Randy Travis in 1992, George Strait in 1999 and Aaron Tippin in 2001. |
| "Jingle Bells" | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra | 1935 | A 1941 version by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra features vocals by Tex Beneke, Ernie Caceres and The Modernaires. Other hit versions recorded by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters (1943), Perry Como (1946), Les Paul (1951), the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1964), Booker T. & the MG's (1966), BeBe & CeCe Winans (1993), SheDaisy (2000), Kenny Chesney (2003), Kimberley Locke (2006) and Michael Bublé featuring The Puppini Sisters (2011). The 1955 novelty version by Don Charles & The Singing Dogs hit the Billboard special Christmas singles chart in 1971 – 1973, 1983 and 1984. Kimberley Locke's version spent one week at #1 on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in 2006. |
| "Jingo Jango" | Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra | 1963 | Instrumental that charted in 1963 and again in 1965. |
| "Joseph, Better You Than Me" | The Killers featuring Elton John and Neil Tennant | 2008 | |
| "Joy to the World" | Mannheim Steamroller | 1995 | From the album Christmas in the Aire. |
| "Kentucky Homemade Christmas" | Kenny Rogers | 1981 | |
| "The Kid" | Clint Black | 1995 | Peaked at #71 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1996, at #67 on the same chart in January 1999, and at #71 on the same chart in January 2000. Taken from Black's 1995 holiday album, Looking for Christmas. |
| "The Kid in Me" | Craig Morgan | 2000 | Peaked at #68 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in December 2000. |
| "A Kiss for Christmas (O Tannenbaum)" | Joe Dowell | 1961 | New lyrics set to the melody of an old German folk song. Peaked at #110 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in December 1961. |
| "Kissin' by the Mistletoe" | Aretha Franklin | 1961 | Appeared in the "Music Vendor" Christmas chart of 1963. |
| "Last Christmas" | Wham! | 1984 | Written by George Michael and first released in late 1984, when it reached #2 on the UK singles chart. The single was re-released in 1985. It has been covered by Alien Voices featuring The Three Degrees, Darren Hayes of Savage Garden, Billie Piper, Hilary Duff, Whigfield in 1995, Jimmy Eat World in 2004, Roses Are Red in 2005, Crazy Frog in 2006, Taylor Swift in 2007, and many others. Rumored to have been written for Easter, but later changed to Christmas to boost sales. |
| "Leroy the Redneck Reindeer" | Joe Diffie | 1995 | From the album Mr. Christmas. Reached #33 on the Country charts in 1996.[1] |
| "Let It Snow" | Boyz II Men | 1993 | Co-written and co-produced by R&B singer Brian McKnight, who also provides guest vocals on the track. Not the same song as "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!". |
| "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | Vaughn Monroe | 1945 | Written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne. Successfully covered in 1945 by Woody Herman. Dean Martin's 1959 version is still a favorite, and was also a hit single for Carly Simon in 2005, and Mannheim Steamroller in 2007. |
| "Let's Light the Christmas Tree" | Ruby Wright | 1957 | |
| "Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year" | James Brown | 1967 | |
| "Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby" | Amos Milburn and his Aladdin Chicken-Shackers | 1949 | A hit on Billboard magazine's R&B Best Seller and Juke Box singles chart in 1949.[2] |
| "Let the Season Take Wing" | Amy Grant | 1992 | Single available only as a cassette. Packaged with the Amy Grant album Home For Christmas at Target stores in 1992. |
| "Light of the Stable" | Emmylou Harris | 1975 | Featuring backing vocals by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Neil Young. |
| "Li'l Elfy" | Ray Bolger | 1963 | With the Gene Garf orchestra; charted for one week on the Billboard Christmas charts. |
| "Little Altar Boy" | Vic Dana | 1961 | Also a hit for The Carpenters in 1984. |
| "Little Becky's Christmas Wish" | Becky Lamb | 1967 | Spoken-word record featuring a little girl who narrates a letter to Santa Claus about her brother Tommy, who is killed in Vietnam. Quite controversial at the time, the record went to #2 on the Billboard Christmas chart despite the fact many radio stations refused to play it. Little is known about Becky except for the fact that she was five years old at the time of the recording; the B-side, "Go to Sleep Little Lambs" is credited to Bill Lamb, presumably Becky's father. |
| "The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot" | Vera Lynn | 1937 | Covered by Nat King Cole in 1953. Sung on-screen by James Belushi in film Jingle All The Way. |
| "The Little Drummer Boy (Carol of the Drum)" | Harry Simeone Chorale | 1958 | One of the most-recorded of the modern carols. Written in 1941 by Katherine K. Davis (words and music). A version by Lou Rawls peaked at #2 on Billboard magazine's special Christmas singles chart in 1967 (it charted again in 1969). Other charted versions include Johnny Cash (1959), Joan Baez (1966), Kenny Burrell (1967), RuPaul (1994) and Wilson Phillips (2010). A version by the Vienna Boys Choir also hit big when it was featured in the Rankin/Bass animated TV special. |
| "Little Saint Nick" | The Beach Boys | 1963 | Covered by Sugar Ray in 2001. |
| "Little Sandy Sleighfoot" | Jimmy Dean | 1957 | Novelty song performed with the Ray Ellis Orchestra. |
| "Lonesome Anti-Christmas Blues" | The Fratellis | 2008 | B-side to the CD version of their single, "A Heady Tale". |
| "Lonesome Christmas" | Lowell Fulson | 1950 | Originally charted on the R&B charts, hit the Christmas singles chart in 1964–1968 and 1970. |
| "Love on Layaway" | Gloria Estefan | 2000 | Included on the 2001 album Now That's What I Call Christmas!. |
| "The Man with All the Toys" | The Beach Boys | 1964 | |
| "Marshmallow World" | Bing Crosby | 1950 | Lyrics written by Carl Sigman and music composed by Peter De Rose. Also recorded by Darlene Love for the classic 1963 holiday album A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector. Other popular versions recorded by Brenda Lee in 1964 and Dean Martin in 1966. |
| "The Marvelous Toy" | Chad Mitchell Trio | 1963 | Written by Tom Paxton. Peter, Paul & Mary released a version in (1969). A folk favorite, also recorded by The Irish Rovers and John Denver. |
| "Mary, Did You Know" | Kenny Rogers with Wynonna | 1996 | The lyrics were written in 1984 by Mark Lowry. Buddy Greene composed the music in 1990. The song was first released on the album Michael English in 1992. Also a hit for Natalie Cole, Reba McEntire, Kathy Mattea, Clay Aiken, Michael Bublé and others. |
| "Mary's Boy Child" | Harry Belafonte | 1956 | Written by Jester Hairston. Also a top 40 hit remake in the UK for Nina & Frederick in 1959, and a #1 hit remake in the UK for Boney M in 1978, as a medley titled "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord". |
