We Need a Little Christmas
"We Need a Little Christmas" is a popular Christmas song originating from Jerry Herman's Broadway musical, Mame, and first performed by Angela Lansbury in that 1966 production.
In the musical, the song is performed after Mame has lost her fortune in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and decides that she, her young nephew Patrick, and her two household servants "need a little Christmas now" to cheer them up. The original lyrics include the line, "But, Auntie Mame, it's one week past Thanksgiving Day now!" Since the time the song was written the phenomenon of Christmas creep has led to the normal holiday season beginning much earlier than it once did, which has led to more recent recordings changing the line to, "But, Auntie Mame, it's one week from Thanksgiving Day now!"
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[edit] Other Artists who have recorded the song
- Angela Lansbury (original)
- Lucille Ball (in the film version of Mame)
- Percy Faith
- Mitzi Gaynor
- Kathie Lee Gifford
- Shane Harper
- Lee Greenwood
- Bobby Hackett
- Hampton String Quartet
- Skitch Henderson/The New York Pops
- Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
- Julius La Rosa
- The Lettermen
- Kimberley Locke
- Johnny Mathis
- The Muppets (From the Muppet Family Christmas)
- The New Christy Minstrels
- Sharon, Lois & Bram
- Dinah Shore
- Andy Williams
- Patrick Wilson
- Daffy Duck (on the CD Have Yourself a Looney Tunes Christmas)
- Glee cast
- Hallmark Cards 2010 Snowman
[edit] A Muppet Family Christmas
The song is also performed by the cast of The Muppet Show as they drive to Ma Bear's farmhouse for Christmas in opening number of A Muppet Family Christmas. [1]
[edit] Crossroads
In the 1979 Christmas episode of Crossroads, the character of Meg Mortimer (played by Noele Gordon) performs the song with the show's cast.
[edit] Charts
| Kimberley Locke version | |
|---|---|
| Charts (2008) | Peak position |
| Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 19 |
| Percy Faith Orchestra version | |
|---|---|
| Charts (2005) | Peak position |
| Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents | 25 |
[edit] References
- ^ "We Need a Little Christmas", Muppet.Wikia.com
