"Christmas in Jamaica" is a song recorded by American R&B singer

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. It was written by Braxton along with her former husband

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, Donnie Scantz, Craig Love, Dave Kelly and

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, for her first

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'' (2001), with Braxton, Lewis and Scantz producing the song and Shaggy co-producing and having featured vocals. The song was released as the album's second and final single on December 8, 2001, by

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. Following the previous single " Snowflakes of Love", the

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charted at number three on the US ''

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chart, but failed to chart elsewhere. The song was issued without a music video.

Commercial performance

On January 5, 2002, the song peaked at number three on ''

''s

chart, In total the song spent a total of three weeks on the chart.

Formats and track listings

*US Promo CD single #"Christmas in Jamaica" (Remix) - 3:39 #"Christmas in Jamaica" (Radio Edit) - 4:01 #"Christmas in Jamaica" (Remix Instrumental) - 3:38 #"Christmas in Jamaica" (Radio Edit Instrumental) - 4:00 *Europe CD Single #"Christmas In Jamaica" (feat. Shaggy)- 4:01 #"Christmas In Jamaica" (Remix) (feat. Shaggy)- 3:39 #"Snowflakes of Love" - 4:06

Charts

Release history

References

2001 singles 2001 songs 2000s ballads Toni Braxton songs Shaggy (musician) songs Arista Records singles American Christmas songs Contemporary R&B ballads Songs written by Toni Braxton Songs written by Craig Love Songs written by Donnie Scantz Male–female vocal duets Songs about Jamaica Songs written by Shaggy (musician) {{2000s-R&B-song-stub