Christmas Music: Little Saint Nick

Brian Wilson et Mike Love, tous deux ex-membres du groupe des Beach Boys, donnaient birth à une chanson de Christmas en 1963, qui allait par la suite devenir un grand succès du temps des fêtes. Popularisée par ce même groupe, Little Saint Nick se hissa rapidement à la troisième position du Billboard américain au cours de la même année, et ce, malgré l’assassinat récent du président des États-Unis, John F. Kennedy. Il va de soi qu’avec un drame d’une telle ampleur, les fêtes de Noël des américains furent quelque peu assombries, et les médias lui consacrèrent beaucoup plus de temps d’antenne qu’à la diffusion des chants de Noël.

Nevertheless, Little Saint Nick enjoyed some success, even reaching the Top 10 and Top 20 in a few US and Canadian cities. It must be acknowledged, however, that at that time, the Beach Boys' fame was at its peak, and this factor surely contributed to making this song a success. Especially since it borrowed both the rhythm and the melody of two other popular songs of the group, namely Little Deuce Coupe and Drive-In. Subsequently, Little Saint Nick peaked at 69th position in the weekly sales charts, according to an unofficial source, the number of copies sold to date could be more than a million.

Then, in 2005, as part of his solo album, entitled "What I Really Want for Christmas," Brian Wilson produced a new version of "Little Saint Nick." The old version, which everyone knows, was used in a Coca-Cola commercial, in which a family of polar bears joined a penguin feast.

Words

Oooooooo
Merry Christmas Saint Nick
Christmas comes this time every year
Oooooooo oooooooo

Well, way up north where the air gets cold
There's a tale about Christmas that you've all been told
And a real famous cat all dressed up in red
And he spends the whole year working out on his sled

It's the little Saint Nick
Ooooo, little Saint Nick
It's the little Saint Nick
Ooooo, little Saint Nick

Just a little bobsled we call it old Saint Nick
But she'll walk a slide with a four speed stick
She's candy-apple red with a ski for a wheel
And when Santa hits the gas, man, just watch her peel

It's the little Saint Nick
Ooooo, little Saint Nick
It's the little Saint Nick
Ooooo, little Saint Nick

Run run reindeer
Run run reindeer
Whoaa
Run run reindeer
Run run reindeer

He doesn't miss anyone

And haulin' through the snow at a frightenin' speed
With a half a dozen deer with Rudy to lead
He's gotta wear his goggles 'cause the snow really flies
And he's cruisin' every pad with a little surprise

It's the little Saint Nick
Ooooo, little Saint Nick
It's the little Saint Nick
Ooooo, little Saint Nick

Ahhhhhh
Oooooooo
Merry Christmas Saint Nick
Christmas comes this time every year

Ahhhhhh
Oooooooo
Merry Christmas Saint Nick
Christmas comes this time every year

Ahhhhhh
Oooooooo
Merry Christmas Saint Nick
Christmas comes this time every year