| "May Christmas Bring You Happiness" | Luther | 1976 | 1970s R&B vocal quintet featuring Luther Vandross on lead vocals, along with former Shades of Jade members Anthony Hinton and Diane Sumler, Theresa V. Reed, and Christine Wiltshire. |
| "May You Always" | Harry Harrison | 1965 | Spoken-word piece, accompanied by "Auld Lang Syne". Not to be confused with the song of the same title. |
| "Mele Kalikimaka" | Bing Crosby with The Andrews Sisters | 1950 | More recently a hit for Jimmy Buffett in 1996, the Blue Hawaiians and Bette Midler in 2006. |
| "Merry Christmas" | Judy Garland | 1949 | Written by Janice Torre and Fred Spielman, for the 1949 MGM musical film In the Good Old Summertime. Later recorded by Johnny Mathis (2002) and Bette Midler (2006). |
| "Merry Christmas, Baby" | Johnny Moore's Three Blazers | 1947 | The original version by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers peaked at #3 on Billboard magazine's R&B Juke Box chart during the Christmas season of 1947. Charles Brown was the singer and pianist of Johnny Moore's Three Blazers. Brown also recorded a hit solo remake of the song in 1956. Other versions that also charted were by Chuck Berry in 1958 (which peaked at #71 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart) and by Otis Redding in 1968 (which peaked at #9 on Billboard magazine's annual Christmas singles chart). Bruce Springsteen also recorded a version that first appeared on the 1987 various artists holiday compilation album A Very Special Christmas. |
| "Merry Christmas Darling" | The Carpenters | 1970 | First released as a single in 1970. Re-recorded for their 1978 holiday album Christmas Portrait. |
| "Merry Christmas from the Family" | Robert Earl Keen | 1994 | From the album Gringo Honeymoon. |
| "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays" | 'N Sync | 1998 | Hit the Top 40 Mainstream chart in 1999. |
| "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" | The Ramones | 1987 | |
| "Merry Christmas Strait to You" | George Strait | 1986 | First released on Strait's 1986 holiday album Merry Christmas Strait to You, but the title track didn't hit the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart until the week ending January 3, 1998. |
| "Merry Christmas Santa Claus (You're a Lovely Guy)" | Max Headroom | 1986 | |
| "Merry Merry Christmas Baby" | Dodie Stevens | 1960 | |
| "Merry Merry Merry Frickin' Christmas" | Frickin' A | 2004 | Two versions of the song. One is a tribute to the Boston Red Sox on their winning of the 2004 World Series. The other is a satire of spending time with the family. |
| "Merry Twistmas" | The Marcels | 1961 | Written to capitalize on the U.S. dance craze called "The Twist". |
| "Mistletoe" (1) | Colbie Caillat | 2007 | Peaked at #75 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #44 on the Billboard Pop 100 chart in late 2007, and #7 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in early 2008. |
| "Mistletoe" (2) | Justin Bieber | 2011 | Debuted and peaked at # 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and # 5 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart for the week ending November 5, 2011. Also peaked at # 4 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks for the week ending December 24, 2011. |
| "Mistletoe And Holly" | Frank Sinatra | 1957 | Written by Frank Sinatra, Doc Stanford & Hank Sanicola. Selected as the theme song for the 1960 Christmas Seals appeal. |
| "The Mistletoe and Me" | Isaac Hayes | 1969 | Charted again in 1973. |
| "Mistress For Christmas" | AC/DC | 1990 | From the album "The Razors Edge" |
| "Money in a Card (On This Christmas Day)" | Camp Jam Allstars | Charity single written by Jeff Carlisi (38 Special), Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel) and Derek St. Holmes (Ted Nugent) and performed by a group of teens to benefit Little Kids Rock. | |
| "Monsters' Holiday" | Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers | 1962 | Similar to Pickett's #1 pop hit single from earlier in 1962, "Monster Mash". |
| "Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo" | South Park | 1997 | Song debuted in the South Park episode of the same name, has appeared in several others since. |
| "Must Be Santa" | Lorne Greene with the Jimmy Joyce Children's Choir | 1966 | Written by Hal Moore and Bill Fredricks. First recorded by Mitch Miller and the Gang in 1961. Also covered by Bob Dylan in 2009. |
| "My Boyfriend's Coming Home For Christmas" | Toni Wine | 1963 | |
| "My Christmas Card to You" | The Partridge Family | 1971 | Written by Tony Romeo. |
| "My December" | Linkin Park | 2001 | |
| "My Favorite Things" | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass | 1968 | Originally written for the 1959 Broadway musical The Sound of Music. Popular versions from the 1960s that never charted include Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, and Eddie Fisher. The song was a minor hit for Lorrie Morgan in 1994. On the week of December 31, 2001, a version by the band Chicago peaked at # 11 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. |
| "My Mom and Santa Claus" | George Jones | 1965 | First released in 1962; charted for one week on the Billboard Christmas charts in 1965. |
| "My Only Wish (This Year)" | Britney Spears | 2000 | |
| "Natividad (Nativity)" | Harvie June Van | 1967 | Peaked at # 15 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1967. |
| "New Year's Eve 1999" | Alabama with Gretchen Peters | 1999 | Peaked at # 55 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2000. |
| "A New York Christmas" | Rob Thomas | 2003 | Peaked at # 22 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Sales chart in December 2003. |
| "The Night Before Christmas" (1) | Milton Cross | 1939 | Peaked at # 6 on Billboard's Best-Selling Children's Records chart in December 1948. Recitation of Clement Moore's famous 1823 poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" with musical background orchestrated by Victor Salon. Originally released in 1939. |
| "The Night Before Christmas" (2) | Carly Simon | 1994 | From the 1994 film Mixed Nuts. |
| "The Night Before Christmas Song" | Rosemary Clooney & Gene Autry | 1952 | Peaked at # 9 on Billboard's Top Popular Records - Most Played by Jockeys chart in late December 1952. A recording of Clement Moore's famous 1823 poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" featuring a melody written by Johnny Marks and orchestration by Carl Cotner. |
| "The Night Santa Went Crazy" | "Weird Al" Yankovic | 1996 | Parody of Greg Lake's "I Believe in Father Christmas" in the style of Soul Asylum's "Black Gold." Two versions were recorded. |
| "No Presents for Christmas" | King Diamond | 1985 | From the album Fatal Portrait. |
| "A Not So Merry Christmas" | Bobby Vee | 1962 | From the album Merry Christmas From Bobby Vee. |
