Making paper snowflakes out of your old birthday cards. Just upbeat enough to motivate you to get some shopping done. The beat is driving, but not too driving. It’s a small difference, but a big difference.ģ. In the original, the words “let it snow” are sung to a descending melody here, the line ascends. The combination of live and synthesized instruments helps bring the song from the past into the present.Ģ. So really, if you consider this song’s contradictions, it seems right that a 19-year-old producer from Austria has wrenched it from the hands of the Michael Bubles and Celine Dions of the world, freshened it up a little, and given us something different in our stockings this year.ġ. I’ll make it through the winter if it kills me, she sings over a. Secondly, despite all the wintry references, it wasn’t written during the winter. So if you ever imagined the songwriters huddling together by their stockings to write this tune, you can abandon that altogether: Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne wrote it in the summer. Rene Rapp reaches deep to find resilience in Snow Angel, the titular single from her upcoming album. The only food mentioned is popcorn, which is hardly a yuletide treat. No references to Santa, reindeer, or chestnuts roasting on a fire, open or otherwise. Christmas song Let it Snow with Lyrics: Oh, the weather outside is frightful / But the fire is so delightful / And since weve no place to go, / Let it snow. This is a dark, ethereal, driving version of a song more usually associated with words like bright, cheery, and fluffy.īut upon closer inspection, the original song hides a few surprises itself.įirst of all, even though we think of it as a Christmas song (and it’s been on Christmas albums by everyone from Dean Martin to Kylie Minogue) the word “Christmas” is nowhere to be found in the lyrics. According to ASCAP, the most popular version on American radio is by Harry Connick Jr.Ĭhart Rankings: The song was first recorded by Vaughn Monroe topping the Billboard Best Sellers music charts.Īrtist’s age on Release Date: Vaughn Wilton Monroe was 34 years old and Dino Paul Crocetti known as Dean Martin was 28 years old when this song was released.Ĭover Versions: Jo Stafford – Ella Fitzgerald – Andy Williams – Jessica Simpson – Carly Simon – Rod Stewart – Lindsey Stirling – Some Youtubers also covered this song.If you’re surprised by what you hear when you press play this week, I don’t blame you. ‘Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful, and since we’ve got no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.’ Now why three ‘let it snow’s’? Why not two or four? Because three is lyric.” It was originally sung by Vaughn Monroe, but Dean Martin’s version is one of the best ones, and perfectly fits his image as a swinging member of the Rat Pack without a care in the world. I said to Jule Stein, ‘Why don’t we go down to the beach and cool off?’ He said, ‘Why don’t we stay here and write a winter song.’ I went to the typewriter. Instead of going to the beach, they stayed at wrote a winter song! In Paul Zollo’s book ‘Songwriters on Songwriting’ writer Sammy Cahn said: “’Let It Snow’ was written on Hollywood and Vine on the hottest day of the year. It’s about making the most of a snowy day by spending it with a loved one by the fire, even though Christmas is not mentioned in the lyrics.
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