"8 Days of Christmas" | ||||
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Single by Destiny's Child | ||||
from the album 8 Days of Christmas | ||||
B-side | "Emotion" | |||
Released | December 16, 2001 | |||
Recorded | 2000 | |||
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Length | 3:29 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Destiny's Child singles chronology | ||||
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"8 Days of Christmas" on YouTube |
"8 Days of Christmas" is a song recorded by American girl group Destiny's Child for their Christmas album of the same title (2001). Written by group members Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland along with Errol McCalla Jr., who handled its production, it is a Christmas-themed song with heavy R&B and dance pop elements.
The song was first released in November 2000 on the reissue of the group's second studio album The Writing's on the Wall (1999) and the US maxi CD single for their song "Independent Women Part I" (2000), before being released as the lead single from 8 Days of Christmas on December 16, 2001, by Columbia Records.