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Every Year, Every Christmas

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"Every Year, Every Christmas"
Single by Luther Vandross
from the album This Is Christmas
B-side"This Is Christmas"
Released1995
Length5:06 (single edit)
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross singles chronology
"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"
(1995)
"Every Year, Every Christmas"
(1995)
"Your Secret Love"
(1996)

"Every Year, Every Christmas" is a song by American singer Luther Vandross. It was written by Vandross and Richard Marx for his tenth studio album, the holiday album This Is Christmas (1995), while production was helmed by Vandross. The original Christmas song received moderate rotation on radio and peaked at number 32 on the US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. Singer Patti LaBelle also covered the song, which appeared on her 2007 Christmas album Miss Patti's Christmas. The LaBelle version was spoken at the end the song dedicated to Vandross.[1]

Track listings

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CD single[2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Every Year, Every Christmas"
Vandross5:06
2."My Favourite Things"Rodgers & HammersteinNat Adderley Jr.5:58
3."Evergreen"Walter Afanasieff3:54
4."The Impossible Dream"Afanasieff5:16

Charts

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Chart (1995) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[3] 43
US Adult R&B Songs (Billboard)[4] 24
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)[5] 32

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 597.
  2. ^ "Joe – All or Nothing (CD single)". Discogs. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  4. ^ "Luther Vandross Chart History (Adult R&B Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  5. ^ "Luther Vandross Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2018.