| "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" | ||||
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| Song by Elvis Presley | ||||
| from the album Elvis' Christmas Album | ||||
| Language | English | |||
| Published | Elvis Presley Music, Inc. | |||
| Released | October 15, 1957 | |||
| Recorded | September 7, 1957 | |||
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| Length | 2:25 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Leiber-Stoller | |||
| Producer(s) | Leiber-Stoller | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"Santa Claus Is Back in Town" is a Christmas song written in 1957 by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and first recorded that year by Elvis Presley[1] as the opening track on Elvis' Christmas Album, the best-selling Christmas/holiday album of all time in the United States. The song has become a rock and roll Christmas standard.
"Santa Claus Is Back in Town" was paired with "Santa, Bring My Baby Back to Me" and was issued as a UK single concurrently with the album's release in 1957. The single reached #7 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1957. RCA rereleased the song as a 45 vinyl 7" single in 1985, PB-14237B, paired with "Merry Christmas, Baby". In 1980, the song reached #41 on the UK singles chart in December in a six-week chart run.[2]
In 1965 the single "Blue Christmas"/"Santa Claus is Back in Town" reached the # 4 position on the Billboard Top Christmas Singles.[3]
The "Blue Christmas"/"Santa Claus is Back in Town" single was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 1999.[4]
- ^ "Blue Christmas/Santa Claus Is Back In Town (rehearsal)". Elvis Presley Official Site (in European Spanish). Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ "Song artist 2 - Elvis Presley". Tsort.info. Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ "Billboard December 16, 1966 - Pag 15" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
- ^ "Gold and Platinum Data". RIAA. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2018.