The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)

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"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"
Single The Chipmunks-The Chipmunk Song cover.JPG
Picture sleeve of 1959 reissue single by Liberty Records (F-55250)
Single by Alvin and the Chipmunks and David Seville
from the album Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks
B-side
ReleasedNovember 17, 1958 source (Billboard 100 Edition Nov 17th 1958. Earliest Mention)
RecordedOctober 31, 1958
Genre
Length2:21
  • 2:15 (rock version)
Label Liberty F-55168
Liberty F-55250
Songwriter(s) Ross Bagdasarian
Producer(s) Ross Bagdasarian
Alvin and the Chipmunks and David Seville singles chronology
"The Bird on My Head"
(1958)		"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"
(1958)		"Alvin's Harmonica"
(1959)
Alternate cover
ChipmunkSong 45 1961.jpg
1961 reissue, utilizing animated makeovers for The Alvin Show

"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" is a 1958 novelty Christmas song written and recorded by Ross Bagdasarian (under the stage name of David Seville). Bagdasarian sang the song, varying the tape speeds to produce high-pitched "chipmunk" voices, with the vocals credited to Alvin and the Chipmunks, Seville's cartoon virtual band [1] and later media franchise. [2] The song was nominated for Record of the Year in the 1st Annual Grammy Awards, where it also won three Awards. [3]

Contents

After the success of "Witch Doctor" in early 1958, Liberty Records asked Bagdasarian to create another successful novelty record. He then came up with three singing chipmunks named after Liberty Records executives. [4] In the song, the chipmunks Alvin, Simon, and Theodore express their lack of patience for the arrival of Christmas Day. "The Chipmunk Song" has been a staple on the Billboard charts and saved Liberty Records from near-bankruptcy. [5] It has been featured in many movies and television shows, including a prominent appearance in the successful 2007 live-action film Alvin and the Chipmunks . The song helped launch the multimillion-dollar Alvin and the Chipmunks brand and has been ranked by Billboard and The New York Times as one of the greatest Christmas songs of all time. [6] [7] [8]

Background

"Witch Doctor"

Ross Bagdasarian in the 50s Ross Bagdasarian Sr.jpg
Ross Bagdasarian in the 50s

In the early stages of his career, Ross Bagdasarian, a Broadway actor who'd been a pianist in Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 masterpiece Rear Window, was down to his last $200 when he purchased a specialized tape recorder that could adjust the speed of recordings. Experimenting with the device, he discovered a technique in which he recorded his slowly-sung voice at half speed and then played it back at normal speed, creating a high-pitched squeaky voice. This technique was pioneered on his successful 1958 novelty song “Witch Doctor”. In the song, the narrator asks a witch doctor for romantic advice because he has fallen in love with a girl; the witch doctor responds in a high-pitched squeaky voice with a nonsense incantation which creates an earworm. He used this technique on another pre-Chipmunks track, "Bird on My Head." [9] [10] [11] The song held number one for three weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 chart, [12] [13] ranked by Billboard as the No. 4 song for 1958. [14] [15]

The Chipmunks

Bagdasarian later conceived the idea of Alvin and the Chipmunks, who were named, as an inside joke, after executives at Liberty Records; Alvin (named after Al Bennett), Simon (named after Simon Waronker), and Theodore (Ted Keep). [16] [17] [18] After its release on November 11 of that year, "The Chipmunk Song" remained on the charts for 13 weeks, including four weeks at number one. The song earned three Grammy Awards and was later adapted into a short for The Alvin Show. In 2007, following the release of the live-action Alvin and the Chipmunks film, the song reappeared on the charts nearly five decades after its initial success. Bagdasarian performed as both David Seville and the voices of all three Chipmunks. [19]

Context and performance

The song was released on November 17, 1958. Although initially featured on American Bandstand 's "Rate-A-Record" segment with the lowest possible rating of 35 across the board, [20] "The Chipmunk Song" became a number one hit by New Year's Day. [21] One phrase in the chorus has Alvin wishing for a hula hoop, which was that year's hot new toy. [22] [23] [24] The novelty record was highly successful, selling 4.5 million copies in seven weeks, [17] eventually selling 12 million copies. [25] Bagdasarian performed the song at The Ed Sullivan Show . [26]

As of 2011, total sales were estimated at 867,000 copies, making The Chipmunk Song among the top 20 Best-Selling Christmas songs of all time. [27] [28] [29] The song was the 23rd most performed Christmas song of the 20th century. [30]

Chart performance

It spent four weeks at Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart [31] [32] [33] from December 22, 1958, to January 12, 1959, succeeding "To Know Him Is to Love Him" at Number 1 on the same chart by the Teddy Bears. "The Chipmunk Song" appeared on the Chipmunks' debut album, Let's All Sing with the Chipmunks, in 1959, and was repeated on Christmas with the Chipmunks, released in 1962. It was the only Christmas record to reach No. 1 on the same chart until Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" did so 61 years later in 2019. [34] [35] [36] In 1958, it won Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Performance, Best Children's Recording, [37] [38] and Best Engineered Record (non-classical). [39] [40] [41] [42] [43]

The song was certified Gold by the RIAA as one of the best-selling physical Christmas singles in the United States. [44] Between 1958 and 1962, the single re-entered the Hot 100 several times, peaking at No. 41 in 1958, No. 45 in 1960, and No. 39 in 1962. (Starting in 1963, Billboard would list recurrent Christmas songs on a separate chart.) The song charted on the Hot Digital Songs for the first time in 2005, peaking at No. 35. With the release and popularity of the live-action film Alvin and the Chipmunks in 2007, "The Chipmunk Song" re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 70. At the same time, a remixed version of the song that appears on the Chipmunks' 2007 album (and soundtrack to the film) Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , peaked at No. 66.

The original recording of the song is included in Look Who's Talking Now! (1993), [45] Donnie Brasco (1997), [46] [47] an episode of The King of Queens (1998) [48] and The Fate of the Furious (2017). [49] Bob Rivers released a parody of the song for his 2000 Christmas album Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire . [50] Norah Jones recorded a cover of the song for her 2021 Christmas album, I Dream of Christmas . [51]

Track listing

Original 1958 release

No.TitleCredited artistLength
1."The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" (Ross Bagdasarian Sr.)David Seville and The Chipmunks2:17
2."Almost Good" (Ross Bagdasarian Sr., Mark McIntyre)The Music of David Seville2:02

1959 reissue

All tracks are written by Ross Bagdasarian Sr.

No.TitleCredited artistLength
1."The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"David Seville and The Chipmunks2:17
2."Alvin's Harmonica"David Seville and The Chipmunks2:39

1961 reissue

All tracks are written by Ross Bagdasarian Sr.

No.TitleCredited artistLength
1."The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"Alvin, Simon and Theodore with David Seville2:17
2."Alvin's Harmonica"Alvin, Simon and Theodore with David Seville2:39

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