Hard Candy Christmas

Infobox Single
Name = Hard Candy Christmas


Artist = Dolly Parton
from Album = Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Soundtrack
B-side = "Act Like a Fool"
Released = October 1982
Format =
Recorded = 1982
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = RCA
Writer = Carol Hall
Producer = Greg Perry
Chart position =

• #5 (U.S. Country Singles)

Last single = "I Will Always Love You"
(1982)
This single = "Hard Candy Christmas"
(1982)
Next single = "Potential New Boyfriend"
(1983)

"Hard Candy Christmas" is a song written by composer/lyricist Carol Hall for the musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas".

Near the end of the original play, individual girls of the brothel sing lines of the verses as they are preparing to leave; they join together on the refrains. This pattern was adopted for the film version of the musical, except for the fact that Dolly Parton (who played Miss Mona) is featured as soloist on the refrains, with the girls accompanying her. A further alteration can be found on the soundtrack album for the film, in which Parton alone sings the verses.

Parton's version of the song was released as a single and reached the top ten on the U.S. country singles chart in November 1982.

In 1997, the song was covered by Rupaul on the album "Ho Ho Ho" featuring Michelle Visage and Barbara Mitchell, and new version of the song was recorded by Texan singer Pauline Reese in 2005 on the various artists album "A Texas Country Christmas" and Leigh Nash on her Christmas EP "Wishing for This" in 2006

As an extra special Christmas gift to fans of The Venture Bros., a version of the song was released in 2005 as performed by Henchmen nos. 21 and 24 and The Monarch.

In 2007 Moon Trent released his dance club version of Hard Candy Christmas on the Quilt CD on timmi-kat ReCoRDS.

External links

* [http://www.dollyon-line.com/archives/lyrics/hardcandy.shtml Hard Candy Christmas lyrics at Dolly Parton On-Line]