Song written by Mike Love and Ron Altbach
"Alone on Christmas Day" |
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Song by The Beach Boys |
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from the album Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys |
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Recorded | November 17–22, 1977[1] |
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Songwriter(s) | Mike Love, Ron Altbach |
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Producer(s) | Al Jardine, Ron Altbach |
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"Alone on Christmas Day" |
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Single by Phoenix featuring Bill Murray, David Johansen and Jason Schwartzman |
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from the album A Very Murray Christmas soundtrack |
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B-side | "Alone on Christmas Day (Instrumental)" |
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Released | December 4, 2015 (2015-12-04) |
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Recorded | 2015 |
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Length | 2:54 |
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Songwriter(s) | Mike Love, Ron Altbach |
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Phoenix featuring Bill Murray, David Johansen and Jason Schwartzman singles chronology |
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"S.O.S. in Bel Air" (2013) | "Alone on Christmas Day" (2015) | "J-Boy" (2017) | |
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Music video |
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"Alone on Christmas Day" on YouTube |
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"Alone on Christmas Day" |
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Song by Mike Love |
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from the album Reason for the Season |
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Released | October 26, 2018 |
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Length | 4:05 |
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Label | BMG |
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Songwriter(s) | Mike Love, Ron Altbach |
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Producer(s) | Michael Lloyd, Scott Totten |
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"Alone on Christmas Day" is a song written by Mike Love and Ron Altbach for American rock band the Beach Boys. Intended for a potential Christmas album, their 1977 recording was left unreleased. In November 2015, Mike Love rerecorded the song as "(You'll Never Be) Alone on Christmas Day" and released it as a single.[2] The next month, a version by French rock band Phoenix featuring Bill Murray was released.[3][4]
Background
The song was written by the Beach Boys' co-founder Mike Love in collaboration with classical pianist Ron Altbach for a potential Christmas album. In 1977, a rough mix of the song was recorded by the group and later circulated via bootlegs. In early 2015, Phoenix requested permission to cover the song for Bill Murray's A Very Murray Christmas. In response, Love rerecorded the song himself and revised some of the lyrics.[2] The version by Phoenix was then released. Besides Murray, their recording features Jason Schwartzman, Paul Shaffer, and New York Dolls' David Johansen (as Buster Poindexter).[3] Phoenix's version was recorded in September and issued as a digital download and 7" vinyl.[5] Love recorded another version of the song for his 2018 Christmas album Reason for the Season.
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References
- ^ "Tours & Sessions 1977". Endless Summer Quarterly. Archived from the original on 2015-12-25. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- ^ a b Blistein, Jon (November 6, 2015). "Hear Mike Love's Spirited, Bittersweet New Christmas Song". Rolling Stone.
- ^ a b Camp, Zoe; Phillips, Amy (4 December 2015). "Bill Murray and Phoenix Cover the Beach Boys' "Alone on Christmas Day"". Pitchfork.
- ^ Guardian music (December 4, 2015). "Bill Murray meets Phoenix – hear their festive single Alone on Christmas Day". The Guardian.
- ^ Hillyard, Kim (November 17, 2015). "Bill Murray teams up with Phoenix for Christmas single 'Alone On Christmas Day'". NME.
- ^ "Phoenix". Billboard. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
Phoenix
- Laurent Brancowitz
- Deck D'Arcy
- Christian Mazzalai
- Thomas Mars
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