It's Christmas Day

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"It's Christmas Day"
RoyKim-It'sChristmasDay.jpg
Single by Roy Kim
ReleasedDecember 19, 2014 (2014-12-19)
Recorded2014
Genre
Length3:20
Label CJ E&M Music
Songwriter(s) Kim Sang-woo
Producer(s)
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

"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.

Contents

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]

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

Charts and sales

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
South Korea 19 December 2014Digital download CJ E&M Music
Worldwide [9]

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References

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  2. "Roy Kim to Complete All Four Seasons with Upcoming Christmas Song". CJ E&M enewsWorld. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  3. "[Video] Roy Kim Warmly Slips ′It′s Christmas Day′ into Stockings". CJ E&M enewsWorld. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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  5. 1 2 Cumulative sales for "It's Christmas Day":
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