| "The Nutcracker Suite" | Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops | Also a hit for the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and many others around the world. Introduced in a stylized jazz-big band version by Les Brown in the 1957 album "Concert Modern". Recent hit rock versions by The Brian Setzer Orchestra and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Latter's version retitled "A Mad Russian's Christmas". | |
| "Nuttin' for Christmas" | Art Mooney and His Orchestra Vocal by Barry Gordon |
1955 | Peaked at # 6 on Billboard's Popular Records - Best Sellers in Stores chart in January 1956. Versions by four other artists charted in December 1955 and January 1956 on one or more of Billboard's music popularity charts: Joe Ward (peaked at # 20 on Popular Records - Most Played in Juke Boxes chart in late December 1955), Ricky Zahnd & The Blue Jeaners (titled "(I'm Gettin') Nuttin' for Christmas", and peaked at # 21 on Popular Records - Best Sellers in Stores in December 1955), The Fontane Sisters (peaked at # 36 on the Top 100 Popular Records chart in December 1955) and Stan Freberg (peaked at # 53 on the Top 100 Popular Records chart in January 1956). Written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett. Eartha Kitt released a version in 1955 with different lyrics titled "Nothin' for Christmas" with the same writer credits. Also covered by the rock group Smash Mouth. |
| "O Bambino (One Cold and Blessed Winter)" | Harry Simeone Chorale | 1964 | Peaked at # 9 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1964 and # 105 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in January 1965 (charted again on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1965, peaking at # 24). Introduced in 1961 by The Springfields in 1961 as "Bambino (Napoli Lullaby)" |
| "O Come All Ye Faithful" | Twisted Sister | 2006 | Performed in the style of their hit "We're Not Gonna Take It", while staying faithful to the carol's original words and melody. |
| "O Holy Night" | John Berry | 1995 | Peaked at # 55 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1996 (charted again on the same Billboard chart in January 1998, peaking at # 63). A 19th century French carol, originally titled "Cantique de Noël." Other charted versions were by Martina McBride (released in 1996, peaked at # 41 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2001), Josh Groban (released in 2002, spent two weeks at # 1 on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in December 2002) and LeAnn Rimes (released in 2003, peaked at # 14 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2004). First known recorded version was released in 1916 by Enrico Caruso. First appearance on a popular Christmas album was in 1946 by Fred Waring. |
| "Oh Santa!" | Mariah Carey | 2010 | Spent four weeks at # 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in December 2010 and January 2011.[3] Debuted at #1 on Billboard's Holiday Digital Songs chart on the week ending October 30, 2010. First single released from Carey's second holiday album, Merry Christmas II You. |
| "Oi to the World" | The Vandals | 1996 | Covered by No Doubt in 1997. |
| "Oíche Chiún (Silent Night)" | Enya | 1988 | Peaked at # 117 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in January 1995. Also charted on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Sales chart in December 2000, December 20010-January 2002, November 2002-January 2003 and December 2003-January 2004 (peaking at high as # 11 in January 2003). The classic 1818 Franz Gruber carol sung in Gaelic. Originally released as a B-side of Enya's 1988 single, "Evening Falls". Later released as the main track on a three-song EP in 1994, which was also the best-selling Christmas single in the U.S. for 10 years (1994–2004). |
| "An Old Christmas Card" | Jim Reeves | 1963 | From the album Twelve Songs of Christmas. Reached the Music Vendor Christmas chart the same year. |
| "The Old Man's Back in Town" | Garth Brooks | 1992 | Peaked at # 48 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1993 (charted again on the same Billboard chart in January 1998, peaking at # 59). Included on Brooks's first holiday album, Beyond the Season. |
| "Old Time Christmas" | George Strait | 1999 | Peaked at # 62 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in December 2000. |
| "Old Toy Trains" | Roger Miller | 1967 | Peaked at # 13 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1967. A 2000 version by Toby Keith peaked at # 57 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in early January 2001. |
| "One Wish (for Christmas)" | Whitney Houston | 2003 | Peaked at # 23 on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary chart in January 2004. Originally recorded by Freddie Jackson and included on his 1994 holiday album, Freddie Jackson at Christmas. |
| "Our Winter Love" | Bill Pursell | 1963 | Peaked at # 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and at # 4 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart in late March 1963, and at # 20 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart in April 1963. Instrumental track. A vocal version by The Lettermen peaked at # 16 on Billboard's Top 40 Easy Listening chart and # 72 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart in February 1967. |
| "Paper Angels" | Jimmy Wayne | 2003 | Peaked at # 40 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2004. |
| "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" | Vincent Lopez Orchestra | 1922 | The Vincent Lopez Orchestra version peaked at # 3 on the pop singles chart in September 1922. Other charted versions include Carl Fenton's Orchestra (# 6 on pop singles in September 1922) and Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (# 1 for seven weeks on pop singles in the spring of 1923). Music written in 1897 by Leon Jessel and popularized by Nikita Balieff's 1920s musical revue Chauve-Souris. A version by The Crystals was also included on Phil Spector's 1963 holiday album, A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records. |
| "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" | David Bowie & Bing Crosby | 1982 | Peaked at # 43 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Sales chart in January 2003 (also charted on the same Billboard chart in December 2000-January 2001 (# 58), December 2001 (# 75) and December 2003-January 2004 (# 66)). Originally performed on September 11, 1977 for Crosby's final holiday television special, Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas, and first released as a single in 1982. A video clip of the performance from the Crosby television special became a holiday staple on MTV during the holiday season for much of the 1980s. |
| "Peppermint Winter" | Owl City | 2010 | Peaked at # 68 on Billboard's Canadian Hot 100 singles chart. Written by Owl City, it serves as the musical project's first Christmas single. |
| "A Perfect Christmas" | Jose Mari Chan | 1990 | From the album Christmas In Our Hearts. |
