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词条 Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
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  1. Original recording by Brenda Lee

      Chart performance and sales    Charts   Certifications  Track listing  Personnel 

  2. Other recordings

     Kim Wilde and Mel Smith version  Kim Wilde and Nik Kershaw 

  3. Other versions

  4. References

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"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958; it has since been recorded by numerous other music artists. By the song's 50th anniversary in 2008, Lee's original version had sold over 25 million copies with the 4th most digital downloads sold of any Christmas single.

Original recording by Brenda Lee

Because of her mature-sounding voice, Lee recorded this song when she was only thirteen years old. The song's declaration of a rock and roll sound notwithstanding, its instrumentation also fits the country music genre, which Lee more fully embraced as her career evolved. The recording features Hank Garland and Harold Bradley on guitar, Floyd Cramer on piano, Boots Randolph on sax, Bob Moore on bass, and veteran session player Buddy Harman on drums.[2] The song is written in the key of A-flat major.

An instrumental version of the song appears as background music in the 1964 television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which exclusively featured music written by Marks. It can be heard in the scene where Rudolph first arrives at the Reindeer Games and meets another reindeer named Fireball. A fully sung version of the song would later appear in Rankin/Bass's 1979 sequel Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July. The song was also used in the 1990 film Home Alone during a scene when Kevin McCallister pretends that there is a holiday party taking place in his house, and discourages the burglars from robbing it. The song was also featured in The Christmas Special episode of Regular Show in 2012.{{cn|date=December 2018}}

Chart performance and sales

Although Decca released the single in both 1958 and again in 1959, it did not sell well until Lee became a popular star in 1960. That Christmas holiday season, Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. It continued to sell well during subsequent holiday seasons, peaking as high as No. 3 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1965.

It peaked at No. 6 in the UK Charts, when it was released there in 1963. In 2013, due to downloads, it became one of a number of songs to re-enter the UK Singles Chart near Christmas time - it peaked at No. 63 on Sunday December 15, 2013. In 2017, it reached number 9, its highest position since 1963.[3]

Radio stations ranging from Top 40 to Adult Contemporary to country music to Oldies to even Adult Standards played this version. Lee's recording still receives a great deal of airplay, and has since turned into a perennial holiday favorite, and beginning in 2014 has returned annually to the Billboard Hot 100 chart:

Year Debut/Re-entry
chart date 		Yearly
chart peak
position 		Yearly
total weeks
charted
1960 December 12[4] 14 4
1961 December 11[5] 50 4
1962 December 15[6] 59 3
2014 January 4[7] 50 1
2015 December 26[8] 30 3
2016 December 24[9] 27 3
2017 December 23[10] 34 4
2018 December 8[11] 9 5

As of November 25, 2016, Nielsen SoundScan estimated total sales of the digital track at 1,000,000 downloads, placing it fifth on the list of all-time best-selling Christmas/holiday digital singles in SoundScan history.[12]

Charts

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Chart (1958–2019)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[13] 35
Greece International Digital Singles (IFPI)[14] 9
Italy (FIMI)[15] 31
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[16] 8
Norway (VG-lista)[17] 25
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[18] 77
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 12
US Holiday 100 (Billboard)[20] 2

Certifications

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Track listing

Side A
  • "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Johnny Marks) – 2:25
Side B
  • "Papa Noël" (Roy Botkin) – 2:02

Personnel

  • Brenda Lee – lead vocals
  • Hank Garland – guitar
  • Harold Bradley – guitar
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • Bob Moore – double bass
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • Boots Randolph – saxophone
  • Anita Kerr Singers – background vocals

Other recordings

Kim Wilde and Mel Smith version

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| released = November 23, 1987
| format = 7", 12"
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| length = 3:38
| label = Ten
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| producer = Stuart Colman
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A version of the song by Kim Wilde and Mel Smith (credited as "Mel & Kim" as a parody of then-popular sister act Mel and Kim), featuring Pete Thomas, reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart during the Christmas season 1987. The track was recorded to raise funds for Comic Relief.[21] Its accompanying video featured the two hosting a Christmas party with guests including The Mekon and an appearance from Smith's comedy partner Griff Rhys Jones, carol singers played by the band Curiosity Killed the Cat and Spitting Image puppets of Bette Midler and Tina Turner.

