Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

E174288
Christmas song anti-war song song

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a 1971 anti-war Christmas song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono that combines holiday themes with a message of peace and protest against the Vietnam War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) canonical 3
Happy Christmas (War Is Over) 2
War Is Over! (If You Want It) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christmas song ⓘ
anti-war song ⓘ
song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Happy Xmas (War Is Over) ⓘ
surface form: Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
associatedCampaign Happy Xmas (War Is Over) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: War Is Over! (If You Want It)
bSideOf Listen, the Snow Is Falling ⓘ
composer John Lennon ⓘ
Yoko Ono ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuredVocalist Yoko Ono ⓘ
firstChartedInCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
genre Christmas music ⓘ
pop ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasChorus children's choir ⓘ
hasSeasonalAirplay Christmas season ⓘ
hasType single ⓘ
influencedBy Vietnam War ⓘ
key A major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist John Lennon ⓘ
Yoko Ono ⓘ
mainVocalist John Lennon ⓘ
message protest against the Vietnam War ⓘ
notableLyric So this is Christmas ⓘ
War is over, if you want it ⓘ
originalMedium 7-inch single ⓘ
partOf John Lennon solo discography ⓘ
performer John Lennon ⓘ
Plastic Ono Band ⓘ
Yoko Ono ⓘ
producer John Lennon ⓘ
Phil Spector ⓘ
Yoko Ono ⓘ
recorded 1971-10 ⓘ
recordLabel Apple Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1971-11-24 ⓘ
releaseYear 1971 ⓘ
subjectOf music video ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
theme Christmas ⓘ
anti-war protest ⓘ
peace ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
title Happy Xmas (War Is Over) self-link ⓘ
usesChildrenChoir Harlem Community Choir ⓘ
vocalStyle duet ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

"Songs of Joy & Peace" album → includesTrack → Happy Xmas (War Is Over) ⓘ
subject surface form: Songs of Joy & Peace
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) → title → Happy Xmas (War Is Over) self-link ⓘ
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) → associatedCampaign → Happy Xmas (War Is Over) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: War Is Over! (If You Want It)
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) → alsoKnownAs → Happy Xmas (War Is Over) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
Wintersong → hasTrack → Happy Xmas (War Is Over) ⓘ
Christmas in the Sand → hasTrack → Happy Xmas (War Is Over) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Happy Christmas (War Is Over)