Every Year, Every Christmas

1995 single by Luther Vandross

"Every Year, Every Christmas"

Single by Luther Vandross

from the album This Is Christmas

B-side

"This Is Christmas"

Released

1995

Length

5:06 (single edit)

Label

Epic

Songwriter(s)

Luther Vandross
Richard Marx

Producer(s)

Luther Vandross

Luther Vandross singles chronology

"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"
(1995)

"Every Year, Every Christmas"
(1995)

"Your Secret Love"
(1996)

"Every Year, Every Christmas" is a song by American singer Luther Vandross. It was written by Vandross and Richard Marx for his tenth studio album, the holiday album This Is Christmas (1995), while production was helmed by Vandross. The original Christmas song received moderate rotation on radio and peaked at number 32 on the US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. Singer Patti LaBelle also covered the song, which appeared on her 2007 Christmas album Miss Patti's Christmas. The LaBelle version was spoken at the end the song dedicated to Vandross.^[1]

Track listings

CD single^[2]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Every Year, Every Christmas"	Luther Vandross Richard Marx	Vandross	5:06
2.	"My Favourite Things"	Rodgers & Hammerstein	Nat Adderley Jr.	5:58
3.	"Evergreen"	Barbra Streisand Paul Williams	Walter Afanasieff	3:54
4.	"The Impossible Dream"	Joe Darion Mitch Leigh	Afanasieff	5:16

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[3]	43
US Adult R&B Songs (Billboard)^[4]	24
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)^[5]	32

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 597.
^ "Joe – All or Nothing (CD single)". Discogs. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ "Luther Vandross Chart History (Adult R&B Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
^ "Luther Vandross Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2018.