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"Christmas Eve" is a song by American singer and songwriter
Gwen Stefani Gwen Renée Stefani (; born October 3, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer and actress. She is a co-founder, lead vocalist, and the primary songwriter of the band No Doubt, whose singles include "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs ...
for her fourth studio album, ''
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'' (2017). The song was written by Stefani,
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, and
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, with the latter of the three handling production alongside
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. It was the first song conceived for the album, and "originated from a run Stefani took in rural
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. Details about the song first emerged in August 2017, when its title appeared as a registered work on two global music databases. The song a slow-burning
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with lyrics that reference the holiday season. "Christmas Eve" was described by Stefani as both a Christmas song and a "miracle song". One reviewer noted that Stefani sounded happy on the album's original tracks, including the song, and cited her relationship with Shelton as evidence why. The song entered ''
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''s Holiday Digital Song Sales chart in the United States at number 20. It has since been performed by Stefani on two occasions, including live on
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'' during a mini concert and on the 2017 American holiday special ''
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''. Both performances were eventually uploaded to Stefani's
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channel. On October 6, 2017, the same day as the song's release on ''You Make It Feel Like Christmas'', Stefani's fiancé American singer
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released a cover of "Christmas Eve" under the same title for the 2017 reissue of his seventh studio album, '' Cheers, It's Christmas'' (2012). He received a writing credit for his version, and
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produced the song. Shelton mentioned how the original was his favorite song on Stefani's album, resulting in him recording his own take on the track, which she approved. Child patients from the
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serve as background vocalists on the song. The version reached number 41 on the US Holiday Digital Song Sales chart and appeared on the 2019 version of the compilation album, '' Now That's What I Call Country Christmas''.


Background and release

Following the release of her third studio album ''
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'' (2016), Stefani announced in July 2017 that she had plans to release new music by the end of the year. She did not provide further details, but several publications speculated in August 2017 that Stefani's new material would be Christmas-related due to song titles such as "Christmas Eve", " Under the Christmas Lights", and "
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" becoming registered on the two music databases, BMI and GEMA. On September 18, 2017, she took to her social media accounts and claimed that she "had something big planned for the holidays", and that more information would follow. The next day, Stefani announced her next studio album, ''You Make It Feel Like Christmas'', and revealed that the title track would be released as the
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. Stefani spent the summer months of 2017 residing with her fiancé American singer
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at his rural
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estate, located in the
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region of the state. She had already commenced working on ''You Make It Feel Like Christmas'', and went on a run one morning to look for inspiration. Stefani started envisioning what her own original Christmas song would sound like, and began writing the lyrics to what would later become "Christmas Eve". Upon returning to Shelton at the estate, she finished the song on her cell phone. It became the first song completed for the parent album. In an interview on ''
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'', Stefani explained that she wrote the
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to the song on the trail as she passed a
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. "Christmas Eve" was written by Stefani, Tranter, and
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, with busbee and
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serving as the producers. The song was released for digital download and
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on October 6, 2017, by
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, as part of ''You Make It Feel Like Christmas''.References regarding the release of ''You Make It Feel Like Christmas'' by Gwen Stefani on Apple Music: * * * * * "Christmas Eve" serves as one of the album's six original tracks and appears as the twelfth and closing track on the standard edition. A promotional audio video for "Christmas Eve" that uses the song's cover artwork was released to Stefani's
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account on
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. In a December 21, 2017 article, ''
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'' falsely reported that Shelton duetted with Stefani on "Christmas Eve", instead of stating he recorded his own version.


