Christmas Time (Backstreet Boys song)

"Christmas Time"
Promotional single by Backstreet Boys
from the album Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
ReleasedDecember 7, 1996
Recorded1996
StudioCheiron Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
GenreChristmas
Length4:17
LabelUniversal Music
Songwriter(s)Veit Renn, Joe Smith, Johnny Wright
Producer(s)Veit Renn
Music video
"Christmas Time" (audio only) on YouTube

"Christmas Time" is a Christmas song by American vocal group Backstreet Boys. The song was written by Veit Renn, Joe Smith, and Johnny Wright. "Christmas Time" was included on the Christmas edition of "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" single[1] and on a bonus disc included in some editions of Backstreet's Back album. The song was also featured on Platinum Christmas, a compilation album released by Jive Records in 2000, as well as many other Christmas compilation albums through the years.

The song premiered in Germany on December 7, 1996 when they appeared live on RTL and did their first performance of the song & it was released all over Europe. It was later released in the United States the following year. The boys later performed the song again when they attended Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade in December 1997. They also performed the song when they appeared on the yearly television special Christmas in Washington in 2013 when they performed a mashup of the song and It's Christmas Time Again.

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Germany (GfK)[2] 87

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[3] Gold 45,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Quit Playing Games (Winter Version)". Amazon. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
  2. ^ "Backstreet Boys – Christmas Time" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "Danish single certifications – Backstreet Boys – Christmas Time". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved December 20, 2022.