I Won't Be Home for Christmas

This article is about the Blink-182 song. For the Simpsons episode, see I Won't Be Home for Christmas (The Simpsons).
"I Won't Be Home for Christmas"
Single by Blink-182
Released October 16, 2001
Format CD
Recorded 1997
Genre Christmas music, punk rock, pop punk, skate punk
Length 3:17
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Mark Trombino
Blink-182 singles chronology
"Stay Together for the Kids"
(2002)		 "I Won't Be Home for Christmas"
(2001)		 "Feeling This"
(2003)

"I Won't Be Home for Christmas" is a song by American rock band Blink-182. The song was originally recorded and released as a radio promo in 1997. MCA Records reissued it internationally as a single on October 16, 2001. The song was recorded with original drummer Scott Raynor and produced by Mark Trombino, who produced the trio's second studio album, Dude Ranch (1997). The song's title is a parody of the Christmas song "I'll Be Home for Christmas".

The single charted at number one in Canada but it did not chart anywhere else, becoming the longest running number one single in Canada for 2001. It was number one for five weeks in 2001 and for one week in 2002.[1] It is the only song by the band to ever chart at number one in Canada.

Background

The song was originally recorded in 1997.[2][3] The song was later included on A Santa Cause: It's a Punk Rock Christmas (2003), a Christmas-themed compilation by Immortal Records.[4]

The song’s narrative follows a man "snapping" on Christmas Eve and attacking a group of carolers.[2] MSN Canada called the song "a high-energy punk war on Christmas."[2]

Reception

Chart performance

The song peaked at number one in Canada.[5] The song remained at the top of the charts for six non-consecutive weeks.[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Blink-182. 

Promo Single
No. Title Length
1. "I Won't Be Home for Christmas"   3:17
Maxi Single
No. Title Length
1. "I Won't Be Home for Christmas"   3:04
2. "All the Small Things"   2:48
3. "Josie"   3:19
4. "Please Take Me Home"   3:05

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (2001-02) Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart 1

References

  1. ↑ Top 40 Charts
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Emma Jones (December 23, 2011). "Bah-humbug: Anti-Christmas songs to send the relatives running". MSN Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ I Won't Be Home for Christmas (liner notes). Blink-182. US: MCA. 2002. 088 155 886-2.
  4. ↑ "Bosstones, Blink 182 Bolster 'A Santa Cause'". Billboard. September 18, 2003. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  5. ↑ Billboard, December 8, 2001: Page 72 (Hits of the World: Canada)

External links

Preceded by
"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" by U2		 Canadian Singles Chart number-one single
December 1, 2001 - December 22, 2001 		Succeeded by
"Only Time" by Enya
Preceded by
"Only Time" by Enya		 Canadian Singles Chart number-one single
January 5, 2002 - January 19, 2002 		Succeeded by
"Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John