The Christmas Song

Name: The Christmas Song
Duration: 3 min 10 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.3	The Christmas Song	3:10	Christopher Cross	A Christopher Cross Christmas	Christopher Cross	Album	US2007-11-15	Christopher Cross Records
1.3	The Christmas Song	3:10	Christopher Cross	Christmas	Christopher Cross	Album	GB2009-11-16	Edel Records (multinational, ERE suffix)	0193492ERE
1.3	The Christmas Song	3:10	Christopher Cross	Christmas Time Is Here	Christopher Cross	Album	XE2010-11-22	earMUSIC (German label, “a project of Edel …”)	0206169ERE
1.13	The Christmas Song	3:10	Christopher Cross	A Soft Rock Christmas	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2012	Sony Music Commercial Music Group	59306, 88725476792
1.3	The Christmas Song	3:10	Christopher Cross	A Christopher Cross Christmas (Google Play version; has alternate cover art)	Christopher Cross	Album	US2014-12-18	Christopher Cross Records
1.3	The Christmas Song	3:10	Christopher Cross	A Christopher Cross Christmas	Christopher Cross	Album	-2024-10-24	Omnivore Recordings	OVCD-563
1.13	The Christmas Song	3:10	Christopher Cross	A Soft Rock Christmas	Various Artists	Album + Compilation
1.1	The Christmas Song	3:11	Christopher Cross	Laura Weihnachts-Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE-
1.13	The Christmas Song	3:10	Christopher Cross	Soft Rock Christmas	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		Sony Music Commercial Music Group	56113, 88697394882A

recording of:	The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (cover)

lyricist:	Robert Wells (songwriter) (in 1945-07) Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)
composer:	Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)

publisher:	Chappell/Morris Ltd. MPL Music Publishing Inc. Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) Warner Chappell Warner Chappell Ltd. Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–) Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)

referred to in medleys:	Mix 3 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 1) Megamix 3 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 2) Mix Three (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 2) A Merry Little Sing‐Along (Medley) (order: 4)
later translated versions:	Joululaulu (Hiljaa leijaa maahan hiutaleet) Joyeux Noël Julesangen Min barndoms jul Viele bunte Päckchen クリスマスの歌
later versions:	Captain’s Roastin’ Het kerstlied
is the basis for:	The Christmas Song
arrangements:	Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (lo‐fi arrangement) Rimfrostjul (The Christmas Song, "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") (translated) The Christmas Song (arr. John Rutter) The Christmas Song (Carla Bley arrangement) The Christmas Song The Christmas Song (arr. Chris Walden) The Christmas Song (arr. Peter Knight) The Christmas Song (arr. for Béla Fleck & the Flecktones) The Christmas Song (John Zorn arr.)