Santa Baby#Ariana Grande version

In August 1953, songwriters Philip Springer and Joan Javits were commissioned to write a Christmas song for Eartha Kitt for the upcoming holiday season. The writers had first met in 1950 during Springer's trip to Massachusetts where Javits had sought advice about beginning a career as a songwriter, which he advised against. Their professional relationship resumed three years later when Springer was searching for a new writing partner, he recalled:

I was looking for a new lyric writer, so I asked someone who had a lot of contacts and they suggested Joan Javits, the exact person who I suggested stay out of the industry! She said she was too busy. I asked her if she had ever written a hit and she said hadn't, so I said, ‘l have. Are you going to tell me that you refuse to write songs with a songwriter who's done more than you in the business?'

In a 2008 interview, Springer told the interviewer that "Philip and Joan (both ASCAP writers) checked into the song title with the publishers from a company called Trinity Music, owned by BMI. At the time, BMI and ASCAP were entrenched in a 'war,' as Philip described it, so in order to get the song published and settle their differences, they had to create a fictional BMI songwriter who they named Tony Springer."{{cite web |title=Interview with Santa Baby Songwriter, Philip Springer |website=Musicnotes |date=November 26, 2008 |url=https://www.musicnotes.com/blog/2008/11/26/interview-with-santa-baby-songwriter-philip-springer/ |access-date=December 23, 2021 |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051400/https://www.musicnotes.com/blog/2008/11/26/interview-with-santa-baby-songwriter-philip-springer/ |url-status=live }}

Kitt recorded the single live with René and his orchestra on October 5, 1953, at a recording studio in New York City. The song was released later that month by RCA Victor in the United States and Canada. To promote the single, the record label purchased page advertisements in Billboard as "1953's Big Christmas Record!"{{cite news |title=Magazine: December 12, 1953 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=agoEAAAAMBAJ |access-date=May 15, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=December 12, 1953 |pages=36–37}} It was pressed as a 7-inch single for wide release, while a promotional 10-inch single was created for airplay. The RCA Victor 7-inch release featured Kitt and René's version of "Under the Bridges of Paris" as the B-side. In the United Kingdom and Denmark, "Santa Baby" was released in 1954 under the label His Master's Voice. On this version, the B-side was Kitt's cover of "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)". Kitt also performed the song in the 1954 film New Faces, after which it was used as the closing track of the extended play Eartha Kitt.{{cite AV media notes |title=Eartha Kitt |others=Eartha Kitt |year=1954 |type=7" liner notes |publisher=RCA Victor |id=EPA 557 |location=United States}}

The single received numerous reissues, including in Italy in 1957 when RCA Italiana released a 7-inch single that was paired with B-side "Thursday's Child". The same label also distributed a four track promotional extended play titled White Christmas that same year, featuring Kitt's version of "Santa Baby" as the second A-side.{{cite AV media notes |title=White Christmas |others=Perry Como, Eartha Kitt, Dinah Shore, and Tony Martin|year=1957 |type=7" liner notes |publisher=RCA Italiana |id=A72V 0166 |location=Italy}} In 1987, Collectables Records released a limited edition 7 inch single of Kitt's "C'est si bon" (1953) paired with "Santa Baby" on the flip side.

In 1960, Kitt recorded a new studio version of "Santa Baby" for her Kapp album Revisited with Maurice Levine as musical director.{{cite web |title=Discogs |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/107219-Eartha-Kitt-Revisited |website=Discogs |year=1960 |access-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324150641/https://www.discogs.com/master/107219-Eartha-Kitt-Revisited |url-status=live }} The album featured new versions of songs she had recorded earlier with RCA Victor. The Kapp version is faster and shorter by about a minute, with more emphasis on orchestration and no vocal accompaniment.{{cite web |title=Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/ar/album/the-best-of-eartha-kitt/1443338671 |access-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324150608/https://music.apple.com/ar/album/the-best-of-eartha-kitt/1443338671 |url-status=live }}

File:Philip Springer.jpg, he came up with the music for "Santa Baby" and completed it within ten minutes.|alt=A color photograph of producer Phillip Springer in a recording studio on the piano.]]

According to the official sheet music for the song at Musicnotes.com, "Santa Baby" is set in common time with a moderately slow tempo of 84 beats per minute. The key of the song is D-flat major with Kitt maintaining a relatively consistent vocal range that spans from A♭₃ to A♭₄ in scientific pitch notation. The song contains chord progressions that follow a D♭-B♭m-E♭-A♭ pattern in the verses and whenever she sings "Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight".{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0180085|title=Digital Sheet Music – Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt, Words and Music by Joan Javits, Phil Springer and Tony Springer|date=December 14, 2017|publisher=Musicnotes.com|access-date=May 12, 2020}}

Upon completing the lyrical component of "Santa Baby", Philip Springer expressed his dissatisfaction with its content. During a meeting with a group of music publishers in 1953, Springer warned them: "Gentlemen, this is not really the kind of music that I like to write. I hope it's OK. It's the best I could do."

In a 2019 poll created by Evening Standard, Kitt's version of "Santa Baby" was voted the ninth "most annoying festive song" by British listeners.{{cite news |last1=Embley |first1=Jochan |title=Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You voted most annoying festive song by British public |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-annoying-worst-song-a4287321.html |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Evening Standard |date=November 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218044056/https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-annoying-worst-song-a4287321.html |archive-date=February 18, 2020 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |title=Mariah Carey's 'All I Want' Voted Most Annoying Christmas Song in U.K. Poll |url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/mariah-carey-voted-most-annoying-christmas-song-uk-poll-1203420352/ |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Variety |date=December 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511070628/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/mariah-carey-voted-most-annoying-christmas-song-uk-poll-1203420352/ |archive-date=May 11, 2020 |url-status=live }} A 2021 YouGov poll in the United States registered it the most annoying Christmas song.{{Cite web |last=Falcon |first=Russell |date=December 3, 2022 |title=What's the most hated Christmas song? |url=https://www.wivb.com/news/national/whats-the-most-hated-christmas-song/ |access-date=December 4, 2022 |website=Nexstar Media Group |language=en-US}}

According to Billboard, "Santa Baby" was the best-selling Christmas song of 1953, mostly due to the controversy surrounding it. RCA Victor, Kitt's label at the time, referred to the single as "far more than a seasonal success [...] but a further tribute to Eartha's art – for, as each of us desires, she can make every day of the year seem like Christmas". On the US Billboard Best Selling Singles chart, "Santa Baby" debuted at number 16 before rising to number ten the following week, ultimately peaking at number 4. On November 21, 1953, Billboard reported that the single had sold 200,000 copies, which the magazine called surprising: "Unlike many other Christmas tunes it has broken the deejays' 'We won't play Christmas records in November' sound barrier, and has been getting loads of airtime."{{cite news |title=Magazine: November 28, 1953 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0goEAAAAMBAJ |page=20 |access-date=May 15, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=November 28, 1953}}

"Santa Baby" entered several of the Billboard charts in the twenty-first century. In 2005, the song had its best week on the Digital Songs chart, reaching number 28 in the month of December. It returned to the chart in December 2007, when it re-entered at number 59.{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/eartha-kitt/chart-history/hds/|title=Eartha Kitt Chart History (Digital Song Sales)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 15, 2020|archive-date=May 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523000717/https://www.billboard.com/artist/eartha-kitt/chart-history/hds/|url-status=live}} During the week of December 21, 2012, "Santa Baby" peaked at number 11 on Billboard{{'}}s seasonal Holiday Digital Song Sales chart in the United States. In total, the single has spent 101 weeks ranking on the chart.{{cite news |title=Eartha Kitt Chart History (Holiday Digital Song Sales) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/eartha-kitt/chart-history/xdt/ |access-date=May 11, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520151011/https://www.billboard.com/artist/eartha-kitt/chart-history/xdt/ |url-status=live }} It also reached the similar Holiday Streaming Songs chart where it peaked at number 6.{{cite news |title=Eartha Kitt Chart History (Holiday Streaming Songs) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/eartha-kitt/chart-history/xss/ |access-date=May 11, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=May 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517191250/https://www.billboard.com/artist/eartha-kitt/chart-history/xss/ |url-status=live }} On December 9, 2008, the mastertone recording of "Santa Baby" received a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting shipments of 500,000 copies or more. Sony BMG reported that "Santa Baby" is one of the holiday season's most popular ringtones, and that it in addition to six other holiday songs have sold an accumulated 2.3 million units in one year later.{{cite web |author1=Sony Music Entertainment |title=America's Cellphones are Ringing with the Seasonal Sounds of Holiday Ringtones from Sony BMG Music Entertainment's Commercial Music Group |url=https://www.sony.com/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2007/americas-cellphones-are-ringing-with-the-seasonal-sounds-of-holiday-ringtones-from-sony-bmg-music-entertainments-commercial-music-group.html |publisher=Sony Corporation of America |access-date=May 16, 2020 |date=December 13, 2007 |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520012545/https://www.sony.com/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2007/americas-cellphones-are-ringing-with-the-seasonal-sounds-of-holiday-ringtones-from-sony-bmg-music-entertainments-commercial-music-group.html |url-status=live }} The Billboard-published Ringtones chart later listed Kitt's version of the song peaking at number 6 in December 2010.{{cite news |title=Eartha Kitt Chart History (Ringtones) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/eartha-kitt/chart-history/mst/ |access-date=May 11, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=May 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519172122/https://www.billboard.com/artist/eartha-kitt/chart-history/mst/ |url-status=live }} According to the German database Statista, Kitt's version of "Santa Baby" has sold 620,000 copies in the United States as of 2014.{{cite web |author1=Statista research department |title=Leading renditions of 'Santa Baby' as of 2014, ranked by digital track sales |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/380386/most-popular-santa-baby-renditions/ |publisher=Statista |access-date=May 12, 2020 |date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221221351/https://www.statista.com/statistics/380386/most-popular-santa-baby-renditions/ |url-status=live }}

