Artist:Faith Hill
Song:Where Are You Christmas?
Album:Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Of course Faith Hill has been a very popular country singer since the early 90s. She released the Christmas album Joy to the World in 2008. But her most popular Christmas song Where Are You Christmas? isn't on that album. It's from the soundtrack of the 2000 film The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. So not only is this a popular Christmas record but it's a discography orphan. That's my specialty. James Horner composed the score for The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. It was mentioned that Danny Elfman would have been a better choice. But after the success of Titanic, Horner was hot. So Universal asked Interscope to make a soundtrack album. Among the artists who appeared on the album were Busta Rhymes, Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds, Smash Mouth, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Eels and *NSYNC. But the big deal was that Mariah Carey was going to record a new song for the film. Well, there's your hit single. At first the song was called Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?. Horner wrote the song with veteran songwriter Will Jennings. Mariah came in and changed some of the lyrics and changed the title to Where Are You Christmas?. She recorded it. But at the time, she was divorcing Tommy Mottola and he blocked the release. What a Grinch!. So Interscope asked Warner Bros. if they could borrow Faith Hill. She recorded the song with her producer Byron Gallimore. It reached #26 on the Country Singles chart and #65 on the Billboard Hot 100. But the big thing is the song has been downloaded over a million times. That's the only way to get it as the CD of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas is only available as a digital download. And when Warner Bros. released the 2008 Faith Hill Christmas album Joy to the World, Where Are You Christmas? wasn't included. They probably forgot about it. BTW, Mariah Carey says she still has her demo of Where Are You Christmas? and she is considering releasing it. Here's the video for Where Are You Christmas? by Faith Hill.
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