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1992 compilation album by Various artists
A Very Special Christmas 2 is the second in the
A Very Special Christmas series of Christmas-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the
Special Olympics . The album was released on October 20, 1992, and production was overseen by
Jimmy Iovine ,
Vicki Iovine and
Robert Sargent Shriver for
A&M Records .
Tupac Shakur was supposed to be featured on the album, but due to legal trouble his song was dropped.
On December 7, 2001, A Very Special Christmas 2 was certified
Double Platinum for shipment of two million copies in the United States since its 1992 release.
[1] As of November 2014, it is the 21st
best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States during the
SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,200,000 copies according to SoundScan.
[2]
Track listing
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Artist
Producer(s)
Time
1.
"Christmas All Over Again"
Tom Petty
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Petty,
Mike Campbell ,
Jimmy Iovine ,
Jeff Lynne
4:15
2.
"
Jingle Bell Rock "
Joe Beal and Jim Boothe
Randy Travis
Richard Perry
4:01
3.
"
The Christmas Song "
Mel Tormé and
Bob Wells
Luther Vandross
Quincy Jones
4:30
4.
"
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town "
John Frederick Coots and
Haven Gillespie
Frank Sinatra and
Cyndi Lauper
Phil Kaffel
2:37
5.
"The Birth of Christ"
Nathan Morris and
Shawn Stockman
Boyz II Men
Morris, Stockman
2:50
6.
"
Please Come Home for Christmas "
Charles Brown , Gene Redd
Jon Bon Jovi
Iovine
2:53
7.
"
What Christmas Means to Me "
Anna Gordy Gaye , Allen Story and George Gordy
Paul Young
Don Was
2:53
8.
"
O Christmas Tree "
Ernst Anschütz
Aretha Franklin
Marty Paich ,
David Paich
3:34
9.
"
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree "
Johnny Marks
Ronnie Spector and
Darlene Love
Iovine,
Danny Kortchmar
2:49
10.
"
White Christmas "
Irving Berlin
Michael Bolton
David Foster , Bolton, Dave Reitzas
3:39
11.
"
Christmas Is "
Joseph Simmons and
Darryl McDaniels
Run-D.M.C.
Larry Smith , Run-D.M.C.,
Jam Master J
3:19
12.
"Christmas Time Again"
Nuno Bettencourt and
Gary Cherone
Extreme
Bettencourt
5:06
13.
"
Merry Christmas Baby "
Lou Baxter and
Johnny Moore
Charles Brown and
Bonnie Raitt
Iovine
4:33
14.
"
O Holy Night "
Adolphe-Charles Adam and
John Sullivan Dwight
Tevin Campbell
Iovine,
Jerry Hey
[a]
2:46
15.
"
Sleigh Ride "
Leroy Anderson and
Mitchell Parish
Debbie Gibson
Iovine, Jai Winding,
Omar Hakim
3:13
16.
"
What Child Is This? "
Traditional
Vanessa Williams
Gerry E. Brown , Williams
4:10
17.
"
Blue Christmas "
Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson
Ann and
Nancy Wilson
Scott Olson , N. Wilson, A. Wilson
3:48
18.
"
Silent Night "
Josef Mohr and
Franz X. Gruber
Wilson Phillips
Glen Ballard ,
Carnie Wilson
[a]
3:04
19.
"
I Believe in You "
Bob Dylan
Sinéad O'Connor
O'Connor,
Phil Ramone
5:39
^[a] signifies a vocal producer
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