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The black comedy Christmas song is performed as a pastiche of "Black Gold" by Soul Asylum. [1] It has melodic references to "Black Gold", "Mama, I'm Coming Home" by Ozzy Osbourne, and "I Believe in Father Christmas" by Greg Lake. It is the twelfth and final track on the album Bad Hair Day, released as a single during the 1996 Christmas season.
The Hokey Pokey (also known as Hokey Cokey in the United Kingdom, Ireland, some parts of Australia, and the Caribbean) [1] is a participation dance with a distinctive accompanying tune and lyric structure. It is well-known in English-speaking countries.
"Run Rudolph Run" [2] is a Christmas song written by Chuck Berry but credited to Johnny Marks and M. Brodie due to Marks's trademark on the character of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. [3] [note 1] It was published by St. Nicholas Music and was first recorded by Berry in 1958, released as a single on Chess Records. [9]
The Surprising Origins of Popular Christmas Songs. Olivia B. Waxman. December 20, 2023 at 11:08 AM. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer Credit - NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal —Getty Images.
Due to the immense popularity of Gene Autry's Christmas songs "Here Comes Santa Claus" and "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", Nelson and Rollins asked Autry to record their song. His 1950 version was on the Columbia label and peaked at number 3 on the U.S Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Cledus T. Judd in 1996 released a parody called "Grandpa Got Run Over by a John Deere" as a sequel to "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" and as well did a cover of the song in 2002. Stan Boreson sings a Norwegian-American version, "Lena Got Run Over by a Reindeer" on his Christmas album, Stan Boreson Fractures Christmas.
Television network, MeTV, included the song on its list of the "strangest batch of Christmas songs," calling the song (among others on the list) "downright goofy." They also called the song "a questionable tale." [2] In 1974, Jet gave the song a positive review, saying that it had "a reasonable chance of becoming a Christmas standard." [7]
From the 2001 various artists album Christmas Cookies. Peaked at No. 33 on Billboard 's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 2002. [114] [129] Originally issued on the Target CD A Country Christmas 1999. "Christmas Day" Eddie Fisher: 1952 Peaked at No. 22 on the popular records chart. Features Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra. [52]