Grown-Up Christmas List

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"Grown-Up Christmas List"
Grown-Up Christmas List Cover.jpg
Single by Amy Grant
from the album Home for Christmas
Released1992 (U.S.)
Recorded1992
GenrePop, Christmas
Length
  • 3:44 (edit)
  • 5:00 (album)
LabelA&M, Word
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Brown Bannister
Amy Grant singles chronology
"Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)"
(1992) 		"Grown-Up Christmas List"
(1992) 		"Let the Season Take Wing"
(1992)
Music video
"Grown-Up Christmas List" on YouTube

"Grown-Up Christmas List" (sometimes titled "My Grown-Up Christmas List") is a Christmas song composed by David Foster (music) and Linda Thompson-Jenner (lyrics).[1] It was originally recorded by Foster, with Natalie Cole on vocals, for his 1990 non-holiday album River of Love and a similar second version on his 1993 holiday album The Christmas Album. Though it was also released as a single, the song was not a hit upon its first appearance. In 1992, Amy Grant recorded a version for her second Christmas album, Home for Christmas. Grant's version featured an additional verse that Grant penned herself. Her record label at the time, A&M Records, promoted the song as the second single from the album, and it received substantial radio airplay.

In 2003, original American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson performed "Grown-Up Christmas List" on the show's Christmas special,[citation needed] and the song was released on the album American Idol: Great Holiday Classics, which resulted in renewed airplay of the song during the holiday season that year.[citation needed]

Amy Grant version[]

Personnel[]

  • Amy Grant – lead vocals
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
  • Tom Hemby – guitar
  • Ronn Huff – conductor
  • Alan Moore – orchestration
  • The London Studio Orchestra – strings
  • Nat Peck – contractor

Single CD track listing[]

  1. "Grown Up Christmas List" – edit 3:44
  2. "Grown Up Christmas List" – LP version 5:00

Music video[]

A&M Records released a music video for Amy Grant's recording of the song, featuring an appearance by Grant's son, Matthew Chapman. The song's edited version was used in the video.

Chart[]

The original version of Grant's single did not enter any of the Billboard charts until 2011. Since then, it has spent 30 weeks on the Christian Digital Songs chart, peaking at No. 11 in December 2017.[2] Kelly Clarkson's version entered the Adult Contemporary chart in 2003 where it spent five weeks.[3]

Kelly Clarkson version[]

Chart (2003–04) Peak
position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] 17

Amy Grant version[]

Chart (2011–20) Peak position
Christian Digital Song Sales 11

Other recordings[]

In 2000 Monica recorded a version that was released on the Platinum Christmas various artists compilation album. It contains a second verse penned by Thompson-Jenner. Luis Miguel's cover was recorded in Spanish as "Mi Humilde Oración" for his album Navidades and it peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart.[5]

In 2008, American country artist Rissi Palmer released a version of "Grown Up Christmas List" through 1720 Entertainment. The song was released in a digital format via Apple Music.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Holden, Stephen (December 10, 1993). "Holiday Noises, Joyful and Otherwise, on Disk", The New York Times, p. C33.
  2. ^ "Amy Grant Grown Up Christmas List". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  3. ^ "Kelly Clarkson - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "Kelly Clarkson Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Navidades - Luis Miguel: Awards". Allmusic. Rovi. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
  6. ^ ""Grown Up Christmas List" -- Single by Rissi Palmer". Apple Music. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
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