Holiday Pop Playlist
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Contemporary Carols
These are Christmas songs written by popular artists of the time, usually in a compositional style mostly indicative of their own idiomatic sound. These songs tend to sound less “Christmas-y” than the more traditional or sacred tunes. Thematically, the lyrics of pop Christmas music typically revolve around relationships (love gained and/or lost), and less the waxing poetic about the season itself. Think of these as fun pop/rock songs that just happen to have Christmas lyrics... generally written after 1960. In other words, bad music that didn’t make the album, sadly reappropriated as Christmas songs at the producer’s request. (okay, Mariah… not bad… it’s basically a classic… but the rest kinda suck) Just kidding, three are actually pretty good.
EXAMPLES:
“All I Want for Christmas is You” – Mariah Carey
“Blue Christmas” – Elvis Presley
“Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)” – U2
“Christmas in Hollis” – Run DMC
“Christmas Lights” – Coldplay
“Christmas Tree Farm” – Taylor Swift
“Christmas Wrapping” – The Waitresses
“Do They Know It’s Christmas” – Band Aid
“Father Christmas” – The Kinks
“Feliz Navidad” – Jose Feliciano
“I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” – The Jackson 5
“Last Christmas” – Wham
“Little Saint Nick” – The Beach Boys
“Mistress for Christmas” – AC/DC
“Run, Rudolph, Run” – Chuck Berry
“Sleigh Ride” – The Ronettes (contemp version)
“So, this is Christmas” – John Lennon
“Step Into Christmas” – Elton John
“Thank God It’s Christmas” – Queen
“Wonderful Christmastime” – Paul McCartney
“You Make it Feel Like Christmas” – Gwen Stefani