Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

~ Recording by The Crystals

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for YouPhil SpectorAlbum
  • GB1963-11-22
London Records (UK, 1947–98)HA-U 8141
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You from Philles RecordsPhil SpectorAlbum
  • US1963-11-22
Philles RecordsPHLP-4005
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town2:29The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Philles Records (mono)Phil SpectorAlbum
  • US1963-11-22
Philles RecordsPHLP-4005
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsPhil Spector’s Christmas AlbumPhil SpectorAlbum
  • US1972-12-08
Apple RecordsSW-3400
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Phil SpectorPhil SpectorAlbum
Warner-SpectorSP-9103
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Phil SpectorPhil SpectorAlbum
Rhino (reissue label), Phil Spector InternationalRNCD 70235
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsThe Phil Spector Christmas AlbumPhil SpectorAlbum
ChrysalisCCD 1625
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Phil SpectorPhil SpectorAlbum
ABKCO, Phil Spector RecordsD2 4005
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:28The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector (Digitally Remastered by Phil Spector)Various ArtistsAlbum
Phil Spector RecordsCD 4
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Phil SpectorPhil SpectorAlbum
  • US1990-10-31
ABKCO, Phil Spector RecordsD2 4005
1.13Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsMerry Christmas With the StarsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Combi (Foto Video Audio)BCD 10890
4.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsBack to Mono (1958–1969)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1991-11-12
ABKCO7118-2
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Phil SpectorPhil SpectorAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)PSCD 1005
5.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town?:??The CrystalsBack to Mono (1958–1969)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
ABKCO7118-1
1.13Santa Claus Is Coming To Town3:27The CrystalsMerry Christmas With the StarsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Double D Entertainment10890
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Phil SpectorPhil SpectorAlbum
ABKCO, Phil Spector Records066 511-2
2.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsThe Phil Spector CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
ABKCO1715588
2.8Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:26The CrystalsHaynes Christmas: The Ultimate Guide to the Festive SeasonVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-09-12
Haynes Owner’s Workshop Manuals, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697966362
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:28The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Phil SpectorPhil SpectorAlbum
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Phil SpectorVarious ArtistsAlbum
  • US2009-10-26
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Phil Spector Records88697 59214 2
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Phil SpectorPhil SpectorAlbum
  • US2009-10-27
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Phil Spector Records88697 59214 2
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Phil SpectorPhil SpectorAlbum
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Phil Spector Records88697592142
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Philles RecordsPhil SpectorAlbum
Sundazed MusicLP 5323
1.14Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:24The CrystalsCrooners and ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DK2012-11-05
Special Products (A Service of Sony Music)
2.8Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:26The CrystalsNow That’s What I Call ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-11-05
EMI TV, Rhino (reissue label), Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)VTDCD 1050
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:26The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Phil SpectorVarious ArtistsAlbum
Phil Spector Records88765 43310 2
2.8Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:26The CrystalsNow That’s What I Call ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2013-11-04
NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead)CDNNNOW6
2.14Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (Remastered)3:26The CrystalsForever Friends a Christmas Wish for YouVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2013-11-08
Sony Music CG
2.8Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:24The CrystalsNow That’s What I Call ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-11-06
Now! Music
2.8Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:24The CrystalsNow That’s What I Call ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-11-06
NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead)CDNNNOW35
1.7Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:24The CrystalsThe Christmas AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2016
2.4Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town3:27The CrystalsA Christmas Tale: Timeless Classic AlbumsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2017
DOLDOLCD0265
1.7Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:25The CrystalsThe Most Wonderful Christmas…Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2019-11-08
Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases)19075993012
3.7Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsThe Cosiest Christmas Album In The World... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2021-11-05
Universal UMC5395198
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:28The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector (24 bits 96.0 kHz)Various ArtistsAlbum
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.4Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town3:27The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Phil SpectorPhil SpectorAlbum
Philles RecordsPHLP 4005
1.4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsA Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector (printed in Holland)Phil SpectorAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Phil Spector RecordsCDP 79 3675 2
Promotion
1.2Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:27The CrystalsMFM Christmas CutsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service)

Relationships

engineer:Larry Levine
producer:Phil Spector
arranger:Jack “Specs” Nitzsche (American musician and score composer)
recorded at:Gold Star Recording Studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1963-09 until 1963-10)
DJ-mixes:A Christmas Cracker by Kenny Jaymes (order: 8)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/66725 [info]
recording of:Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (from 1963-09 until 1963-10: cover)

Related works

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

lyricist:Haven Gillespie (in 1932)
composer:J. Fred Coots (in 1932)
publisher:EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!)
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
Haven Gillespie Music Publishing
Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Leo Feist Ltd
Leo Feist, Inc.
SBK United Partnership
The Songwriters Guild
sub-publisher:フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department)
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)
referred to in medleys:Mix 2 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 1)
Santa Claustrophobia (order: 1)
Megamix 3 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 5)
Mix Three (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 5)
Smooth Jazz Christmas Overture: Let It Snow / Winter Wonderland / What Child Is This (Greensleeves) / Angels We Have Heard on High / Jingle Bells / Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (order: 6)
Megamix 1 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 7)
Mix One (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 7)
later parody versions:Scientifically Accurate Santa Claus
Yaoi Press is Coming to Con
又到聖誕
later translated parody versions:Julesmølfen kommer i nat
later translated versions:Julenissen kjem hit i kveld
Julenissen kommer i kveld
Nikolaus‐Lied
Nu tror du på tomten igen
Père Noël arrive ce soir
Santa Claus domani verrà
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ("Eine musikalische Schlittenfahrt" (Peter Alexander))
Santa Klauss nāk
Tomten kommer snart
サンタがまちにやってくる
サンタが町にやってくる (Santa ga Machi ni Yattekuru)
聖誕老人從天降
later versions:Henry Morgans Coming to Port
is the basis for:MILKY CHRISTMAS (INTRO)
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
music quoted in:Lit vert
lyrics quoted in:Maybe This Year