Kim Wilde and Nik Kershaw

Kim Wilde recorded a new version of the song on her 2013 holiday album Wilde Winter Songbook together with Nik Kershaw.{{cn|date=December 2018}}

Other versions

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Many artists have recorded the song. Among the most notable of those are:

  • 1999 {{}} Alabama, for their album Christmas Vol. II (this cover version peaked at No. 64 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart)[22]
  • 2004 {{}} LeAnn Rimes, for her album What a Wonderful World (this cover version peaked at No. 3 on Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, No. 48 on Billboard Country Singles chart, and No. 30 on Billboard's Holiday Songs chart)[23]

References

1. ^{{cite book|last1=Rees|first1=Dafydd|last2=Crampton|first2=Luke|last3=Lazell|first3=Barry|title=Guinness Book of Rock Stars|year=1989|publisher=Guinness Books|isbn=0-85112-872-6|page=293}}
2. ^{{cite report |author=American Federation of Musicians |date=October 26, 1958 |title=No. 34784 |publisher=American Federation of Musicians |quote=Bradley's Studio 16th Ave So., Nashville, TN; 10/19/58 3:00 - 5:00 PM}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/christmas-classics-from-ariana-grande-michael-buble-and-more-reach-new-all-time-highs-on-the-official-singles-chart__21269/|title=Christmas classics reach new all-time highs on the singles chart|last=White|first=Jack|date=December 15, 2017|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=December 22, 2017}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1960-12-12 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart (December 12, 1960: #64)|website=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=December 18, 2018}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1960-12-12 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart (December 11, 1961: #85)|website=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=December 18, 2018}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1960-12-12 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart (December 15, 1962: #89)|website=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=December 18, 2018}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2014-01-04 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart (January 4, 2014: #50)|website=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=December 12, 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2015-12-26 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart (December 26, 2015: #44)|website=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=December 15, 2017}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2016-12-24 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart (December 24, 2016: #37)|website=Billboard.com |accessdate=December 15, 2017}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2017-12-23 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart (December 23, 2017: #37)|website=Billboard.com |accessdate=December 15, 2017}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2018-12-08 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart (December 8, 2018: #23)|website=Billboard.com|accessdate=December 28, 2018}}
12. ^{{cite web|author= Billboard Staff|date= November 25, 2016 |title= What Are the Top-Selling Holiday Songs? |url= http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7588783/what-are-the-top-selling-christmas-music-holiday-songs |work=Billboard |accessdate= December 2, 2016}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=December 31, 2018|accessdate=December 29, 2018}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|title=Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 52/2018|publisher=IFPI Greece|accessdate=January 13, 2019|deadurl=no}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/classifiche#/category:digital/id:2821|title=Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 52|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|language=Italian|accessdate=December 29, 2018}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=4578|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=December 31, 2018|accessdate=December 28, 2018}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.vglista.no/topplister/topp-20-single-2018-52/|title=VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 52, 2018|publisher=VG-lista|accessdate=December 29, 2018}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/3936-canciones-semana-52-2018|title=Top 100 Canciones – Semana 52: del 21.12.2018 al 27.12.2018|publisher=Productores de Música de España|language=Spanish|accessdate=January 4, 2019}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|title=Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=December 21, 2018}}
20. ^{{cite web |title=Brenda Lee Chart History (Holiday 100) |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/brenda-lee/chart-history/hot-holiday-songs |website=Billboard|accessdate=December 20, 2018}}
21. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=10188|title=Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee Songfacts|website=www.songfacts.com|language=en|access-date=October 12, 2017}}
22. ^{{allmusic|id=p1500|tab=charts-awards/billboard-singles|label=Alabama's charting singles|accessdate=October 14, 2011}}
23. ^{{allmusic|id=p182450|tab=charts-awards/billboard-singles|label=LeAnn Rimes's charting singles|accessdate=October 14, 2011}}
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