It's Christmas Day

"It's Christmas Day" is a Christmas song by South Korean singer-songwriter Roy Kim. It was released as a digital single on December 19, 2014, and distributed through CJ E&M Music.

"It's Christmas Day"
Single by Roy Kim
ReleasedDecember 19, 2014 (2014-12-19)
FormatDigital download
Recorded2014
Genre
Length3:20
LabelCJ E&M Music
Songwriter(s)Kim Sang-woo
Producer(s)
  • Ahn Seok-jun (exec.)
  • Jung Ji-chan
Roy Kim singles chronology
"Pinocchio"
(2014)		 "It's Christmas Day"
(2014)		 "The Way to Meet You"
(2015)
Music video
"It's Christmas Day" on YouTube

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 December 11, 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 December 19, 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 January 3, 2015.[5]

Promotion

Following its release, Kim performed the song at Mnet's M! Countdown broadcast on Christmas Day of that year.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kim Sang-woo.

No.TitleLength
1."It's Christmas Day"3:20
Total length:3:20

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of the single's limited CD edition.[7]

Locations
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

Release history
Region Date Format Label Ref.
South Korea December 19, 2014 Digital download CJ E&M Music
Worldwide [9]

References
  1. Kim, Ji-min (December 16, 2014). "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")" (in Korean). Metro. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  2. "Roy Kim to Complete All Four Seasons with Upcoming Christmas Song". CJ E&M enewsWorld. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  3. "[Video] Roy Kim Warmly Slips ′It′s Christmas Day′ into Stockings". CJ E&M enewsWorld. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  4. "Digital Chart – The 52nd Week of 2014". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association (KMCIA). Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  5. Cumulative sales for "It's Christmas Day":
  6. Yoon, Sang-geun (December 25, 2014). "'엠카' 로이킴 '잇츠 크리스마스데이' 무대..감성 매력 ("Roy Kim Performing "It's Christmas Day" on M! Countdown")" (in Korean). STARNEWS. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  7. It's Christmas Day (CD liner notes) (in Korean). Roy Kim. South Korea: CJ E&M Music. 2014.CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. "Digital Chart – December 2014". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). KMCIA. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  9. "It's Christmas Day - Single by Roy Kim on iTunes". iTunes Store. United States: Apple Inc. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
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