Santa baby (song)
Santa Baby is a Christmas carol written in 1953 by Joan Javits (the niece of Senator Jacob K. Javits ) and Philip Springer . The song was recorded and released in the same year by Eartha Kitt with Henri René and his orchestra in New York City .
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The song is a glimpse of a wish list for Christmas sung by a woman who wants extravagant gifts for Christmas , such as sable fur , a yacht, and Christmas tree decorations from Tiffany . It's one of the few Christmas carols written by a woman.
There are numerous recordings and arrangements of the song. A year after the original recording, Kitt released a solo re-recording of the song, This Year's Santa Baby , which, however, did not find commercial success, nor did a new re-recording in 1963. The best-known cover version is by Kylie Minogue . This was released in 2000 as the B-side of the song Please Stay . In 2015, the song was finally included on Minogue's Christmas album A Kylie Christmas . Another well-known version is from Madonna (1987). Various cover versions of the song were released, especially in the 2010s .
Chart placements
Version by Eartha Kitt, Henri René and his orchestra
| year | Charts | |||
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 DE
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 CH
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 UK
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| 2007/08 | - | - | 85 (2 weeks) |
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| 2008/09 | - | - | 84 (2 weeks) |
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| 2009/10 | - | - | 94 (1 week) |
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| 2016/17 | - | - | 63 (2 weeks) |
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| 2017/18 | 78 (1 week) |
- | 68 (1 week) |
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| 2018/19 | 73 (1 week) |
- | 73 (1 week) |
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| 2019/20 | 95 (1 week) |
94 (1 week) |
55 (1 week) |
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| All in all | 73 (3 weeks) |
94 (1 week) |
55 (10 weeks) |
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Version by Kylie Minogue
| year | Chart placements | |||
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DE
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 AT
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CH
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UK
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| 2007/08 | - | - | - | 76 (2 weeks) |
| 2011/12 | - | - | - | 100 (1 week) |
| 2012/13 | - | - | - | 99 (2 weeks) |
| 2015/16 | - | - | - | 95 (1 week) |
| 2016/17 | - | - | - | 72 (4 weeks) |
| 2017/18 | - | - | - | 38 (4 weeks) |
| 2018/19 | 60 (1 week) |
67 (1 week) |
57 (1 week) |
53 (2 weeks) |
| 2019/20 | 68 (1 week) |
- | 74 (1 week) |
74 (1 week) |
| All in all | 60 (2 weeks) |
67 (1 week) |
57 (2 weeks) |
38 (17 weeks) |
Version by Ariana Grande feat. Liz Gillies
| year | Charts |
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CH
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| 2018/19 | 81 (1 week) |
| 2019/20 | 77 (1 week) |
| All in all | 77 (2 weeks) |
supporting documents
Web links
Videos
- Audio sample - Eartha Kitt with Friends
- Audio sample - Madonna
- Jazz arrangement for piano ( Dean Malsack )
- Ukulele and piano, with vocals (Hawley Allen and Caron Clancey)