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Post by johnm1120 on Dec 4, 2011 20:01:32 GMT -5
I never put my thoughts on it. lol
Other than Eartha Kitt's version, this is the only other rendition which I find tolerable. Eartha nailed it and Madonna was... close enough. I really hate that there are so many covers of this song and none of them even get the song at all.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 4, 2011 23:20:05 GMT -5
Eartha once said, "I used to have fun singing this.. until Madonna sang it..." Madonna obviously didn't go into her version with the intent of putting on a great vocal or anything- it couldn't be more tongue-in-cheek if she literally planted her tongue on Eartha's rear cheek.
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 5, 2011 10:11:29 GMT -5
^^Johnnm.....I just love, love, love your avatar. It is the cutest thing ever!
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Post by texasdevil on Dec 11, 2011 9:58:17 GMT -5
I can't stand the original Eartha Kitt version. Too slow. Love the Madonna, Kylie takes on it.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 13, 2011 9:12:10 GMT -5
Debuts at No. 50 on Billboard's 12/17 Hot-100-like Holiday Songs chart.
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 13, 2011 11:04:13 GMT -5
I can't stand the original Eartha Kitt version. Too slow. Love the Madonna, Kylie takes on it. I couldn't agree with you more!
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 13, 2011 11:05:09 GMT -5
Debuts at No. 50 on Billboard's 12/17 Hot-100-like Holiday Songs chart. Oh great. Any new numbers? Heard this baby in the mall yesterday!
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 13, 2011 14:04:28 GMT -5
^I mentioned this in the Madonna thread, but I see you had seen this already. :)
No new numbers, but the Holiday Songs chart does blend airplay, sales and streaming info. Would be nice if the digital catalog chart leaks before the season ends.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 14, 2011 17:11:11 GMT -5
No. 56 on the 12/24 Digital Tracks Catalog chart, with 5,947 units (up 18%). Cume stands at 239,236.
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 17, 2011 9:06:15 GMT -5
Thanks for the numbers, HG....SB #38 on Holiday itunes this morning!
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 17, 2011 14:24:54 GMT -5
Moved 50-44 on the 12/24 Holiday Songs chart. :)
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Post by MikeCheck12 on Dec 17, 2011 14:50:34 GMT -5
Oh my.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 22, 2011 23:44:01 GMT -5
Drops off the Holiday Songs top 50. Also drops 56-89 on the Digital Catalog Tracks chart, with 5,196 units (-13%). Cume stands at 244,432.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Dec 23, 2011 1:48:26 GMT -5
i hear this on my satellite xmas songs radio station everyday. I love singing along.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 25, 2011 13:03:03 GMT -5
Cracks Mediabase's 7-day-rolling Pop Golds chart:
40 (146)- MADONNA, Santa Baby (A&M; 1987): 216 spins (+156)- 58 stations
It should climb nicely with tomorrow's info. It's the only track from A Very Special Christmas currently charting in the Pop Golds top 40.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 26, 2011 10:38:51 GMT -5
Mediabase 7-day-rolling info, reflecting the last day of the Christmas-airplay season:
Pop Golds No. 22: 340 spins (+273)- 76 stations
Hot AC Golds No. 21: 340 spins (+228)- 56 stations
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 27, 2011 6:58:56 GMT -5
^ Nice. Thanks, HG!
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Post by floridagrl on Nov 19, 2012 7:56:01 GMT -5
I love when we get to track this song. Here's to selling a few more for the Special Olympics, Madonna.
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Post by dth1971 on Nov 19, 2012 8:19:27 GMT -5
Still a good track on the original 25 year old A Very Special Christmas album first released in 1987.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 19, 2012 9:19:00 GMT -5
^Yes- I still think that album is one of the best holiday ones ever.
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Post by floridagrl on Nov 21, 2012 18:27:53 GMT -5
Santa Baby is on Itunes Top Holiday songs chart, #62.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2012 11:50:39 GMT -5
great song
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 14, 2012 10:26:53 GMT -5
No love for Santa Baby this year? :(
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 14, 2012 11:27:59 GMT -5
^More for Eartha Kitt's original than M's cover. :)
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Post by toph on Dec 17, 2012 22:39:46 GMT -5
The track appeared on the 1987 album, A Very Special Christmas (which remains one of the best holiday releases, and definitely the best of that series). I just found this album in my dad's collection of music. It's pretty damn fantastic. He thinks we have the A Very Special Christmas 2 somewhere, but alas, I can't find it.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 18, 2012 8:42:01 GMT -5
^Stick with the original album; the others are kinda flat, at least by comparison. :)
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Post by chartfreak on Nov 2, 2013 8:54:28 GMT -5
Tis the season. Anyone know if this is moving up on Itunes, it's always one of her best sellers.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 8, 2013 9:21:35 GMT -5
Um, I just noticed that this- and the original A Very Special Christmas are NOT on ITunes. :o
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 4, 2015 20:50:57 GMT -5
After a few years of album-only availability, this, and all A Very Special Christmas tracks are available individually again (a few of the album's tracks had been available via other digital means, like Whitney Houston's "Do You Hear What I Hear?").
A couple user-generated videos:
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 5, 2016 10:21:09 GMT -5
"Santa Baby" returned to the Holiday 100 (Dec. 10 chart), at No. 79*. It previously logged two weeks in 2011, when the chart was 50 positions.
Last year, it returned to individual-track availability, as the tracks on A Very Special Christmas had been album-only for a few seasons or so.
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