Christmas! A Newsboys Holiday (EP) (2010)

Christmas! A Newsboys Holiday is a Christmas extended play by the Australian - American Christian rock band Newsboys, released on October 15, 2010 by Inpop Records. Released on the successful heels of their most recent album Born Again, Newsboys put out a five -song EP containing three traditional Christmas songs, plus a cover of Mariah Carey's modern holiday hit "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and "The Christmas Song" as originally recorded by Michael Tait's previous band Tait as a bonus track on their second and final album Lose This Life, released in 2003. The holiday EP peaked at number 11 on the Top Christian Albums and at number 12 on the Top Holiday Albums charts in Billboard magazine.

Track listing

1. All I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff) -3:15

2. Jingle Bell Rock (Joe Beal, Jim Boothe) -3:15

3. O Holy Night (Adolphe Adam, Placide Cappaeu) -3:59

4. Winter Wonderland (Felix Bernard, Dick Smith) -2:32

5. The Christmas Song (as performed by Tait) (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) -4:35

Personnel

Newsboys:

Michael Tait -lead vocals (all tracks)

Jody Davis -lead guitars, backing vocals (tracks 1 -4)

Duncan Phillips -drums, percussion (tracks 1 -4)

Jeff Frankenstein -keyboards, bass guitar, programming, backing vocals

(tracks 1 -4)

additional musicians:

Brian Dexter -additional drums (tracks 1 -4)

Seth Mosley -additional guitar (tracks 1 -4)

Dustin Burnett -additional guitar, additional bass guitar, additional

programming, piano (track 1 -4)

London Session Orchestra -orchestra (track 5)

Carl Marsh -orchestral arrangements (track 5)

Gavyn Wright -Concertmaster (track 5)

Production credits

Michael Tait, Juan Otero and Dustin Burnett -producers (tracks 1 -4)

Brown Bannister -producer (track 5)

Radio singles

2010 "O Holy Night" -#47 Billboard Hot Christian Songs, -#47 Billboard

Christian Airplay

2010 -2011 "Jingle Bell Rock" -#15 Billboard Hot Christian Songs, -#15 Billboard

Christian Airplay, -#9 Billboard Christian AC Airplay

2010 -2011 "All I Want For Christmas Is You" -#24 Billboard Hot Christian Songs,

-#24 Billboard Christian Airplay

2010 -2011 "Winter Wonderland" -#32 Billboard Hot Christian Songs, -#32

Billboard Christian Airplay, -#25 Billboard Christian AC Airplay

Previous release: Born Again (2010)

Next release: God's Not Dead (2011)