In later years, the track found more success and entered the record charts in several countries other than the United States. According to Springer, the retrospective success of "Santa Baby" was completely unexpected. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, he said: "I ask myself, ‘How come?' I've written so many songs that, to me, musically are much better than 'Santa Baby', and they're not popular. The answer has to be that 'Santa Baby' has a magic that goes beyond a composer's plans." In Canada, the single reached number 42 on the Canadian Hot 100 in 2023.{{cite news |title=Eartha Kitt – Awards |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eartha-kitt-mn0000162930/awards |access-date=May 26, 2020 |publisher=AllMusic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014174725/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eartha-kitt-mn0000162930/awards |archive-date=October 14, 2012}} In the United Kingdom, Kitt's version of "Santa Baby" debuted on the UK Singles Chart in 2007, when it hit number 85.{{cite web|title=Chart Log UK, 1994–2010: Alex K – Kyuss|url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_K.HTM|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=May 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312080813/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_K.HTM|archive-date=March 12, 2012|url-status=live}} It had previously reached number 30 on the accompanying UK Singles Downloads Chart in 2006. The single had its best-performing period on the UK Singles Chart during the 2023 holiday season, when it charted for three weeks and reached its highest peak position to date of number 44. The British Phonographic Industry later awarded "Santa Baby" a gold certification, signifying certified units of 400,000 copies. In France, the single debuted with a peak of number 92 on December 28, 2013; it dropped to 113 the following week but rose to 96 the week after that, marking its last appearance overall. "Santa Baby" also charted in Germany and Switzerland and positions 73 in 2018 and 94 in 2019, respectively.

Following the mixed reception that music critics gave to "Santa Baby" in 1953, Springer and Javits reworked the song completely for the upcoming year. In 1954, Kitt recorded a new holiday song titled "This Year's Santa Baby", featuring new lyrics but identical songwriter credits.{{cite news |title=Magazine: November 13, 1954 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCEEAAAAMBAJ |access-date=May 15, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=November 13, 1954 |page=68}} The publishing company who handled the song's legal matters promoted the new release by distributing "Santa Baby"-themed apparel, in addition to releasing country pop and children-specific versions of the song.

Rob LeDonne from Billboard called "Santa Baby" one of the "most recognizable non-traditional yuletide recordings" in a piece commemorating its 65th anniversary.{{cite news |last1=LeDonne |first1=Rob |title='Santa Baby' at 65: Songwriter Philip Springer on the History of His Christmas Classic |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/holiday/8490222/santa-baby-songwriter-christmas-classic |access-date=May 13, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=December 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618085213/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/holiday/8490222/santa-baby-songwriter-christmas-classic |archive-date=June 18, 2019 |url-status=live }} In 2019, Kelly O'Sullivan of Country Living ranked "Santa Baby" at number 56 on her list of the "60 Best Christmas Songs".{{cite news |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=Kelly |title=60 Best Christmas Songs to Create the Ultimate Holiday Playlist This Year |url=https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/g29326536/best-christmas-songs/ |access-date=May 16, 2020 |work=Country Living |date=December 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229235947/https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/g29326536/best-christmas-songs/ |archive-date=December 29, 2019 |url-status=live }}

On August 4, 1989, Billboard released Christmas Greatest Hits 1935–1954, a collection of 10 popular Christmas tracks in the United States, in which "Santa Baby" was included in the track listing.{{cite web |title=Various Artists – Billboard Christmas Greatest Hits 1935-1954 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Billboard-Christmas-Greatest-Hits-1935-1954/dp/B00008FOBJ |publisher=Amazon Music (US) |access-date=May 16, 2020 |date=August 4, 1989 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206222327/http://www.amazon.com/Billboard-Christmas-Greatest-Hits-1935-1954/dp/B00008FOBJ |archive-date=December 6, 2011 |url-status=live }} Kitt has since featured "Santa Baby" on several of her compilation albums in her discography. She also reprised the tune for her seventh studio album, Revisited (1960), and her first live album, Eartha Kitt at Tivoli (1962).{{cite AV media notes |title=Revisited |type=LP liner notes |others=Eartha Kitt |year=1960 |location=United States |publisher=Kapp |id=KL-1192}}{{cite AV media notes |title=Eartha Kitt at Tivoli |type=LP liner notes |others=Eartha Kitt |year=1962 |location=Denmark |publisher=Metronome |id=MLP 15115}} In later years, it appeared on catalog albums such as Eartha Kitt (1979),{{cite AV media notes |title=Eartha Kitt |type=LP liner notes |others=Eartha Kitt |year=1979 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=RCA |id=NL 43046}} At Her Very Best (1981),{{cite AV media notes |title=At Her Very Best |type=LP liner notes |others=Eartha Kitt |year=1981 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=RCA International |id=NL 43763}} The Best of Eartha Kitt (1982),{{cite AV media notes |title=The Best of Eartha Kitt |type=LP liner notes |others=Eartha Kitt |year=1982 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=MCA |id=MCL 1702}} Mink Shmink (1989),{{cite AV media notes |title=Mink Shmink |type=LP liner notes |others=Eartha Kitt |year=1989 |location=Denmark |publisher=Official |id=12009}} Eartha-Quake (1993),{{cite AV media notes |title=Eartha-Quake |type=CD liner notes |others=Eartha Kitt |year=1993 |location=Germany |publisher=Bear Family |id=BCD 15639}} After Dark (1995),{{cite AV media notes |title=After Dark |type=CD liner notes |others=Eartha Kitt |year=1995 |location=Italy |publisher=Déjà Vu After Dark |id=DVAD 609-2}} That Seductive Eartha (1996),{{cite AV media notes |title=That Seductive Eartha |type=CD liner notes |others=Eartha Kitt |year=1996 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Camden |id= 74321339472}} The Ultimate Collection (1996),{{cite AV media notes |title=The Ultimate Collection |type=CD liner notes |others=Eartha Kitt |year=1996 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Marginal |id= MAR 038}} Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits (1999),{{cite AV media notes |title=Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits |type=CD liner notes |others=Eartha Kitt |year=1999 |location=United States |publisher=BMG |id=DRC1-2241}} Greatest Hits (2000),{{cite AV media notes |title=Greatest Hits |type=CD liner notes |others=Eartha Kitt |year=2000 |location=Germany |publisher=LaserLight Digital |id=24911}} Legendary (2001),{{cite AV media notes |title=Legendary |type=CD liner notes |others=Eartha Kitt |year=2001 |location=Australia |publisher=RCA |id= 74321881052}} and Heavenly Eartha (2002).{{cite AV media notes |title=Heavenly Eartha |type=CD liner notes |others=Eartha Kitt |year=2002 |location=United States |publisher=Bluebird |id= 09026-63901-2}}

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United States and Canada 7" single{{cite AV media notes |title="Santa Baby" / "Under the Bridges of Paris" |others=Eartha Kitt and Henri René and His Orchestra |year=1953 |type=7" liner notes |publisher=RCA Victor |id=47-5502 |location=United States and Canada}}

1. "Santa Baby" – 3:22
2. "Under the Bridges of Paris" – 2:40

United States promotional 10" single{{cite AV media notes |title="Santa Baby" / "Under the Bridges of Paris" |others=Eartha Kitt and Henri René and His Orchestra |year=1953 |edition=Promotional |type=10" liner notes |publisher=RCA Victor |id=20-5502 |location=United States}}

1. "Santa Baby" – 3:22
2. "Under the Bridges of Paris" – 2:40

United Kingdom and Denmark 7" single (1954){{cite AV media notes |title="Santa Baby" / "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" |others=Eartha Kitt and Henri René and His Orchestra |year=1954 |type=7" liner notes |publisher=His Master's Voice |id=B. 10728 |location=United Kingdom and Denmark}}

1. "Santa Baby" – 3:22
2. "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" – 3:11

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Italy 7" single (1957){{cite AV media notes |title="Santa Baby" / "Thursday's Child" |others=Eartha Kitt and Henri René and His Orchestra |year=1957 |type=7" liner notes |publisher=RCA Italiana |id=45N 0696 |location=Italy}}

1. "Santa Baby" – 3:22
2. "Thursday's Child" – 4:00

United States 7" limited edition single (1987){{cite AV media notes |title="C'est si bon" / "Santa Baby" |others=Eartha Kitt and Henri René and His Orchestra |year=1987 |type=7" liner notes |publisher=Collectables |id=4553 |location=United States}}

1. "C'est si bon" – 3:01
2. "Santa Baby" – 3:22

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Santa Baby|artist=Eartha Kitt|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2004|certyear=2023|id=14705-4561-1|access-date=January 6, 2024|refname="UK certification Eartha Kitt"}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Greece|type=single|award=Gold|number=1|certyear=2024|certweek=51|id=20241227101207|archive-date=December 27, 2024|access-date=December 27, 2024}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Santa Baby

| type = Song

| artist = Madonna

| album = A Very Special Christmas

| released = {{Start date|1987|11|12}}

| recorded =

| genre = Christmas

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=35}}

| label = A&M

| writer = {{hlist|Joan Javits|Philip Springer|Tony Springer}}

| producer = Jimmy Iovine

| misc = {{External music video|type=Song|{{YouTube|6tCfIfoPf7Q|"Santa Baby"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

Madonna recorded a cover of "Santa Baby" for the 1987 charity album A Very Special Christmas. It was released on November 12, 1987, by A&M Records.

