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Silver BellsJohn Legend

Released: October 26, 2018

Songwriter: Jay Livingston Ray Evans

Producer: Raphael Saadiq

Silver, (Silver bells) silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city, oh
Ring-a-ling, (Ring-a-ling) hear them ring (Hear them ring)
Soon it will be Christmas day

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks
Dressed in holiday style
In the air there's a feeling of Christmas

Children laughing
People passing
Meeting smile after smile
And on every street corner you'll hear

Oh they're playing
Silver bells, silver bells (Silver bells)
It's Christmas time in the city (La la la la la la)
Ring-a-ling, (Ring-a-ling) hear them ring (Hear them ring)
Soon it will be Christmas day, ah

Strings of street lights
Even stop lights
Blinking bright red and green
As the shoppers rush home
With their treasures, yeah

Hear the snow crunch
See the kids bunch
This is Santa's big day
And above all the bustle you hear

Oh they're playing
Silver bells, silver bells (Silver bells)
It's Christmas time in the city (La la la la la la)
Ring-a-ling, (Ring-a-ling) hear them ring (Hear them ring)
Soon it will be Christmas day, ah

Soon we will come together
We'll learn to love each other
Just like those silver bells playing
And people around the word can dance to the sound
Of Christmas day

Silver bells, silver bells (Silver bells)
It's Christmas time in the city (La la la la la la)
Ring-a-ling, (Ring-a-ling) hear them ring (Hear them ring)
Soon it will be Christmas, come on now

Yeah, soon it will be Christmas, woah
Christmas, Christmas day, yeah
Soon it will be Christmas day, yeah

John Legend

John Legend was born in 1978 in Ohio. He became an in-demand session musician and songwriter, working with such artists as Alicia Keys, Twista and Janet Jackson. He was soon introduced to up-and-coming hip-hop artist Kanye West, and the two musicians collaborated on one another’s demos.

J. Ivy claims credit for bestowing the “Legend” moniker upon John Stephens (with an assist from Kanye West). Via

Kanye was like, ‘Have you heard of this singer called John Stephens?’ He played me this song from him, that I think will.i.am produced. It was so refreshing and soulful. An hour later, John Stephens comes into the studio. I told him, ‘I heard your music. It’s so amazing. It sounds old school. Man, you sound like one of the legends. You’re a legend. Matter of fact, that’s what I am going to call you from now The Legend. A couple days later, we were in the lounge of the studio (Record Plant) and John Stephens walks in and everyone shouts him out. I was like, ‘John Legend!’ Kanye then said, ‘You’re John Legend from now on. That’s your name!’”

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