I Want to Spend Christmas with You
There's a new Christmas song joining the classics this holiday season!
Christmastime is crooner time! Here's the new romantic Christmas ballad I wrote and produced, featuring crooner Michael Civisca.
I wrote this song envisioning something my father might have sung to my mother as newlyweds back in the day. Frank Sinatra was singing it in my head—a few decades too late. After an international search, I was fortunate enough to recruit crooner Michael Civisca, first brought into the spotlight on Michael Jackson’s MJJ label—and who once actually played Sinatra in Las Vegas.
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Available on your favorite music streaming platform November 25!
Major Artist Debut Cover Opportunity. My production serves to inspire other artists and producers to do their own interpretations. As of this writing, there's a rare opportunity for a major artist to be the first to debut the definitive, signature version into the annual holiday soundscape. (The lyrics are gender neutral, so it can be a male or female vocalist... or a duet.
Sync Licensing Available. This master recording is also available for licensing in film, TV, commercials, etc.. I own the copyright, publishing and master. Alt versions are avail with a 4-bar intro and/or instrumental backing tracks.
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Music and Words by Jeff Burger
Snow falls outside our window
Friends are all waiting, we really should go
It’s that time of year to spread good cheer
But the best rendezvous is only with you
Why don’t we skip the parties
Let’s linger here, just you and me
There’s no better way to celebrate
We can conspire on one desire
Together at home, alone by the fire
Christmas time
With candles and wine
Making mem'ries just for two
At Christmas time
One thing on my mind
I want to spend Christmas with you
Stay with me through the twilight
'Cause these shorter days make longer nights
In the afterglow of the mistletoe
Spend this Noel under love's spell
Gifts wait by the Yule tree
But, darlin’, you are all that I need
Because you define the best of times
So let's steal away this holiday
Nestled up close in our own hideaway
Christmas time
With candles and wine
Making mem'ries just for two
At Christmas time
One thing on my mind
I want to spend Christmas with you
Firelight shimmering
Tree lights glimmering
But the best part of these nights
Are all the candles on the mantle
Sparkling in your eyes
(At) Christmas time
With candles and wine
Making mem'ries just for two
At Christmas time
One thing on my mind
I want to spend Christmas with you
I want to spend Christmas with you
I want to spend my Christmas with you
Copyright © 2017 Jeffrey Paul Burger
"This is super cool. It swings. I like the crooner, the lyrics and the production. You hit the hat trick!"— Dave Harding, Hollywood film/TV producer
"Love it! It sounds like a familiar holiday standard I just hadn't heard yet." — Renee C., vocalist
"It reminded me of that warm feeling I get with A Charlie Brown Christmas" — Isolde P., composer
"I Want To Spend Christmas With You is a well crafted, well performed standard-style Christmas song. The vocalist does a great job delivering it and the overall vibe works tremendously effectively. You nailed this, Jeff, which is why it's going to get the opportunity to be heard for this pitch." —Taxi
"The songwriting is really good, and the vocal is great." — B.B, radio producer
"It is amazing to me how you can produce music of the highest quality in completely different genres." — Emil Hadji Panzov, founder/CEO, Filter Label
Downloads
Licensing agreement explicitly required for commercial use.
Main version has no intro, full version has 4-bar piano intro.
WAV files are 48k/24-bit; MP3 files are 320K