Caroline Framke from the A.V. Club argued that Madonna's version increased the popularity of the song, initiating an "explosion of covers and parodies [to] follow". When asked about his thoughts on Madonna's cover, Phil Springer said he was happy she covered the original Kitt rendition instead of the revised "This Year's Santa Baby" from 1954. Randall Norberts from the Los Angeles Times insisted that "Madonna was the perfect adapter for the song when she recorded it in 1987", comparing the lyrical messages between "Santa Baby" and her 1985 single "Material Girl".{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Randall |title='Santa Baby' composer Phil Springer, 91, still can't figure out why his sexy Christmas song endures |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-santa-baby-springer-20171222-htmlstory.html |access-date=May 10, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205221952/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-santa-baby-springer-20171222-htmlstory.html |archive-date=February 5, 2020 |url-status=live }} After the release of Madonna's "Santa Baby" in 1987, the song became licensed and was used in various theatrical releases and television series, such as Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Sopranos (1999), and Elf (2003).

In Madonna's version of "Santa Baby", the singer heightened her range by half of an octave in order to "reach the aggressively cutesy 'baby voice' that the song has come to be associated with".

Madonna's cover of "Santa Baby" was met with divided opinions from music critics. The staff at BlackBook gave a positive review, finding Madonna's version to contain "a sense of humor she's long since replaced".{{cite news |author1=BlackBook staff |title=Madonna to Taylor Swift: 50 Years of Eartha Kitt's 'Santa Baby' |url=https://bbook.com/music/madonna-to-taylor-swift-50-years-of-eartha-kitts-santa-baby/ |access-date=May 10, 2020 |work=BlackBook |date=December 21, 2009}} According to Framke from the A.V. Club wrote of the song: "There is no Christmas song more polarizing than 'Santa Baby'". She stated that part of the song's commercial appeal stems from its sexual implications and claimed that although Kitt's version contained sensual vocals, Madonna's version is what "cranked the sex appeal up to 11". It was also reported by Framke that Kitt was displeased with Madonna's cover of her single. During a live performance of "Santa Baby" years after Madonna's version was released, Kitt was quoted saying: "I used to have a lot of fun with this song, and then Madonna sang it".{{cite news |last1=Framke |first1=Caroline |title=Eartha Kitt's 'Santa Baby' was perfect, then Madonna got a hold of it |url=https://www.avclub.com/eartha-kitt-s-santa-baby-was-perfect-then-madonna-go-1798242596 |access-date=May 10, 2020 |work=The A.V. Club |date=December 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106053854/https://music.avclub.com/eartha-kitt-s-santa-baby-was-perfect-then-madonna-go-1798242596 |archive-date=November 6, 2019 |url-status=live }} In his review for Kansas Pitch, David Cantwell said "Madonna's recording of 'Santa Boy' is so lame that it actually succeeds in making the phrase 'merry Christmas' seem like a contradiction in terms".{{cite news|last=Cantwell|first=David|title=Hot tunes for a cool Yule|url=https://library.umkc.edu/Content/Images/exhibits/pitch/issues/exhibit-pitch-1988-12.pdf|access-date=May 12, 2022|work=Kansas Pitch|date=December 1988|page=32|archive-date=July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708124132/https://library.umkc.edu/Content/Images/exhibits/pitch/issues/exhibit-pitch-1988-12.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Xavier Piedra from Billboard included Madonna's version in an unranked list of the top ten best covers of "Santa Baby". His review stated: "This cover from the legendary pop singer is guaranteed to be stuck in your head, and on your holiday playlist, for days."{{cite news |last1=Piedra |first1=Xavier |title=10 Best Versions Of 'Santa Baby' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/holiday/8490209/santa-baby-covers-best-versions-christmas-song |access-date=May 9, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=December 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620082528/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/holiday/8490209/santa-baby-covers-best-versions-christmas-song |archive-date=June 20, 2019 |url-status=live }} Paris Close, also a writer for Billboard, included the cover in her list of "15 Songs For an LGBTQ Holiday Kiki" and claimed its sex appeal would be enough to "spice up any occasion".{{cite news |last1=Close |first1=Paris |title=15 Songs For an LGBTQ Holiday Kiki |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/holiday/8077839/lgbtq-christmas-holiday-songs |access-date=May 13, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205065401/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/holiday/8077839/lgbtq-christmas-holiday-songs |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |url-status=live }}

Many years after its initial release, Madonna's version of "Santa Baby" entered various holiday-centric charts in the United States. On the main Holiday 100 chart, it peaked at number 44 in December 2011 during its fourth and final week. On the Holiday Airplay chart compiled by Billboard, it peaked at number 24 during the week ending December 13, 2003, marking Madonna's first entry on that chart. It spent a total of 11 non-consecutive weeks among the Holiday Airplay chart. In the United States, "Santa Baby" did not enter Billboard{{'}}s Digital Songs chart, but rather the Holiday Digital Song Sales component chart. In 2010, the song peaked at number 46; in total, her cover spent three weeks tallied on the chart. Statista reported in 2014 that Madonna's cover of "Santa Baby" has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States.

{{Infobox song

| name = Santa Baby

| cover = Kylie Minogue "Santa Baby".png

| alt = A purple background displaying the song's title in white and the song's artist in pink.

| border = yes

| type = Promo

| artist = Kylie Minogue

| album =

| A-side = Please Stay

| released = {{Start date|2000|12|}}

| recorded = 2000

| studio = Metropolis Studio (Melbourne, Australia){{cite AV media notes |title=Kylie Christmas |others=Kylie Minogue|year=13 November 2015 |first= Kylie|last=Minogue|type=Liner notes |publisher=Parlophone. Warner Music Group |location=Worldwide}}

| genre = Christmas

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=23}}

| label = Parlophone

| writer = {{hlist|Joan Javits|Philip Springer}}

| producer = Chong Lim

| misc = {{External music video|type=Song|{{YouTube|3WY5dwSEcZo|"Santa Baby"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

Kylie Minogue originally recorded a cover of "Santa Baby" in 2000. It was used as the B-side to her single "Please Stay", from her seventh studio album Light Years (2000), on select physical releases in 2000.{{cite AV media notes |title="Please Stay" / "Santa Baby" |edition=CD1 |type=CD liner notes |others=Kylie Minogue |year=2000 |location=Australia and New Zealand |publisher=Festival Mushroom Records}} A promotional CD single for "Santa Baby" was distributed by Parlophone in the United Kingdom in December 2000, with "Please Stay" as a B-side. A different promotional CDR was released on August 21, 2003, by Parlophone, in preparation for the upcoming holiday season. Minogue's version of "Santa Baby" was produced by Chong Lim and credited Javits and Phillip Springer as the writers. In November 2010, the cover was included on Minogue's extended play A Kylie Christmas, alongside a newly recorded cover of "Let It Snow".{{cite web |title=A Kylie Christmas – Single by Kylie Minogue |url=https://music.apple.com/nz/album/a-kylie-christmas-single/407805060 |publisher=Apple Music (NZ) |access-date=May 9, 2020 |date=November 30, 2010}} She released a different holiday-themed extended play in Europe titled A Christmas Gift, which featured two tracks from her eleventh studio album Aphrodite (2010) and closed with "Santa Baby".{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/a-christmas-gift-ep/id407966543 |title=A Christmas Gift – EP by Kylie Minogue |publisher=iTunes Store (UK)|access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215171255/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/a-christmas-gift-ep/id407966543 |archive-date=December 15, 2010}}

On November 13, 2015, Minogue released her thirteenth studio album, and first Christmas album, titled Kylie Christmas.{{cite news |title=Kylie Minogue – Kylie Christmas |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/kylie-christmas-mw0002889898 |access-date=May 9, 2020 |publisher=AllMusic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908151119/https://www.allmusic.com/album/kylie-christmas-mw0002889898 |archive-date=September 8, 2019 |url-status=live }} Her cover of "Santa Baby" was included in the project's track listing with Steve Anderson, the album's executive producer, being attributed as an additional producer. The A.V. Club{{'}}s Caroline Framke compared Minogue's cover to Madonna's, suggesting that they channel similar "inner pin-up girl[s]".

