Christmas Wish (Olivia Newton-John album)
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Christmas Wish is an album of Olivia Newton-John
, launched in 2007. It is the third album of Christmas Music
recorded by Newton-John
and the second album produced by Amy Sky
.
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! align="center" |Title
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|1
|"O Come All Ye Faithful"
|-
|2
|"Angels We Have Heard on High
(Interlude)"
|-
|3
|"Every Time It Snows (with Jon Secada
)"
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|4
|"Away in a Manger
(Interlude)"
|-
|5
|"We Three Kings
"
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|6
|"First Noel (Interlude)"
|-
|7
|"Mother's Christmas Wish (with Jim Brickman
)"
|-
|8
|"Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring (Interlude)"
|-
|9
|"Angels in the Snow"
|-
|10
|"What Child Is This?
(Interlude)"
|-
|11
|"Silent Night
(with Jann Arden
)"
|-
|12
|"O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Interlude)"
|-
|13
|"All Through the Night (with Michael McDonald
)"
|-
|14
|"Little Drummer Boy
(Interlude)"
|-
|15
|"Underneath the Same Sky"
|-
|16
|"The Christmas Tree (Interlude)"
|-
|17
|"Little Star of Bethlehem"
|-
|18
|"Deck the Halls (Interlude)"
|-
|19
|"Instrument of Peace (with Marc Jordan
)"
|-
|20
|"We Wish You a Merry Christmas
(Interlude)"
In 2008 the CD was Re-released as a Target Stores Exclusive and included the bonus track "In the Bleak Midwinter
"
!align="left"|Album Charts
!align="left"|Peak
position
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|align="left"|Billboard 200
|align="center"|187
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|align="left"|Billboard Independent Albums
|align="center"|21
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Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John AO, OBE is a singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles and 14 of her albums have been certified gold by the RIAA...
, launched in 2007. It is the third album of Christmas Music
Christmas music
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...
recorded by Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John AO, OBE is a singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles and 14 of her albums have been certified gold by the RIAA...
and the second album produced by Amy Sky
Amy Sky
Amy Sky is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, theatre actress, and television host. Sky started classical music lessons at the age of five , and plays piano, guitar, cello and recorder....
.
Track listing
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%"! align="center" |#
! align="center" |Title
|-
|1
|"O Come All Ye Faithful"
|-
|2
|"Angels We Have Heard on High
Angels We Have Heard on High
"Angels We Have Heard on High" is a Christmas carol. The song commemorates the story of the birth of Jesus Christ found in the Gospel of Luke, in which shepherds outside Bethlehem encounter a multitude of angels singing and praising the newborn child....
(Interlude)"
|-
|3
|"Every Time It Snows (with Jon Secada
Jon Secada
Jon Secada is a Cuban-American singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Hialeah, Florida. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his English-language debut album in 1992. His music fuses funk, soul, pop and Latin percussion...
)"
|-
|4
|"Away in a Manger
Away in a Manger
"Away in a Manger" is a Christmas carol first published in 1885 in Philadelphia and used widely throughout the English-speaking world. In Britain it is one of the most popular carols, a 1996 Gallup Poll ranking it joint second.-History of the lyrics:...
(Interlude)"
|-
|5
|"We Three Kings
We Three Kings
"We Three Kings", also known as "We Three Kings of Orient Are" or "The Quest of the Magi", is a Christmas carol written by the Reverend John Henry Hopkins, Jr., who wrote both the lyrics and the music. It is suggested to have been written in 1857 but did not appear in print until his Carols, Hymns...
"
|-
|6
|"First Noel (Interlude)"
|-
|7
|"Mother's Christmas Wish (with Jim Brickman
Jim Brickman
Jim Brickman is an American songwriter and pianist. He has been named the most charted male Adult Contemporary artist to date, with six of his albums receiving Gold and Platinum status. He is known for his solo piano compositions, pop-style instrumentals, and vocal collaborations with artists...
)"
|-
|8
|"Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring (Interlude)"
|-
|9
|"Angels in the Snow"
|-
|10
|"What Child Is This?
What Child Is This?
"What Child Is This?" is a popular Christmas carol written in 1865. At the age of twenty-nine, English writer William Chatterton Dix was struck with a sudden near-fatal illness and confined to bedrest for several months, during which he went into a deep depression...
(Interlude)"
|-
|11
|"Silent Night
Silent Night
"Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" were written in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber...
(with Jann Arden
Jann Arden
Jann Arden is a Canadian singer-songwriter.-Life and career:Arden was born and raised near Calgary in Springbank, Alberta and attended Springbank Community High School. Her breakthrough came with her critically acclaimed 1993 debut album Time for Mercy and her first single "I Would Die For You"...
)"
|-
|12
|"O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Interlude)"
|-
|13
|"All Through the Night (with Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald (singer)
Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...
)"
|-
|14
|"Little Drummer Boy
Little Drummer Boy
"The Little Drummer Boy," originally known as "Carol of the Drum," is a popular Christmas song written by the American classical music composer/teacher Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. It was recorded 1955 by the Trapp Family Singers and further popularized by a 1958 recording by the Harry...
(Interlude)"
|-
|15
|"Underneath the Same Sky"
|-
|16
|"The Christmas Tree (Interlude)"
|-
|17
|"Little Star of Bethlehem"
|-
|18
|"Deck the Halls (Interlude)"
|-
|19
|"Instrument of Peace (with Marc Jordan
Marc Jordan
Marc Jordan , is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, session musician, and actor. Covering a wide variety of genres, he has written songs for a number of well-known artists, including Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Cher, Bette Midler, and Josh Groban...
)"
|-
|20
|"We Wish You a Merry Christmas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular secular sixteenth-century English carol from the West Country of England. The origin of this Christmas carol lies in the English tradition where wealthy people of the community gave Christmas treats to the carolers on Christmas Eve such as 'figgy...
(Interlude)"
Product Description
2007 Australian exclusive 20-track CD album from the singer, featuring her versions of classic Christmas songs, sung as only she can! Also featured on this collection are guest appearances from the likes of Barry Manilow, Jon Secada, Michael McDonald and more!In 2008 the CD was Re-released as a Target Stores Exclusive and included the bonus track "In the Bleak Midwinter
In the Bleak Midwinter
"In the Bleak Midwinter" is a Christmas carol based on a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti written before 1872 in response to a request from the magazine Scribner's Monthly for a Christmas poem....
"
Charts
{| class="wikitable"!align="left"|Album Charts
!align="left"|Peak
position
|-
|align="left"|Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
|align="center"|187
|-
|align="left"|Billboard Independent Albums
|align="center"|21
|-
|}