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Released on BMG Direct Marketing, Inc., also Sweet Child o’ Mine (Guns N’ Roses), Zombie (The Cranberries) and Welcome to the Jungle (Guns N’ Roses)
Written by Matt Betton, also Someday I Will, Apocalypso and Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On
Part of Christmas Island, also Christmas Island, A Sailor's Christmas and Ho Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rhum
Released on MCA Records, also Baba O’Riley (The Who), Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Jimmy Buffett wrote 287 songs on fono
Jimmy Buffett’s most frequent co-writer is Roger Guth (33 songs together)
Matt Betton’s most frequent co-writer is Jimmy Buffett (6 songs together)
Jimmy Buffett first appears on fono in 1970, 26 years before this song
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- Jimmy Buffett and Matt Betton
- Part of
- Christmas Island
- Released on
- BMG Direct Marketing, Inc., MCA Records and Margaritaville Records
- Written by
- Jimmy Buffett and Matt Betton
- Part of
- Christmas Island
- Released on
- BMG Direct Marketing, Inc., MCA Records and Margaritaville Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Matt Betton
Same label: BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
Same release: Christmas Island
Same label: MCA Records
Same writer: Matt Betton
Same label: BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
Same release: Christmas Island
Same label: MCA Records
Elsewhere
Sources (7)
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1MusicBrainz Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home) was written by Jimmy Buffett
Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home) was written by Jimmy Buffett
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home) was written by Matt Betton
Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home) was written by Matt Betton
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3MusicBrainz Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home) is part of the release Christmas Island
Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home) is part of the release Christmas Island
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4MusicBrainz BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. is the label of the song Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home)
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. is the label of the song Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home)
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5MusicBrainz MCA Records is the label of the song Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home)
MCA Records is the label of the song Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home)
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6MusicBrainz Margaritaville Records is the label of the song Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home)
Margaritaville Records is the label of the song Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home)
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7MusicBrainz Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home) was released on 1996-10-08
Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home) was released on 1996-10-08
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026