In 2018, Billboard{{'}}s Xavier Piedra listed Minogue's cover in a list of the ten best covers of "Santa Baby", writing: "Kylie Minogue's 'Santa Baby' cover remains very true to the original track. [...] This cover truly is an updated version of the classic that will not disappoint." Piedra also praised Minogue's vocal delivery for embodying the "cheekiness" of Kitt's original version. The Herald Sun{{'}}s Cameron Adams described Minogue's version as an "old school, feel-good festive fave".{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Cameron |title=Latest Album Reviews: Kylie Minogue, King Gizzard, Jamie Woon, Little Mix & City Calm Down |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/latest-album-reviews-kylie-minogue-king-gizzard-jamie-woon-little-mix--city-calm-down/news-story/e14095fe648e3bc3657bdc56282101bc |access-date=May 10, 2020 |work=Herald Sun |date=November 12, 2015}}

With the inclusion of streaming data in chart tabulations in the late 2010s, Minogue's version of "Santa Baby" attained most of its commercial success nearly two decades after its initial release. It charted in Australia and various European countries. In the former region, Minogue's cover spent one week on the ARIA Singles Chart. After the release of A Kylie Christmas, "Santa Baby" debuted at number 85 for the week of December 27, 2010; her cover of "Let It Snow", the other track on A Kylie Christmas, charted closely to "Santa Baby" at number 89.{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/ndH0CFI|title=Response from ARIA re: Kylie Minogue singles chart history|publisher=Imgur|access-date=May 9, 2020|date=July 16, 2018|archive-date=April 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405135637/https://imgur.com/a/ndH0CFI|url-status=live}} In Germany, "Santa Baby" reached number 60 on the German Singles Chart. It also appeared on the Dutch Single Top 100 chart in the Netherlands, where it peaked at number 68. In Denmark, Minogue's cover did not reach the country's top 40 singles chart, but was issued a Gold certification from International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for shipments of 45,000 copies in that country. On the streaming component chart in Hungary, Minogue's cover of "Santa Baby" hit number 27. In Switzerland and on Sweden's Heatseeker chart, the song peaked at numbers 57 and 10, respectively.

Her cover achieved its highest-peaking position in the United Kingdom during the 2020–2021 Christmas season. On their singles chart, it debuted on the list dated December 16, 2007, at number 93, the same week that Kitt's original version entered at number 85.{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100: 16 December 2007 - 22 December 2007 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20071216/7501/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=May 9, 2020 |date=December 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225012459/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20071216/7501/ |archive-date=December 25, 2019 |url-status=live }} Minogue's cover later reached number 38 during the week of December 29, 2017, becoming Minogue's fiftieth top 40 entry, collectively. It reached a new peak at number 31 on the chart dated January 1, 2021. Her cover made a second appearance on the chart in 2010 when it was paired as a double A-side single with "Let It Snow"; the dual single charted at number 188 on Christmas Day. As of December 2019, her cover had sold 330,000 copies in the United Kingdom.{{cite news |last1=Cospey |first1=Rob |title=The biggest new Christmas songs: How do they compare to the classics? |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-biggest-new-christmas-songs-how-do-they-compare-to-the-classics__21166/ |access-date=December 4, 2019 |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=December 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210202445/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-biggest-new-christmas-songs-how-do-they-compare-to-the-classics__21166/ |archive-date=December 10, 2017 |url-status=live }} It went on to receive a Platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry in December 2021, denoting combined sales and shipments figures of 600,000 copies. In Ireland, her cover charted at number 52 in 2017 on the country's official single chart. It reappeared at number 56 the following year, which led Jack White from the Official Charts Company to predict that it would reach the top 50 in Ireland during 2019. It also entered the Ö3 Austria singles chart, peaking at number 67 during the chart dated January 4, 2019. As of 2021, Minogue's version of "Santa Baby" has earned in excess of £417,000 in streaming revenue.{{cite news|last1=Morton|first1=David|title=The UK's favourite Christmas hit songs and what they earn|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/uk-news/uks-favourite-christmas-hit-songs-22552612/|access-date=December 29, 2021|publisher=Chronicle Live|date=December 23, 2021|archive-date=December 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223171509/https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/uk-news/uks-favourite-christmas-hit-songs-22552612|url-status=dead}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Promotional CD single{{cite AV media notes |title="Santa Baby" / "Please Stay" |edition=Promo |type=CD liner notes |others=Kylie Minogue |year=2000 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Parlophone}}

| title1 = Santa Baby

| length1 = 3:23

| title2 = Please Stay

| length2 = 4:08

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Promotional CD-R single{{cite AV media notes |title="Santa Baby" |edition=Promo |type=CD-R liner notes |others=Kylie Minogue |year=2003 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Parlophone}}

| title1 = Santa Baby

| length1 = 3:23

}}

Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Santa Baby".

• Kylie Minogue{{spaced ndash}}performer
• Joan Javits{{spaced ndash}}writer
• Philip Springer{{spaced ndash}}writer
• Chong Lim{{spaced ndash}}producer, arranger
• Steve Anderson{{spaced ndash}}vocal production
• Doug Brady{{spaced ndash}}engineer, mixer

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Santa Baby"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=Santa Baby|artist=Kylie Minogue|type=single|award=Platinum|access-date=16 January 2025|id=14880|certyear=2024|refname="Denmark certification Kylie Minogue"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=Santa Baby|artist=Kylie Minogue|type=single|award=Gold|access-date=January 31, 2025|relyear=2007|certyear=2025|refname="German certification Kylie Minogue"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Kylie Minogue|title=Santa Baby|award=Gold|relyear=2000|source=radioscope|access-date=15 December 2024|certyear=2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|award=Platinum|artist=Kylie Minogue|title=Santa Baby|id=14705-430-1|access-date=December 10, 2021|relyear=2005|certyear=2021|refname="UK certification Kylie Minogue"}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Santa Baby

| cover = Kellie Pickler "Santa Baby".jpg

| alt = A headshot of American singer Kellie Pickler appears, wearing a striped, red and white shirt. The words "Kellie Pickler" and "Santa Baby" are above her, in a green and red font, respectively.

| border = yes

| type = Promo

| artist = Kellie Pickler

| album = Hear Something Country Christmas

| released = {{Start date|2007|09|18}}

| recorded =

| genre = Christmas

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=27}}

| label = 19

| writer = {{hlist|Joan Javits|Phil Springer|Tony Springer}}

| producer = Blake Chancey

| misc =

{{External music video|type=Song|{{YouTube|0wX2LdMIQBk|"Santa Baby"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

In 2007, American singer Kellie Pickler recorded a cover of "Santa Baby" for the country-themed compilation album, Hear Something Country Christmas.{{cite AV media notes |title=Hear Something Country Christmas |type=CD liner notes |others=Various artists |year=2007 |location=United States |publisher=Sony BMG Nashville |id=88697-13016-2}} The song was released for digital download and streaming in North and South America on September 18, 2007, through 19 Recordings. Following the album's release, the song was distributed as a promotional CD single in the United States by BNA Records and Sony BMG Nashville in 2007. The CD featured three different radio edit versions of the song, including one with a cold ending.{{cite AV media notes |title="Santa Baby" |edition=Promo |type=CD liner notes |others=Kellie Pickler |year=2007 |location=United States |publisher=BNA Records and Sony BMG Nashville |id=88697-18827-2}} Pickler's cover of "Santa Baby" was produced by Blake Chancey and mastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio at The Place... For Mastering studios in Nashville.

Pickler's version of "Santa Baby" was described as a sultry Christmas song with a "classic arrangement [of] horns".{{cite web |title=Kellie Pickler Wears Red Dress & Sings 'Santa Baby' On 2010 'CMA Country Christmas' |url=https://countrymusicfamily.com/kellie-pickler-wears-red-dress-sings-santa-baby-on-2010-cma-country-christmas/ |website=Country Music Family |date=November 27, 2018 |access-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-date=August 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815170840/https://countrymusicfamily.com/kellie-pickler-wears-red-dress-sings-santa-baby-on-2010-cma-country-christmas/ |url-status=live }} According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, her cover is set in the time signature of common time and has a moderately slow tempo of 86 beats per minute.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0067856|title=Kellie Pickler – Digital Sheet Music – 'Santa Baby', Words and Music by Joan Javits, Philip Springer and Tony Springer|date=September 15, 2008|publisher=Musicnotes.com|access-date=December 21, 2020|url-access=subscription|archive-date=January 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119201420/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0067856|url-status=live}} The key of the song is in G major and Pickler's vocal range advances in the chord progression of G–Em–Am–D. Her voice spans one octave, from D₄ to D₅.

