Released 2000 Length 4:07 | Format CD single Label Warner Bros. Nashville | |
Genre Christmas, Country, Pop Writer(s) Mariah Carey, James Horner, Will Jennings | ||
"Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?" is a song co-written by James Horner and Will Jennings for the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas in 2000. In the movie, it is first sung by Taylor Momsen, who played Cindy Lou Who.
A longer, different version of this song, called "Where Are You, Christmas?", was co-written by Mariah Carey, James Horner, and Will Jennings. The song was originally recorded by Carey, but because of a legal case with her ex-husband Tommy Mottola, it could not be released, so it was re-recorded and released by Faith Hill. A video was released featuring Hill singing from the Grinch's mountaintop home, interspersed with clips from the film and a cameo appearance by Taylor Momsen as Cindy Lou Who.
As of November 25, 2016, total single sales of the Faith Hill recording studio at 897,000 downloads according to Nielsen SoundScan, placing it seventh on the list of all-time best-selling Christmas/holiday digital singles in SoundScan history.
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In 2008, the song was performed by Kaitlyn Maher in a live show at The White House, at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on December 4, 2008 which was attended by President George W. Bush.
In 2009, "Where Are You, Christmas" was covered by Hollie Steel, the child soprano from Britain's Got Talent (Series 3) Finals.
On October 29, 2009, Then There Were None released a cover of the Christmas single.
During a Christmas concert in 2011 a cover of the song was performed by The Piano Guys (Jon Schmidt, Steven Sharp Nelson), featuring Jon's young daughter Sarah Schmidt. As of December 2014, Mariah Carey has yet to release her original recording of the song.