| "The Perfect Year" | Dina Carroll | 1993 | From the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Sunset Boulevard. |
| "Please Come Home for Christmas" | Charles Brown | 1960 | Peaked at # 21 on Billboard's Hot R&B Sides chart in early January 1961, # 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in early January 1962, and # 108 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in December 1962. Also charted on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart each December from 1963 through 1970, and then again in 1972 and 1973 (peaking as high as # 1 in December 1972). Written by Brown and Gene Redd. Other charted versions include The Uniques (# 32 on Billboard Christmas Singles in December 1967), The Eagles (# 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1979, # 27 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks in January 1996, # 20 on the same Billboard chart in January 1997 and # 15 on the same Billboard chart in January 1998), Gary Allan (# 70 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks in January 1997), Lee Roy Parnell (# 71 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks in January 1997), Willie Nelson (# 50 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks in January 2004) and Josh Gracin (# 51 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs in January 2006). |
| "Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" | John Denver | 1973 | Peaked at # 7 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1973, and at # 69 on both the Billboard Hot 100 singles and Billboard's Hot Country Singles charts in January 1974. Written by Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert. Denver's original 1973 single displayed the title as simply "Please, Daddy." The song has been covered by other artists, such as Alan Jackson (1993) and The Decemberists (2006). |
| "Please Uncle Sam (Send Back My Man)" | The Charmels | 1966 | An early Stax/Volt single, in which a lonely Christmas is expected due to the singer's lover being in Vietnam. |
| "Po' Folks' Christmas" | Bill Anderson and The Po' Boys | 1968 | Debuted and peaked at # 18 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1968. |
| "Presents for Christmas" | Solomon Burke | 1966 | |
| "Pretty Paper" | Roy Orbison | 1963 | Peaked at # 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and # 10 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart in January 1964. Also charted on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1964, peaking at # 27. Written by Willie Nelson. The original recording by Orbison was arranged by Bill Justis, with orchestra and chorus conducted by Ivor Raymonde. A 2003 version by Kenny Chesney featuring Willie Nelson debuted and peaked at # 45 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2004. |
| "Proper Crimbo" | Bo Selecta | 2003 | UK number 4 hit single. |
| "Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart" | LeAnn Rimes | 1996 | Peaked at # 51 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1997. Single available only as a bonus CD with the purchase of Rimes's 1996 studio album Blue at Target stores during the 1996 holiday season. |
| "Put Christ Back Into Christmas" | Red Foley with The Anita Kerr Singers | 1953 | Peaked at # 23 on the pop singles chart in December 1953. |
| "The Real Meaning of Christmas" | Ray Conniff and The Singers | 1965 | Peaked at # 19 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart on the week of December 25, 1965. |
| "Red Water (Christmas Mourning)" | Type O Negative | 1996 | From the album October Rust. |
| "Redneck 12 Days of Christmas" | Jeff Foxworthy | 1995 | Peaked at # 18 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1996. Charted again on the same Billboard chart in December 1996 (peaking at # 39), December 1997 (peaking at # 39), January 1999 (peaking at # 37), and December 1999 (peaking at # 35). Issued as a commercial single in November 2003, and spent three weeks at # 1 on Billboard's Country Singles Sales chart and peaked # 8 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Sales chart in December 2003. Parody of the traditional English song "Twelve Days of Christmas. A 2000 cover version by the Redneck Carollers also featured Foxworthy on lead vocals. |
| "Reindeer Boogie" | Trisha Yearwood | 1994 | Peaked at # 63 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1999. First recorded by Hank Snow in 1953. |
| "Remember Bethlehem" | Dee Mullins | 1970 | Peaked at # 71 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart in January 1971. |
| "Ring Out, Solstice Bells" | Jethro Tull | 1976 | From the album Songs from the Wood. |
| "River" | Barry Manilow | 2002 | Peaked at # 17 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in January 2003, and included on his 2002 holiday album, A Christmas Gift of Love. Written and originally recorded by Joni Mitchell, whose original version is included on her 1971 non-holiday studio album, Blue. |
| "Rock and Roll Christmas" | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | 1983 | |
| "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" | Brenda Lee | 1958 | Peaked at # 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on the week of January 1, 1961 (charted on the Billboard Hot 100 again in December 1960 (# 50) and December 1962 (# 59)). Also charted on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart each December from 1963 through 1969, and then again in 1973, 1983 and 1984 (peaking as high as # 3 in December 1965). A 1996 version by the band Alabama peaked at # 64 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2000. Written by Johnny Marks. The B-side of Lee's original single is "Papa Noël," a holiday song written by Roy Botkin. |
| "Round & Round the Christmas Tree" | Bing Crosby | 1947 | Included on his 1994 Christmas Album. |
| "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" | Gene Autry & the Pinafores | 1949 | Spent eight weeks at # 1 on Billboard's Children's Records chart from late November 1949 through mid January 1950. Also peaked at # 1 on both Billboard's Best-Selling Pop Singles and Billboard's Country & Western Records Most Played by Folk Disk Jockeys charts in early January 1950. The 1949 by Autry charted on Billboard's music charts again from November 1950 – January 1951 (six more weeks at # 1 on the Children's Records chart, # 3 on Best-Selling Pop Singles and # 5 on all three Country & Western Records charts), November 1951 – January 1952 (four more weeks at #1 on the Children's Records chart, # 16 on Best-Selling Pop Singles), December 1952 – January 1953 (# 2 on Children's Records, # 13 on Most Played by Disk Jockeys) and December 1953 – January 1954 (# 26 on pop singles). Autry recorded an updated version of the song in 1957 that featured orchestration by Carl Cotner, which debuted and peaked at # 70 on Billboard's Top 100 Sides chart in December 1957. Refer to the article on the song for the extensive list of cover versions that have charted on Billboard's various music charts through the years.. |
