| "Alone on Christmas Day" | |
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| Song by The Beach Boys | |
| from the album Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys | |
| Recorded | November 17–22, 1977[1] |
| Songwriter(s) | Mike Love, Ron Altbach |
| Producer(s) | Al Jardine, Ron Altbach |
| "Alone on Christmas Day" | ||||
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| 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)" | |||
| Released | December 4, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2015 | |||
| Length | 2:54 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mike Love, Ron Altbach | |||
| Phoenix featuring Bill Murray, David Johansen and Jason Schwartzman singles chronology | ||||
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| "Alone on Christmas Day" on YouTube | ||||
| "Alone on Christmas Day" | |
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| Song by Mike Love | |
| from the album Reason for the Season | |
| Released | October 26, 2018 |
| Length | 4:05 |
| Label | BMG |
| 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]
- ^ "Tours & Sessions 1977". Endless Summer Quarterly. Archived from the original on 2015-12-25. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- ^ Blistein, Jon (November 6, 2015). "Hear Mike Love's Spirited, Bittersweet New Christmas Song". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Camp, Zoe; Phillips, Amy (4 December 2015). "Bill Murray and Phoenix Cover the Beach Boys' "Alone on Christmas Day"". Pitchfork.
- ^ Guardian music (December 4, 2015). "Bill Murray meets Phoenix – hear their festive single Alone on Christmas Day". The Guardian.