Christmas in Jamaica

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"Christmas in Jamaica"
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Single by Toni Braxton featuring Shaggy
from the album Snowflakes
B-side "Snowflakes of Love"
ReleasedDecember 8, 2001
RecordedKL Productions
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Big Yard Studios
(New York City, New York)
Genre
Length4:22
Label Arista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Toni Braxton
  • Keri Lewis
  • Donnie Scantz
  • Shaggy (co.)
Toni Braxton singles chronology
"Snowflakes of Love"
(2001)
"Christmas in Jamaica"
(2001)
"Hit the Freeway"
(2002)

"Christmas in Jamaica" is a song recorded by American R&B singer Toni Braxton. It was written by Braxton along with her former husband Keri Lewis, Donnie Scantz, Craig Love, Dave Kelly and Shaggy, for her first Christmas album, Snowflakes (2001), with Braxton, Lewis and Scantz producing the song and Shaggy co-producing and having featured vocals. The song was released as the album's second and final single on December 8, 2001, by Arista Records. Following the previous single "Snowflakes of Love", the island-flavored Christmas song charted at number three on the US Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, but failed to chart elsewhere. The song was issued without a music video.

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Commercial performance

On January 5, 2002, the song peaked at number three on Billboard 's Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, In total the song spent a total of three weeks on the chart. [1]

Formats and track listings

  1. "Christmas in Jamaica" (Remix) - 3:39
  2. "Christmas in Jamaica" (Radio Edit) - 4:01
  3. "Christmas in Jamaica" (Remix Instrumental) - 3:38
  4. "Christmas in Jamaica" (Radio Edit Instrumental) - 4:00
  1. "Christmas In Jamaica" (feat. Shaggy)- 4:01
  2. "Christmas In Jamaica" (Remix) (feat. Shaggy)- 3:39
  3. "Snowflakes of Love" - 4:06

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade) [4] 22
US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles ( Billboard ) [1] 3

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef
United States2001 CD Arista Records [2]
Europe [3]

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