| "Run Rudolph Run" | Chuck Berry | 1958 | Peaked at # 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in December 1958. The B-side of Berry's original single is another holiday tune, a cover of "Merry Christmas Baby." A 2008 version by Luke Bryan peaked at # 42 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. |
| "Rusty Chevrolet" | Da Yoopers | 1986 | Lyrics written by Jim DeCaire & Joe Potila of the group, used with the song "Jingle Bells". |
| "Same Old Lang Syne" | Dan Fogelberg | 1980 | Peaked at # 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and # 8 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in February 1981. |
| "Santa Baby" | Eartha Kitt with Henri Rene & His Orchestra | 1953 | Written by Tony Springer, Phil Springer & Joan Javits. In 1954, Eartha Kitt recorded a new version of the song with new lyrics titled "This Year's Santa Baby", while Homer & Jethro also recorded a version titled "Santy Baby" in 1954. Later covered by Mae West, Madonna in 1987, and Kylie Minogue in 2000, among others. |
| "Santa Baby (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme)" | Willa Ford | 2001 | The lead single from the album MTV: TRL Christmas. |
| "Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)" | Elvis Presley | 1957 | Written by Aaron Schroeder and Claude DeMetruis. |
| "Santa Claus and His Old Lady" | Cheech & Chong | 1971 | Spoken comedy record. |
| "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto" | James Brown | 1968 | |
| "Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney" | Ella Fitzgerald | 1950 | |
| "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" | Elvis Presley | 1957 | Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the song has been covered by many artists, including Richard Marx. |
| "Santa Claus Is Comin' (In a Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train)" | The Tractors | 1995 | Reached #43 on the Country charts in 1996.[1] Rewriting of the group's biggest hit, "Baby Likes to Rock It". |
| "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" | George Hall and the Hotel Taft Orchestra | 1934 | Written in 1933 by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots. The Jackson 5's 1970 version hit # 1 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1970 and again in December 1971 (it also charted in 1973). Bruce Springsteen's 'live' version was actually recorded on December 12, 1975 at C.W. Post College in Greenvale, New York; this version was first released as a promotional single by Columbia Records in 1981 (Columbia AE7 1332). Other notable hit versions were by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters (1947), The 4 Seasons (1962), The Crystals (1963), The Carpenters (1975), George Strait (1995), Lonestar (2000), Steve Tyrell (2002), Harry Connick Jr. (2003) and Michael Bublé (2011). |
| "Santa Claus Is Definitely Here to Stay" | James Brown | 1970 | |
| "Santa Claus Is on the Dole" | Spitting Image | 1986 | With "1st Atheist Tabernacle Choir" on the B-side. |
| "Santa Claus Is Thumbing to Town" | Relient K | 2001 | |
| "Santa Claus Is Watching You" | Ray Stevens | 1962 | Featuring backing vocals by the Merry Melody Singers. |
| "Santa Claus Lane" | Hilary Duff | 2002 | Title track from the album Santa Claus Lane. Also used in the movie The Santa Clause 2. |
| "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" | Buck Owens | 1965 | Reached #2 on the Pop charts in 1965.[1] Charted again by Buck Owens in 1967, and by Garth Brooks in 1998. |
| "Santa's a Fat Bitch" | Insane Clown Posse | 1997 | Only single ever charted by this group on the Billboard Hot 100. |
| "Santa's Gonna Come in a Pickup Truck" | Redneck Carollers | 2000 | The song is a redneck style parody of "The Chipmunk Song". Originally recorded by Alan Jackson and Alvin & the Chipmunks. |
| "Santa's Got a Brand New Bag" | SHeDAISY | 2000 | Originally the name of a James Brown Christmas compilation album released in 1988 by Rhino Records. A different song of the same name is a cult instrumental by the Hollyridge Strings. |
| "Save the Best for Last (Christmas version)" | Vanessa L. Williams | 1992 | Previously a #1 U.S. hit for 5 weeks as a non-holiday single, was reworked with a new snowy theme and wintry music video, popular on MTV for many years. |
| "The Secret of Christmas" | Bing Crosby | 1959 | Written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen. Performed by Crosby in the 1959 film Say One for Me. |
| "Sending You a Little Christmas" | Jim Brickman | 2003 | Peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart during the Christmas season of 2003. |
| "Shake Hands with Santa Claus" | Louis Prima & His Orchestra | 1951 | |
| "Shake Up Christmas" | Train | 2010 | Reached #12 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in December 2010. |
| "Silent Night" | Bing Crosby | 1935 | Written on Christmas Eve in 1818 in Germany by Franz Gruber under the title "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht". Crosby's original hit version features the Victor Young Orchestra and backing vocals by the Guardsmen Quartet. First known hit version in the U.S. was by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra in 1928. Other hit versions were by the Ravens (1948), Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1949), Mahalia Jackson (1962), Barbra Streisand (1966), The Temptations (1969), Enya (1994), Kenny Chesney (2004) and Susan Boyle (2009). |
| "Silver And Gold" | Burl Ives | 1964 | Written for the classic 1964 TV special, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. |
| "Silver Bells" | Bing Crosby & Carole Richards | 1950 | Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, and later used in the 1951 film The Lemon Drop Kid starring Bob Hope. Other popular versions were also recorded by Johnny Mathis, Al Martino, Doris Day, The Supremes, Earl Grant, and Kenny G. |
| "Sleigh Ride" | Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops | 1949 | Recorded one year later (in 1950) by the song's composer Leroy Anderson (it was written in 1946). An '80s hit version by Amy Grant is among the best-known of the vocal interpretations, alongside the popular 1958 version by Johnny Mathis (backed by the Percy Faith Orchestra), which was the first recording of the vocal version. A version by The Ronettes was included on the classic 1963 holiday album A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector. |
| "Slipping Into Christmas" | Leon Russell | 1972 | |
| "Snoopy's Christmas" | The Royal Guardsmen | 1967 | The third in a series of "Snoopy vs. The Red Baron" songs by the group. Reached #10 in Cashbox's pop chart, #1 in the Billboard Christmas chart. |
| "Snowfall" | Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra | 1941 | Written by Claude Thornhill. |
| "Snowflakes of Love" | Toni Braxton | 2001 | The lead single from Toni Braxton's Christmas album Snowflakes. Includes elements of Isaac Hayes' composition "Now We're One". |
