| A Very Special Christmas 2 | |
| Type: | Compilation album |
| Artist: | Various artists |
| Cover: | A Very Special Christmas 2.jpg |
| Caption: | Cover art by Keith Haring |
| Released: | October 20, 1992 |
| Genre: | Christmas music, Children's music |
| Length: | 69:34 |
| Label: | A&M |
| Producer: | Jimmy Iovine, Vicki Iovine, Robert Sargent Shriver |
| Prev Title: | A Very Special Christmas |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | A Very Special Christmas 3 |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
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]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Producer(s) | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Christmas All Over Again" | 4:15 | ||||
| 2. | "Jingle Bell Rock" | Joe Beal and Jim Boothe | 4:01 | |||
| 3. | "The Christmas Song" | 4:30 | ||||
| 4. | "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" | Phil Kaffel | 2:37 | |||
| 5. | "The Birth of Christ" | Morris, Stockman | 2:50 | |||
| 6. | "Please Come Home for Christmas" | Charles Brown, Gene Redd | Iovine | 2:53 | ||
| 7. | "What Christmas Means to Me" | Anna Gordy Gaye, Allen Story and George Gordy | 2:53 | |||
| 8. | "O Christmas Tree" | 3:34 | ||||
| 9. | "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" | 2:49 | ||||
| 10. | "White Christmas" | David Foster, Bolton, Dave Reitzas | 3:39 | |||
| 11. | "Christmas Is" | 3:19 | ||||
| 12. | "Christmas Time Again" | Bettencourt | 5:06 | |||
| 13. | "Merry Christmas Baby" | Iovine | 4:33 | |||
| 14. | "O Holy Night" | 2:46 | ||||
| 15. | "Sleigh Ride" | 3:13 | ||||
| 16. | "What Child Is This?" | Traditional | Gerry E. Brown, Williams | 4:10 | ||
| 17. | "Blue Christmas" | Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson | Scott Olson, N. Wilson, A. Wilson | 3:48 | ||
| 18. | "Silent Night" | 3:04 | ||||
| 19. | "I Believe in You" | 5:39 |