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"This Christmas" is a song by American soul musician Donny Hathaway released in 1970 by Atco Records. The song gained renewed popularity when it was included in 1991 on Atco Records' revised edition of their 1968 Soul Christmas compilation album and has since become a modern Christmas standard, with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers reporting that it was the 30th most-performed holiday song of all time.
Christina Aguilera covered the song for her third album My Kind of Christmas.
Release[]
On November 10, 2023, "This Christmas" was released as a promotional single in Japan, through Sony Music Solutions. The song was later certified gold by IFPI Danmark for selling over 45,000 units.
Track listing[]
| Digital single | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "This Christmas - Sped" | 3:29 | ||||||||
| 2. | "This Christmas - Slowed" | 4:41 | ||||||||
Lyrics[]
Hey-yeah
Yeah, yeah, oh-oh, hoo, yeah, ayy-yeah
Hey, ooh, ooh
Hang all the mistletoe
I'm going to get to know you better, yeah, ha
This Christmas
And as we trim the tree
How much fun it's going to be together, yeah, ha
This Christmas
Fireside is blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be, yeah
A very special Christmas for me, yeah
Yeah, oh-oh, hoo (Alright)
Ayy-ayy, ee, ooh
Presents and cards are here
My world is filled with cheer and you, oh, woah-oh, yeah
This Christmas
And as I look around
Your eyes outshine the town, they do, ooh-woah
This Christmas
The fireside is blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
Oh, yeah
And this Christmas will be, oh (Oh, oh, oh)
A very special Christmas for me, yeah
Ooh, ooh
Shake a hand, shake a hand now
Yeah, yeah, alright, break it down, ha-ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Ooh-yeah, yeah, yeah, alright
Yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Alright now, right now, now
The fireside, oh, is blazing bright
We're caroling through the night, yeah
And this Christmas will be, oh
A very special Christmas for me, yeah
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me, oh, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Merry Christmas)
Ooh-hoo, oh, oh, yeah
(Going to have a merry Christmas)
Oh-oh, ooh, yeah, oh, oh
(Merry Christmas)
Oh it will be
Oh, a very, very, very special Christmas
A very special Christmas, oh
(This Christmas) Oh, oh-oh, oh
Alright now, right now, yeah oh (Merry Christmas)
It will be now, oh
(This Christmas)
Oh, this will be, this will be, baby
A very special
(Have a merry, merry Christmas) Hey, yeah
(And a happy New Year)
Oh-hee, hee, alright, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Merry Christmas)
Oh, shake a hand, shake a hand now (This Christmas)
Oh this will be, this will be, baby (Merry Christmas, a very merry Christmas)