ANDREA BOCELLI - SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN

ANDREA BOCELLI

SONGWRITERS: HAVEN GILLESPIE & J. FRED COOTS 

COUNTRY: ITALY

ALBUM: MY CHRISTMAS

LABEL: VERVE

GENRE: CHRISTMAS SONG

YEAR: 2009

2009 holiday release, the first Christmas album from the superstar vocalist. Includes duets with Reba McEntire, Natalie Cole, Mary J. Blige and The Muppets. Millions will rejoice this holiday season with the much-anticipated release of Andrea Bocelli's, My Christmas. The album is a heart-warming collection of songs destined to become a holiday classic for years to come. Produced by the legendary Grammy-Award winner David Foster, the CD features the singer's unmistakable soaring vocals alongside duets with his special guests.

From the Artist: "I have long dreamed of recording a holiday album that captures the beautiful traditions of the holiday season. Every year these songs have brought incredible joy to my family and I, and it is my hope to give back that same joy by making this album," commented Bocelli.

"The time comes for every singer to record a Christmas album. That's probably because Christmas is the most beautiful holiday of the year", says Andrea.

"Recording a Christmas album means recording good music; music that gives joy, and instils a sense of peace," says Andrea Bocelli.

From `I believe', which the tenor performed before the visibly moved Pope John Paul II, to `Adeste Fideles', the CD is an unmissable collection of songs each of us have sung at least once, carefully selected by Bocelli, who has been working on this project for a couple of years. Song after song, the CD constitutes the sound track of Christmas throughout the world, free of cheap adulation and commercial cunning. `My Christmas' is Christmas as it was sung by our forefathers, with the same atmosphere of peaceful serenity and pleasant expectation, seeking closeness with our loved ones and a relaxed escape from the horrors of the world. Particular merit certainly goes to those who prepared the scores, remaining faithful where possible to the original, and to David Foster, one of the most famous producers of our day, and the only one to have worked with all the greatest pop artists, from Celine Dion to Michael Jackson. In "My Christmas", Foster has arranged a number of traditional carols, such as "Angels we have heard on high" and `What child is this", with unique ability and a remarkable lightness of touch, adapting each track so as to render them almost a first edition. That Foster, he always manages to surprise us. Working alongside him, the great maestro Renato Serio also arranged two traditional carols deep-rooted in our hearts: `Adeste fideles'.

You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

Cuz i'm tellin' you why

Santa claus is coming to town

You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I'm tellin' you why

Santa claus is coming to town

He's making a list (making a list)

And checkin it twice (checkin it twice)

He's gonna find out whos naughty or nice

Santa claus is coming to town

He sees you when you’re sleepin'

He knows when your awake

He knows if you been bad or good

So be good for goodness sake

You better watch out (you better watch out)

You better not cry (you better not cry)

You better not pout

I'm tellin' you why

Santa claus is coming to town

He sees you when you’re sleepin'

He knows when your awake

He knows if you been bad or good

So be good for goodness sake

(you better watch out)

You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I'm tellin' you why

Santa claus is coming to town

Santa claus is coming to town

Santa claus is coming to...

He sees you when you’re sleepin'

He knows when your awake

He knows if you been bad or good

So be good for goodness sake

(santa claus is coming to town)

You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I'm tellin' you why

Santa claus is coming...

(he's coming?)

Santa claus is coming...

(he's coming?)

Santa claus is coming to town.