It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is a Christmas song written in 1951 by Meredith Willson. The song was originally titled "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas". Perry Como was the first to record and release the song in 1951.

The song has become a standard recorded by many artists. It was first a hit for Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra on September 18, 1951, released on RCA Victor as 47-4314 (45 rpm) and 20-4314 (78 rpm). Bing Crosby recorded a version on October 1, 1951, on Decca Records, which was also popular.

History

Background and writing

A popular belief in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, holds that Willson wrote the song while staying in Yarmouth's Grand Hotel.[1] The song refers to a "tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well..."; the park being Frost Park, directly across the road from the Grand Hotel, which still operates in a newer building on the same site as the old hotel.[2] It also makes mention of the five and ten which was a store operating in Yarmouth at the time.

It is also possible that the "Grand Hotel" Willson mentions in the song was inspired by the Historic Park Inn Hotel in his hometown of Mason City, Iowa, US. The Park Inn Hotel is the last remaining hotel in the world designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and is situated in downtown Mason City overlooking Central Park.

Perry Como version

Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra released their cover of "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" on September 18, 1951. Their edition became one of the most successful versions of the song, which is still widely played today, with over 382 million streams on Spotify as of May 1, 2024. The song was used in the 2004 film The Polar Express.

Weekly charts

Template:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chart
Chart (2008–2024) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 24
Estonia Airplay (TopHit)[4] 39
France (SNEP)[5] 124
Greece International (IFPI)[6] 30
Iceland (Tónlistinn)[7] 7
Italy (FIMI)[8] 93
Latvia (LaIPA)[9] 19
Lithuania (AGATA)[10] 25
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 24
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100)[12] 45
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 45
US Holiday 100 (Billboard)[14] 8
US Rolling Stone Top 100[15] 5

Certifications

Template:Certification Table Top Template:Certification Table Entry Template:Certification Table Entry Template:Certification Table Entry Template:Certification Table Separator Template:Certification Table Entry Template:Certification Table Bottom

Michael Bublé version

Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Canadian singer Michael Bublé's version was first released on October 24, 2011, as the first track of Bublé's Christmas album. However, it was then re-released as the album's second single on November 18, 2012, achieving greater success. In the UK, the song peaked at number 6 in 2022.

Weekly charts

Template:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chart
Chart (2011–2025) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[16] 3
Croatia (Billboard)[17] 14
Croatia International Airplay (Top lista)[18] 18
Denmark (Tracklisten)[19] 7
France (SNEP)[20] 8
Greece International (IFPI)[21] 6
Iceland (Tónlistinn)[22] 10
Italy (FIMI)[23] 3
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan)[24] 16
Latvia (LaIPA)[25] 3
Lithuania (AGATA)[26] 5
Luxembourg (Billboard)[27] 4
Norway (VG-lista)[28] 2
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[29] 36
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100)[12] 5
Romania (Billboard)[30] 22
Singapore (RIAS)[31] 9
South Africa (RISA)[32] 23
South Korea (Circle)[33] 128
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[34] 27
United Arab Emirates (IFPI)[35] 9
US Holiday 100 (Billboard)[36] 8
US Rolling Stone Top 100[37] 19
Vietnam (Vietnam Hot 100)[38] 90

Year-end charts

Chart (2020) Position
Hungary (Single Top 40)[39] 100
Hungary (Stream Top 40)[40] 71
Chart (2021) Position
Hungary (Single Top 40)[41] 70
Hungary (Stream Top 40)[42] 83
Chart (2022) Position
Global 200 (Billboard)[43] 199
Hungary (Single Top 40)[44] 70
Hungary (Stream Top 40)[45] 85
Chart (2023) Position
Hungary (Single Top 40)[46] 50
Chart (2024) Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[47] 72

Certifications

Template:Certification Table Top Template:Certification Table Entry Template:Certification Table Entry Template:Certification Table Entry Template:Certification Table Entry Template:Certification Table Entry Template:Certification Table Entry Template:Certification Table Entry Template:Certification Table Bottom

Meghan Trainor version

In 2020, Meghan Trainor recorded a version of the song for her album A Very Trainor Christmas. This version peaked at number 27 on the Holiday Digital Songs chart.[48]

In popular culture

Meredith Willson incorporated the song into his 1963 Broadway musical Here's Love, where it is sung in counterpoint to the newly composed song "Pine Cones and Holly Berries".

Johnny Mathis recorded the song for his 1986 album Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis; this version gained popularity after its inclusion in the film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Gradually, Mathis's recording began to receive wide radio airplay, and in later years this version became a Top 10 Christmas hit.

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  16. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  18. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  19. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  20. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  22. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  23. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  24. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  25. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  26. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  27. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  28. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  29. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  30. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  31. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  32. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  33. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  34. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  35. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  36. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  37. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  38. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  39. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  40. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  41. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  42. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  43. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  44. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  45. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  46. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  47. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  48. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Michael Bublé singles Template:Meredith Willson Template:Perry Como

Template:Authority control

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=It%27s_Beginning_to_Look_a_Lot_Like_Christmas&oldid=3866873"