Please Come Home for Christmas

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Not to be confused with Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).
"Please Come Home for Christmas"
Song
B-side"Christmas (Comes but Once a Year)" by Amos Milburn[1]
"Please Come Home for Christmas"
Song
B-side"Funky New Year"
"Please Come Home for Christmas"
Song
B-side"I Wish Everyday Could be Like Christmas" (4:25)
"Back Door Santa" (3:52)

"Please Come Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song, released in 1960, by the American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. Hitting Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in December 1961, the tune Brown co-wrote with Gene Redd peaked at position #76. It appeared on the Christmas Singles chart for nine seasons, hitting #1 in 1972.[3] It includes a number of characteristics of Christmas music, such as multiple references in the lyrics to the Christmas season and Christmas traditions, and the use of a Church bell type sound, created using a piano, at the start of the song. It is sometimes referred to as "Bells Will Be Ringing", which are the first four words of the song.

Personnel

Eagles version

In 1978, the rock band Eagles covered and released the song as a holiday single. Their version peaked at #18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the first Christmas song to reach the Top 20 on that chart since Roy Orbison's "Pretty Paper" in 1963. This was the first Eagles song to feature Timothy B. Schmit on bass (having replaced founding member Randy Meisner the previous year). The lineup features Don Henley (drums/vocals), Glenn Frey (piano, backing vocals), Joe Walsh (guitar, backing vocals), Schmit (bass/backing vocals), and Don Felder (lead guitar). Originally released as a vinyl 7" single, it was re-released as a CD single in 1995, reaching #15 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. This version includes the lyrics "bells will be ringing the sad, sad news" (that is, a Christmas alone) as opposed to Brown's original version which references the "glad, glad news" (that is, Christmas in general).

Jon Bon Jovi / Bon Jovi version

Jon Bon Jovi also covered the song on the 1992 holiday album, A Very Special Christmas 2. A promo music video that featured supermodel Cindy Crawford was made to accompany that release. In 1994 the same recording was released as a charity single in Europe, but this time instead of being credited as a solo recording by Jon Bon Jovi it was released under the band name Bon Jovi. The 1994 single release made the Top Ten in both UK and Ireland.

Chart performance

Charles Brown

Chart (1962) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 76

Eagles

Chart (1978-1979) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 19
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 28
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 15
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 30
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 18
Chart (1995) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 15
Chart (2005) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs 74

Bon Jovi

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 20
Ireland (IRMA) 6
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 7
Chart (2016) Peak
position
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[11] 97

Gary Allan

Chart (1997) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[12] 70

Lee Roy Parnell

Chart (1997) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[13] 71

Willie Nelson

Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[14] 50

Josh Gracin

Chart (2006) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[15] 51

Martina McBride

Chart (2011–12) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[16] 51

Kelly Clarkson

Chart (2013–14) Peak
position
Canada AC (Billboard)[17] 14
South Korea International Singles (GAON)[18] 97
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[19] 6
US Holiday Digital Songs (Billboard)[20] 14

References

  1. ^ Kelly, Red (Dec 19, 2005). "Amos Milburn - Christmas (Comes But Once A Year) (KING 5405)". The B Side. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  2. ^ "The Top 40 Christmas Oldies Songs and Holiday Music - #4". Oldies.about.com. 1960-09-21. Archived from the original on 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2014-05-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ CD sleeve: Billboard Greatest Christmas Hits (1955 - Present), 1989 Rhino Records Inc.
  4. ^ "Eagles – Please Come Home for Christmas" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ^ "Eagles – Please Come Home for Christmas" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  6. ^ "Eagles – Please Come Home for Christmas". Top 40 Singles.
  7. ^ "Eagles – Please Come Home for Christmas". Singles Top 100.
  8. ^ "Eagles: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "Eagles Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  10. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  11. ^ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  12. ^ "Gary Allan Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  13. ^ "Lee Roy Parnell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  14. ^ "Willie Nelson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Josh Gracin Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  16. ^ "Martina McBride Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  17. ^ "Kelly Clarkson Chart History (Canada AC)". Billboard. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  18. ^ "Gaon Album Chart 2013년 11월 5주차" (in Korean). GAON. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  19. ^ "Kelly Clarkson Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  20. ^ "Kelly Clarkson Album & Song Chart History". Billboard Holiday Digital Songs for Kelly Clarkson. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 7, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)

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