I’ll Be Home for Christmas

6 cited facts

September 14, 1964
2:27
101 BPM · D# minor

What connects this song

Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.

Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Written by Buck Ram, also Adorable (The Drifters), Remember When (The Platters) and I’m Sorry (The Platters)
Part of The Doris Day Christmas Album, also Toyland and Christmas Present
Written by Kim Gannon, also Autumn Nocturne (Lou Donaldson), Five O’Clock Whistle (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) and Dreamer's Holiday (Willie Nelson)

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Buck Ram wrote 40 songs on fono
Buck Ram’s most frequent co-writer is Al Nevins (4 songs together)
Walter Kent’s most frequent co-writer is Buck Ram (3 songs together)
Buck Ram first appears on fono in 1940, 24 years before this song

Credits

All 5 credits

Written by: Buck Ram, Kim Gannon and Walter Kent
Part of: The Doris Day Christmas Album
Released on: Columbia

Written by: Buck Ram, Kim Gannon and Walter Kent
Part of: The Doris Day Christmas Album
Released on: Columbia

Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.

Same writer: Buck Ram
Adorable
The Drifters
1955
Same writer: Kim Gannon
Autumn Nocturne
Lou Donaldson
1958
Same writer: Walter Kent
(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover
Vera Lynn, Jay Wilbur and His Band
1991
Same label: Columbia
Chop Suey!
System of a Down
2001
Same release: The Doris Day Christmas Album
Toyland
Doris Day
1964
Same writer: Buck Ram
Remember When
The Platters
1959
Same writer: Kim Gannon
Five O’Clock Whistle
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1995
Same writer: Walter Kent
Excuse Me
A$AP Rocky
2015

Elsewhere

Sources (6)

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1MusicBrainz I’ll Be Home for Christmas was written by Buck Ram
I’ll Be Home for Christmas was written by Buck Ram
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2MusicBrainz I’ll Be Home for Christmas was written by Kim Gannon
I’ll Be Home for Christmas was written by Kim Gannon
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3MusicBrainz I’ll Be Home for Christmas was written by Walter Kent
I’ll Be Home for Christmas was written by Walter Kent
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4MusicBrainz I’ll Be Home for Christmas is part of the release The Doris Day Christmas Album
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is part of the release The Doris Day Christmas Album
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5MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Columbia is the label of the song I’ll Be Home for Christmas
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6MusicBrainz I’ll Be Home for Christmas was released on 1964-09-14
I’ll Be Home for Christmas was released on 1964-09-14
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