Thank God It's Christmas
| Thank God It's Christmas | |
|---|---|
| Queen | |
| publication | November 26, 1984 |
| length | 4:19 |
| Genre (s) | skirt |
| Author (s) | Brian May and Roger Taylor |
| Label | EMI , Capitol |
Thank God It's Christmas is a song by the British band Queen . It was written by Roger Taylor and Brian May and was released as a single on November 26, 1984.
Emergence
The 4:19 minute piece was produced by Queen and Mack in 1984 . The main voice sang Freddie Mercury , the backing vocals singing Mercury, May and Taylor.
According to Brian May, both he and Roger Taylor each had a song idea for a Queen's Christmas single this summer. Demo recordings were made of both titles - the band opted for the Thank God It's Christmas, which was mainly made by Taylor (Taylor / May are given as credit). The track I Dream of Christmas , composed by May, appeared in 1987 - produced by May and with John Deacon on bass - on Anita Dobson's album Talking of Love and as a single.
Publications
The single Thank God It's Christmas was released on November 26, 1984. On the B-side are the tracks Man on the Prowl and Keep Passing the Open Windows from the album The Works ; the 12 ″ maxi single contains exclusive " extended versions " of these two songs. The single was released without an accompanying music video .
Furthermore appeared Thank God It's Christmas 1995 on the single A Winter's Tale (from the album Made in Heaven ) and 1999 Queens compilation Greatest Hits III . The song can be found - usually as the first track in each case - on numerous samplers with Christmas carols .
Cover versions
Thank God It's Christmas was covered by Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers (Christmas Dance Party) and Thomas Wohlfahrt , among others .
Chart placements
The song stayed in the UK charts for six weeks and reached number 21. The highest international ranking achieved the single with number 8 in the Irish charts. At Christmas 2017, the single was placed in the Swiss charts for the first time.
| year | Chart placements | |||
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 AT
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 CH
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 UK
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| 1984/85 | 57 (3 weeks) |
21 (2 weeks) |
- | 21 (6 weeks) |
| 2014/15 | 74 (1 week) |
- | - | - |
| 2015/16 | 53 (1 week) |
75 (1 week) |
- | - |
| 2016/17 | 48 (1 week) |
44 (1 week) |
- | - |
| 2017/18 | 18 (4 weeks) |
25 (3 weeks) |
47 (1 week) |
- |
| 2018/19 | 16 (4 weeks) |
16 (3 weeks) |
36 (1 week) |
- |
| 2019/20 | 16 (4 weeks) |
15 (3 weeks) |
62 (1 week) |
86 (1 week) |
| All in all | 16 (18 weeks) |
15 (13 weeks) |
36 (3 weeks) |
21 (7 weeks) |
Web links
- List of recordings on which the piece was published at Allmusic (English)
- Images of the single cover on Queenpedia
References and comments
- ↑ May: “Roger and I both came up with an idea for a Christmas single around July of that year. We went in and demo'd both of them, and we decided that Roger's was the best one. The other song, my one, became Anita's Christmas song a couple of years later, 'I Dream Of Christmas' "- quoted by Dave Thompson: Queen. Interview with Brian May. Compiling an imaginary “ultimate boxed set”. In: Goldmine , August 10, 2001 . Retrieved March 15, 2011.
- ↑ www.ultimatequeen.co.uk: Queen Singles Discography ( 1973-1984 ) , accessed December 29, 2009.
- ↑ Irish Charts: Search the charts , accessed December 29, 2009.
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK