Now! Christmas

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Traditional
2▼CD: Contemporary
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1Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
producer:
John Lennon (The Beatles), Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist) and Phil Spector
choir vocals:
The Harlem Community Choir
orchestra:
Plastic Ono Band
performer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1971)
music videos:
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon (The Beatles), Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist) and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-03 (number: 45)
recording of:
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Lenono Music and Ono Music
John & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir43:34
2Wonderful Christmastime
engineer:
Eddie Klein (engineer, Hog Hill Mill) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
producer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
assistant mixer:
Eddie Klein (engineer, Hog Hill Mill) (on 1979-10-04)
mixer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1979-10-04)
bell, drums (drum set), keyboard [keyboards], synthesizer, background vocals and lead vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1979-06 until 1979-07)
electric guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1979-06 to ????)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company) (in 1979)
recorded at:
Lower Gate Farm in East Sussex, England, United Kingdom (from 1979-06 until 1979-07) and Spirit of Ranachan Studio in Scotland, United Kingdom (from 1979-06 until 1979-07)
mixed at:
EMI Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1979-10-04)
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-03 (number: 26), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-27 (number: 32), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-13 (number: 33) and Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-20 (number: 33)
recording of:
Wonderful Christmastime (from 1979-06 until 1979-07)
lyricist and composer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company)
Paul McCartney3.43:47
3Mary Had a Baby
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn (Canadian singer‐songwriter and guitarist)
accordion:
Richard Bell (Canadian keyboardist for The Band/Janis Joplin)
bass:
John Dymond (Canadian bassist)
guitar:
Bruce Cockburn (Canadian singer‐songwriter and guitarist)
percussion:
Bruce Cockburn (Canadian singer‐songwriter and guitarist), Gary Craig (Toronto-based drummer) and Dick Smith (Canadian percussionist)
background vocals:
Richard Bell (Canadian keyboardist for The Band/Janis Joplin), Gary Craig (Toronto-based drummer), John Dymond (Canadian bassist) and Dick Smith (Canadian percussionist)
vocals:
Bruce Cockburn (Canadian singer‐songwriter and guitarist)
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
recording of:
Mary Had a Baby
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Bruce Cockburn4:41
4Good King Wenceslas
assistant recording engineer:
Russell Kearney
recording engineer:
Stuart Bruce (from 1995-07-20 until 1995-07-22)
additional engineer:
Russell Kearney, Brad Nelson and Mark Peters (engineer)
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
mixer:
Jeff Wolpert
accordion:
Donald Quan
acoustic guitar:
Dan Ar Braz and Aidan Brennan
double bass:
George Koller
harp and lead vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
percussion:
Rick Lazar and Hossam Ramzy
uilleann pipes and whistle:
Robert A. White
violin:
Hugh Marsh and Waiel Abo Baker Ali
arranger:
Loreena McKennitt
recorded at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1995-07-20 until 1995-07-22)
mixed at:
Metalworks Studios (studio, Mississauga, ON) in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
Good King Wenceslas
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum (13th-century carol)
Loreena McKennitt33:19
5Children Go Where I Send You
recording of:
Children Go Where I Send Thee
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 133)
Heather, Cookie and Raylene Rankin3:47
6The First Noel
executive producer:
Bruce Carbone and Herb Trawick
performer:
Claude McKnight and Tim Miner
recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional arranger:
John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
Brian McKnight featuring Claude McKnight, Tim Miner33:35
7Silent Night (Stille Nacht Heilige Nacht)
producer:
Boyz II Men
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Boyz II Men12:34
8Baby It’s Cold Outside
cover recording of:
Baby, It’s Cold Outside (1948 song by Frank Loesser)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., Kobalt Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), MPL UK Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
part of:
The 22nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1949 winner)
Holly Cole4:05
9Happy New Year
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
acoustic guitar:
Björn Ulvaeus (on 1980-02-11)
bass guitar:
Rutger Gunnarsson (on 1980-02-11)
drums (drum set):
Ola Brunkert (on 1980-02-11)
guitar:
Janne Schaffer (on 1980-02-11)
keyboard and synthesizer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1980-02-11)
background vocals:
Frida (Swedish singer and member of ABBA) (on 1980-04-09)
lead vocals:
Agnetha Fältskog (on 1980-04-09)
arranger:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music International AB (in 1980)
recorded at:
Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1980-02-11, on 1980-04-09)
mixed at:
Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1980-04-25)
recording of:
Happy New Year (in 1980)
written in:
Barbados (in 1980-01)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (in 1980-01) and Björn Ulvaeus (in 1980-01)
publisher:
Artwork Music Co., Inc. (from 1980 to ????) and Countless Songs, Ltd. (from 1980 to ????)
Abba2.754:23
102000 Miles
engineer:
Steve Churchyard
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
bass guitar:
Malcolm Foster (UK bass player, in The Pretenders, Simple Minds)
drums (drum set):
Martin Chambers (drummer for The Pretenders)
guitar:
Chrissie Hynde (rock singer-songwriter and founder of Pretenders) and Robbie McIntosh (English guitarist for The Pretenders)
vocals:
Chrissie Hynde (rock singer-songwriter and founder of Pretenders)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2007)
recorded at:
Air Studios (located at Oxford Street 1970–1991) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
2000 Miles
lyricist and composer:
Chrissie Hynde (rock singer-songwriter and founder of Pretenders)
publisher:
Clive Banks Music, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and Hynde House of Hits Music
The Pretenders33:39
11Run Rudolph Run
cover recording of:
Run Rudolph Run
writer:
Marvin Brodie (songwriter, known for “Run Rudolph Run”) and Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Campbell Connelly, Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–) and St. Nicholas Music Inc. (in 1958)
Sheryl Crow2:53
12Song for a Winter’s Night
engineer:
Pierre Marchand and Chris Potter (Canadian engineer, worked with Sarah McLachlan)
producer and mixer:
Pierre Marchand
acoustic guitar:
Sarah McLachlan
bass:
Brian Minato
guitar:
Luke Doucet and David Sinclair (Canadian guitarist)
Hammond organ:
David Kershaw
keyboard:
David Kershaw and Pierre Marchand
percussion:
Ashwin Sood
vocals:
Sarah McLachlan
arranger:
Sarah McLachlan
recorded at:
A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1994)
cover recording of:
Song for a Winter’s Night
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Early Morning Music, M. Witmark & Sons, Moose Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music, Inc. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Sarah McLachlan3.753:48
13It’s a Marshmallow World
recording of:
A Marshmallow World
lyricist:
Carl Sigman (in 1949)
composer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio) (in 1949)
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
Kim Stockwood3:53
14Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
cover recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
lyricist:
Ralph Blane (in 1943)
composer:
Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
Coldplay2:38
15All We Need Is Love (Christmas in the Yard)
performer:
Shaggy (Orville Richard Burrell, dancehall and reggae singer)
recording of:
All We Need Is Love (Christmas in the Yard)
writer:
Christopher Birch, Brian Thompson, Ricardo “Rik Rok” Ducent, Robert Livingston (Jamaican reggae and dancehall producer) and Patrick Morrison
The Big Yard Family featuring Shaggy3:58
16Deck the Halls
producer:
Red Hot Chili Peppers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records (not for release label use!) (in 1994)
cover recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant (musician, artist and author)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
Red Hot Chili Peppers1:06

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part of:Now! Christmas (Canada) (number: 1) (order: 1)