It's Christmas Day
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"It's Christmas Day" is a Christmas song by South Korean singer-songwriter Roy Kim. It was released as a digital single on December 19, 2014, and distributed through CJ E&M Music.
Release
"It's Christmas Day" was composed and written by Kim.[1] After taking over spring with "Bom Bom Bom", summer with "Love Love Love", and autumn with "Home", Kim filled all of four seasons with his winter song release. On December 11, 2014, Kim posted up on his official Instagram account, stating "It's gonna be Christmas Day soon. Wait for it. Recording a new song."
The self-penned single was released on December 19, one day ahead of his year-end concert, "Our Winter #2". Its music video also was revealed at the same day, bringing all kinds of Christmas feels with Kim sweetly singing while playing the piano and guitar.[2][3] "It's Christmas Day" peaked at number 27 on the Gaon Digital Chart,[4] having sold over 66,000 digital copies as of December 2014.[5]
Promotion
Following its release, Kim performed the song at Mnet's M! Countdown broadcast on Christmas Day of that year.[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "It's Christmas Day" |
| 3:20 | |
| Total length: | 3:20 | |||
Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of the single's limited CD edition.[7]
- Recording locations
- Brewbeat Studio - recording of drums
- Studio 4.0 - recording of electric guitar
- Musicabai - recording of vocals, keyboard, acoustic guitar, percussion
- Technical credits
- Seok-jun Ahn - executive producer
- Ji-chan Jung - music producer, acoustic guitar, keyboard, programming, percussion
- Roy Kim - songwriter, percussion
- Steve Brewster - drums
- Ken Song - electric guitar
- Yoong String - strings
- In-young Bak - arranging of strings
- Seong-sik Oh - recording of strings
- Kyung-hoon Baek - recording assistant
- Hyun-jung Go – mixing
- Stuart Hawkes – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
Monthly charts
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Certifications and sales
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| South Korea (Gaon) | 66,000 (as of December 2014)[5]
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Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| South Korea | December 19, 2014 | Digital download | CJ E&M Music | |
| Worldwide | [9] |
References
- ^ Kim, Ji-min (December 16, 2014). "로이킴, 19일 자작곡 'IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY' 발표…사계절송 완성 ("Roy Kim to Release His Self-Composed Song "It's Christmas Day" on December 19th...Completing His Season Song Series")" (in Korean). Metro. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
- ^ "Roy Kim to Complete All Four Seasons with Upcoming Christmas Song". CJ E&M enewsWorld. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "[Video] Roy Kim Warmly Slips ′It′s Christmas Day′ into Stockings". CJ E&M enewsWorld. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ a b "Digital Chart – The 52nd Week of 2014". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association (KMCIA). Retrieved November 9, 2015.
- ^ a b Cumulative sales for "It's Christmas Day":
- "Download Chart (Domestic) – December 2014 (see #74)". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). KMCIA. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Yoon, Sang-geun (December 25, 2014). "'엠카' 로이킴 '잇츠 크리스마스데이' 무대..감성 매력 ("Roy Kim Performing "It's Christmas Day" on M! Countdown")" (in Korean). STARNEWS. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ It's Christmas Day (Media notes). Roy Kim. South Korea: CJ E&M Music. 2014.
{{cite AV media notes}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help)CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Digital Chart – December 2014". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). KMCIA. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
- ^ "It's Christmas Day - Single by Roy Kim on iTunes". iTunes Store. Retrieved 7 November 2015.