"It's Christmas Day"
Single by Roy Kim
Released 19 December 2014 (2014-12-19)
Recorded 2014
Genre
  • Acoustic
  • Christmas
  • folk
Length 3:20
Label CJ E&M Music
Songwriter Kim Sang-woo
Producers
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.

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. Title Length
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
  • Recorded at Brewbeat Studio (drum)
  • Recorded at Studio 40 (electric guitar)
  • Recorded at Musicabal (vocals, keyboard, acoustic guitar, and percussion)
  • Recorded at T Studio (strings)
  • Mixed at Musicabal
  • Mastered at Metropolis Mastering, London
Personnel
  • Sang-woo Kim – vocals, lyrics, composer, percussion, backing vocals
  • Ji-chan Jung – arranger, acoustic guitar, keyboard, programming, percussion, music producer
  • Steve Brewster – drum
  • Ken Song – electric guitar
  • Hoon Choi – bass
  • In-young Bak – arranging of strings
  • Yoong String – strings
  • Seong-sik Oh – recording of strings
  • Kyung-hoon Baek – recording assistant
  • Hyun-jung Go – mixing
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Seok-jun Ahn – executive producer

Charts and sales

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
South Korea 19 December 2014 Digital download CJ E&M Music
Worldwide [9]

References

  1. ^ Kim, Ji-min (16 December 2014). "로이킴, 19일 자작곡 'IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY' 발표…사계절송 완성 ("Roy Kim to Release His Self-Composed Song "It's Christmas Day" on December 19th... Completing His Season Song Series")" (in Korean). Metro. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Roy Kim to Complete All Four Seasons with Upcoming Christmas Song". CJ E&M enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  3. ^ "[Video] Roy Kim Warmly Slips ′It′s Christmas Day′ into Stockings". CJ E&M enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Digital Chart – The 52nd Week of 2014". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association (KMCIA). Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  5. ^ a b Cumulative sales for "It's Christmas Day":
  6. ^ Yoon, Sang-geun (25 December 2014). "'엠카' 로이킴 '잇츠 크리스마스데이' 무대..감성 매력 ("Roy Kim Performing "It's Christmas Day" on M! Countdown")" (in Korean). STARNEWS. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  7. ^ It's Christmas Day (CD liner notes) (in Korean). Roy Kim. South Korea: CJ E&M Music. 2014.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ "Digital Chart – December 2014". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). KMCIA. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  9. ^ "It's Christmas Day – Single by Roy Kim on iTunes". iTunes Store. United States: Apple Inc. Retrieved 7 November 2015.