Pickler's cover also made an appearance on the compilation Now That's What I Call a Country Christmas (2009) and the charity album, A Very Special Christmas 7 (2009).{{cite news |title=Kellie Pickler – Santa Baby |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/santa-baby-mt0020389710 |access-date=December 21, 2020 |publisher=AllMusic |archive-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221221341/https://www.allmusic.com/song/santa-baby-mt0020389710 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Leggett |first1=Steve |title=Various Artists – A Very Special Christmas 7 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-very-special-christmas-7-mw0001331809 |access-date=December 21, 2020 |publisher=AllMusic |archive-date=June 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620202510/https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-very-special-christmas-7-mw0001331809 |url-status=live }} Proceeds from the latter album's sales benefitted Special Olympics.{{cite web |title=Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Gloriana Featured on A Very Special Christmas 7 |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1627043/carrie-underwood-kellie-pickler-gloriana-featured-on-a-very-special-christmas-7/ |publisher=CMT |access-date=December 21, 2020 |date=November 24, 2009 |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031142057/http://www.cmt.com/news/1627043/carrie-underwood-kellie-pickler-gloriana-featured-on-a-very-special-christmas-7/ |url-status=dead }} In 2010, Pickler was invited to appear as a guest musical act on the inaugural CMA Country Christmas television special. For the appearance, she performed her cover of "Santa Baby" while dressed in a red dress "and matching gloves". A contributor to the Country Music Family website lauded Pickler's performance, calling it enjoyable and fun to watch. They also enjoyed her vocals, writing that she "used the song to display her talents as a vocalist". David Drew from WUBE-FM referred to this performance of "Santa Baby" by Pickler as the song's official music video. On December 15, 2013, Pickler uploaded a promotional audio clip of the song to her Vevo YouTube channel.{{cite web |title=Kellie Pickler – Santa Baby (Official Audio) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wX2LdMIQBk |publisher=YouTube |access-date=December 21, 2020 |date=December 15, 2013 |archive-date=November 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103101023/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wX2LdMIQBk&feature=youtu.be |url-status=live }}

Pickler's cover of "Santa Baby" was frequently labeled a standout by critics. Lea Weatherby from Mic included her version in a playlist of the best country Christmas songs. After listing several other covers of the song, she wrote: "Though Pickler had some pretty big boots to fill, this rendition gives the song the wholesome, southern charm it needed."{{cite news |last1=Weatherby |first1=Lea |title=Country Christmas Songs 2016: A playlist featuring Kellie Pickler, Dan + Shay and more |url=https://www.mic.com/articles/162599/country-christmas-songs-2016-a-playlist-featuring-kellie-pickler-dan-shay-and-more |publisher=Mic |access-date=December 21, 2020 |date=December 20, 2016 |archive-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221221340/https://www.mic.com/articles/162599/country-christmas-songs-2016-a-playlist-featuring-kellie-pickler-dan-shay-and-more |url-status=live }} Eric Cornish from WKDQ liked her cover, calling it hot.{{cite news |last1=Cornish |first1=Eric |title=Hot Enough for Ya? Let Kellie Pickler Cool You Off |url=https://wkdq.com/hot-enough-for-ya-let-kellie-pickler-cool-you-off/ |access-date=December 21, 2020 |publisher=WKDQ |date=July 22, 2011 |archive-date=September 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920201851/http://wkdq.com/hot-enough-for-ya-let-kellie-pickler-cool-you-off/ |url-status=live }} Drew also liked the song, finding it to be cute and including it on his annual list of "12 Days of Christmas Music".{{cite web |last1=Drew |first1=David |title=12 Days of Christmas Music, Day 10: Kellie Pickler Is Wanting a Little Santa Magic [Video] |url=https://b105country.com/12-days-of-christmas-music-day-10-kellie-pickler-is-wanting-a-little-santa-magic-video/ |publisher=WUBE-FM |access-date=December 21, 2020 |date=December 22, 2013 |archive-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221221357/https://b105country.com/12-days-of-christmas-music-day-10-kellie-pickler-is-wanting-a-little-santa-magic-video/ |url-status=live }} In 2012, Sterling Whitaker from Taste of Country named Pickler's version as one of the "Top 50 Country Christmas Songs" of all time. He called the song sexy, and sultry, and appreciated the classic-style arrangements.{{cite news |last1=Whitaker |first1=Sterling |title=No. 29: Kellie Pickler, 'Santa Baby' – Top 50 Country Christmas Songs |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/kellie-pickler-santa-baby-top-50-country-christmas-songs/ |access-date=December 21, 2020 |work=Taste of Country |date=November 19, 2012 |archive-date=April 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407025700/http://tasteofcountry.com/kellie-pickler-santa-baby-top-50-country-christmas-songs/ |url-status=live }}

Pickler's cover of "Santa Baby" reached two Billboard charts in the US. On December 8, 2007, the song debuted at number 49 on the Hot Country Songs chart, becoming the week's second-highest new entry after Taylor Swift's cover of "Last Christmas" (2007), which debuted at number 48.{{cite news |title=Hot Country Songs: The week of December 8, 2007 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/2007-12-08 |access-date=December 21, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=December 8, 2007 |archive-date=November 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107074557/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/2007-12-08 |url-status=live }} After rising for five weeks, it peaked at number 33 on the issue dated January 5, 2008.{{cite news |title=Hot Country Songs: The week of January 5, 2008 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/2008-01-04 |access-date=December 21, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=January 5, 2008 |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523002631/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/2008-01-04/ |url-status=live }} The song's performance was replicated exactly on the Country Airplay chart.{{cite news |title=Country Airplay: The week of December 8, 2007 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-airplay/2007-12-08 |access-date=December 21, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=December 8, 2007 |archive-date=March 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327100516/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-airplay/2007-12-08 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Country Airplay: The week of January 5, 2008 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-airplay/2008-01-04 |access-date=December 21, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=January 5, 2008 |archive-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221221402/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-airplay/2008-01-04 |url-status=live }} On both charts, the song spent a total of six weeks appearing. As of December 2014, her version has sold approximately 140,000 digital downloads in the US.

{{Track listing

| headline = Digital download/streaming

| title1 = Santa Baby

| length1 = 3:27

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Promotional CD single

| title1 = Santa Baby

| length1 = 3:12

| title2 = Santa Baby

| length2 = 3:13

| title3 = Santa Baby

| note3 = Cold ending

| length3 = 3:27

}}

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Hear Something Country Christmas and Tidal.{{cite web |title=Credits – Santa Baby – Kellie Pickler |date=September 18, 2007 |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/34021276/credits |publisher=Tidal |access-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221221409/https://listen.tidal.com/album/34021276/credits |url-status=live }}

• Kellie Pickler{{spaced ndash}}performer
• Joan Javits{{spaced ndash}}composer, lyricist
• Phil Springer{{spaced ndash}}composer, lyricist
• Tony Springer{{spaced ndash}}composer, lyricist
• Blake Chancey{{spaced ndash}}producer
• Joseph M. Palmaccio{{spaced ndash}}mastering

{{Infobox song

| name = Santa Baby

| type = Song

| artist = Taylor Swift

| EP = The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection

| released = {{Start date|2007|10|14}}

| recorded =

| genre = Christmas

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=41}}

| label = Big Machine

| writer = {{hlist|Joan Javits|Philip Springer|Tony Springer}}

| producer = Nathan Chapman

| misc = {{External music video|type=Song|{{YouTube|L5VfNXQYS8M|"Santa Baby"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

Taylor Swift recorded a cover of "Santa Baby" for her first extended play, The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (2007).{{cite news |title=Cancel All Your Holiday Plans, Taylor Swift Is About to Drop a New Christmas Song |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8545470/taylor-swift-christmas-song |access-date=May 10, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429135321/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8545470/taylor-swift-christmas-song |archive-date=April 29, 2020 |url-status=live }}

Dan MacIntosh from Country Standard Time liked Swift's cover, calling her version "sexy".{{cite web|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=3800|title=Taylor Swift - The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection|first=Dan|last=Maclntosh|work=Country Standard Time|access-date=July 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213134014/http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=3800|archive-date=December 13, 2010|url-status=live}}

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{{Infobox song

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| type = Song

| artist = Michael Bublé

| album = Christmas

| released = {{Start date|2011|12|12}}

| recorded =

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| label = {{hlist|143|Reprise}}

| writer = {{hlist|Joan Javits|Philip Springer|Tony Springer}}

| producer = {{hlist|David Foster|Courtney Blooding}}

| misc = {{External music video|type=Song|{{YouTube|JnOLam2AwXY|"Santa Baby"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

Michael Bublé recorded a cover of "Santa Baby" for his seventh studio album, Christmas (2011). Bublé's version made extensive changes to the lyrics, including saying "Santa Buddy", "Santa Pally" and "Santa Poppy" instead of "Santa Baby".{{cite web |last1=Seling |first1=Megan |title=Find Your Ho-Ho-Holiday Spirit With These Festive New Local Tunes |url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/nashville-cream/article/21144938/find-your-hohoholiday-spirit-with-these-festive-new-local-tunes |website=Nashville Scene |access-date=December 23, 2020 |date=December 15, 2020 |archive-date=December 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217093747/https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/nashville-cream/article/21144938/find-your-hohoholiday-spirit-with-these-festive-new-local-tunes |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Powell |first1=Dominic |title=As it happened: ASX finishes Christmas Eve session up 0.3% |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/asx-set-to-rise-in-christmas-eve-trade-20201224-p56pxo.html |access-date=December 24, 2020 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=December 24, 2020 |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224003657/https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/asx-set-to-rise-in-christmas-eve-trade-20201224-p56pxo.html |url-status=live }}

