Thank God It's Christmas - Composition

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"Thank God It's Christmas" is a Christmas single by the British rock band Queen. It was written by lead guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. Released on 26 November 1984, the single spent six weeks in the UK charts over Christmas 1984 and new year of 1985, and peaked at number 21.[1]

"Thank God It's Christmas"

UK single picture sleeve

Single by Queen

B-side

"Man on the Prowl" (12" incl. extended version)
"Keep Passing the Open Windows"

(12" extended version)

Released

26 November 1984 (UK)
27 November 1984 (US)

Recorded

1984

Genre

Christmas music

Length

4:19

Label

EMI (UK)
Capitol (US)

Songwriter(s)

Producer(s)

Queen
Reinhold Mack

Queen singles chronology

"Hammer to Fall"
(1984)

"Thank God It's Christmas"
(1984)

"One Vision"
(1985)

Music video

"Thank God It's Christmas" on YouTube

The song was not originally released on any Queen studio album, appearing only on Queen's Greatest Hits III, released in 1999, and as the B-side of the single "A Winter's Tale" from the 1995 album Made in Heaven. However, the track was finally included on the bonus EP packaged with the deluxe edition of their album The Works, remastered and re-released in 2011.

It appears on the Christmas compilation LP The Edge of Christmas in its full 12" version with the drum intro. It also appears on the US-only compilation boxed-set The Queen Collection, which consisted of a re-release of the LPs Classic Queen and Queen's Greatest Hits along with a bonus CD called Queen Talks that included this song, along with a 1989 interview with the band.

Music video

Upon its original release, no promotional video was filmed for the track, with shows often using footage of live performances in lieu of an official promotional music video. In a 2018 interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, Brian May blamed the lack of a music video for the single's underwhelming chart performance[2]

In 2019, an animated version of the music video was produced. The animation, directed by Justin Moon and Drew Gleason, depicted a wintery evening scene, with people enjoying each other's company during the Christmas season.[3] The video was released in December 2019 on the Queen Official YouTube channel.[4]

Track listings

7" single

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Thank God It's Christmas"	Brian May, Roger Taylor	4:22

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Man on the Prowl" (album version)	Freddie Mercury	3:30
2.	"Keep Passing the Open Windows" (album version)	Mercury	5:22

12" single

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Thank God It's Christmas"	May, Taylor	4:19

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Man on the Prowl" (Extended Version)	Mercury	6:02
2.	"Keep Passing the Open Windows" (extended version)	Mercury	6:50

Personnel

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Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals
Brian May – electric guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals
Roger Taylor – drums, drum machine, sleigh bells, synthesiser, backing vocals
John Deacon – bass guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1984)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart[5][6]	21
Irish Singles Chart[7]	8
Chart (1985)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart[8]	21
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9]	11
German Singles Chart[10]	57

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Slovenia (SloTop50)[11]	29

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Slovenia (SloTop50)[12]	28

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Danish Singles Chart[13]	36
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[14]	39
Slovenia (SloTop50)[15]	38

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Slovenia (SloTop50)[16]	22

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Germany (Official German Charts)[17]	18
Slovenia (SloTop50)[18]	15
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[19]	47

Chart (2018–2019)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[20]	80
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[21]	16
Denmark (Tracklisten)[22]	34
Germany (Official German Charts)[23]	16
Italy (FIMI)[24]	79
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[25]	26
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[26]	43
Slovenia (SloTop50)[27]	11
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[28]	36

Chart (2019–2020)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[29]	15
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[30]	50
Slovenia (SloTop50)[31]	17
UK Singles (OCC)[32]	86

Chart (2020–2021)	Peak position
Denmark (Tracklisten)[33]	32
Germany (Official German Charts)[34]	8
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[35]	22
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[36]	45
Portugal (AFP)[37]	171
Slovenia (SloTop50)[38]	14
Global 200 (Billboard)[39]	158

Chart (2021–2022)	Peak position
Lithuania (AGATA)[40]	92
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[41]	32
Portugal (AFP)[42]	105
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[43]	29

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[44]	Platinum	90,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[45]	Silver	250,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

