| "I Believe in Father Christmas" |
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| Released | November 1977 (without orchestra) |
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| Length | 3:17 |
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| Label | Atlantic |
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| Composer(s) | |
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| Lyricist(s) | Peter Sinfield |
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12 tracks
- A-side
- "Tiger in a Spotlight"
- "When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind, I'll Be Your Valentine"
- "Bullfrog"
- "Brain Salad Surgery"
- "Barrelhouse Shake-Down"
- "Watching Over You"
- B-side
- "So Far to Fall
- "Maple Leaf Rag (Odeon Rag)"
- "I Believe in Father Christmas"
- "Close But Not Touching"
- "Honky-Tonk Train Blues"
- "Show Me the Way to Go Home"
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"I Believe in Father Christmas" is a song by English musician Greg Lake with lyrics by Peter Sinfield. Although it is often categorised as an antireligious song, this was not Lake's intention. He said that he wrote the song in protest at the commercialisation of Christmas.
Sinfield, however, said that the words are about a loss of innocence and childhood belief. Released as Lake's debut solo single in 1975, the song reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, number 17 on the Irish Singles Chart and number 98 in Australia.