I’ll Be Home for Christmas

~ Recording by The Beach Boys

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.11I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:41The Beach BoysThe Beach Boys’ Christmas AlbumThe Beach BoysAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)ST-2164
1.11I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:41The Beach BoysThe Beach Boys’ Christmas Album (mono)The Beach BoysAlbum
  • US1964-11-09
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)T-2164
1.11I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:44The Beach BoysThe Beach Boys’ Christmas AlbumThe Beach BoysAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7 91008 2
1.11I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:44The Beach BoysThe Beach Boys’ Christmas Album (club edition)The Beach BoysAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 591008
1.8I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:44The Beach BoysChristmas SongsThe Beach BoysAlbum + Compilation
  • -1990
DuchesseCD 352094
1.4I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:44The Beach BoysMusic for a Rockin’ ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)CDLL-57306
1.3I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:46The Beach BoysThe Rock Collection: Rock ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 527/21
1.3I'll Be Home for Christmas2:46The Beach BoysBeach Boys ChristmasThe Beach BoysAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)S21-17417
1.15I'll Be Coming Home for Christmas2:44The Beach BoysThat's ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1994-11-10
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 8 31630 2 1
1.11I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:46The Beach BoysThe Emotion Collection: ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time‐Life Books B.V.TL 571/36
1.5I'll Be Home for Christmas2:45The Beach BoysMerry Christmas from the Beach BoysThe Beach BoysAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-09-01
LaserLight Digital, EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets21 718, 72435-27702-2-9
1.4I'll Be Home for Christmas2:44The Beach BoysGolden Christmas OldiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyHRA 864382
1.9I'll Be Home For Christmas2:45The Beach BoysIt's Christmas TimeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1995
DiskyDC 862892
1.14I'll Be Home for Christmas2:45The Beach BoysThe Christmas CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyDC 862232
1.9I'll Be Home for Christmas2:44The Beach BoysThe Christmas SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyDCA 862892
1.12I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:44The Beach BoysA Christmas CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyCH 877572
1.12I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:44The Beach BoysA Christmas CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Australia (Universal Music Australia's frontline label)0777 7 94670 2 0
1.5I'll Be Home for Christmas2:45The Beach BoysMerry ChristmasThe Beach BoysAlbum + Compilation
LaserLight Digital21 718
1.12I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:44The Beach BoysWhite ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)4933002
2.12I'll Be Home For Christmas2:48The Beach BoysNu Är Det Jul Igen (4CD compilation)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CMC (Danish label)5240072
1.11I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:46The Beach BoysThe Power of Love: Christmas ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1999
Time–Life MusicTL571/36
1.3I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:47The Beach BoysThe Time-Life Treasury of Christmas (2000 release, discs one & two)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicA 31966, M18556, TCD857
1.14I'll Be Home for Christmas2:44The Beach BoysThe Ultimate Christmas Album, Volume 5Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Collectables (US reissue label)COL‐4522
2.1I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:45The Beach BoysBest Christmas 100Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0946 349337 2 8
1.14I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:44The Beach BoysWCBS FM101.1: The Ultimate Christmas Album, Volume FiveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-03-14
Collectables (US reissue label), BMG Special ProductsCOL‐2522, DRC1‐2705
1.6I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:46The Beach BoysChristmas HarmoniesThe Beach BoysAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-08-25
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)509996 85261 22
1.11I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:45The Beach BoysThe Beach Boys’ Christmas AlbumThe Beach BoysAlbumCapitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.11I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:44The Beach BoysThe Beach Boys’ Christmas AlbumThe Beach BoysAlbumMusic for Pleasure7243 8 30729 2 7, CD MFP 6150
Promotion
1.10I'll Be Home for Christmas2:44The Beach BoysHave a Merry Tiger ChristmasVarious ArtistsCompilation
  • -2015-10-21
Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”), Tiger Music (Danish label)UNI 5364136
(unknown)
1.1I'll Be Home For Christmas2:45The Beach BoysTotally ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + CompilationEMI Music Group Australasia (not for release label use! manufacturer and distributor)

Relationships

producer:Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
lead vocals:Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder) (on 1964-06-24)
conductor:Benjamin Barrett (on 1964-06-24)
arranger:Dick Reynolds (musician, songwriter, and trombonist best known as arranger for the Four Freshmen)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/44823 [info]
recording of:I’ll Be Home for Christmas (on 1964-06-24: cover)

I’ll Be Home for Christmas

lyricist:James Kimball Gannon
additional writer:Buck Ram
composer:Walter Kent
publisher:Chappell Music Ltd.
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
Gannon and Kent Music Co.
Piedmont Music Company
Warner Chappell
Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
sub-publisher:ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
later parody versions:I’ll Be Home for Christmas (parody version)
I’ll Be Home the Day After Christmas
later translated versions:Jeg kommer hjem til jul
Ziemsvētkos būt mājās
later versions:Ik verlang naar Kerstmis
arrangements:I’ll Be Home for Christmas (arr. Chris Walden)