- Must Be Santa (song)
-
"Must Be Santa" is a Christmas song that was originally recorded in 1961 by Mitch Miller. Hal Moore and Bill Fredericks wrote the song. Although the lyrics are different, it has exactly the same tune as "Oh, You Sweet One", written by Moe Jaffe and Richard Hardt, and recorded by Thurl Ravenscroft for Bally Records in 1956.
The song is structured as a call and response, with the lead singer posing the question of who has a certain feature, with a chorus responding that Santa has said feature. After every other verse, the list of features mentioned up to that point is reiterated, followed by the chorus of "must be Santa" repeated three times and ending with "Santa Claus."
Example:
Lead singer: Who laughs this way, ho ho ho?
Chorus: Santa laughs this way, ho ho ho!
All: Ho ho ho, cherry nose, cap on head, suit that's red...Cover versions
Lorne Greene recorded a hit version of the song in 1966 along with the Jimmy Joyce Children's Choir. It has also been covered by Raffi.
Bob Dylan version
In November 2009, Bob Dylan covered Brave Combo's version of the song in a polka style for his Christmas album, Christmas in the Heart. The New York Daily News described Dylan's version as such: "It's sort of unclear if Dylan (...) was aiming to celebrate the holiday, or gently poke fun at the music's Norman Rockwell-esque simplicity."[1]
References
- ^ Sheridan, Michael (2009-11-16). Bob Dylan's 'Must Be Santa' music video is one bizarre Christmas treat. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
Bob Dylan Studio albums Bob Dylan · The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan · The Times They Are a-Changin' · Another Side of Bob Dylan · Bringing It All Back Home · Highway 61 Revisited · Blonde on Blonde · John Wesley Harding · Nashville Skyline · Self Portrait · New Morning · Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid · Dylan · Planet Waves · Blood on the Tracks · The Basement Tapes · Desire · Street-Legal · Slow Train Coming · Saved · Shot of Love · Infidels · Empire Burlesque · Knocked Out Loaded · Down in the Groove · Oh Mercy · Under the Red Sky · Good as I Been to You · World Gone Wrong · Time Out of Mind · Love and Theft · Modern Times · Together Through Life · Christmas in the HeartLive albums Before the Flood · Hard Rain · Bob Dylan at Budokan · Real Live · Dylan & the Dead · The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration · MTV Unplugged · Live 1961–2000: Thirty-Nine Years of Great Concert Performances · Live at the Gaslight 1962 · Live at Carnegie Hall 1963 · In Concert – Brandeis University 1963Compilations Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits · Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II · Masterpieces · Biograph · Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 · The Essential Bob Dylan · Bob Dylan: The Collection · The Best of Bob Dylan · Blues · Dylan · The Original Mono RecordingsThe Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 · Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert · Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue · Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall · Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack · Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006 · Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964Concerts and tours England Tour 1965 · Going Electric at Newport (1965) · World Tour 1966 · Isle of Wight 1969 · The Concert for Bangladesh (1971) · Tour with The Band (1974) · Rolling Thunder Revue (1975) · World Tour 1978Never Ending Tour Films Writings Tarantula · Writings and Drawings · Lyrics: 1962–1985 · Drawn Blank · Chronicles: Volume One · Lyrics: 1962–2001 · The Definitive Bob Dylan SongbookBooks about Dylan The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia · Bob Dylan, Performing Artist · Invisible Republic · The Cambridge Companion to Bob DylanRelated articles Albums · American folk music revival · Awards · Bob Dylan bootleg recordings · List of Basement Tapes songs · The Bootleg Series · Discography · List of artists who have covered Bob Dylan songs · Related topics · Songs recorded by Bob Dylan · Songs written by Bob Dylan · Great White Wonder · The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams · The Masked Marauders · Theme Time Radio Hour · The Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour · Traveling Wilburys
Book:Bob Dylan · 
Category:Bob Dylan · 
Portal:Bob Dylan · 
WikiProject:Bob DylanBob Dylan singles discography 1960s 1970s 1970 "Wigwam" / "Copper Kettle"1971 "Watching the River Flow" / "Spanish is the Loving Tongue" · "If Not For You" / "New Morning" · "George Jackson" (band version) / "George Jackson" (acoustic version)1973 "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" / "Turkey Chase" (instrumental from Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid) · "A Fool Such as I" / "Lily of the West"1974 "On a Night Like This" / "You Angel You" · "Something There Is About You" / "Tough Mama" · "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" (live with The Band) · "All Along the Watchtower" / "It Ain't Me Babe"1975 "Tangled Up in Blue" / "If You See Her, Say Hello" · "Million Dollar Bash" / "Tears of Rage" · "Hurricane" (Part 1) / "Hurricane" (Part 2)1976 "Mozambique" / "Oh Sister" · "Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again" (live) / "Rita May"1978 "Baby, Stop Crying" / "We Better Talk This Over" · "Changing of the Guards" / "Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)"1979 "Man Gave Names to All the Animals" / "When You Gonna Wake Up?" · "Gotta Serve Somebody" / "Trouble in Mind"1980s 1980 "Slow Train" / "Do Right to Me Baby" · "Solid Rock" / "Covenant Woman" · "Saved" / "Are You Ready?"1981 "Heart of Mine" / "Let It Be Me" · "Dead Man, Dead Man" / "Lenny Bruce"1983 "Union Sundown" / "Angel Flying too Close to the Ground"1984 "Jokerman" / "Isis"1985 "Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love?)" / "We Better Talk this Over" · "When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky" / "Emotionally Yours"1986 "Band of the Hand" / "Joe's Death" (Michael Rubini) · "Got My Mind Made Up" / "The Usual"1988 "Silvio" / "Driftin' too Far from the Shore"1989 "Everything Is Broken" / "Death is Not the End" · "Slow Train" (live with The Grateful Dead)1990s 1990 "Political World" / "Ring Them Bells" (only in the UK and Australia) · "Most of the Time" / "Most of the Time (edit piece) · "Unbelievable" / "10,000 Men"1991 "Series of Dreams" / "Seven Curses" · "Blind Willie McTell" / "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (from The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3) · "Step it Up and Go" — (no b-side)1993 "My Back Pages" (with Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison) — (no b-side)1995 "Dignity" (live on MTV Unplugged) / "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" (live version) · "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" / "John Brown" (both live on MTV Unplugged)1998 "Not Dark Yet" / "Tombstone Blues" (live) / "Ballad of a Thin Man" (live) / "Boots of Spanish Leather" (live) · "Love Sick" / "Tombstone Blues" (live)2000s 2000 "Things Have Changed" / "Make You Feel My Love" (live) / "Hurricane" / "Song to Woody" (live)2006 "Someday Baby" / "Someday Baby" (edit piece) · "Rollin' and Tumblin'" / "Not Dark Yet" / "High Water (for Charley Patton)"2007 "Most Likely You'll Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" (Mark Ronson remix version) / "Most Likely You'll Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" (album version)2008 "Dreamin' of You" (edit piece) / "Dreamin' of You" (album version)2009 "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" / "Down Along the Cove" (live) · "I Feel a Change Comin' On" / "I Feel a Change Comin' On" (edit piece) · "Must Be Santa" / "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"2010s 2010 "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (demo version) / "Like a Rolling Stone" Book:Bob Dylan · Category:Bob Dylan · Portal:Bob Dylan · WikiProject:Bob DylanCategories:- Bob Dylan songs
- Song stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