Music and lyrics

Musically, "Christmas Eve" is a slow-burning Christmas
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. Pip Ellwood-Hughes, a contributor for ''Entertainment Focus'', opined that Stefani's inspiration behind tracks like "Christmas Eve" was derived from her relationship with Shelton and "it's clear that Stefani is very happy in her personal life right now". In the official press release for "Christmas Eve", Stefani herself referred to it as a Christmas song and a "miracle song". Various musicians contribute to the song's instrumentation; Patrick Warren plays piano and keyboards on the track, Sean Hurley contributes bass, Aaron Sterling serves as a drummer, and others play the cello,
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, and percussion. A group of 4 violists and 10 violinists also perform on "Christmas Eve". According to its sheet music, "Christmas Eve" is set in the
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of common time, and has a moderately slow
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of 78 beats per minute. The song is composed in the
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of
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and it follows the setup of a verse, followed by chorus-verse-chorus and a
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. It opens with a choir harmonizing to the
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of A-D-F#m-D-E-F#m-E. Throughout the song's two verses, Stefani's vocal range advances in the progression of A-D-A-E-A-E; during the refrains, she transitions to A-D-A-D-A-E. The song was mixed by Dave Clauss and engineered by Valentine, who was assisted by Jonathan Sterling. busbee and Dave Way served as engineers for the lead vocals and were assisted by from Peter Chun. Laura Mace, Monet Owens, and Dolly Sparks provided background vocals for the track, with
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from Grace Potter. During the final week leading up to Christmas Day 2017, Stefani guest hosted a seasonal radio show on
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and shared the meanings and inspiration behind several of the songs on the album. On the broadcast, Stefani referred to "Christmas Eve" as a sort of future quintessential Christmas song for her family's holiday season. She detailed the origin of the song: "I was out for a run. It was this gorgeous day, and I was praying, and this song just came to me. The chorus just came to me." During the song's refrain, Stefani sings: "All over the world, the angels sing / But I'm feeling lost, can you save me? / I'm looking for you on
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."


Reception

Ellwood-Hughes from praised "Christmas Eve", calling it a "beautiful ballad that showcases Stefani's distinctive voice", and summarized its position among the album's six original works: "It's no one-off either as all of the originals on the record are really strong." During its first week of eligibility, "Christmas Eve" appeared on ''
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''s Holiday Digital Song Sales component chart in the United States. On the issue dated October 27, 2017, the song peaked at number 20 on ''Billboard''s Holiday Digital Song Sales component chart in the United States, becoming the sixth highest-charting song from ''You Make It Feel Like Christmas'' that week.


Live performances

"Christmas Eve" was performed twice by Stefani during the 2017 holiday season. As part of a promotional campaign for ''You Make It Feel Like Christmas'', Stefani appeared as a guest or performed on various television series in the US. On the November 20, 2017 episode of
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's ''
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'', Stefani was featured as a guest and performed "Christmas Eve", "When I Was a Little Girl", and her cover of "
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" to the studio audience. For the appearance, she wore a sleeveless white gown adorned by a dangly
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and sparkly jewelry. The same day, the taping of her mini concert was posted to Stefani's official YouTube channel and her separate Vevo account. The second time Stefani sang "Christmas Eve", she performed it on her Christmas
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'', which was broadcast to NBC on December 12, 2017. She performed the song immediately before the set's final track, her cover of " White Christmas", and Emily Krauser from ''
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'' noted how the performance seemed to assist in slowing down the show naturally. For "Christmas Eve", Stefani wore a "strapless, tiered red lace dress" created by Turkish fashion designer Nedret Taciroğlu for her Nedo collection; Krauser said her dress "lit up the stage". The full performance from Stefani's televised special was uploaded to her YouTube channel on December 30, 2017.


Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''You Make It Feel Like Christmas''. *
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lead vocals, writer *
Justin Tranter Justin Drew Tranter (born June 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, singer, and activist. Frequently co-writing with Julia Michaels, Tranter has written songs for artists such as Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Linkin Park, Kelly Clarkson, Selena ...
writer *
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writer, producer, piano *
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producer * Laura Macebackground vocals * Monet Owensbackground vocals * Dolly Sparksbackground vocals * Sean Hurleybass * Alisha Bauercello * Richard Doddcello * Vanessa Freebairn-Smithcello * Aaron Sterlingdrums * Greg Camp
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* John Storieelectric guitar *
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, piano * Matt Mustypercussion * Matthew Funesviola * Leah Katzviola * Darrin McCannviola * Kathryn Reddishviola * Charles Bisharatviolin * Daphne Chenviolin * Mario DeLeonviolin * Eric Gorfainviolin * Songa Leeviolin * Natalie Leggettviolin * Robin Olsonviolin * Joel Pargmanviolin * Michele Richardsviolin * John Wittenbergviolin


