Little Saint Nick

"Little Saint Nick"
Single by the Beach Boys
B-side"The Lord's Prayer"
ReleasedDecember 9, 1963
RecordedOctober 20, 1963
StudioWestern, Hollywood
Genre
Length2:00
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Be True to Your School"
(1963)
"Little Saint Nick"
(1963)
"Fun, Fun, Fun"
(1964)
Music video
"Little Saint Nick" on YouTube
Audio sample

"Little Saint Nick" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys first released as a single on December 9, 1963. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, the Christmas song applies hot-rod themes to Santa Claus and his sleigh.[1]

The single peaked at number 3 on Billboard magazine's special seasonal weekly Christmas Singles chart.[2] Its B-side was an a cappella version of "The Lord's Prayer".[3] In November 1964, an alternate mix of "Little Saint Nick" appeared as the opening track on The Beach Boys' Christmas Album.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Murphy2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920-2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 20. ISBN 0-89820-161-6.
  3. ^ Badman, Keith. The Beach Boys. The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band: On Stage and in the Studio Backbeat Books, San Francisco, California, 2004. ISBN 0-87930-818-4 p. 45