I Believe in Father Christmas
~ Recording by Greg Lake
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.1 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | I Believe in Father Christmas | Greg Lake | Single |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 45-3305 |
| 1.11 | I Believe in Father Christmas | ?:?? | Greg Lake | Now That’s What I Call Music: The Christmas Tape | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | TC‐NOX 1 |
| 1.8 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | It's Christmas 18 Original Christmas Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CD EMTV 49, CDP 793646-2 |
| 2.7 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:34 | Greg Lake | The Rock Collection: Rock Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 527/21 |
| 1.6 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:26 | Greg Lake | 100% Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K Industria Cultural SL | TCD 2754 |
| 2.3 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:32 | Greg Lake | The No. 1 Christmas Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Pro TV | 525 978-2 |
| 1.11 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:34 | Greg Lake | From the Beginning: The Greg Lake Retrospective | Greg Lake | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 72627 |
| 1.7 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:31 | Greg Lake | The Best Christmas Album in the World…Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 8 42320 2 3, VTDCD 103 |
| 1.14 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:32 | Greg Lake | Classic Rock: Cool Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 607/1 |
| 2.3 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:32 | Greg Lake | The No.1 Christmas Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 555 403-2 |
| 1.12 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:31 | Greg Lake | The Ultimate Christmas Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 565 458-2 |
| 1.7 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | The Christmas Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD113 |
| 1.2 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:31 | Greg Lake | The Christmas Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD152X |
| 1.11 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | Christmas: The Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 542 070-2 |
| 1.6 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:32 | Greg Lake | The Best Christmas Album in the World... Ever! 2000 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 347 |
| 2.3 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:31 | Greg Lake | Now! The Christmas Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 8 50427 2 0, CD NOX 2 |
| 1.3 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | Classic Rock: Sounds of Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 607/03 |
| 1.14 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | The Ultimate Christmas Album, Volume 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Collectables (US reissue label) | |
| 1.3 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:30 | Greg Lake | Christmas Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Radio Star Records | Radiostar004 |
| 1.11 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:32 | Greg Lake | The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas: Holiday Memories | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets, EMI Music Special Markets, Time–Life Music | 314583681-2, 72435-39839-2-5, M18855, M18856, M18857 |
| 1.6 | I Believe In Father Christmas | 3:35 | Greg Lake | A Classic Rock Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present) | |
| 1.4 | I Believe In Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | Classic Rock: Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | XXD/03/SLC |
| 2.4 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:31 | Greg Lake | I Love Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCDX 560 |
| 1.7 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:32 | Greg Lake | Christmas Hits: 60 Festive Favourites | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG TV | 82876650602 |
| 1.7 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | Christmas Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG UK & Ireland | 82876650602 |
| 1.7 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:31 | Greg Lake | The Best Christmas Album in the World... Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD 648 |
| 1.6 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:31 | Greg Lake | Now Xmas: Massive Christmas Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTCD 767 |
| 1.4 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:18 | Greg Lake | SWR1 – Die größten Weihnachtshits aller Zeiten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Catalogue Marketing (a division of EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG) | |
| 1.14 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | WCBS FM101.1: The Ultimate Christmas Album, Volume 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Collectables (US reissue label) | COL‐CD‐2524, SONY A 54485 |
| 1.4 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:31 | Greg Lake | Now That's What I Call Xmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 836 |
| 2.11 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | Haynes Christmas: The Ultimate Guide to the Festive Season | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Haynes Owner’s Workshop Manuals, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697966362 |
| 1.11 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | Classic Soft Rock Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | M19497, OPCD-8168 |
| 1.7 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:31 | Greg Lake | Christmas Jukebox | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | |
| 1.14 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:34 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Come and See the Show: The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Album + Compilation |
| Shout! Factory | 826663 10836 |
| 1.20 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:36 | Greg Lake | Merry Christmas Everybody | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | |
| 1.4 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:31 | Greg Lake | Now That’s What I Call Xmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI TV, Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited), Virgin TV | VTDCD 1017 |
| 2.10 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | Kuschelrock: Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 76389 2 |
| 4.4 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:34 | Greg Lake | Merry Xmas! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697794892 |
| 4.1 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:35 | Greg Lake | Pure… Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697962882 |
| 3.17 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:32 | Greg Lake | Christmas Hits: De Grootste Kerst Hits Ooit Gemaakt | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 9487612 |
| 1.5 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | 100% Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Catalog (a division of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, as well as its imprint) | |
| 1.8 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:35 | Greg Lake | Now That’s What I Call Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI TV, Rhino (reissue label), Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | VTDCD 1050 |
| 2.11 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | Kuschelrock: Christmas 2012 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88765 40259 2 |
| 1.14 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:34 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Come and See the Show | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie | 793018334426 |
| 1.9 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:31 | Greg Lake | Now That’s What I Call Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead) | CDNNNOW6 |
| 2.8 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | Forever Friends a Christmas Wish for You | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music CG | |
| 1.20 | I Believe In Father Christmas | 3:32 | Greg Lake | NOW 100 Hits: Christmas (2019 version) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music on Demand, NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead) | CDNNNOW88 |
| 1.20 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:31 | Greg Lake | NOW 100 Hits: Christmas (2020 version) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music on Demand, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0194398184920, CDNNNOW100 |
| 1.5 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:34 | Greg Lake | Now That’s What I Call Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0194399274125, CDNNNOW118 |
| 2.6 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:32 | Greg Lake | NOW That’s What I Call Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | CDNNNOW132 | |
| 1.4 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:30 | Greg Lake | It's Christmas Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.3 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | The Power of Love: Together at Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Time–Life Music | XXD/07/SKC | |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.7 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:32 | Greg Lake | The Daily Star’s Christmas Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Daily Star (UK Newspaper & publisher of promotional CDs), Deceptive Marketing, Daily Star Sunday (UK weekly tabloid) | TS022, TS023 |
| 2.7 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:33 | Greg Lake | MFM Christmas Cuts | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | |
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| 1.17 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:30 | Greg Lake | The Christmas Hits Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Club (Demon Music Club, UK) | MCCDX038 |
| 1.16 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:32 | Greg Lake | Instant Xmas Party | Various Artists | Rovi Music | MW0001029599 | ||
| 1.8 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:32 | Greg Lake | Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.7 | I Believe in Father Christmas | 3:31 | Greg Lake | The Best Christmas Album in the World... Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| conductor: | Godfrey Salmon (violinist) |
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| recording of: | I Believe in Father Christmas |
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Related works
I Believe in Father Christmas
| lyricist: | Greg Lake Peter Sinfield |
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| composer: | Greg Lake Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Russian composer) |
| referred to in medleys: | Megamix 4 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 6) Mix Four (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 6) Mix 3 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 7) |
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| is based on: | Lieutenant Kijé Suite, op. 60: IV. Troika |