Grown-Up Christmas List
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Song |
"Grown-Up Christmas List" (sometimes titled "My Grown-Up Christmas List") is a Christmas song composed by David Foster (music) and Linda Thompson-Jenner (lyrics).[1] It was originally recorded by Foster, with Natalie Cole on vocals, for his 1990 non-holiday album River of Love. Though it was also released as a single, the song was not a hit upon its first appearance. In 1992, Amy Grant recorded a version for her second Christmas album, Home for Christmas. Grant's version featured an additional verse that Grant penned herself. Her record label at the time, A&M Records, promoted the song as the second single from the album, and it received substantial radio airplay.
In 2003, former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson performed "Grown-Up Christmas List" on the show's Christmas special, and was released on the album American Idol: Great Holiday Classics, which resulted in renewed airplay of the song during the holiday season that year.
Amy Grant version
Personnel
- Amy Grant: lead vocals
- Robbie Buchanan: keyboards
- Tom Hemby: guitar
- Ronn Huff: conductor
- Alan Moore: orchestration
- The London Studio Orchestra: strings
- Nat Peck: contractor
Single CD track listing
- "Grown Up Christmas List – Edit 3:44"
- "Grown Up Christmas List – LP Version 5:00"
Music video
A&M Records released a music video for Amy Grant's recording of the song, featuring an appearance by Grant's son, Matthew Chapman. The song's edit version was used in the video. Grant's version is the one most people associate with the song.
Chart
The original version of Grant's single did not enter any of the Billboard charts until 2011, when it spent twenty-four weeks on the Christian Digital Songs chart, peaking at No. 15.[2] Kelly Clarkson's version entered the Adult Contemporary chart in 2003 where it spent five weeks.[3]
Kelly Clarkson version
Chart (2003–04) | Peak position |
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US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] | 17 |
Amy Grant version
Year | Chart | Position |
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2011 | Christian Digital Song Sales | 15 |
Other notable recordings
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The song has been frequently covered by other artists, including:
- 1995: Bryan Duncan on the album Christmas Is Jesus
- 1996: Chuck Negron on the album Joy to the World[5]
- 1997: B.J. Thomas on the album Christmas Is Coming Home[6]
- 1998: Donny Osmond on the album Christmas at Home
- 2000: David Pomeranz on the album The Eyes of Christmas
- 2000: Monica on the album Platinum Christmas (various artists)[7]
- 2001: Barbra Streisand on the album Christmas Memories[8]
- 2002: Ginette Reno on the album The F1rst Noel[9]
- 2002: Plus One (rewritten as "A Prayer For Every Year") for the album Christmas
- 2003: Michael Bublé on the album Let It Snow EP
- 2004: Lea Salonga on the album The Christmas Album
- 2005: The Manhattan Transfer on the album An Acapella Christmas
- 2005: Jane Monheit on the album The Season
- 2005: Big Mama (band) on the holiday album Gift
- 2006: Ali Lohan on the album Lohan Holiday
- 2006: Luis Miguel on the album Navidades
- 2007: Boney James on the album Christmas Present
- 2007: Ayla Brown on the album An American Christmas
- 2007: Jed Madela on the album The Voice Of Christmas
- 2008: Aretha Franklin on her album This Christmas, Aretha
- 2008: Kyla on the album Heart 2 Heart
- 2008: Martin Nievera on the album My Christmas List
- 2008: Rissi Palmer on the album Grown Up Christmas List
- 2009: Rodney Carrington on the album Make It Christmas
- 2009: Joe on the album Home Is the Essence of Christmas
- 2010: Charice on the album Grown-Up Christmas List EP
- 2011: Richard Poon on the album Christmas With Richard Poon
- 2013: Lauren Alaina (non-album single)
- 2013: Linda Eder on the album Christmas Where You Are
- 2013: Two Angels on the album How Angels celebrate Christmas
- 2016: Jordan Smith on the album Tis the Season[10]
- 2016: Peter Hollens on the album A Hollens Family Christmas
- 2017: Patti LaBelle on the album Patti Labelle Presents: Home for the Holidays with Friends
The 2000 version by Monica also contains a second verse penned by Thompson-Jenner. Luis Miguel's cover was recorded in Spanish as "Mi Humilde Oración" for his album Navidades and it peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart.[11]
References
- ^ Holden, Stephen (December 10, 1993). "Holiday Noises, Joyful and Otherwise, on Disk", The New York Times, p. C33.
- ^ "Amy Grant Grown Up Christmas List". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ "Kelly Clarkson - Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Kelly Clarkson Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
- ^ Gundersen, Edna (December 16, 1996). "Getting in tune with the holiday season", USA Today, p. D4.
- ^ Galante Block, Debbie (August 23, 1997). "Holi-discs for '97 marry Christmas to every conceivable musical genre", Billboard 109 (34): 64–5.
- ^ Harrington, Richard (December 10, 2000). "Musicmakers, Taking Up the Santa Cause: From Christina Aguilera to – Yikes! – Rosie O'Donnell, the Sounds of the Season Packaged Just for You", The Washington Post, p. G5.
- ^ Mervis, Scott (November 23, 2001). "Holiday gems & lumps of coal: Santa's got a mixed bag of new Christmas music", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, p. W1.
- ^ Blakey, Bob (December 8, 2002). "Sounds of the season: Ginette Reno: The First Noel", Calgary Herald, p. D5.
- ^ Jordan Smith - Topic (27 October 2016). "Grown-Up Christmas List". Retrieved 14 April 2018 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Navidades - Luis Miguel: Awards". Allmusic. Rovi. Retrieved 2013-05-14.