Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (Audio, Lyrics)

Listen to Bruce Springsteen’s golden “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” song He cc-produced with Mike Appel and Jimmy Iovine. Buy, read the lyrics, listen, stream, mp3 download.

Bruce Springsteen Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town

“Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” is a Christmas song written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band on October 24, 1934. It was then sung on Eddie Cantor’s radio show in November 1934. This version became an instant hit with orders for 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records sold within 24 hours. The version for Bluebird Records by George Hall and His Orchestra (vocal by Sonny Schuyler) was very popular in 1934 and reached the various charts of the day. The song has been recorded by over 200 artists, including Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters, The Crystals, Mariah Carey, Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, Bill Evans, Chris Isaak, The Temptations, Michael Bublé, and The Jackson 5.

Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (prod. Mike Appel, Jimmy Iovine & Bruce Springsteen)

Lyrics

[Spoken Intro]
It’s all cold down on the beach
The wind’s whipping down the boardwalk
Hey Band! You guys know what time of year it is?
What time, what? What?
Christmastime!
What? Oh, Christmastime!
You guys, all, you guys all been good and practicing real hard?
Yeah?
Clarence, you been, you been rehearsing real hard now? So Santa’ll bring you a new saxophone?
Everyone out there been good or what?
Aw, that’s not many, not many you guys are in trouble out here

[Chorus, sung]
You’d better watch out, you’d better not cry
You’d better not pout, I’m telling you why –
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town

He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice
He’s gonna find out whose naughty or nice
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town

[Verse]
He sees you when you’re sleeping
He knows when you’re awake
He knows if you’ve been bad or good
You’d better be good for goodness sake!
You’d better be good for goodness sake!

[Chorus]
Oh you’d better watch out, you’d better not cry
You’d better not pout, I’m telling you why –
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town

Ho, ho, ho, ho!

[Saxophone solo]

[Verse]
He sees you when you’re sleeping
He knows when you’re awake
He knows if you’ve been bad or good
You’d better be good for goodness sake!
You’d better be good for goodness sake!

[Chorus]
You’d better watch out, you’d better not cry
You’d better not pout, I’m telling you why –
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town

[Outro]
Santa Claus is coming to town!
Santa Claus is coming to town!
Santa Claus is coming to town!
Santa Claus is coming to town!
Santa Claus is coming to town!
Santa Claus is coming to town!
Santa Claus is coming to town!
Santa Claus is coming to town!
Santa Claus is coming to town!
Oh!
Santa Claus is coming to town!
Yeah!
Santa Claus is coming to town!
Yeah!
Santa Claus is coming to town!
Woah!
Santa Claus is coming to town!