"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 Cristmas Singles.[3]
The "Blue Christmas"/"Santa Claus is Back in Town" single was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 1999.[4]