Eric Clapton - Happy Xmas (2018)
Tracklist front / back album covers
1. "White Christmas" Irving Berlin (Arranged by Eric Clapton and Simon Climie) 2:58
2. "Away in a Manger (Once in Royal David's City)" Traditional, William J. Kirkpatrick 4:44
3. "For Love on Christmas Day" (new song) Eric Clapton, Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan 3:36
4. "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday" William Bell, Booker T. Jones 3:38
5. "Christmas Tears" R. C. Wilson, Sonny Thompson 4:22
6. "Home for the Holidays" Anthony Hamilton, Kelvin Wooten 4:00
7. "Jingle Bells (In Memory of Avicii)" James Lord Pierpont (arr. Clapton, Climie, Salif Keita, Manfila Kante) 5:58
8. "Christmas in My Hometown" Sonny James 2:51
9. "It's Christmas" Hamilton, Wooten, Brandon Davis 4:43
10. "Sentimental Moments" Friedrich Holländer, Ralph Freed 4:06
11. "Lonesome Christmas" Lloyd Glenn, Lowell Fulson 3:51
12. "Silent Night" Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr, John Freeman Young (arr. Clapton, Climie, Walt Richmond) 4:02
13. "Merry Christmas Baby" Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore 4:11
14. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin 3:31
15. "A Little Bit of Christmas Love" (bonus track, adapted lyrics) Rosco Gordon 2:44
16. "You Always Hurt the One You Love" (bonus track) Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher 3:58
Tracks 15 and 16 were originally released, for Record Store Day 2018, on a 12" shaped picture disc, and later included on the European December 2018 re-release of the album.
Happy Xmas is the first Christmas album by Eric Clapton, his twenty-first solo studio album, released on 12 October 2018. It includes 13 covers of Christmas-themed songs (15 on the European re-release), both well-known and relatively obscure ones, arranged in a predominantly blues style, and one new composition by Clapton and producer Simon Climie.