| "Someday at Christmas" | Stevie Wonder | 1966 | |
| "Someone Is Missing At Christmas" | Anne Cochran | 2005 | |
| "Song for a Winter's Night" | Sarah McLachlan | 1994 | Written and originally recorded in 1966 by Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot for his 1967 album The Way I Feel. McLachlan's version of the song was recorded in 1994 and first appeared on the soundtrack to that year's remake of Miracle on 34th Street. McLachlan also included her version on her 2006 holiday album Wintersong. |
| "The Sound of Christmas" | The Ramsey Lewis Trio | 1961 | |
| "Spread a Little Love on Christmas Day | Destiny's Child | 2000 | From the compilation album, Another Rosie Christmas. |
| "Star Bright" | Vanessa L. Williams | 1996 | |
| "Step Into Christmas" | Elton John | 1973 | The B-side of the 1973 single (MCA 65018) contained another holiday tune by Elton titled "Ho Ho Ho (Who'd Be a Turkey at Christmas)". The British indie-rock band The Wedding Present recorded a cover of "Step Into Christmas" that appeared on the 1991 various artists holiday compilation A Lump of Coal. |
| "Suzy Snowflake" | Rosemary Clooney | 1951 | Written by Sid Tepper and Roy Brodsky. |
| "Sweet Little Baby Boy" | James Brown | 1966 | |
| "Take Me Back to Toyland" | Nat King Cole | 1955 | Peaked at # 47 on Billboard's Top 100 Popular Records chart in January 1956. Featuring the Nelson Riddle Orchestra and Chorus. |
| "Tell Her It's Snowing" | Tony Bennett | 1973 | Peaked at # 38 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart in May 1973. |
| "Tennessee Christmas" | Amy Grant | 1983 | Covered by Alabama in 1985, Steve Wariner in 1990, among other country and Contemporary Christian artists. |
| "Thank God for Kids" | Oak Ridge Boys | 1982 | Peaked at # 3 for two weeks on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart in January and February 1983. A 2003 version by Kenny Chesney debuted and peaked at # 60 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2004. |
| "Thank God It's Christmas" | Queen | 1984 | |
| "That Holiday Feeling" | Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme | 1964 | A local hit in the Buffalo, New York area for Mary Stahl and Michael Civisca. |
| "That's What I Want For Christmas" | Nancy Wilson | 1963 | Peaked at # 6 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1963 and at # 26 on the same Billboard chart in December 1964. Featuring orchestra by O.B. Masingill. |
| "There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas" | Perry Como | 1950 | Peaked at # 28 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1968. Featuring orchestration by Nick Perito and the Ray Charles Singers on backing vocals. Original version by Como released in 1950; Como's 1968 charted version is a re-recording. |
| "There Won't Be Any Snow (Christmas in the Jungle)" | Derrik Roberts | 1965 | Peaked at # 8 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1965 and at # 105 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in January 1966. Included on the 1998 Westside Records compilation, Christmas Past. |
| "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays" | Perry Como | 1954 | Peaked at # 8 on Billboard's Most Played by Jockeys chart and at # 18 on Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores chart in January 1955. Featuring orchestration by Mitchell Ayres. A 1999 cover version by Garth Brooks peaked at # 63 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2000. On the week of December 31, 2011, a cover version by Cyndi Lauper and Norah Jones peaked at # 12 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. |
| "Thirty-Two Feet – Eight Little Tails" | Gene Autry | 1951 | Peaked at # 5 on Billboard's Best Selling Children's Records chart in December 1951. Featuring orchestration by Carl Cotner. |
| "This Christmas" | Donny Hathaway | 1970 | Peaked at # 11 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1972. First released as a single in 1970. |
| "This Gift" | 98° | 1999 | Peaked at # 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and at # 6 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in January 2000. |
| "This Is Your Gift" | John Tesh | 2002 | Peaked at # 19 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in December 2002. |
| "This One's for the Children" | New Kids on the Block | 1989 | Peaked at # 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, # 27 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart and # 55 on Billboard's Hot Black Singles chart in January 1990. The single also included "Funky, Funky Xmas," from the group's holiday album Merry, Merry Christmas, as a second track. |
| "This Time of the Year" | Brook Benton | 1959 | Peaked at # 12 on Billboard's Hot R&B Sides chart and # 66 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in January 1960. Featuring orchestration by Belford Hendricks. Another version by Brenda Lee charted in December 1964, peaking at # 12 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart. |
| "Til' Santa's Gone (Milk and Cookies)" | Clint Black | 1995 | First charted on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks in December 1995 (peaking at # 58 in January 1996). Charted again on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1997 (peaking at # 65), January 1998 (peaking at # 40), December 1998 (peaking at # 38) and December 1999 (peaking at # 34). Same recording was re-titled to "Til' Santa's Gone (I Just Can't Wait)" in late 1998. |
| "Toyland" | Doris Day | From the Victor Herbert operetta Babes in Toyland. Also popular as an instrumental by countless artists. | |
| "Trains and Winter Rains" | Enya | 2008 | Peaked at # 27 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart during the Christmas season of 2008. Included on Enya's 2008 album, And Winter Came.... |
| "'Twas the Night After Christmas" | Jeff Foxworthy | 1996 | Peaked at # 67 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1997. Parody of the famous 1823 poem written by Clement Moore. |
| "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" | Arthur Godfrey | 1950 | Peaked at # 12 on Billboard's Best Selling Children's Records chart in December 1950. The famous 1823 poem written by Clement Moore with backing orchestration by Archie Bleyer. |
| "The Twelve Days of Christmas" | Mitch Miller and the Gang | 1961 | One of the most recorded songs each year. First known recorded version was by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters in 1949. The comedy duo of Bob & Doug McKenzie recorded a parody of this song in 1981. Other popular parodies that still receive airplay on radio stations around the holiday season include "The Twelve Pains of Christmas" by the Bob Rivers Comedy Corp (1987), and "Redneck 12 Days of Christmas" by Jeff Foxworthy (1995). During the Christmas season of 2008, a comical a cappella version by Straight No Chaser reached # 5 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. |
