I Won't Be Home for Christmas
{{Short description|Single}}
{{About|the Blink-182 song|the Simpsons episode|I Won't Be Home for Christmas (The Simpsons)}}
{{Infobox song
| name = I Won't Be Home for Christmas
| cover = Blink-182 - I Won't Be Home for Christmas cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Blink-182
| album =
| released = {{Start date|2001|10|16}}
| recorded = 1997
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 3:17
| label = MCA
| writer = * Mark Hoppus
| producer = Mark Trombino
| prev_title = First Date
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = Stay Together for the Kids
| next_year = 2002
}}
"I Won't Be Home for Christmas" is a song by American rock band Blink-182. The song was originally recorded and released as a radio promo in 1997. MCA Records reissued it internationally as a single on October 16, 2001. The song was recorded with original drummer Scott Raynor and produced by Mark Trombino, who produced the trio's second studio album, Dude Ranch (1997). The song's title is a parody of the Christmas song "I'll Be Home for Christmas".
The single topped the Canadian Singles Chart, but it did not chart anywhere else. It remained at that position for three weeks in 2001 and for two weeks in 2002. It is the band's sole Canadian number one.
Background
The song was originally recorded in 1997 for KROQ.{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/bah-humbug-anti-christmas-songs-to-send-the-relatives-running?page=10|title=Bah-humbug: Anti-Christmas songs to send the relatives running|author=Emma Jones|date=December 23, 2011|publisher=MSN Canada|access-date=April 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502004558/http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/bah-humbug-anti-christmas-songs-to-send-the-relatives-running?page=10|archive-date=May 2, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite AV media notes|title=I Won't Be Home for Christmas|others=Blink-182|year=2002|type=Canadian maxi-single liner notes|publisher=MCA Records|id=088 155 886-2}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b56SDdku-bM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/b56SDdku-bM |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=blink-182 - I Won't Be Home For Christmas - Live|access-date=December 9, 2020|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} The song was later included on A Santa Cause: It's a Punk Rock Christmas (2003), a Christmas-themed compilation by Immortal Records.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/69041/bosstones-blink-182-bolster-a-santa-cause|title=Bosstones, Blink 182 Bolster 'A Santa Cause'|date=September 18, 2003|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 30, 2014}}
The song’s narrative follows a man "snapping" on Christmas Eve and attacking a group of carolers. MSN Canada called the song "a high-energy punk war on Christmas".
Reception
=Chart performance=
Track listings
{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline = US CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=I Won't Be Home for Christmas|others=Blink-182|year=1997|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=MCA Records|id=crg5p-4107}}
| all_writing = Blink-182
| total_length =
| title1 = I Won't Be Home for Christmas
| length1 = 3:16
}}
{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline = Canadian maxi-single
| all_writing =
| total_length =
| title1 = I Won't Be Home for Christmas
| length1 =
| title2 = All the Small Things
| length2 =
| title3 = Josie
| length3 =
| title4 = Please Take Me Home
| length4 =
}}
Personnel
Blink-182
- Mark Hoppus – vocals, bass guitar {{small|(all tracks)}}
- Tom DeLonge – vocals, guitar {{small|(all tracks)}}
- Scott Raynor – drums {{small|(tracks 1, 3)}}
- Travis Barker – drums {{small|(tracks 2, 4)}}
Charts
= Weekly charts =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" !scope="col"| Chart (2001–2002) !scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row" | Canada (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/blink-182/chart-history/cns/|title=Blink-182 Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 20, 2020}}
|1 |
|---|
= Year-end charts =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Year-end chart performance for "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" ! Chart (2001) !Position |
| scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_singles.html|archivedate=January 26, 2003|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030126204339/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_singles.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2001|publisher=Jam!|access-date=March 26, 2022}}
| style="text-align:center;"|3 |
|---|
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Year-end chart performance for "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" ! Chart (2002) !Position |
| scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2002|publisher=Jam!|date=January 14, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184715/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles.html|archive-date=September 6, 2004|access-date=March 22, 2022}}
| style="text-align:center;"|41 |
|---|
References
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{{Blink-182 songs}}
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Category:American Christmas songs
Category:Canadian Singles Chart number-one singles