Merry Christmas Wherever You Are

Merry Christmas Wherever You Are
Studio album by George Strait
Released	September 21, 1999
Recorded	1999
Studio	Ocean Way Studios
Genre	Country
Length	28:34
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Tony Brown George Strait
George Strait chronology
Always Never the Same (1999) Merry Christmas Wherever You Are (1999) Latest Greatest Straitest Hits (2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Austin Chronicle	[2]
Chicago Tribune	(mixed) [3]
Entertainment Weekly	B [4]

Merry Christmas Wherever You Are is the second Christmas album by George Strait. It was released by MCA Records. It has his versions of many classic Christmas songs, as well as the newly penned tracks "I Know What I Want for Christmas", "Old Time Christmas", "Noel Leon", "Santa's on His Way" and the title track.

Track listing

1. "I Know What I Want for Christmas" (Charlie Black, Dana Hunt) – 3:21
2. "Old Time Christmas" (Aaron Barker, John Jarvis) – 3:18
3. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:19
4. "Jingle Bell Rock" (Joe Beal, Jim Boothe) – 2:12
5. "Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are)" (Jerry Laseter, Mack Vickery) – 2:59
6. "All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" (Donald Gardner) – 2:34
7. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 3:58
8. "Noel Leon" (Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis, Ricky Ray Rector) – 2:53
9. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:54
10. "Santa's on His Way" (David Anthony) – 2:06

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Lisa Cochran – background vocals
• Travis Cottrell – background vocals
• Jim Cox – keyboards, piano
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Tim Davis – background vocals
• Larry Franklin – fiddle
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar
• Stephanie Hall – background vocals
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• Jon Mark Ivey – background vocals
• Marabeth Jordon – background vocals
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Steve Nathan – keyboards, piano, Hammond organ
• Dean Parks – electric guitar
• Lisa Silver – background vocals
• George Strait – lead vocals
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Strings by The Nashville String Machine, arranged and conducted by Russell Mauldin

Chart positions

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	10
U.S. Billboard 200	78

References

1. Merry Christmas Wherever You Are at AllMusic
2. Gray, Christopher (1999-12-24). "Garth Brooks, The Magic of Christmas (sic) (Capitol); George Strait; Merry Christmas Wherever You Are (MCA)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
3. Kot, Greg; Reich, Howard; von Rhein, John; Hurst, Jack; Royko, David (1999-12-12). "Holiday CDs". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
4. Willman, Chris (1999-12-10). "Christmas Music Roundup". Entertainment Weekly: 108. Retrieved 2013-05-13.