"The Official Charts Company - Queen - Thank God It's Christmas". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
Lifton, Dave (24 December 2018). "Brian May Praises Freddie Mercury's 'Beautiful' and 'Understated' Vocal on Queen's Christmas Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
"Queen release new animated video for 'Thank God It's Christmas' 35 years later". Gold. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
"Queen - Thank God It's Christmas (Official Animated Video) - YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
"everyhit.com search results". Retrieved 24 February 2009.
"The Official Charts Company -". Retrieved 24 February 2009.
"irishcharts.ie search results". Retrieved 24 February 2009.
"Queen - Thank God It's Christmas - austriancharts.at". Retrieved 24 February 2009.
"Queen – Thank God It's Christmas" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
"charts-surfer.de search results". Retrieved 24 February 2009.
"SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart" (in Slovenian). SloTop50. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
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"Hitlisten.NU".
"Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
"SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart". slotop50.si. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
"SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart" (in Slovenian). SloTop50. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
"Queen – Thank God It's Christmas" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
"SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart". slotop50.si. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
"Queen – Thank God It's Christmas". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
"ARIA Chart Watch #505". auspOp. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
"Queen – Thank God It's Christmas" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
"Track Top-40 Uge 52, 2018". Hitlisten. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
"Queen – Thank God It's Christmas" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
"Queen – Thank God It's Christmas". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
"Queen – Thank God It's Christmas" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
"Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
"SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart" (in Slovenian). SloTop50. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
"Queen – Thank God It's Christmas". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
"Queen – Thank God It's Christmas" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
"Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
"SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart". slotop50.si. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
"Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
"Track Top-40 Uge 51, 2020". Hitlisten. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
"Queen – Thank God It's Christmas" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
"Queen – Thank God It's Christmas" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
"Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
"Queen – Thank God It's Christmas". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
"SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart". slotop50.si. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
"Queen Chart History (Global 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
"2021 52-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
"Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
"Queen – Thank God It's Christmas". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
"Queen – Thank God It's Christmas". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
"Danish single certifications – Queen – Thank God It's Christmas". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
"British single certifications – Queen – Thank God It's Christmas". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 8 January 2021. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Thank God It's Christmas in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

External links

Lyrics at Queen official website (from Greatest Hits III)

v t e Queen songs
Queen	"Keep Yourself Alive" "Liar"
Queen II	"Seven Seas of Rhye"
Sheer Heart Attack	"Brighton Rock" "Killer Queen" "Flick of the Wrist" "Lily of the Valley" "Now I'm Here" "Stone Cold Crazy"
A Night at the Opera	"Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" "I'm in Love with My Car" "You're My Best Friend" "'39" "Sweet Lady" "The Prophet's Song" "Love of My Life" "Good Company" "Bohemian Rhapsody" "God Save the Queen"
A Day at the Races	"Tie Your Mother Down" "Long Away" "Somebody to Love" "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)"
News of the World	"We Will Rock You" "We Are the Champions" "Sheer Heart Attack" "Spread Your Wings" "It's Late"
Jazz	"Mustapha" "Fat Bottomed Girls" "Jealousy" "Bicycle Race" "Don't Stop Me Now"
The Game	"Play the Game" "Another One Bites the Dust" "Need Your Loving Tonight" "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "Save Me"
Flash Gordon	"Flash's Theme"
Hot Space	"Staying Power" "Back Chat" "Body Language" "Calling All Girls" "Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)" "Under Pressure"
The Works	"Radio Ga Ga" "It's a Hard Life" "I Want to Break Free" "Hammer to Fall" "Is This the World We Created...?"
A Kind of Magic	"One Vision" "A Kind of Magic" "One Year of Love" "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" "Friends Will Be Friends" "Who Wants to Live Forever" "Princes of the Universe"
The Miracle	"The Miracle" "I Want It All" "The Invisible Man" "Breakthru" "Scandal"
Innuendo	"Innuendo" "I'm Going Slightly Mad" "Headlong" "I Can't Live with You" "Ride the Wild Wind" "These Are the Days of Our Lives" "The Show Must Go On"
Made in Heaven	"Made in Heaven" "Let Me Live" "Mother Love" "I Was Born to Love You" "Heaven for Everyone" "Too Much Love Will Kill You" "You Don't Fool Me" "A Winter's Tale"
Queen Rocks	"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"
Queen Forever	"Let Me in Your Heart Again" "Love Kills" "There Must Be More to Life Than This"
Other songs	"Thank God It's Christmas" "Face It Alone"
Category

На других языках

[de] Thank God It’s Christmas

Thank God It’s Christmas ist ein Song der britischen Band Queen. Er wurde von Roger Taylor und Brian May geschrieben und erschien am 26. November 1984 als Single.

- [en] Thank God It's Christmas

[es] Thank God It's Christmas

«Thank God It's Christmas» (en español: Gracias a Dios es Navidad) es una canción escrita y grabada en el verano de 1984, poco antes de que Queen empezara los preparativos de su gira, Brian, Roger y John hicieron sus partes en Londres, mientras que Freddie lo hizo en Múnich, al mismo tiempo que trabajaba en su álbum solista Mr. Bad Guy. Es un sencillo navideño lanzado por la banda de rock inglesa británica Queen a finales de 1984 como parte de su disco The Works, aunque nunca fue incluida en ningún álbum de estudio. Solo apareció en el Greatest Hits III que fue lanzado en 1999. La canción fue escrita por el guitarrista Brian May y por el baterista Roger Taylor.

[ru] Thank God It’s Christmas

«Thank God It’s Christmas» — рождественская песня английской рок-группы Queen, вышедшая отдельным внеальбомным синглом. Написана барабанщиком Роджером Тейлором и гитаристом Брайаном Мэем. Песня вышла в качестве 7” и 12” сингла с песнями «Keep Passing the Open Windows» и «Man on the Prowl» на стороне «Б». Сингл был выпущен под конец 1984 года на Рождество. В чарте Великобритании сингл занял 21-ю строчку. Песня также попала в сборник Greatest Hits III.

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