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Get your yearly dose of Christmas spirit with the top 25 Christmas carols of all time. Learn each carol's backstory, and sing along with lyrics and videos.
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
A song that seems tailor-made for groups of Christmas...
- Silent Night
One of the most beautifully somber of the popular Christmas...
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
This joyful Christmas carol first appeared in the 1739...
- The Little Drummer Boy
An American Christmas carol written by teacher Katherine...
- Joy to The World
Now the most published Christmas hymn in North America, Joy...
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Julie Andrews performing It Came Upon a Midnight Clear...
- O Holy Night
This song has one of the most mysterious origin stories,...
- I Saw Three Ships
The song has sustained a long life in contemporary pop...
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
A Christmas Carol song list including song titles, associated characters and recommended audition songs.
- O Holy Night
- Silent Night
- In The Bleak Mid-Winter – Gustav Holst Version
- In The Bleak Mid-Winter – Harold Darke Version
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- O Come, O Come Emmanuel
- Coventry Carol
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Placide Cappeau, a wine seller from southern France, was asked by the local parish priest to write a festive poem in 1847 to celebrate the church organ’s renovation. Cappeau felt it should be accompanied by music, so approached his friend Adolphe Charles Adams. Adams’ text reflects on the birth of Jesus and of humanity’s redemption. Listen on Globa...
Originally written in German, ‘Stille Nacht’was composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber with lyrics by Joseph Mohr, and was translated to English in 1859. During the Christmas truce of 1914 during World War I, the carol was sung simultaneously by English and German troops. Read more: What are the lyrics to ‘Silent Night’, and what is the story of th...
Based on a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti, this carol was written sometime before 1872 in response to a magazine request for a Christmas poem. The poem became recognised as a carol after it appeared in The English Hymnal in 1906, with music by Gustav Holst. Read more: What are the lyrics to ‘In The Bleak Midwinter’ – and which version ...
Nothing says ‘Christmas’ like a choral arrangement of ‘In The Bleak Midwinter’. But which one should you choose? There’s the popular version by Holst, or an arrangement by choral whizz Bob Chilcott – but you’re probably most likely to hear Harold Edward Darke’s setting. The choir of King’s College, Cambridge use it every year at Christmas.
With lyrics written by Charles Wesley, and set to a tune by Mendelssohn, this carol was always going to be one of the most recognisable and popular ones on the list. It’s also got a cracking descant.
It is unclear who first wrote the music or lyrics to this hymn. Possible candidates include King John IV of Portugal and John Francis Wade, while composers Handel and Gluck have been suggested as the brains behind the melody. The hymn also features in the 1992 film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, when it is played by a symphony orchestra at Carnegi...
Sung at both Advent and Christmas, this hymn originates from Latin but was translated to English in 1861. The music for the hymn was composed in such a way that both the English and Latin words can be used interchangeably. Read more: The lyrics and true story behind ‘O Come, O Come, Emmanuel’
This carol can be traced all the way back to 16th-century England. The lyrics refer to the ‘Massacre of the Innocents’ by King Herod, who in an attempt to ensure the death of the baby Jesus, ordered the death of all male children under the age of two in Bethlehem.
Following a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Rector Phillips Brooks wrote the text to this hymn after he was inspired by the view of Bethlehem from the hills of Palestine. Three years later in 1871, his church organist Lewis Redner wrote the melody for the local Sunday school children’s choir.
The lyrics for this carol were written by Massachusetts pastor Edmund Sears and refer to ideas of war and peace. The most common musical setting was adapted from an English melody in 1874 by Arthur Sullivan.
Uniting some of the freshest and funniest creative minds on Broadway, Bring It On: The Musical features a libretto by Tony® Award winner Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q), music and lyrics by Tony Award...
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Sep 25, 2012 · Bring It On Lyrics: Gone / My one chance to shine / The friends I called mine / The girl the world will never see / More than replaced / It’s like she’s erased the best of me / I have no ...
