加拿大歌王［麥可布雷］的經典翻唱──聖誕抒情曲──［Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas／已開始有聖誕節樣子］

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Everywhere you go;

Take a look in the five-and-ten, glistening once again

With candy canes and silver lanes aglow.

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas,

Toys in every store,

But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be

On your own front door.

A pair of hopalong boots and a pistol that shoots

Is the wish of Barney and Ben;

Dolls that will talk and will go for a walk

Is the hope of Janice and Jen;

And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again.

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Everywhere you go;

Theres a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well,

The sturdy kind that doesnt mind the snow.

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas;

Soon the bells will start,

And the thing that will make them ring is the carol that you sing

Right within your heart.

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas,

Toys in every store,

But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be

On your own front door.

Sure its Christmas once more.

Songwriters: Meredith Willson

Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

２０１１年秋天, ３６歲的加拿大／義大利籍歌壇巨星麥可布雷（Michael Bublé）發行第七張專輯／第五張唱片公司錄音室大碟［Christmas］

由David Foster, Bob Rock, Humberto Gatica製作

翻唱眾多聖誕名曲

［Christmas］全球大賣, 登上加拿大, 英國, 美國, 德國, 澳大利亞…眾多國家冠軍

全球至今賣出１２００萬張, 且每年聖誕佳節, 銷售仍持續累積中

首支單曲為翻唱美國天后瑪麗亞凱莉的耶誕經典［All I Want for Christmas Is You］

名列美國Billboard單曲榜＃９９　不過為布雷四度拿到副榜──成人抒情榜冠軍

２０１２年秋天, 唱片公司才主打第二單曲［Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas／已開始有聖誕節樣子］

此曲由美國指揮家／作曲家Meredith Willson譜寫

當年派瑞柯摩（Perry Como）&d The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra的版本曾打入Billboard單曲榜＃１９　

平克勞斯貝（Bing Crosby）的版本至今仍在電台大力放送

麥可布雷的版本是傳統流行風格的聖誕抒情曲

編曲柔和,　詮釋感性

［Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas］登上英國榜＃１３　成為布雷第四首UK Top２０熱門曲

不過每當年年末, 此曲常搭著聖誕假期順風車回鍋

另外加拿大＃３６──布雷家鄉第七首 Top４０熱門曲

美國Billboard單曲榜＃９６　副榜──成人抒情榜亞軍

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麥可布雷的詮釋成為另一個著名版本, 近年年末聖誕假期常被強力播放

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