The cover has been ranked consistently on lists of worst Christmas songs ever made.{{Cite web|last=Camp|first=Alexa|date=November 29, 2019|title=The 12 Worst Christmas Songs of All Time|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/12-worst-christmas-songs-of-all-time/|access-date=November 28, 2021|website=Slant Magazine|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128163222/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/12-worst-christmas-songs-of-all-time/|url-status=live}} Richard Evans from Best Life included Bublé's version of "Santa Baby" in his list of "The Most Hated Christmas Songs of All Time", primarily for the changes in lyrics to ensure "everyone knows he is not attracted to Santa".{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Richard |title=The Most Hated Christmas Songs of All Time |url=https://bestlifeonline.com/most-hated-christmas-songs/ |website=Best Life |access-date=December 23, 2020 |date=December 10, 2020 |archive-date=December 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223221927/https://bestlifeonline.com/most-hated-christmas-songs/ |url-status=live }} Steve Eighinger listed Bublé's cover as number 6 on his list of the worst Christmas songs ever made.{{cite news |last1=Eighinger |first1=Steve |title='Grandma' tops list of worst Christmas songs |url=https://www.whig.com/opinion/columns/steve-eighinger/grandma-tops-list-of-worst-christmas-songs/article_df28df3a-df6d-5002-a0a2-5ff17441e908.html |access-date=December 24, 2020 |work=Herald-Whig |date=December 16, 2020 |archive-date=December 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220205917/https://www.whig.com/opinion/columns/steve-eighinger/grandma-tops-list-of-worst-christmas-songs/article_df28df3a-df6d-5002-a0a2-5ff17441e908.html |url-status=live }}

According to Musicnotes.com, Bublé's version has a time signature with a 12/8 feel and has a moderately slow tempo of 96 beats per minute.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0098464|title=Digital Sheet Music – Santa Baby by Michael Bublé, Words and Music by Joan Javits, Phil Springer and Tony Springer|date=November 29, 2011|publisher=Musicnotes.com|access-date=May 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910140220/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0098464|archive-date=September 10, 2015|url-status=live}} The key of the song is in F major, with Bublé's vocal range spanning from A₂ to C₄ in scientific pitch notation. The song progresses in the chord progressions of F–F/A–C in the first verses, followed by F-F/A-G-C.

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Michael Buble|title=Santa Baby|award=Silver|relyear=2011|certyear=2021|id=14705-1273-1|access-date=January 8, 2021}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Santa Baby

| cover = Ariana Grande "Santa Baby".png

| alt = A white background displaying a blue Christmas ornament hanging from above with the song's title.

| border = yes

| type = single

| artist = Ariana Grande featuring Liz Gillies

| EP = Christmas Kisses

| released = {{Start date|2013|12|10}}

| recorded = 2013

| studio =

| genre = Christmas

| length = {{duration|m=2|s=51}}

| label = Republic

| writer = {{hlist|Joan Javits|Philip Springer|Tony Springer}}

| producer = {{hlist|Antonio Dixon|Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds|The Rascals}}

| chronology = Ariana Grande

| prev_title = Snow in California

| prev_year = 2013

| title = Santa Baby

| year = 2013

| next_title = Problem

| next_year = 2014

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}}

On November 6, 2013, Ariana Grande announced via Twitter she would be releasing new music each week leading up to Christmas. On the fourth and final week she released a cover of "Santa Baby", which features Grande's former Victorious co-star Elizabeth Gillies (credited as Liz Gillies).{{cite news |title=Ariana Grande Does 'Santa Baby' With Liz Gillies |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ariana-grande-santa-baby-liz-gillies_n_4417929 |access-date=May 10, 2020 |work=HuffPost |date=December 10, 2013 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210827/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/10/ariana-grande-santa-baby-liz-gillies_n_4417929.html |url-status=live }} It was distributed to digital retailers such as Amazon Music on December 10, 2013. It was then placed as the fourth and closing track to her first extended play, Christmas Kisses, which was released the same week.{{cite web |title=Christmas Kisses – EP by Ariana Grande |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/christmas-kisses-ep/775223391 |publisher=Apple Music (GB) |access-date=May 10, 2020 |date=December 13, 2013 |archive-date=March 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318214036/https://music.apple.com/gb/album/christmas-kisses-ep/775223391 |url-status=live }}

Grande's version of "Santa Baby" received largely positive reviews from music critics. Jocelyn Vena from MTV enjoyed Grande's take on "Santa Baby", comparing it with Kitt's original version.{{cite news |last1=Vena |first1=Jocelyn |title=Ariana Grande Gifts Us With 'Santa Baby,' but Which Cover's Your Favorite? [Poll] |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1718769/ariana-grande-santa-baby-cover/ |access-date=May 10, 2020 |publisher=MTV |date=December 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322163004/http://www.mtv.com/news/1718769/ariana-grande-santa-baby-cover/ |archive-date=March 22, 2019 |url-status=dead }} Carolyn Menyes from Music Times ranked it as the best song on Christmas Kisses, awarding particular praise to its production and Grande and Gillies's chemistry. However, Menyes felt the mix of their vocals together could have been improved.{{cite news |last1=Menyes |first1=Caroline |title=Review: Ariana Grande, Liz Gilles get sexy in remake of Eartha Kitt's 'Santa Baby' [Listen] |url=https://www.musictimes.com/articles/2729/20131210/review-ariana-grande-liz-gilles-sexy-remake-eartha-kitts-santa.htm |access-date=May 10, 2020 |work=Music Times |date=December 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306084455/http://www.musictimes.com/articles/2729/20131210/review-ariana-grande-liz-gilles-sexy-remake-eartha-kitts-santa.htm |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |url-status=live }} Billboard{{'}}s Piedra described the collaboration as a "fun duet" and an "experience like no other".

Grande's collaboration with Gillies enjoyed commercial success in several countries, reaching number 36 on the Holiday 100 in the United States.

{{Track listing

| headline = Digital download{{cite web |title=Santa Baby [feat. Liz Gillies] by Ariana Grande |url=https://www.amazon.com/Santa-Baby-feat-Liz-Gillies/dp/B00HD13DEY |publisher=Amazon Music (US) |access-date=May 10, 2020 |date=December 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114075224/http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Baby-feat-Liz-Gillies/dp/B00HD13DEY |archive-date=November 14, 2014 |url-status=live }}

| title1 = Santa Baby

| note1 = featuring Elizabeth Gillies

| length1 = 2:51

}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|relyear=2024|certyear=2024|title=Santa Baby|artist=Ariana Grande|type=single|award=Silver|id=14705-6996-1|access-date=18 November 2024}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Santa Baby

| type =

| artist = Trisha Yearwood

| album = Christmas Together

| released = {{Start date|2016|11|11}}

| recorded =

| studio = Allentown Studios (Nashville)

| genre = Christmas

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=41}}

| label =

• Gwendolyn
• Pearl

| writer =

• Joan Javits
• Phil Springer
• Tony Springer

| producer = Mark Miller

}}

Trisha Yearwood recorded a cover of "Santa Baby" for her collaborative album with husband Garth Brooks, Christmas Together (2016).{{cite AV media notes |title=Christmas Together |type=CD liner notes |others=Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood |year=2016 |location=United States |publisher=Gwendolyn Records and Pearl Records |id= 85420-6001-305-3}}{{cite news |title=Garth Brooks / Trisha Yearwood – Santa Baby |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/santa-baby-mt0053810877 |access-date=May 10, 2020 |publisher=AllMusic |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122212226/https://www.allmusic.com/song/santa-baby-mt0053810877 |url-status=live }} The project was first unveiled in mid-October 2016 and was billed as the couple's first collaborative album, consisting of a combination of duets and solo works from both Yearwood and Brooks.{{cite news |last1=Dunkerley |first1=Beville |title=Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood Reveal Details of 'Christmas Together' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/garth-brooks-trisha-yearwood-reveal-details-of-christmas-together-126226/ |access-date=May 10, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=October 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411043714/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/garth-brooks-trisha-yearwood-reveal-details-of-christmas-together-126226/ |archive-date=April 11, 2020 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Spend 'Christmas Together' with James Taylor |url=https://www.kmts.com/country-music-news/garth-brooks-and-trisha-yearwood-spend-christmas-together-with-james-taylor |publisher=KMTS |access-date=May 10, 2020 |date=October 28, 2016 |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524032638/https://www.kmts.com/country-music-news/garth-brooks-and-trisha-yearwood-spend-christmas-together-with-james-taylor |url-status=live }} "Santa Baby" does not feature a guest performance from Brooks but Yearwood is joined by Tania Hancheroff, Jon Mark Ivey, Shane McConnell, Lisa Silver, and Kira Small who provide backing vocals. Her cover, along with the rest of Christmas Together was released on November 11, 2016, by Gwendolyn Records and Brook's personal label, Pearl Records.{{cite news |last1=Thomas Erlewine |first1=Stephen |title=Garth Brooks / Trisha Yearwood – Christmas Together |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-together-mw0002990182 |access-date=May 10, 2020 |publisher=AllMusic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310030608/https://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-together-mw0002990182 |archive-date=March 10, 2020 |url-status=live }}

Brooks' long-time collaborator Mark Miller produced the track. Yearwood performed the track along with a cover of "Hard Candy Christmas" for the 2017 Christmas television special CMA Country Christmas.{{cite web |title=Trisha Yearwood admits it's a 'Hard Candy Christmas' if you try to sing like Dolly |url=https://wincountry.com/news/articles/2017/dec/21/trisha-yearwood-admits-its-a-hard-candy-christmas-if-you-try-to-sing-like-dolly/ |publisher=Win 98.5 |access-date=May 10, 2020 |date=December 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222011418/http://wincountry.com/news/articles/2017/dec/21/trisha-yearwood-admits-its-a-hard-candy-christmas-if-you-try-to-sing-like-dolly/ |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |url-status=live }}

