Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (live, 1975-12-12: Post Dome, C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY, USA)
~ Recording by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.10 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | In Harmony 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 85451 |
| 1.10 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | In Harmony 2 | Sesame Street | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.2 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:27 | Bruce Springsteen | My Hometown | Bruce Springsteen | Single |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 38 05728 |
| 1.2 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:27 | Bruce Springsteen | Tunnel of Love | Bruce Springsteen | Single | CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 651295 2, CBS 651295 2 | |
| 1.2 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:27 | Bruce Springsteen | Tunnel of Love | Bruce Springsteen | Single |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 651295 6 |
| 1.6 | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | ’Tis the Sampler | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CSK 4294 |
| 1.1 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:30 | Bruce Springsteen | Christmas of Hope (no producer credit on back side) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 67407 |
| 1.1 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:30 | Bruce Springsteen | Christmas of Hope | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 67407 |
| 1.2 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:27 | Bruce Springsteen | My Hometown | Bruce Springsteen | Single |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 38K 5728 |
| 1.4 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:26 | Bruce Springsteen | Elton John’s Christmas Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.2 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:25 | Bruce Springsteen | Now That’s What I Call Christmas! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin America (Virgin sublabel for EUROPEAN releases of artists signed by Virgin Records America, Inc.) | 314 585 620-2 |
| 2.2 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:25 | Bruce Springsteen | Now That’s What I Call Christmas! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 314 585 620-2 | |
| 1.1 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (Live at C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY - December 1975) | 4:28 | Bruce Springsteen | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | Bruce Springsteen | Single + Live |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), NITRON concepts | |
| 1.6 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | Very Best of Christmas Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Berlin Records (German imprint) | BLN 504454 2 |
| 1.5 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:27 | Bruce Springsteen | This Is Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | STVCD130 |
| 1.4 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:31 | Bruce Springsteen | The Very Best of Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 505441 2 |
| 1.7 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | RTL Christmas Megastars | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Media (EMM in logo above EMI Music Media) | 7243 543700 2 1 |
| 2.4 | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | ?:?? | Bruce Springsteen | The Best Christmas Album Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
| 2.4 | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | 4:26 | Bruce Springsteen | The Best Christmas Album Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 07243 5805742 3, 7243 5963372 5 |
| 1.2 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | Christmas Hits: 60 Festive Favourites | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG TV | 82876650602 |
| 1.7 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | Die Hit-Giganten: Weihnachten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 519167 2 |
| 1.7 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | Die Hit-Giganten: Weihnachten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 519237 2 |
| 1.1 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (single version) | 4:27 | Bruce Springsteen | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | Bruce Springsteen | Single + Live |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.2 | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | Christmas Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG UK & Ireland | 82876650602 |
| 1.7 | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | Die Hit-Giganten: Weihnachten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 82876 75602 2 |
| 1.4 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:26 | Bruce Springsteen | Elton John’s Christmas Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hear Music | LMM-642 |
| 1.1 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:30 | Bruce Springsteen | So Fresh: Songs for Christmas 2006 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 88697019682 |
| 1.7 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | Die Hit-Giganten: Weihnachten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 88697 03003 2 |
| 1.7 | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | Die Hit-Giganten: Weihnachten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 88697 17223 2 |
| 1.7 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | Die Hit-Giganten: Weihnachten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697172282 |
| 2.1 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:30 | Bruce Springsteen | This Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697972772 |
| 2.1 | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | 4:24 | Bruce Springsteen | Now Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | |
| 1.5 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:26 | Bruce Springsteen | Now That’s What I Call Merry Christmas (2018 version) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | B0029095-02 |
| 1.5 | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | 4:26 | Bruce Springsteen | NOW That’s What I Call Merry Christmas (2018 version) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOWMerryXmas3 | |
| 1.9 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (live at C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY December 1975) | 4:28 | Bruce Springsteen | Christmas Eve | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.9 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (live at C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY December 1975) | 4:28 | Bruce Springsteen | Santa’s Happy Hour | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.9 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (live at C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY December 1975) | 4:28 | Bruce Springsteen | Santa’s Tipsy Tunes | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.7 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (Live at C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY - December 1975) | 4:28 | Bruce Springsteen | Christmas Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.11 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:28 | Bruce Springsteen | Christmas Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 2.2 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | 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 | |
| 1.3 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | Sounds of the Season | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.5 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:27 | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. (version 1) | Bruce Springsteen | EP |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | AS 1957 |
| 1.5 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:27 | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. | Bruce Springsteen | EP |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CDN 178 |
| 1.5 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | ?:?? | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. | Bruce Springsteen | EP |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | SAMPLER 93 |
| 1.5 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:27 | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. (version 2) | Bruce Springsteen | EP |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | AS 1957 |
| 1.5 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:27 | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. | Bruce Springsteen | EP |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | SAMP 89 |
| 1.5 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:27 | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. (Dutch top 40 foundation) | Bruce Springsteen | EP |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS SAMP 89, SAMP 89 |
| 1.10 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:27 | Bruce Springsteen | Killer Bs (From the USA) | Bruce Springsteen | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CDNT 239 |
| 1.2 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:27 | Bruce Springsteen | My Hometown / Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | Bruce Springsteen | Single |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 38-05728 |
| 1.6 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | 4:34 | Bruce Springsteen | Play This and They Will Buy | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 1995 |
| 1.1 | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | 4:30 | Bruce Springsteen | Christmas GoldDisc AX1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | 4:29 | Bruce Springsteen | The Live B‐Sides | Bruce Springsteen | Album + Compilation + Live |
| Sin Music | 479986 2 |
| 1.13 | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town | ?:?? | Bruce Springsteen | 2016-12-22: The Quay Sessions, Prides, Blue Rose Code & Tommy Reilly and Friends | Roddy Hart withPrides, Blue Rose Code & Tommy Reilly and Friends | Broadcast + Live |
| BBC Radio Scotland | |
| 1.3 | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | ?:?? | Bruce Springsteen | Christmas on E‐Street | Bruce Springsteen | Album + Compilation + Live | |||
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.18 | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | 4:45 | Bruce Springsteen | Christmas Stocking Stuffers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| producer: | Mike Appel Jimmy Iovine Bruce Springsteen |
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| lead vocals: | Bruce Springsteen (on 1975-12-12) |
| performer: | The E Street Band (on 1975-12-12) |
| recorded at: | 1975-12-12: Post Dome, C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY, USA (1975-12-12) |
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| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | CBS Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1981) |
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| recorded at: | Post Dome in Brookville, Oyster Bay, New York, United States (on 1975-12-12) |
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| other databases: | https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-70228 [info] |
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| recording of: | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (on 1975-12-12: cover, live) |
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Related works
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
| lyricist: | Haven Gillespie (in 1932) |
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| composer: | J. Fred Coots (in 1932) |
| referred to in medleys: | Mix 2 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 1) Megamix 3 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 5) Mix Three (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 5) Megamix 1 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 7) Mix One (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 7) |
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| later parody versions: | Scientifically Accurate Santa Claus Yaoi Press is Coming to Con 又到聖誕 |
| later translated parody versions: | Julesmølfen kommer i nat |
| later translated versions: | Julenissen kjem hit i kveld Julenissen kommer i kveld Nu tror du på tomten igen Santa Klauss nāk サンタがまちにやってくる サンタが町にやってくる 聖誕老人從天降 |
| later versions: | Henry Morgans Coming to Port Nikolaus-Lied |
| is the basis for: | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Santa Claus Is Thumbing to Town |
| music quoted on: | Lit vert |