Happy Holidays (Billy Idol album)

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

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)

A remixed version with new cover and different tracklist was released on November 5, 2021. The new version adds a new song, "On Christmas Day", and deletes the tracks "Merry Christmas Baby", "Blue Christmas", and "Christmas Love". It will also be issued on vinyl for the first time.[2]

Track listing
  1. "Frosty the Snowman" – 2:28 (Walter "Jack" Rollins, Steve Nelson)
  2. "Silver Bells" – 2:43 (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
  3. "Happy Holiday" – 2:04 (Billy Idol)
  4. "Merry Christmas Baby" – 4:09 (Johnny Moore; Lou Baxter)
  5. "White Christmas" – 2:34 (Irving Berlin)
  6. "Here Comes Santa Claus" – 2:02 (Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman)
  7. "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen" – 2:58 (Traditional)
  8. "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" – 3:22 (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
  9. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" – 2:29 (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
  10. "Winter Wonderland" – 2:21 (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith)
  11. "Run Rudolph Run" – 3:03 (Johnny Marks, Marvin Brodie)
  12. "Blue Christmas" – 2:28 (Bill Hayes; Jay Johnson)
  13. "Jingle Bell Rock" – 2:04 (Jim Boothe; Joe Beal)
  14. "Christmas Love" – 4:01 (Billy Idol)
  15. "O Christmas Tree" – 4:33 (Melchior Franck)
  16. "Silent Night" – 2:19 (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr)
  17. "Auld Lang Syne" – 1:21 (Robert Burns)[1]

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. "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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