Entertainment Tonight{{'}}s Raphael Chestang wrote that "Yearwood shines on 'Santa Baby'",{{cite news |last1=Chestang |first1=Raphael |title=Exclusive: Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Open Up About Their New Duets Album 'Christmas Together' |url=https://www.etonline.com/music/203529_exclusive_garth_brooks_and_trisha_yearwood_celebrate_first_ever_duets_album_together |access-date=May 10, 2020 |work=Entertainment Tonight |date=November 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203203326/http://www.etonline.com/music/203529_exclusive_garth_brooks_and_trisha_yearwood_celebrate_first_ever_duets_album_together/ |archive-date=December 3, 2016 |url-status=live }} while a staff member at the Associated Press was glad that Yearwood had fun while recording the track.{{cite news |title=Get in the holiday mood with Garth Brooks, R. Kelly and more |url=https://apnews.com/5594e11d61964371afd9dcd2abf3b81e |access-date=May 10, 2020 |publisher=Associated Press |date=November 21, 2016}} A writer for KNCI provided a positive review of Yearwood's cover, calling it "fun and flirty".{{cite web |title=Get In The Holiday Spirit With Trisha Yearwood's Rendition Of 'Santa Baby' [Video] |url=https://kncifm.com/get-holiday-spirit-trisha-yearwoods-rendition-santa-baby-video/ |publisher=KNCI |access-date=May 9, 2020 |date=November 28, 2017 |archive-date=May 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519113328/https://kncifm.com/get-holiday-spirit-trisha-yearwoods-rendition-santa-baby-video/ |url-status=live }} MacIntosh from Country Standard Time agreed, lauding her vocals: "Yearwood sounds like a truly sexy hotty".{{cite news |last1=MacIntosh |first1=Dan |title=Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood – Christmas Together |url=https://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=6213 |access-date=May 10, 2020 |work=Country Standard Time |archive-date=August 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815142809/https://countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=6213 |url-status=live }} Christopher Bohlsen from Renowned for Sound, on the other hand, panned the track, claiming that "Yearwood makes the mistake of trying to make Christmas sexy".{{cite news |last1=Bohlsen |first1=Christopher |title=Album Review: Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood – Christmas Together |url=http://renownedforsound.com/album-review-garth-brooks-and-trisha-yearwood-christmas-together/ |access-date=May 10, 2020 |work=Renowned for Sound |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925222842/http://renownedforsound.com/album-review-garth-brooks-and-trisha-yearwood-christmas-together/ |url-status=live }} He also compared it unfavorably to her cover of "Hard Candy Christmas" on Christmas Together, calling "Santa Baby" the weaker of the two songs.

In the United States, Yearwood's version of "Santa Baby" was released to adult contemporary radio stations. It reached Billboard{{'}}s weekly Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at number 18 on January 6, 2017. It became her third entry on the chart and second-highest-charting effort after her cover of "Broken" peaked at number 17 in 2016. It also charted on Billboard{{'}}s Country Airplay chart at number 60 during that same week.

{{Infobox song

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| cover = Gwen Stefani "Santa Baby".jpg

| alt = A red background displaying the upper hand of Stefani holding a piece of mistletoe above her head.

| border = yes

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Following the release of her third studio album This Is What the Truth Feels Like (2016), Gwen Stefani announced in July 2017 that she had plans to release new music by the end of the year.{{cite web |last=Benjamin |first=Jeff |url=http://www.fuse.tv/2017/07/gwen-stefani-new-music |title=Gwen Stefani Is Releasing New Music This Year |publisher=Fuse |date=July 14, 2017 |access-date=July 24, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714211902/http://www.fuse.tv/2017/07/gwen-stefani-new-music |archive-date=July 14, 2017 }} She did not provide further details, but several publications speculated in August 2017 that Stefani's new material would be Christmas-related due to song titles such as "Christmas Eve", "Under the Christmas Lights", and "You Make It Feel Like Christmas" becoming registered on the two music databases, BMI and GEMA.{{cite web |last=Wass |first=Mike |url=https://www.idolator.com/7667059/gwen-stefani-christmas-album |title=Festive! It Looks Like Gwen Stefani Is Recording a Christmas Album |website=Idolator |date=August 2, 2017 |access-date=August 9, 2017 |archive-date=August 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809091547/https://www.idolator.com/7667059/gwen-stefani-christmas-album |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=O'Neill |first=Lauren |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/sia-gwen-stefani-christmas-albums-2017-wow-its-august/ |title=Sia and Gwen Stefani Both Apparently Have Christmas Albums Coming |work=Vice |date=August 2, 2017 |access-date=August 9, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809091059/https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/3kq8v8/sia-gwen-stefani-christmas-albums-2017-wow-its-august |archive-date=August 9, 2017 }} On September 18, 2017, she took to her social media accounts and claimed that she "had something big planned for the holidays", and that more information would follow. The next day, Stefani announced her next studio album, You Make It Feel Like Christmas, as well as the track listing, which revealed a cover of "Santa Baby" as the album's ninth track.{{cite news|last1=Tenreyro|first1=Tatiana|title=Gwen Stefani Teases 'You Make It Feel Like Christmas' Album: Watch Preview|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7973604/gwen-stefani-album-you-make-it-feel-like-christmas|access-date=September 22, 2017|magazine=Billboard|date=September 21, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922151955/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7973604/gwen-stefani-album-you-make-it-feel-like-christmas|archive-date=September 22, 2017}}

One week prior to the release of You Make It Feel Like Christmas, Stefani's cover of "Santa Baby" was released as a promotional single. In the United States, Interscope Records released it for digital download and streaming on September 29, 2017. In Italy, it was released to radio stations on December 8, 2017, as the album's first single in that country. Stefani's version was produced by busbee and Eric Valentine, with Javits, Philip Springer, and Tony Springer (credited as Anthony Fred Springer in the album's liner notes) were listed as the songwriters.{{cite AV media notes |title=You Make It Feel Like Christmas |type=CD liner notes |others=Gwen Stefani |year=2017 |publisher=Interscope |id=02557-84801}} Her cover was engineered by Valentine, mixed by Dave Clauss, and Jonathan Sterling served as assistant engineer. Laura Mace, Monet Owens, and Dolly Sparks provided background vocals for the track with arrangements from Grace Potter. Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine described the style of Stefani's version as a hybrid of Kitt's original slow rendition and the revised uptempo one.{{cite web|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|title=Gwen Stefani – You Make It Feel Like Christmas|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/gwen-stefani-you-make-it-feel-like-christmas|work=Slant Magazine|date=October 6, 2017|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025065837/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/gwen-stefani-you-make-it-feel-like-christmas|archive-date=October 25, 2017|url-status=live}} Regarding her decision to cover "Santa Baby" for You Make It Feel Like Christmas, Stefani explained: "I haven't done many covers in my career, but this song feels like a perfect fit. What an extraordinary talent Phil Springer is. Eartha Kitt is so full of personality. This song must have been unbelievably edgy when it came out, and it still is."

"Santa Baby" was performed twice by Stefani during the 2017 holiday season. As part of a promotional campaign for You Make It Feel Like Christmas, Stefani appeared as a guest or performed on various television series in the US. On the November 20, 2017, episode of NBC's Today, Stefani was featured as a guest and performed "Santa Baby", "When I Was a Little Girl", and "Christmas Eve" to the studio audience.{{cite web|last1=Hines|first1=Ree|title=Gwen Stefani Has Faith in Love and Loss: 'My Heartbreak Was Supposed to Happen'|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/gwen-stefani-has-faith-love-loss-my-heartbreak-was-supposed-t119094|website=Today|access-date=November 22, 2017|date=November 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033314/https://www.today.com/popculture/gwen-stefani-has-faith-love-loss-my-heartbreak-was-supposed-t119094|archive-date=December 1, 2017}} For the appearance, she wore a sleeveless white gown adorned by a dangly feather boa and sparkly jewelry. The same day, the taping of her mini concert was posted to Stefani's official YouTube channel and her separate Vevo account.{{cite web |title=Gwen Stefani – Santa Baby (Live On The Today Show/2017) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jdc7FXupWQ |publisher=YouTube |access-date=November 3, 2020 |date=November 20, 2017 |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120082359/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jdc7FXupWQ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=Santa Baby (Live on The Today Show/2017) – Gwen Stefani|url=https://www.vevo.com/watch/gwen-stefani/santa-baby-(live-on-the-today-show-2017)/USUV71705082|publisher=Vevo|access-date=November 22, 2017|date=November 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227185513/https://www.vevo.com/watch/gwen-stefani/santa-baby-(live-on-the-today-show-2017)/USUV71705082|archive-date=February 27, 2018}} The second time Stefani sang "Christmas Eve", she performed it on her Christmas television special Gwen Stefani's You Make It Feel Like Christmas, which was broadcast to NBC on December 12, 2017.{{cite news |last1=Fadroski |first1=Kelli Skye |title=3 things to look forward to in Gwen Stefani's NBC holiday special |url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2017/11/09/3-things-to-look-forward-to-in-gwen-stefanis-nbc-holiday-special/ |access-date=February 21, 2020 |work=Daily Breeze |date=November 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213053108/http://www.dailybreeze.com/2017/11/09/3-things-to-look-forward-to-in-gwen-stefanis-nbc-holiday-special/ |archive-date=December 13, 2017 |url-status=live }} She performed the song ahead of "Christmas Eve" and wore a sparkly Santa Claus-inspired outfit. Stefani was later joined by a Claus lookalike at the end of the performance.{{cite news |last1=Krauser |first1=Emily |title=See All of Gwen Stefani's Amazingly Festive Christmas Special Looks! |url=https://www.etonline.com/see-all-gwen-stefanis-amazingly-festive-christmas-special-looks-92591 |access-date=February 21, 2020 |work=Entertainment Tonight |date=December 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426045318/http://www.etonline.com/see-all-gwen-stefanis-amazingly-festive-christmas-special-looks-92591 |archive-date=April 26, 2018 |url-status=live }} Emily Krauser from Entertainment Tonight enjoyed the outfit, saying that she "absolutely slay-belled the fashion game" during the special. The full video of "Santa Baby" from Stefani's televised special was uploaded to her YouTube channel on December 30, 2017.{{cite web |title=Gwen Stefani – Christmas Eve (Live From 'Gwen Stefani's You Make It Feel Like Christmas') |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTKnZ6_KLtI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/FTKnZ6_KLtI |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |url-status=live|publisher=YouTube |access-date=December 21, 2020 |date=December 30, 2017}}{{cbignore}}

