Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)
| Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) | |
|---|---|
| Ramones | |
| publication | 1987 |
| Genre (s) | punk |
| Label | Chrysalis Records |
| album | Brain drain |
Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) is a Ramones punk song that was first released in 1987 as the b-side of the single I Wanna Live and in 1989 as a standalone single and on the album Brain Drain . It is believed that the song was intended as a Christmas present and an apology after a violent argument from Joey Ramone for his then partner. A slower, less aggressive re-recording by Joey Ramone was released on CD in 2001.
In 2004, the original song was used in the soundtrack of the movie Crazy Christmas . The song was also part of the soundtrack to a Christmas episode from 1993 in the series Beavis and Butt-Head . The German television station n-tv has the song at the top of its list of must-hear Christmas carols.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Hann: Old music: Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight). The Guardian, December 20, 2011, accessed December 19, 2014 .
- ↑ Hannes Gießler: 1974 Ramones. beatpunk, August 16, 2014, accessed December 19, 2014 .
- ↑ Tom Portrer: 14 kick-ass alternative Christmas anthems. Musicradar, December 14, 2010, accessed December 19, 2014 .
- ↑ Ramones in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Ingo Scheel: You have to have heard. Rock'n Soul around the Christmas Tree. n-tv, December 16, 2014, accessed December 19, 2014 .