| "The Twelve Gifts of Christmas" | Allan Sherman | 1963 | Peaked at # 5 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1963. Comical parody version of the traditional English carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas". |
| "25th of Last December" | Roberta Flack | 1977 | Peaked at # 28 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart and # 52 on Billboard's Hot Soul Singles chart in January 1978. Written by Gene McDaniels. Originally recorded for the 1977 album Blue Lights in the Basement. Flack re-recorded the song for her 1997 holiday album, The Christmas Album. |
| "2000 Miles" | The Pretenders | 1983 | Originally released as the B-side of the band's 1983 top 20 pop hit single "Middle of the Road", and then included on the band's 1984 album Learning to Crawl. Also covered by Holly Cole in 1989, and recorded by Coldplay in 2003 as a download single for charity. |
| "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me" | The Supremes | 1965 | Peaked at # 5 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1965. Charted again on the same Billboard chart in December 1966 (peaking at # 26) and December 1967 (peaking at # 10). |
| "Twistin' Bells" | Santo & Johnny | 1960 | Peaked at # 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in December 1960. "Twist-rock" version of "Jingle Bells". |
| "Under the Mistletoe" | Blondfire | 2005 | |
| "Up on the House Top" | Kimberley Locke | 2005 | Spent four weeks at # 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in December 2005 and January 2006. First released by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1953, and re-recorded by Autry for his 1957 holiday album, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer & other Christmas Favorites. |
| "A Visit From St. Nicholas ('Twas The Night Before Chrismtas)" | Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians | 1942 | First charted on Billboard's Best Selling Children's Records chart in December 1949, peaking at # 11. Charted on Billboard's Best Selling Children's Records chart again in December 1952, peaking at # 6. A recording of Clement Moore's famous 1823 poem set to music by Ken Darby and featuring orchestration by Harry Simeone. First released around Christmastime of 1942 on the 4-record album set, 'Twas The Night Before Christmas (Decca 480). |
| "Walk This Sleigh" | Robbie Williams | 1997 | Featured in 1997 as a B-side for the hit single "Angels". |
| "Warm & Fuzzy" | Billy Gilman | 2000 | Peaked at # 50 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2001. |
| "We Need a Little Christmas" | Angela Lansbury and Cast | 1966 | From the original Broadway cast recording, Mame. Other hit versions that same year were by Percy Faith and His Orchestra (charted 2005), and The New Christy Minstrels. It was then reprised in the 1974 film version of Mame, starring Lucille Ball. During the Christmas season of 2008, a version by Kimberley Locke reached #19 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. In December 2010, a version by the cast of the TV series Glee reached #15 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. |
| "We Three Kings (Star of Wonder)" | BlackHawk | 1997 | Peaked at # 75 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1998. Composed by John Henry Hopkins in 1857. |
| "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" | Kenny G | 2005 | Peaked at # 15 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary in December 2005. Recorded by dozens of artists over the years, but Kenny G's 2005 recording was the first version to make any of Billboard's music charts. |
| "We Wish You the Merriest" | Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra with Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians | 1964 | From the 1964 LP 12 Songs of Christmas. |
| "Welcome Christmas" | The Who Village Choir | 1966 | Written for the 1966 Dr. Seuss TV classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. |
| "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" | The Orioles | 1949 | Peaked at # 9 on Billboard's Best-Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues chart in December 1949. Written by Frank Loesser. Other charted versions include Danté & The Evergreens (# 107 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles in December 1960) and Nancy Wilson (# 17 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1965 and # 24 on the same chart in December 1967). Recorded by many other artists, including Margaret Whiting in 1947, Dick Haymes & the Les Paul Trio in 1947, Ella Fitzgerald in 1960, Ramsey Lewis in 1960, King Curtis in 1968, Johnny Mathis in 1969, Patti LaBelle in 1990, The Stylistics in 1992, Harry Connick, Jr. in 1993, Barbra Streisand in 2001 and Diana Krall in 2005. |
| "What Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb?)" | The Star Wars Intergalactic Droid Choir & Chorale | 1980 | Peaked at # 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in December 1980. A novelty record featuring Star Wars' Chewbacca and included on the 1980 holiday album, Christmas in the Stars. The artist is actually disco producer Meco Monardo. |
| "What Child Is This?" | Mark Chesnutt | 1996 | Peaked at # 75 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1997. Included on the 1996 various artists album A Country Christmas. Traditional 16th century English melody, known as "Greensleeves". Lyrics written in the 19th century by John Stainer and William Chatterton Dix. Recorded by dozens of artists over the years. |
| "What Christmas Means to Me" | Stevie Wonder | 1967 | From the album Someday at Christmas. Later versions were recorded by Paul Young (1992), Hanson (1997), Al Green (2004), and Jessica Simpson (2004). |
| "What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin'?)" | Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang | 1936 | |
| "What Will the New Year Bring?" | Donna Fargo | 1975 | Peaked at # 58 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart in January 1976. |
| "Whatever Happened to Christmas?" | Frank Sinatra | 1968 | Peaked at # 7 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1968. Written by Jimmy Webb, and featuring the Don Costa Orchestra. Covered by Aimee Mann in 2006. |
| "When A Child Is Born" | Michael Holm | 1974 | Peaked at # 7 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart and # 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in January 1975. Covered in 1976 by Johnny Mathis, whose version spent three weeks at # 1 on the Official UK Singles Chart in late December 1976 and early January 1977. |
| "When Winter Comes" | Artie Shaw & his Orchestra | 1939 | Peaked at # 6 on the pop singles chart in mid-1939. Featuring vocals by Tony Pastor. From the 1939 film Second Fiddle. |
| "Where Are You Christmas?" | Faith Hill | 2000 | Peaked at # 10 Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, # 26 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and # 65 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in January 2001. From the 2000 live action film, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Originally written for and intended to be sung by Mariah Carey, but she was not able to due to record label disputes. |
