"Like It's Christmas" is a
Christmas song by American group
Jonas Brothers. It was released on November 8, 2019, and is the band's final release of the year. It is the fourth Christmas song released by them after "Girl of My Dreams" in 2007, "Joyful Kings" in 2008, and "Summertime Anthem" in 2009.
Background
The group announced the song's name and release date on November 4, 2019.
Commercial performance
"Like It's Christmas" reached number one on the US
Adult Contemporary
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chart in December 2019, becoming the Jonas Brothers' second number one on the chart. It also reached a chart peak of No. 44 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the week ending January 4, 2020.
Live performances
The band performed the song on their
Happiness Begins Tour beginning on December 4, 2019 in Omaha. On December 13, 2019, they performed the song along with the singles "
Burnin' Up", "
Sucker
Sucker may refer to:
General use
* Lollipop or sucker, a type of confection
* Sucker (slang), a slang term for a very gullible person
* Hard candy
** Cough drop
** Mint (candy)
Biology
* Sucker (botany), a term for a shoot that arises undergro ...
", "
Cool" and "
Only Human".
They performed the song live on an episode of the Netflix show ''
Dash & Lily'', produced by Nick Jonas.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from
Tidal
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* ''Tidal'' (album), a 1996 album by Fiona Apple
* Tidal (king), a king involved in the Battle of the Vale of Siddim
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.
Musicians
*
Mike Elizondo
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– guitar, bass guitar
*
Jason Evigan
Jason Gregory Evigan (born June 10, 1983) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
His songwriting credits include co-writing and production of Maroon 5's "Girls Like You" and " What Lovers Do", Madonna's " Ghosttown", ...
– guitar, background vocals
*
Ben Rice – guitar
*
Gian Stone – guitar, keyboards, programmer, background vocals
*
Freddy Wexler – background vocals
* Annika Wells – background vocals
* Donnell Butler – background vocals
*
Jerry Hey
Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'', '' Rock with You'' ...
– horn arranger
* Nick Blount – keyboards
* Kurt Thum – keyboards
* Daniel Higgins – saxophone
*
Bill Reichenbach Jr.
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– trombone
* Gary Grant – trumpet
*
Wayne Bergeron
Wayne Bergeron (born January 16, 1958) is an American jazz trumpeter.
Bergeron rose to prominence as a member of Maynard Ferguson's band in the 1980s. Since then, he has worked on over 400 TV and motion picture soundtracks. As a lead and studi ...
– trumpet
Technical
* Gian Stone – producer, vocal producer, engineer
* Mike Elizondo – co-producer
* Jason Evigan – co-producer, vocal producer
* Freddy Wexler – co-producer, vocal producer
* Lionel Crasta – engineer
* Rafael Fadul – engineer
* Andrew Hey – engineer
* Ben Rice – engineer
*
Ryan Tedder
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– executive producer
* Randy Merrill – mastering engineer
* John Hanes – mix engineer
*
Serban Ghenea
Șerban Ghenea (born October 13, 1969) is a Grammy award-winning Romanian-Canadian audio engineer and mixer.
Early life and education
Ghenea was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1969. In 1976 he moved to Montreal with his family. He later attended ...
– mixer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
*
List of ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary number ones of 2019
References
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2019 singles
2019 songs
American Christmas songs
Jonas Brothers songs
Songs written by Joe Jonas
Songs written by Nick Jonas
Song recordings produced by Ryan Tedder
Songs written by Kevin Jonas
Songs written by Jason Evigan
Songs written by Freddy Wexler