Charts


Blake Shelton version


Development and release

On October 2, 2012, Shelton released '' Cheers, It's Christmas'', his seventh studio album and first full-length Christmas album. The album featured collaborations with his then-wife
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, among others, and contained three Shelton-penned original songs, including "Time for Me to Come Home". The album was reissued in 2015 and pressed as an
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, and also re-released as a
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on CD for the American department store chain
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. In 2017,
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announced that ''Cheers, It's Christmas'' would be reissued as a deluxe edition with a new cover artwork and three previously non-included bonus tracks. The new version of the album featured his 2016 single "
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", a newly recorded cover of "Two-Step 'Round the Christmas Tree", and a cover of Stefani's "Christmas Eve". Shelton's version of the song of the same title charted on ''Billboard''s Holiday Digital Song Sales component chart the same week that Stefani's debuted. It peaked at number 41 for the issue dated October 27, 2017, the same week that his duet with Stefani, "You Make It Feel Like Christmas", reached a new peak of number 4 on the chart. Shelton referred to "Christmas Eve" as his favorite track from ''You Make It Feel Like Christmas''. The deluxe edition of ''Cheers, It's Christmas'', which includes the song as the album's seventeenth and closing track, was released for digital download and streaming on October 6, 2017 by Warner Bros. Nashville, the same day as the release of ''You Make It Feel Like Christmas''.References regarding the release of ''Cheers, It's Christmas. (Deluxe Version)'' by Blake Shelton on Apple Music: * * * * * The cover credits Stefani, Tranter, busbee, and the addition of Shelton as songwriters, while Shelton's long-time collaborator
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is credited as the sole producer. Stefani reacted positively to Shelton's decision to cover "Christmas Eve", admitting that she thinks it is the first time a singer decided to cover her song. On the 2019 edition of the compilation album '' Now That's What I Call Country Christmas'', Shelton's cover is included as the opening track. In contrast to Stefani's version of the song, Shelton's features guest vocals from a group of children. The group of singers are patients from the
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that is located in
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. According to its sheet music, the version is set in the time signature of common time, and has a moderately slow tempo of 80 beats per minute. The song is composed in the key of
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and it follows Stefani's original music structure, with the addition of a choir-backed introduction. The children singers begin performing during the intro. A full
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backed the song and Charles Judge, a member of the production team for the album, contributed with additional instrumentation on keyboards and piano.


Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from
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writer * Gwen Stefaniwriter * Justin Tranterwriter * busbeewriter *
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producer, digital editor * Charles Judgearranger, conductor, keyboards, piano * Bill Appleby
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* Ben O'Neillengineer * Herb Shucherengineer * Todd Tidwellengineer * Drew Bollmanaudio engineer, mixing engineer, recording engineer * Chandler Harrodaudio engineer, recording engineer * Justin Niebankaudio engineer, mixing engineer, recording engineer * Tommy Vicariaudio engineer, recording engineer * Hank Williams
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* Nick Speziaassistant engineer * Chris Ashburnassistant overdub engineer * Ben Phillipsdigital editor, drums * Perry Colemanbacking vocals * Carolyn Dawn Johnsonbacking vocals * Miranda Lambertbacking vocals * Ashley Monroebacking vocals * Angaleena Presleybacking vocals * Dorothy Shacklefordbacking vocals * Bryan Suttonacoustic guitar * Dan Higgins
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, flute * Joel Peskin
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* Rob Byusbass guitar * Craig Nelsonbass guitar * Glenn Worfbass guitar * John Mitchellbassoon * Paul Cohencello * Erika Dukecello * Stephen Erdodycello * Giovanna Moraga-Claytoncello * Roger Lebowcello * Kim Scholescello * Gebe Cipiranoclarinet * Phil O'Connorclarinet * Chuck Berghoferdouble bass * Geoff Osikadouble bass * Dave Stonedouble bass * Mike Valeriodouble bass * Tracy Broussarddrums, percussion * Bob Materdrums, percussion * David Baldwinelectric guitar * Brent Masonelectric guitar * Beau Tackettelectric guitar * Aubrey Hayniefiddle * Julie Gigantefirst violin * Steve Kujalaflute * Brian O'Connorhorn * Stephanie O'Keefehorn * Danielle Ondarzahorn * Brad Warnaarhorn * Gordon Motekeyboards, piano * Earl Dumleroboe * Paul Franklinpedal steel guitar * Brian Scanlon
tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...
* Nick Lanetrombone * Charlie Morillastrombone * Chuck Findleytrumpet * Rob Brophyviola * Caroline Buckmanviola * Gina Colettiviola * Darrin McCannviola * Erik Rynearsonviola * Mike Whitsonviola * Armen Anassianviolin * Charlie Bisharatviolin * Bruce Dukovviolin * Eric Gorfainviolin * Jackie Brandviolin * Nina Evtuhovviolin * Tammy Hatwanviolin * Amy Hershbergerviolin * Maia Jasperviolin * Ana Landauerviolin * Serena McKinneyviolin * Cheryl Norman-Brickviolin * Grace Ohviolin * Sid Pageviolin * Joel Pargmanviolin * Radu Pieptuviolin * Anatoly Rosinskyviolin


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