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Cher is skipping over Halloween and heading straight for Christmas, her first-ever holiday album set for release on Oct. 20. The first single from the record, “DJ Play a Christmas Song,” finds the singer losing herself in the escapism of dance, with no jingle bells or mentions of sleigh rides anywhere in the three-and-a-half minute pop spectacle.
“DJ Play a Christmas Song” is the first record listed on the Christmas tracklist, which boasts guest appearances from Stevie Wonder, Darlene Love, Michael Bublé, Tyga, and Cyndi Lauper. The 13-track album features four original singles and new interpretations of “Santa Baby,” “Run Rudolph Run,” and “Please Come Home For Christmas.”
Helmed by producer Mark Taylor, the album recreates Wonder’s “What Christmas Means to Me” and Bublé’s “Home. “I had no intention of doing a Christmas album,” Cher recently told Billboard. “But [Warner Records] said, ‘Why don’t you do a Christmas album, Cher?’ and I said if I can do my version I’ll do it, and they were very pleasant.”
This meant she would entertain the thought of updating classics, but would also recruit Tyga to rap on “Drop Top Sleigh Ride” and drop it on the tracklist right next to the Bublé cut. Sarah Hudson — a pop songwriter with credits on records from Dua Lipa, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, and more — helmed that unexpected collaboration, as well as “DJ Play a Christmas Song” and “Angels in the Snow.”
“They’re not ‘Christmas Christmas’ songs, OK, they’re just great songs,” Cher added. “And I never say that because I almost never like what I do. But I mean people love it and I’m happy. I’m so particular, but I love the songs and everyone who hears them loves them.”
Christmas tracklist:
“DJ Play A Christmas Song”
“What Christmas Means To Me (with Stevie Wonder)”
“Run Rudolph Run”
“Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (with Darlene Love)”
“Angels In The Snow”
“Home (with Michael Bublé)”
“Drop Top Sleigh Ride (with Tyga)”
“Please Come Home For Christmas”
“I Like Christmas”
“Christmas Ain’t Christmas Without You”
“Santa Baby”
“Put A Little Holiday In Your Heart (with Cyndi Lauper)”
“This Will Be Our Year”
