Alone on Christmas Day

"Alone on Christmas Day"
Song by The Beach Boys
from the album Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys
RecordedNovember 17–22, 1977[1]
Songwriter(s)Mike Love, Ron Altbach
Producer(s)Al Jardine, Ron Altbach
"Alone on Christmas Day"
The cover art for "Alone on Christmas Day" by Phoenix
Single by Phoenix featuring Bill Murray, David Johansen and Jason Schwartzman
from the album A Very Murray Christmas soundtrack
B-side"Alone on Christmas Day (Instrumental)"
ReleasedDecember 4, 2015 (2015-12-04)
Recorded2015
Length2:54
Songwriter(s)Mike Love, Ron Altbach
Phoenix featuring Bill Murray, David Johansen and Jason Schwartzman singles chronology
"S.O.S. in Bel Air"
(2013)
"Alone on Christmas Day"
(2015)
"J-Boy"
(2017)
Music video
"Alone on Christmas Day" on YouTube
"Alone on Christmas Day"
Song by Mike Love
from the album Reason for the Season
ReleasedOctober 26, 2018
Length4:05
LabelBMG
Songwriter(s)Mike Love, Ron Altbach
Producer(s)Michael Lloyd, Scott Totten

"Alone on Christmas Day" is a song written by Mike Love and Ron Altbach for American rock band the Beach Boys. Intended for a potential Christmas album, their 1977 recording was left unreleased. In November 2015, Mike Love rerecorded the song as "(You'll Never Be) Alone on Christmas Day" and released it as a single.[2] The next month, a version by French rock band Phoenix featuring Bill Murray was released.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Tours & Sessions 1977". Endless Summer Quarterly. Archived from the original on 2015-12-25. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  2. ^ Blistein, Jon (November 6, 2015). "Hear Mike Love's Spirited, Bittersweet New Christmas Song". Rolling Stone.
  3. ^ Camp, Zoe; Phillips, Amy (4 December 2015). "Bill Murray and Phoenix Cover the Beach Boys' "Alone on Christmas Day"". Pitchfork.
  4. ^ Guardian music (December 4, 2015). "Bill Murray meets Phoenix – hear their festive single Alone on Christmas Day". The Guardian.