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I'll Be Home for Christmas

1943 Holiday song by Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1754895
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I'll Be Home for Christmas

Summary

I'll Be Home for Christmas is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (227 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I'll Be Home for Christmas's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas's composer is recorded as Walter Kent[4].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas's composer is recorded as Buck Ram[5].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas's genre is Christmas music[6].
  • Among the performers on I'll Be Home for Christmas was Bing Crosby[7].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas was performed by Perry Como[8].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas was performed by Frank Sinatra[9].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas was performed by Elvis Presley[10].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas was performed by The Miracles[11].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas was performed by The Beach Boys[12].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas was performed by Al Green[13].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas was performed by Dolly Parton[14].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas was performed by John Berry[15].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas was performed by Nöjescompagniet[16].
  • Among the performers on I'll Be Home for Christmas was Christer Sjögren[17].
  • Among the performers on I'll Be Home for Christmas was Whitney Houston[18].
  • Among the performers on I'll Be Home for Christmas was Twisted Sister[19].
  • Among the performers on I'll Be Home for Christmas was Matt Belsante[20].
  • Among the performers on I'll Be Home for Christmas was Jessica Simpson[21].
  • Among the performers on I'll Be Home for Christmas was Jill Johnson[22].
  • Among the performers on I'll Be Home for Christmas was Susan Boyle[23].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas was performed by Geneviève Racette[24].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas's language of work or name is recorded as English[25].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas's lyricist is recorded as Kim Gannon[26].
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas's lyricist is recorded as Buck Ram[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[28]

  • Genre(s): christmas music[29]

  • Community tags: christmas, christmas music[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1aa1b720-0c31-4f32-8a63-accc54024713[31]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Bing Crosby[7], Perry Como[8], Frank Sinatra[9], Elvis Presley[10], The Miracles[11], and The Beach Boys[12].

Publication

I'll Be Home for Christmas's language of work or name is recorded as English[25]. Its genre is Christmas music[6].

Cultural Impact

Things named for I'll Be Home for Christmas include I Won't Be Home for Christmas[32], a television series episode[33], directed by Mark Kirkland[34].

Why It Matters

I'll Be Home for Christmas ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (227 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for it include I Won't Be Home for Christmas[32], a television series episode[33], directed by Mark Kirkland[34].

Related Entities

Al Green Bing Crosby Dolly Parton Elvis Presley Frank Sinatra Jessica Simpson Jill Johnson Perry Como Susan Boyle The Beach Boys Whitney Houston

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Frank Sinatra +15
    Form of creative work → song
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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