“Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” is a song by Justin Bieber from the Under the Mistletoe album.
Justin covered a classic christmas song. The first recorded version was by Harry Reser and his band in 1934.
Background[]
Tricky Stewart, who produced the album, shared with MTV News the one song he felt needed to make it on the record. "For me, I knew I wanted 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,' " he said. "That's one of those that makes everyone feel good. So we did it and I think it's a really cool version of it."[1]
The song interpolates The Jackson 5's “I Want You Back” in the intro and “ABC” in the bridge.
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Santa’s coming, girl, woo
Santa’s coming to town
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Santa’s coming to town
[Chorus]
You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town (Santa’s coming to town)
He’s making a list, huh
He’s checking it twice
He’s gonna find out
Who’s naughty or nice
Santa Claus is coming to town (Santa’s coming to town)
[Pre-Chorus]
He sees you when you’re sleeping
He knows when you’re awake
He knows when you’ve been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
[Chorus]
You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town (Santa’s coming to town) (Oh)
Santa’s coming to town
You better watch out (You better watch out)
You better not cry (Better not cry)
You better not pout, uh
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town (Santa’s coming to town)
He’s making a list
And checking it twice
He’s gonna find out
Who’s naughty or nice
Santa Claus is coming to town (Santa’s coming to town)
[Pre-Chorus]
He sees you when you’re sleeping
He knows when you’re awake
He knows when you’ve been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
[Chorus]
You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town (Santa’s coming to town)
[Bridge]
So it’s that time of the year
Where you let all your problems go
And you know, you just-
Shake it, shake it, baby
Shake it, shake it, baby
Ooh, do-do, do-do-do-do
Do-do, do-do, do
Shake it, shake it, baby
Shake it, shake it, baby
Do, do-do, do-do-do-do
Do-do, do-do, do, oh, oh
[Pre-Chorus]
He sees you when you’re sleeping
He knows when you’re awake
He knows when you’ve been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
[Chorus]
You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town (Santa’s coming to town)
He’s making a list
He’s checking it twice
He’s gonna find out
Who’s naughty and nice
Santa Claus is coming
Santa Claus is coming
Santa Claus is coming, to town
[Outro]
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town (Santa’s coming to town)
Santa Claus is coming to town (Ey)
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town (Santa’s coming to town)
(Ooh-ooh) Santa Claus is coming to town
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town (Santa’s coming to town)
Yeah
Music video[]
The music video for this song is used in the movie "Arthur Christmas" which plays over the end credits. It's Bieber's first animated music video.
Performances[]
| Date | Event | City | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 7, 2011 | Westfield London | London | |
| November 13, 2011 | This is Justin Bieber - ITV Special | London | |
| December 3, 2011 | Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade | Lake Buena Vista | |
| December 14, 2011 | The X Factor | Hollywood | (with Drew Ryniewicz) |
Credits[]
Credits adapted from Tidal.[3]
- Producer: Aaron Pearce / C. "Tricky" Stewart / Kuk Harrell
- Composer: Haven Gillespie / J. Fred Coots
- Lyricist: Haven Gillespie / J. Fred Coots
- Assistant Mixer: Jesus Garnica
- Associated Performer: Bryan Jackson / Kuk Harrell/ Michael Thompson
- Asst. Recording Engineer: Luis Navarro / Miguel Lara / Stephen Villa
- Background Vocalist: Bryan Jackson / Kuk Harrell
- Engineer: Chris 'TEK' O'Ryan / Josh Gudwin
- Guitar: Michael Thompson
- Mixer: Jaycen Joshua
- Programmer: Aaron Pearce / C. "Tricky" Stewart
- Studio Personnel: Chris 'TEK' O'Ryan / Jaycen Joshua / Jesus Garnica / Josh Gudwin / Luis Navarro / Miguel Lara / Stephen Villa
References[]
- ↑ Vena, Jocelyn (October 5, 2011). "Justin Bieber Confirms Mariah Carey Christmas Collabo". MTV.
- ↑ Sonia, Kyle (December 25, 2014). "Here's a #TBT to that time I produced Justin Bieber's "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" video for Sony's theatrical release of Arthur Christmas. Happy Holidays, everyone! P.S. There's a little Easter egg at the :16 mark.". Facebook.
- ↑ Bieber, Justin. "Credits / Under The Mistletoe (Deluxe Edition) / Justin Bieber – TIDAL". Tidal.