A Very Special Christmas 2
Cover art by Keith Haring
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedOctober 20, 1992
GenreChristmas music, Children's music
Length69:34
LabelA&M
ProducerJimmy Iovine, Vicki Iovine, Robert Sargent Shriver
Various artists chronology
A Very Special Christmas
(1987)		 A Very Special Christmas 2
(1992)		 A Very Special Christmas 3
(1997)
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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.TitleWriter(s)ArtistProducer(s)Time
1."Christmas All Over Again"Tom PettyTom Petty and the HeartbreakersPetty, Mike Campbell, Jimmy Iovine, Jeff Lynne4:15
2."Jingle Bell Rock"Joe Beal and Jim BootheRandy TravisRichard Perry4:01
3."The Christmas Song"Mel Tormé and Bob WellsLuther VandrossQuincy Jones4:30
4."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"John Frederick Coots and Haven GillespieFrank Sinatra and Cyndi LauperPhil Kaffel2:37
5."The Birth of Christ"Nathan Morris and Shawn StockmanBoyz II MenMorris, Stockman2:50
6."Please Come Home for Christmas"Charles Brown, Gene ReddJon Bon JoviIovine2:53
7."What Christmas Means to Me"Anna Gordy Gaye, Allen Story and George GordyPaul YoungDon Was2:53
8."O Christmas Tree"Ernst AnschützAretha FranklinMarty Paich, David Paich3:34
9."Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"Johnny MarksRonnie Spector and Darlene LoveIovine, Danny Kortchmar2:49
10."White Christmas"Irving BerlinMichael BoltonDavid Foster, Bolton, Dave Reitzas3:39
11."Christmas Is"Joseph Simmons and Darryl McDanielsRun-D.M.C.Larry Smith, Run-D.M.C., Jam Master J3:19
12."Christmas Time Again"Nuno Bettencourt and Gary CheroneExtremeBettencourt5:06
13."Merry Christmas Baby"Lou Baxter and Johnny MooreCharles Brown and Bonnie RaittIovine4:33
14."O Holy Night"Adolphe-Charles Adam and John Sullivan DwightTevin CampbellIovine, Jerry Hey[a]2:46
15."Sleigh Ride"Leroy Anderson and Mitchell ParishDebbie GibsonIovine, Jai Winding, Omar Hakim3:13
16."What Child Is This?"TraditionalVanessa WilliamsGerry E. Brown, Williams4:10
17."Blue Christmas"Billy Hayes and Jay W. JohnsonAnn and Nancy WilsonScott Olson, N. Wilson, A. Wilson3:48
18."Silent Night"Josef Mohr and Franz X. GruberWilson PhillipsGlen Ballard, Carnie Wilson[a]3:04
19."I Believe in You"Bob DylanSinéad O'ConnorO'Connor, Phil Ramone5:39
  • ^[a] signifies a vocal producer


References

  1. ↑ "RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 2014-08-30. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  2. ↑ Billboard Staff (2014-12-01). "The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2014-12-02.


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