We Need a Little Christmas (Pentatonix album)
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| Released | November 13, 2020 | |||
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| Length | 38:33 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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We Need a Little Christmas is the fourth Christmas album, and eighth album overall, by the American a cappella group Pentatonix. It was released on November 13, 2020, by RCA Records.
We Need a Little Christmas was recorded in each of the group member's houses individually in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. It features mostly cover songs, plus the original "Thank You",[1] which was written on group member Scott Hoying's birthday.[2] A music video was released on the group's YouTube channel on November 25, 2020. The first single from the album was "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)", which was released on November 5, 2020.[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "12 Days of Christmas" | Traditional | Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Matt Sallee, Kevin Olusola | 3:04 |
| 2. | "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" | Johnny Marks | Grassi, Hoying, Maldonado, Sallee | 2:42 |
| 3. | "My Favorite Things" (from The Sound of Music) | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | Maldonado, Sallee, Grassi, Hoying | 2:52 |
| 4. | "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" | John Newton, Chris Tomlin | Sallee, Hoying, Grassi, Maldonado, Olusola | 4:25 |
| 5. | "Thank You" | Hoying, Mark Manio | Hoying | 3:54 |
| 6. | "Santa Tell Me" (Ariana Grande cover) | Ariana Grande, Savan Kotecha, ILYA | Hoying, Grassi, Maldonado | 3:04 |
| 7. | "Jingle Bell Rock" | Jim Boothe, Joe Beal | Hoying, Maldonado, Sallee | 1:47 |
| 8. | "When You Wish Upon a Star" (from Pinocchio) | Leigh Harline, Ned Washington | Grassi, Hoying, Maldonado, Sallee | 3:06 |
| 9. | "Once Upon a December" (from Anastasia and featuring an uncredited Voctave) | Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens | Maldonado | 2:40 |
| 10. | "Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season" | Irving Berlin, Kay Thompson | Hoying | 2:34 |
| 11. | "White Christmas" (initially featured on their album A Pentatonix Christmas and featuring Bing Crosby and the London Symphony Orchestra) | Irving Berlin | Crosby | 3:03 |
| 12. | "We Need a Little Christmas" | Jerry Herman | Maldonado, Hoying, Sallee, Grassi | 2:26 |
| 13. | "Seasons of Love" (from Rent) | Jonathan Larson | Maldonado, Hoying | 2:51 |
| Total length: | 38:33 | |||
