The Greatest Christmas Hits

~ Release by Pentatonix (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1: Disc One
#TitleArtistRatingLength
112 Days of Christmas
Pentatonix3:03
2God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
cover recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
Pentatonix2:29
3Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 2014, in 2015)
cover recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
Pentatonix3:13
4Hallelujah
music videos:
Hallelujah by Pentatonix
cover recording of:
Hallelujah
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Bad Monk Publishing, Leonard Cohen Stranger Music Inc., SM Publishing Argentina S.R.L., Sony/ATV Music LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs (SOCAN), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
sub-publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Hong Kong)
Pentatonix54:27
5That’s Christmas to Me
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 2014, in 2015)
recording of:
That’s Christmas to Me
writer:
Katy Lou Clark and Penny Lea Clark
Pentatonix3:00
6Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 2014, in 2015)
cover recording of:
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
version of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 14c. Па-де-де: Вариация II: Танец Феи Драже (The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Pas de Deux: Variation II: Dance of the sugar-plum fairy, Variation II: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
Pentatonix2:07
7Mary, Did You Know?
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 2014, in 2015)
cover recording of:
Mary, Did You Know?
lyricist:
Mark Alan Lowry (comedian, southern gospel music)
composer:
Lee Rufus Greene III
publisher:
Gaither Music Co. (publishing company associated with Bill & Gloria Gaither), Rufus Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Word Music, Inc. and Word Music, LLC
Pentatonix3:21
8Little Drummer Boy
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 2014)
cover recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
Pentatonix4:12
9White Winter Hymnal
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 2014, in 2015)
cover recording of:
White Winter Hymnal
lyricist and composer:
Robin Pecknold (singer/songwriter in Fleet Foxes)
publisher:
Chrysalis-Music-Ltd. (music publisher (affiliated with PRS)) and Foxes Fellowship
Pentatonix2:46
10Carol of the Bells
recording engineer and producer:
Ben Bram
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 2014)
cover recording of:
Carol of the Bells
lyricist:
Peter J. Wilhousky
composer:
Микола Дмитрович Леонтович (Mykola Leontovych) and John Williams (American score composer)
is based on:
Щедрик (Shchedryk)
Pentatonix3:14
11Deck the Halls
arranger:
Ben Bram and Pentatonix
cover recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
Pentatonix4.52:45
12O Come, All Ye Faithful
cover recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Pentatonix3:35
13Frosty the Snowman
Pentatonix feat. Alessia Cara2:16
14Kid on Christmas
Pentatonix feat. Meghan Trainor3:23
15Up on the Housetop
cover recording of:
Up on the House Top (Christmas song)
lyricist and composer:
Benjamin R. Hanby (in 1864)
Pentatonix2:16
16Thank You
Pentatonix3:55
▼ CD 2: Disc Two
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)
Pentatonix4:24
2Grown‐Up Christmas List
cover recording of:
Grown Up Christmas List (Amy Grant version)
additional lyricist:
Amy Grant
lyricist:
Linda Thompson (American actress, lyricist)
composer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
version of:
Grown‐Up Christmas List (original version)
recording of:
Grown Up Christmas List (Amy Grant version)
additional lyricist:
Amy Grant
lyricist:
Linda Thompson (American actress, lyricist)
composer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
version of:
Grown‐Up Christmas List (original version)
cover recording of:
Grown‐Up Christmas List (original version)
lyricist:
Linda Thompson (American actress, lyricist)
composer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
publisher:
Air Bear Music (ended), Linda’s Boys Music, Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corporation, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Pentatonix feat. Kelly Clarkson4:42
3Winter Wonderland / Don’t Worry Be Happy
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 2014, in 2015)
medley including a recording of:
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
lyricist and composer:
Bobby McFerrin
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
medley including a recording of:
Winter Wonderland
lyricist:
Richard B. Smith (wrote lyrics to “Winter Wonderland”)
composer:
Felix Bernard
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., EMI Music (Electric & Musical Industries Music, do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Francis, Day & Hunter, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Chappell Music Inc., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Pentatonix feat. Tori Kelly3:26
4You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
cover recording of:
You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!)
lyricist:
Dr. Seuss
composer:
Albert Hague
publisher:
Dr. Seuss Enterprises and EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (soundtrack of the 1966 American animated television special)
Pentatonix2:59
5Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
cover recording of:
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn (in 1945-07)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1945-07)
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Chappell/Morris Ltd., Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Imagen Music, Producers Music Publishing Co., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Pentatonix2:00
6How Great Thou Art
cover recording of:
How Great Thou Art (Hine’s version)
additional lyricist:
Stuart K. Hine (from 1931 until 1949)
lyricist:
Carl Gustav Boberg
composer:
Stuart K. Hine (from 1931 until 1949)
translator:
Stuart K. Hine (from 1931 until 1949, in 1949)
publisher:
Thankyou Music Ltd.
translated version of:
O store Gud
Pentatonix feat. Jennifer Hudson4:09
7Joyful, Joyful
cover recording of:
Joyful Joyful
writer:
Alphonso Mizell, Anthony Criss, Frederick Perren, Berry Gordy, Andre Harris (US hip hop/RnB producer, part of Dre & Vidal), Keir Gist (Naughty by Nature’s DJ Keir Gist), Maurice Ryan Toby, Deke Richards (American songwriter and record producer) and Vincent E. Brown
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer)
publisher:
Buena Vista Music, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Flyte Tyme Tunes, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Jobete Music UK Ltd., Touchstone Pictures Music, Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Pentatonix with Jazmine Sullivan3:55
8O Holy Night
Pentatonix4:01
9Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Pentatonix2:37
10Pure Imagination / Christmas Time Is Here
Pentatonix3:20
11Please Santa Please
Pentatonix3:17
12O Little Town of Bethlehem
cover recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
Pentatonix with Elvis Presley2:40
13Kiss From a Rose
Pentatonix3:17
14Children, Go Where I Send Thee
Pentatonix3:59
15Little Toy Trains
Pentatonix2:16

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