Piedra from Billboard lauded Stefani's cover, stating that it "works perfectly with her incredibly unique voice". He also placed it within an unranked list of the ten best covers of "Santa Baby". David Smyth, a writer for London's Evening Standard, enjoyed Stefani's version "Santa Baby" and highlighted it as one of the stronger offerings on You Make It Feel Like Christmas.{{cite news |last1=Cornwell |first1=Jayne |last2=Goodwin |first2=Richard |last3=Paine |first3=Andre |last4=Pearson |first4=Rick |last5=Smyth |first5=David |title=Best Christmas albums of 2017: Sia, Gwen Stefani and Tom Chaplin |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/best-christmas-albums-of-2017-sia-gwen-stefani-and-tom-chaplin-a3720911.html |access-date=November 3, 2018 |work=Evening Standard |date=December 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703220352/https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/best-christmas-albums-of-2017-sia-gwen-stefani-and-tom-chaplin-a3720911.html |archive-date=July 3, 2018 |url-status=live }} Roberts from the Los Angeles Times also approved of this version, calling it a "thoroughly modern take" and containing elements of both Kitt's version and Madonna's cover.

Following its promotional release in the United States, "Santa Baby" entered the Holiday Digital Song Sales chart in the US. On the edition for the week ending October 20, 2017, the song debuted and peaked at number 7, becoming the second-highest new entry from Stefani on that particular chart. Overall, it was her third highest-peaking song and one of sixteen consecutive top 40 hits on the chart. In Canada, Stefani's cover was sent to holiday radio playlists, allowing it to enter the country's Adult Contemporary chart in January 2018. It peaked at number 38, the same week that three other Stefani songs ("You Make It Feel Like Christmas" and her covers of "Jingle Bells" and "White Christmas") were ranked on the chart.

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Kim Kardashian recorded a cover of "Santa Baby" during a season 3 episode of Hulu's The Kardashians show. She released it on December 23, 2024. Her rendition was produced by her brother-in-law Travis Barker, the husband of her sister Kourtney Kardashian.{{Cite web |last=Cardoza |first=Riley |date=2024-12-23 |title=Kim Kardashian smolders in Travis Barker-produced 'Santa Baby' music video |url=https://pagesix.com/2024/12/23/entertainment/kim-kardashian-smolders-in-travis-barker-produced-santa-baby-music-video/ |access-date=2024-12-23 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-12-23 |title=Kim Kardashian Drops 'Santa Baby' Cover Produced by Travis Barker |url=https://www.tmz.com/2024/12/23/kim-kardashian-santa-baby-cover-produced-travis-barker/ |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=TMZ |language=en}} The release marked Kardashian's first new music release since her 2011 debut single "Jam (Turn It Up)".{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2024-12-23 |title=Kim Kardashian Crawls Through Christmas Chaos in Video For Travis Barker-Produced 'Santa Baby' Cover |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/kim-kardashian-video-santa-baby-cover-travis-barker-producer-1235864185/ |access-date=2024-12-23 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} The song was released through Barker's DTA Records and Kardashian's Kimsaprincess, Inc.

Kardashian's rendition was described as having an "unorthodox, lofi quality to it" by The Independent's Greg Evans,{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=2024-12-23 |title=Kim Kardashian leaves fans 'uncomfortable' after sharing creepy Christmas video |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/kim-kardashian-santa-baby-video-b2669021.html |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=The Independent |language=en}} as she performs the song in a "husky whisper". Billboard's Gil Kaufman thought the cover is a "sultry take on the Eartha Kitt standard". Janna Brancolini of The Daily Beast noted that "Santa Baby" is "far more stripped down" than "Jam (Turn It Up)", pointing out that the music "almost feels like an afterthought" of the music video, though.{{Cite web |last=Brancolini |first=Janna |date=2024-12-23 |title=Kim Kardashian Crawls Around in New 'Santa Baby' Video |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/kim-kardashian-crawls-around-in-new-santa-baby-video/ |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=The Daily Beast |language=en}} Eddie Fu of Consequence called the cover "awful" and "entirely unremarkable if not for the bizarre and disturbing music video".{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2024/12/kim-kardashian-santa-baby-cover/|title=Kim Kardashian Unveils Awful "Santa Baby" Cover with Disturbing Video: Watch|date=December 23, 2024|first=Eddie|last=Fu|work=Consequence|access-date=December 23, 2024}}

The short film accompanying the song was released the same day. It was directed by Nadia Lee Cohen and Charlie Denis. The video, conceptualized as eerie house party footage with a glitchy, VHS-tape-like crackling quality, kicks off with Kardashian in a blonde bob wig slowly crawling across the floor on her hands and knees. She passes a donkey alongside a businessman making phone calls, a sleeping elf, women in their underwear on a Twister mat, a man dressed as Jesus raiding the fridge and more "surreal guests" and "absurd vignettes".{{Cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2024/12/kim-kardashian-santa-baby-travis-barker-nadia-lee-cohen-macaulay-culkin-music-video|title=Kim Kardashian Releases Eerie "Santa Baby" Music Video|date=2024-12-24|access-date=2024-12-25|website=Hypebeast|last=Gavino|first=Nico}} A lit-up nativity is also seen in the background. She smolders in a blue top, beige leggings exposing her underwear and heels on her way to Santa Claus. When she reaches him and runs her fingers up his leg, the seated man moves the video camera away from his face to reveal the Home Alone (1990) star Macaulay Culkin, who stares at Kardashian with a blank expression before the video ends.{{Cite web |last=Gayle |first=Latoya |date=2024-12-23 |title=Kim Kardashian Sings 'Santa Baby' in Surreal Party Video Featuring a Very Unlikely Santa |url=https://people.com/kim-kardashian-santa-baby-video-8765664 |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=People |language=en}}

Brancolini thought that the video "seems to be a clear parody of the excesses of the holiday season. Using a glorified Skims commercial to make their point was probably intentional, though reasonable people can differ on whether making something meta is the same as thing as making it incisive. Unless the point was that just like Skims, consumerism is seductive, and in that sense Kardashian's curves are the perfect narrative vehicle." She also compared it to Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist (1970). Emily Zemler described the video for Rolling Stone as "David Lynch directing a Skims commercial."{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kim-kardashian-travis-barker-santa-baby-1235215359/|title=Kim Kardashian Unveils Travis Barker-Produced Take on 'Santa Baby'|date=2024-12-23|access-date=2023-12-23|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Emily|last=Zemler}} Writing for The Cut, Cat Zhang described the video as "sexy housewife of drug lord drops too much valium into her eggnog and crawls dizzily around the house", and wondered about the purpose of the project: "Is this all just an elaborate Skims advertisement or is Kim just a huge fan of Stanley Kubrick? (She nods to The Shining in the film.) Did North watch Home Alone for the first time?"{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecut.com/article/kim-kardashian-santa-baby-cover-music-video.html|title=Just What We Needed: A Kim Kardashian Cover of 'Santa Baby'|date=2024-12-23|access-date=2024-12-25|website=The Cut|last=Zhang|first=Cat}}

Riley Cardoza of Page Six dubbed the video "bizarre" and compared it with American Horror Story. Latoya Gayle of People described the video as "surreal versions of typical Christmas scenarios". Evans characterized the video as "creepy" and noted the fans' polarized reactions. Lindsay Lowe of Today, Kimberly Nordyke of The Hollywood Reporter and Logan DeLoye of iHeartRadio also pointed out the fans' polarized reactions.{{Cite web |last=Lowe |first=Lindsay |date=2024-12-23 |title=Kim Kardashian's 'Santa Baby' cover is dividing the internet: 'Absolutely terrifying' or 'artsy'? |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/music/kim-kardashian-santa-baby-music-video-rcna185203 |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=Today |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=2024-12-23 |title=Kim Kardashian Covers "Santa Baby," Releases Bizarre Video Featuring Macaulay Culkin, a Donkey and Lots of Cash |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/kim-kardashian-santa-baby-video-macaulay-culkin-1236092895/ |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=DeLoye |first=Logan |date=2024-12-23 |title=WATCH: Kim Kardashian Shocks Fans With 'Unhinged' 'Santa Baby' Music Video |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2024-12-23-watch-kim-kardashian-shocks-fans-with-unhinged-santa-baby-music-video/ |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=iHeartRadio |language=en}}

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