Please Come Home for Christmas

E40460
single song

"Please Come Home for Christmas" is a classic holiday blues ballad best known from Charles Brown’s 1960 recording and later popularized by artists like the Eagles and Bon Jovi.

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Surface form Occurrences
Please Come Home for Christmas (1960 Charles Brown recording) 1
Please Come Home for Christmas (1978 Eagles recording) 1
Please Come Home for Christmas (1992 Bon Jovi recording) 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bells Will Be Ringing ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decadeOfRelease 1960s ⓘ
firstRecordingArtist Charles Brown ⓘ
genre Christmas music ⓘ
blues ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
hasCoverArtist Aaron Neville ⓘ
Bon Jovi ⓘ
Eagles ⓘ
Bon Jovi ⓘ
surface form: Jon Bon Jovi

Kelly Clarkson ⓘ
Martina McBride ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
hasCoverVersion Please Come Home for Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Please Come Home for Christmas (Bon Jovi version)

Please Come Home for Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Please Come Home for Christmas (Eagles song)
hasLyric “Bells will be ringing the sad, sad news” ⓘ
“If not for Christmas, by New Year’s night” ⓘ
Please Come Home for Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: “Please come home for Christmas”
hasNotableRecording Please Come Home for Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Please Come Home for Christmas (1960 Charles Brown recording)

Please Come Home for Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Please Come Home for Christmas (1978 Eagles recording)

Please Come Home for Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Please Come Home for Christmas (1992 Bon Jovi recording)
hasTitle Please Come Home for Christmas self-link ⓘ
isPartOf Christmas music canon ⓘ
language English ⓘ
musicalForm ballad ⓘ
notableAs holiday standard ⓘ
originalArtist Charles Brown ⓘ
performer Charles Brown ⓘ
recordLabel King Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1960 ⓘ
subjectMatter missing a loved one at Christmas ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
theme Christmas ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
vocalStyle blues vocal ⓘ
writer Charles Brown ⓘ
Gene Redd ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Please Come Home for Christmas → hasCoverVersion → Please Come Home for Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Please Come Home for Christmas (Eagles song)
Please Come Home for Christmas → hasCoverVersion → Please Come Home for Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Please Come Home for Christmas (Bon Jovi version)
Please Come Home for Christmas → hasLyric → Please Come Home for Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Please come home for Christmas”
Please Come Home for Christmas → hasNotableRecording → Please Come Home for Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Please Come Home for Christmas (1960 Charles Brown recording)
Please Come Home for Christmas → hasNotableRecording → Please Come Home for Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Please Come Home for Christmas (1978 Eagles recording)
Please Come Home for Christmas → hasNotableRecording → Please Come Home for Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Please Come Home for Christmas (1992 Bon Jovi recording)
Please Come Home for Christmas → hasTitle → Please Come Home for Christmas self-link ⓘ
A Legendary Christmas → hasTrack → Please Come Home for Christmas ⓘ