“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”, by Brenda Lee
Top 12 in Top 15 Best Christmas Songs of All Time
The Christmas song "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" was written by Johnny Marks and sung by Brenda Lee in 1958. Brenda Lee recorded and published the song in 1964 when she was just thirteen years old. It has now been covered by a slew of different musicians.
Lee's original version had sold over 25 million copies throughout the world by the song's 50th anniversary in 2008, with the fourth most digital downloads of any Christmas single.
According to Nielsen SoundScan, the song had over one million digital downloads by 2016, putting it fifth on the list of all-time best-selling Christmas/holiday digital singles in SoundScan history.
As of December 2019, it had sold 1,170,000 copies in the United States.
- Published in: 1958 (US), December 1962 (UK)
- Genre: Christmas, country, rockabilly
- Songwriters: Johnny Marks
- Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qYz7rfgLWE
