Happy Holidays (Billy Idol album)

2006 studio album by Billy Idol
Happy Holidays
Studio album by
Billy Idol
Released4 December 2006[1]
Recorded2006
GenreRock, Christmas
Length46:37[1]
LabelBodog Music
ProducerBilly Idol, Brian Tichy
Billy Idol chronology
Devil's Playground
(2005)
Happy Holidays
(2006)
The Very Best of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself
(2008)

Happy Holidays is a Christmas album and the seventh studio album by Billy Idol.[1] It includes renditions of many traditional Christmas songs and two original Christmas songs, "Happy Holiday" and "Christmas Love". Music videos were released for "Jingle Bell Rock", "Happy Holiday", "White Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland".

A remixed version with new cover and different tracklist was released on November 5, 2021, and was also issued on vinyl for the first time.[2]

Track listing

Happy Holidays track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Frosty the Snowman"Walter "Jack" Rollins, Steve Nelson2:28
2."Silver Bells"Jay Livingston, Ray Evans2:43
3."Happy Holiday"Billy Idol2:04
4."Merry Christmas Baby"Johnny Moore; Lou Baxter4:09
5."White Christmas"Irving Berlin2:34
6."Here Comes Santa Claus"Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman2:02
7."God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen"Traditional2:58
8."Santa Claus Is Back in Town"Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller3:22
9."Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne2:29
10."Winter Wonderland"Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith2:21
11."Run Rudolph Run"Johnny Marks, Marvin Brodie3:03
12."Blue Christmas"Bill Hayes; Jay Johnson2:28
13."Jingle Bell Rock"Jim Boothe; Joe Beal2:04
14."Christmas Love"Billy Idol4:01
15."O Christmas Tree"Melchior Franck4:33
16."Silent Night"Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr2:19
17."Auld Lang Syne"Robert Burns[1]1:21

Notes

  • The 2021 rerelease adds a new song, "On Christmas Day", but deletes the tracks "Merry Christmas Baby", "Blue Christmas", and "Christmas Love".

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Happy Holidays
Chart (2021) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3] 50
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[4] 76

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Happy Holidays: A Very Special Christmas Album - Billy Idol | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  2. ^ Major, Michael (29 October 2021). "Billy Idol to Release Remastered 'Happy Holidays' Album". Broadway World. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Billy Idol – Happy Holidays" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Billy Idol – Happy Holidays". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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