We Wish You a Merry Christmas

~ Recording by Blackmore’s Night

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.12We Wish You a Merry Christmas1:21Blackmore’s NightWinter CarolsBlackmore’s NightAlbum
  • US2006-11-07
Locomotive Records (Spanish rock label; before 2004: use Locomotive Music)LM 377
1.12We Wish You a Merry Christmas1:21Blackmore’s NightWinter CarolsBlackmore’s NightAlbum
  • US2006-11-07
Minstrel Hall Music
1.12We Wish You a Merry Christmas1:21Blackmore’s NightWinter CarolsBlackmore’s NightAlbum
  • DE2006-11-24
Minstrel Hall MusicPRE 008
1.12We Wish You a Merry Christmas1:21Blackmore’s NightWinter CarolsBlackmore’s NightAlbum
  • JP2006-11-29
R and C Ltd. (~2004–2007)YRCG-81009
1.12We Wish You a Merry Christmas1:21Blackmore’s NightWinter CarolsBlackmore’s NightAlbum
Minstrel Hall MusicPRE 069
1.15We Wish You a Merry Christmas1:21Blackmore’s NightWinter CarolsBlackmore’s NightAlbum
  • -2017-10-20
Minstrel Hall Music
1.16We Wish You a Merry Christmas1:21Blackmore’s NightWinter Carols (remastered deluxe edition 24-bit 48.0 khz - stereo)Blackmore’s NightAlbum
  • -2021
earMUSIC (German label, “a project of Edel …”)
1.16We Wish You a Merry Christmas1:21Blackmore’s NightWinter Carols (CD Matrix: IFPI L578; AL55345-01; manufactured by optimal media GmbH; IFPI 9702)Blackmore’s NightAlbum
earMUSIC (German label, “a project of Edel …”)0215575EMU
(unknown)
1.12We Wish You a Merry Christmas1:21Blackmore’s NightWinter CarolsBlackmore's NightAlbum
Icarus Music (Argentinian metal label and distributor)ICARUS 307

Relationships

producer:Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
bagpipe:Albert Dannemann
bass:Sir Robert of Normandie
drums (drum set):Anton Fig
guitar, hurdy gurdy, mandola, nyckelharpa and percussion:Ritchie Blackmore
keyboard:Bard David of Larchmont (David Baranowski; keyboards for Blackmore’s Night since 2003)
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
recorder, shawm, tin whistle and tin whistle [pennywhistle]:Candice Night
violin:Sarah Steiding
background vocals:Albert Dannemann
Jim Manngard
Iain Robertson (UK stage manager/drum tech)
choir vocals [harmony vocals]:Sisters of the Moon
vocals:Candice Night
arranger:Ritchie Blackmore
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Icarus Music (Argentinian metal label and distributor) (in 2006)
recorded at:Minstrell Hall (Ritchie Blackmore's recording studio) in New York, New York, United States (in 2005)
recording of:We Wish You a Merry Christmas (cover)

Related works

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

lyricist and composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
referred to in medleys:Christmas Train (medley)
Heavy New Year!
The Merry Christmas Medley: We Wish You a Merry Christmas / Angels From the Realms of Glory / Hark the Herald Angels Sing / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (order: 1)
Smurfenkerstmedley (order: 2)
Medley: The First Noel / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / O Come, All Ye Faithful / We Wish You a Merry Christmas (order: 4)
Megamix 2 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 5)
Mix Two (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 5)
Mix 4 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 6)
Christmas Medley (Pokémon) (order: 8)
later parody versions:[I Wish You Would Leave a Message]
It’s a Fanboy Christmas
We Wish You a Hairy Chestwig
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
We Wish You a Yaoi Christmas
祝你聖誕快樂
later translated versions:おめでとうクリスマス
おめでとうクリスマス (Hiroshi Yokoi version)
later versions:Swinging Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas (AIKATSU! Ver.)
is the basis for:We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Wir wünschen frohe Weihnacht)
We Wish You a Ripper Christmas
arrangements:We wish you a Merry Christmas (arr. Willcocks)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. Frege & Rohde)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. Warrell)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. Rutter)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. Aly and AJ)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Dieter Reith version)
music quoted in:The Joy of Christmas