1992 compilation album by Various artists
A Very Special Christmas 2 is the second in the A Very Special Christmas series of Christmas-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics . The album was released on October 20, 1992, and production was overseen by Jimmy Iovine , Vicki Iovine and Robert Sargent Shriver for A&M Records . Tupac Shakur was supposed to be featured on the album, but due to legal trouble his song was dropped.
On December 7, 2001, A Very Special Christmas 2 was certified Double Platinum for shipment of two million copies in the United States since its 1992 release.[1] As of November 2014, it is the 21st best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States during the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,200,000 copies according to SoundScan.[2]
Track listing
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Artist
Producer(s)
Time
1.
"Christmas All Over Again"
Tom Petty
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Petty, Mike Campbell , Jimmy Iovine , Jeff Lynne
4:15
2.
"Jingle Bell Rock "
Joe Beal and Jim Boothe
Randy Travis
Richard Perry
4:01
3.
"The Christmas Song "
Mel Tormé and Bob Wells
Luther Vandross
Quincy Jones
4:30
4.
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town "
John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie
Frank Sinatra and Cyndi Lauper
Phil Kaffel
2:37
5.
"The Birth of Christ"
Nathan Morris and Shawn Stockman
Boyz II Men
Morris, Stockman
2:50
6.
"Please Come Home for Christmas "
Charles Brown , Gene Redd
Jon Bon Jovi
Iovine
2:53
7.
"What Christmas Means to Me "
Anna Gordy Gaye , Allen Story and George Gordy
Paul Young
Don Was
2:53
8.
"O Christmas Tree "
Ernst Anschütz
Aretha Franklin
Marty Paich , David Paich
3:34
9.
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree "
Johnny Marks
Ronnie Spector and Darlene Love
Iovine, Danny Kortchmar
2:49
10.
"White Christmas "
Irving Berlin
Michael Bolton
David Foster , Bolton, Dave Reitzas
3:39
11.
"Christmas Is "
Joseph Simmons and Darryl McDaniels
Run-D.M.C.
Larry Smith , Run-D.M.C., Jam Master J
3:19
12.
"Christmas Time Again"
Nuno Bettencourt and Gary Cherone
Extreme
Bettencourt
5:06
13.
"Merry Christmas Baby "
Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore
Charles Brown and Bonnie Raitt
Iovine
4:33
14.
"O Holy Night "
Adolphe-Charles Adam and John Sullivan Dwight
Tevin Campbell
Iovine, Jerry Hey [a]
2:46
15.
"Sleigh Ride "
Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish
Debbie Gibson
Iovine, Jai Winding, Omar Hakim
3:13
16.
"What Child Is This? "
Traditional
Vanessa Williams
Gerry E. Brown , Williams
4:10
17.
"Blue Christmas "
Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson
Ann and Nancy Wilson
Scott Olson , N. Wilson, A. Wilson
3:48
18.
"Silent Night "
Josef Mohr and Franz X. Gruber
Wilson Phillips
Glen Ballard , Carnie Wilson [a]
3:04
19.
"I Believe in You "
Bob Dylan
Sinéad O'Connor
O'Connor, Phil Ramone
5:39
^[a] signifies a vocal producer
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