Little Saint Nick

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"Little Saint Nick"
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Single by the Beach Boys
B-side "The Lord's Prayer"
ReleasedDecember 9, 1963
RecordedOctober 20, 1963
Studio Western, Hollywood
Genre
Length2:00
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Be True to Your School"
(1963)		"Little Saint Nick"
(1963)		"Fun, Fun, Fun"
(1964)
Music video
"Little Saint Nick" on YouTube

Single version

Additional personnel


Album version

Charts

Chart performance for "Little Saint Nick"
Chart (2018–2025)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 39
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [8] 23
France (SNEP) [9] 158
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [10] 34
Ireland (IRMA) [11] 47
Latvia (DigiTop100) [12] 84
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [13] 98
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [14] 30
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 54
UK Singles (OCC) [17] 43
US Billboard Hot 100 [18] 25
US Holiday 100 ( Billboard ) [19] 22
US Rolling Stone Top 100 [20] 25

Certifications

Certifications for "Little Saint Nick"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [21] Gold15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [22] Gold400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Murphy, James B. (2015). Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961-1963. McFarland. p. 317. ISBN   978-0-7864-7365-6.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920-2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 20. ISBN   0-89820-161-6.
  3. ↑ Badman, Keith. The Beach Boys. The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band: On Stage and in the Studio Backbeat Books, San Francisco, California, 2004. ISBN   0-87930-818-4 p. 45
  4. ↑ Doe, Andrew G. "GIGS63". Bellagio 10452. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: The Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 116. ISBN   978-1-4411-0748-0.
  6. 1 2 Hickey, Andrew (2018-02-10). The Beach Boys On CD vol 1: The 1960s. Lulu.com. p. 58. ISBN   978-1-4475-4233-9.
  7. ↑ "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. January 2, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  8. ↑ "The Beach Boys Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Top Singles (Week 52, 2023)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  10. ↑ "The Beach Boys Chart History (Global 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  12. ↑ ""DIGiTop100" gada izskaņas topā svētku dziesmas uzvar teju visus muzikālos smagsvarus" [Christmas songs beat almost all musical heavyweights in DIGiTop100 at the end of the year] (in Latvian). Skaties.lv  [ lv ]. January 3, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  13. ↑ "The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  14. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. December 27, 2024. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 52, 2023". Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  16. ↑ "The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  18. ↑ "The Beach Boys Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  19. ↑ "Holiday 100 (Week of December 31, 2022)". Billboard. December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Top 100 Songs". Rolling Stone . December 24, 2019. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  21. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  22. ↑ "British single certifications – Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved January 6, 2024.
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