It's Christmas Day Explained
It's Christmas Day |
Cover: | RoyKim-It'sChristmasDay.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Roy Kim |
Recorded: | 2014 |
Length: | 3:20 |
Label: | CJ E&M Music |
Chronology: | Roy Kim |
Prev Title: | Pinocchio |
Prev Year: | 2014 |
Next Title: | The Way to Meet You |
Next Year: | 2015 |
"It's Christmas Day" is a Christmas song by South Korean singer-songwriter Roy Kim. It was released as a digital single on 19 December 2014, and distributed through CJ E&M Music.
Release
"It's Christmas Day" was composed and written by Kim.[1] After taking over spring with "Bom Bom Bom", summer with "Love Love Love", and autumn with "Home", Kim filled all of four seasons with his winter song release. On 11 December 2014, Kim posted up on his official Instagram account, stating "It's gonna be Christmas Day soon. Wait for it. Recording a new song."
The self-penned single was released on 19 December, one day ahead of his year-end concert, "Our Winter #2". Its music video also was revealed at the same day, bringing all kinds of Christmas feels with Kim sweetly singing while playing the piano and guitar.[2] [3] "It's Christmas Day" peaked at number 27 on the Gaon Digital Chart,[4] having sold over 69,000 digital copies as of 3 January 2015.[5]
Promotion
Following its release, Kim performed the song at Mnet's M Countdown broadcast on Christmas Day of that year.[6]
Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of the single's limited CD edition.[7]
- Locations
- Recorded at Brewbeat Studio
- Recorded at Studio 40
- Recorded at Musicabal
- Recorded at T Studio
- Mixed at Musicabal
- Mastered at Metropolis Mastering, London
- Personnel
- Sang-woo Kim – vocals, lyrics, composer, percussion, backing vocals
- Ji-chan Jung – arranger, acoustic guitar, keyboard, programming, percussion, music producer
- Steve Brewster – drum
- Ken Song – electric guitar
- Hoon Choi – bass
- In-young Bak – arranging of strings
- Yoong String – strings
- Seong-sik Oh – recording of strings
- Kyung-hoon Baek – recording assistant
- Hyun-jung Go – mixing
- Stuart Hawkes – mastering
- Seok-jun Ahn – executive producer
Charts and sales
Sales
Release history
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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South Korea | 19 December 2014 | Digital download | CJ E&M Music | |
Worldwide | [9] | |
External links
Notes and References
- News: Kim. Ji-min. 로이킴, 19일 자작곡 'IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY' 발표…사계절송 완성 ("Roy Kim to Release His Self-Composed Song "It's Christmas Day" on December 19th... Completing His Season Song Series"). Metro. 21 January 2015. 16 December 2014. ko.
- Web site: Roy Kim to Complete All Four Seasons with Upcoming Christmas Song. CJ E&M enewsWorld. 27 December 2014.
- Web site: [Video] Roy Kim Warmly Slips ′It′s Christmas Day′ into Stockings]. CJ E&M enewsWorld. 27 December 2014.
- Web site: Digital Chart – The 52nd Week of 2014. Gaon Music Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association (KMCIA). 9 November 2015. ko.
- Cumulative sales for "It's Christmas Day":
- News: Yoon. Sang-geun. '엠카' 로이킴 '잇츠 크리스마스데이' 무대..감성 매력 ("Roy Kim Performing "It's Christmas Day" on M! Countdown"). STARNEWS. 27 December 2014. 25 December 2014. ko.
- It's Christmas Day. Roy Kim. 2014. CD liner notes. CJ E&M Music. South Korea. ko.
- Web site: Digital Chart – December 2014. Gaon Music Chart. KMCIA. 9 November 2015. ko.
- Web site: It's Christmas Day – Single by Roy Kim on iTunes. iTunes Store. Apple Inc.. United States. 7 November 2015.