These Are Special Times

~ Release by Céline Dion (see all versions of this release, 21 available)

Annotation

Available in Dolby Atmos.

Excluded Regions (as of 2025-12-19)

🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 🇨🇰 Cook Islands, 🇨🇽 Christmas Island, 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory, 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island, 🇳🇺 Niue, 🇸🇯 Svalbard & Jan Mayen, 🇹🇰 Tokelau

Annotation last modified on 2025-12-20 00:18 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1O Holy Night
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
cover recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Céline Dion25:21
2Don’t Save It All for Christmas Day
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
recording of:
Don’t Save It All for Christmas Day
writer:
Céline Dion, Ric Wake and Peter Zizzo
publisher:
Connotation Music, Pez Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Co. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Céline Dion34:37
3Blue Christmas
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
cover recording of:
Blue Christmas
writer:
Bill Hayes (songwriter) and Jay Johnson (songwriter of “Blue Christmas”)
publisher:
Anglo-Pic Music Co. Ltd., Bibo Music Publishing, Inc., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and Universal Polygram International, Inc.
recording of:
Blue Christmas
writer:
Bill Hayes (songwriter) and Jay Johnson (songwriter of “Blue Christmas”)
publisher:
Anglo-Pic Music Co. Ltd., Bibo Music Publishing, Inc., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and Universal Polygram International, Inc.
Céline Dion23:48
4Another Year Has Gone By
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
recording of:
Another Year Has Gone By
lyricist and composer:
Bryan Adams (Canadian singer/songwriter) and Eliot Kennedy (songwriter, producer)
Céline Dion43:24
5The Magic of Christmas Day (God Bless Us Everyone)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
cover recording of:
The Magic of Christmas Day (God Bless Us Everyone)
lyricist and composer:
Dee Snider
publisher:
Denotation Music, EMI Foray Music, N.Y. Wrangler Ltd., Snidest Music and W.B.M. Music Corp.
recording of:
The Magic of Christmas Day (God Bless Us Everyone)
lyricist and composer:
Dee Snider
publisher:
Denotation Music, EMI Foray Music, N.Y. Wrangler Ltd., Snidest Music and W.B.M. Music Corp.
Céline Dion14:17
6Ave Maria
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
cover recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Céline Dion34:56
7Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
cover recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Céline Dion34:43
8The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
lyricist:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
composer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Music Publishing Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Ltd., Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Céline Dion14:13
9The Prayer
co-producer:
Tony Renis
producer:
Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
tenor vocals:
Andrea Bocelli (tenor)
vocals:
Céline Dion
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
recording of:
The Prayer (English/Italian version)
lyricist:
Carole Bayer Sager
composer:
Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
translator:
Tony Renis and Alberto Testa
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner-Barham Music LLC, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 71st Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
translated version of:
Prayer
Céline Dion & Andrea Bocelli34:29
10Brahms’ Lullaby
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
cover recording of:
The Cradle Song (Brahms’ Lullaby)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
translator:
Natalia Macfarren
translated version of:
5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied “Guten Abend, gute Nacht” (original for voice and piano)
Céline Dion43:32
11Christmas Eve
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
recording of:
Christmas Eve
writer:
Maria Christensen (songwriter, singer) and Curt Frasca
cover recording of:
Christmas Eve
writer:
Maria Christensen (songwriter, singer) and Curt Frasca
Céline Dion34:16
12These Are the Special Times
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
recording of:
These Are the Special Times
lyricist and composer:
Diane Warren (US songwriter)
publisher:
Realsongs
Céline Dion34:08
13Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
cover recording of:
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Lenono Music and Ono Music
Céline Dion14:15
14Feliz Navidad
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
cover recording of:
Feliz Navidad (Spanish/English)
lyricist and composer:
José Feliciano (born 1945, not Cheo Feliciano)
publisher:
DeJamus Ltd., J & H Publishing Co. and J-H Publishing
Céline Dion13:41
15Les Cloches du Hameau
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
cover recording of:
Les Cloches du hameau
lyricist and composer:
[folklore] ([traditional], special purpose artist)
Céline Dion23:10
16I Met an Angel (on Christmas Day)
producer:
Ric Wake
recording of:
I Met an Angel (On Christmas Day)
writer:
Keith Fluitt, Gary Haase and James Lowell
Céline Dion43:20

Credits

Release

distributed by:Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc. (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment) (in 1998)
purchase for download:https://mora.jp/package/43000087/G010004437406C/ [info]
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