| "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby | 1942 | Spent eleven weeks at # 1 on Billboard's National Best Selling Retail Records chart and three weeks at # 1 on Billboard's Harlem Hit Parade chart in late 1942. Written by Irving Berlin. Bing Crosby's original 1942 version featured the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter's Orchestra. The song debuted in the 1942 film Holiday Inn (sung by Crosby), then appeared in the 1954 color film titled after the song. The familiar 1947 re-recording of the song by Crosby is still the best-selling Christmas single of all time in the U.S. (estimated at more than 50 million sold through the years), and appears on numerous holiday albums as well. Elvis Presley's 1957 cover of the song garnered controversy when Irving Berlin called for the song to be banned from radio airplay. Refer to the article on the song for the extensive list of cover versions that have charted on Billboard's various music charts through the years. |
| "White Is in the Winter Night" | Enya | 2008 | Peaked at # 8 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in December 2008. Included on Enya's 2008 album, And Winter Came.... |
| "The White World of Winter" | Bing Crosby | 1965 | Peaked at # 20 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1965. Written by Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish, and recorded with the Sonny Burke Orchestra. |
| "Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas" | The Staple Singers | 1970 | Peaked at # 2 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1973 (the year it first charted). |
| "Why Couldn't It Be Christmas Every Day?" | Bianca Ryan | 2006 | Though not officially released as a single by Columbia Records, radio stations in several countries played the song in 2006 as part of their Christmas-themed programming. |
| "Will Santy Come to Shanty Town" | Eddy Arnold, the Tennessee Plowboy and his Guitar | 1949 | Peaked at # 5 on Billboard's Country & Western Records Most Played By Folk Disk Jockeys chart in December 1949. Written by Eddy Arnold, Steve Nelson and his younger brother Ed Nelson, Jr. |
| "Winter" | Spike Jones and his City Slickers | 1952 | Peaked at # 23 on the pop singles chart in early January 1953. Featuring the Mello Men on vocals. B-side to Jones's hit recording of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". |
| "Winter Melody" | Donna Summer | 1976 | Peaked at # 43 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, # 21 on Billboard's Hot Black Singles chart and # 8 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary in early 1977. |
| "Winter Weather" | Benny Goodman | 1941 | Peaked at # 24 on the pop singles chart in January 1942. Featuring Peggy Lee and Art Lund on vocals. |
| "Winter Wonderland" | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians Ted Weems and His Orchestra |
1934 | Lombardo's version peaked at # 2 on the pop singles chart in January 1935, while the Weems version peaked at # 13 on the pop singles chart in early January 1935. Written in 1934 by Felix Bernard (composer) and Richard B. Smith (lyricist). Covered by hundreds of artists. Other charted hit versions in Billboard include Perry Como and the Satisfiers (1946), The Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (1946), Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers (1946), Ramsey Lewis Trio (1966), Dolly Parton (1984), Lonestar (2000) and Pat Green (2003). |
| "Wistful Willie" | Jimmie Rodgers | 1959 | Peaked at # 112 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in December 1959. Featuring the Joe Reisman Orchestra. |
| "Wizards in Winter" | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | 2004 | Peaked at # 18 on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in January 2005. Taken from the group's third holiday album, The Lost Christmas Eve. |
| "Wonderful Christmastime" | Paul McCartney | 1979 | Peaked at # 10 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1984, and at # 29 on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in January 1996. Backed with the B-side "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reggae" (an instrumental cover of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"). |
| "Working Elf Blues" | Daron Norwood | 1994 | Peaked at # 75 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in early January 1995. Parody of Merle Haggard's "Workin' Man Blues". |
| "Yes, Patricia, There Is a Santa Claus" | Jimmy Dean | 1964 | Peaked at # 14 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1965. First released as a single in 1964. Inspired by the famous 1897 newspaper editorial, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." |
| "Yingle Bells" | Yogi Yorgesson | 1949 | Peaked at # 7 on Billboard's Best-Selling Pop Singles chart in December 1949. Instrumental backing by the Johnny Duffy Trio. Parody of "Jingle Bells." |
| "You Make It Feel Like Christmas" | Neil Diamond | 1984 | Peaked at # 28 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in January 1985. Originally appeared on Diamond's 1984 album Primitive, but later re-recorded and included on his 1992 holiday release, The Christmas Album. |
| "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" | Whirling Dervishes | 1994 | Peaked at # 120 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in January 1995. Written for the 1966 Dr. Seuss holiday TV special How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and originally recorded by Thurl Ravenscroft for that TV special. |
| "You're All I Want for Christmas" (1) | Frankie Laine | 1948 | Peaked at # 11 on Billboard's Best-Selling Pop Singles chart in December 1948 and # 15 on Billboard's Race Records chart in January 1949. Written by Seger Ellis and Glen Moore. Another charted version by Frank Gallagher (# 25 on Billboard's Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys chart in December 1948. Other versions recorded by Bing Crosby (1949), Eddie Fisher (1952), Al Martino (1964), Jackie Gleason (1967), Don Patterson (1967) and the Salsoul Orchestra (1981). |
| "You're All I Want for Christmas" (2) | Brook Benton | 1963 | Peaked at # 3 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1963, and at # 21 on the same chart in December 1964. Featuring orchestration by Luchi DeJesus. Different song than the same-titled hit by Frankie Laine from 1948. In 2011 Dutch singer Caro Emerald recorded a version, sampling Benton's original recording to produce a duet |
| "'Zat You, Santa Claus?" | Garth Brooks | 2002 | Peaked at # 56 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2003. Written by Jack Fox. Originally recorded by Louis Armstrong with the Commanders, which was released as a single in 1953. Another popular version was released by Buster Poindexter in 1987. |