Released October 12, 1987 Producer Jimmy Iovine | Release date 12 October 1987 Label A&M Records | |
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Length 50:57 (Original version)
51:11 (Revised version) A Very Special Christmas
(1987) A Very Special Christmas 2
(1992) Genres Christmas music, Children's music Similar A Very Special Christma, Creedence Clearwater Revival, A Very Special Christma, A Very Special Christma, A Christmas Gift for Yo | ||
A very special christmas 1987 full album
A Very Special Christmas is the first in the A Very Special Christmas series of Christmas-themed compilation albums produced to benefit Special Olympics. The album was released in 1987, and production was overseen by Jimmy Iovine for A&M Records. A Very Special Christmas has also raised millions of dollars for the Special Olympics. The cover artwork was designed by Keith Haring.
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On January 16, 1998, the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of four million copies in the United States.
As of November 2014, A Very Special Christmas is the nineteenth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States during the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,520,000 copies according to SoundScan.
Track listing
Songs
1Santa Claus Is Coming to TownThe Pointer Sisters3:23
2Winter WonderlandEurythmics
3Do You Hear What I HearWhitney Houston3:33