I'll Be Home for Christmas

For other uses, see I'll Be Home for Christmas (disambiguation).

"I'll Be Home for Christmas"
The original 1943 release by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra on Decca, 18570A
Single by Bing Crosby
B-sideDanny Boy
PublishedSeptember 27, 1943 (1943-09-27) by Charles Warren, Hollywood
ReleasedOctober 26, 1943 (1943-10-26)
RecordedOctober 1, 1943 (1943-10-01)
StudioDecca Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California
Length2:58
LabelDecca 18570
ComposerWalter Kent
LyricistsKim Gannon, Buck Ram
Bing Crosby singles chronology
"Pistol Packin' Mama"
(1943) 		"I'll Be Home for Christmas"
(1943) 		"I Love You / I'll Be Seeing You"
(1944)

"I'll Be Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song written by the lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent and recorded in 1943 by Bing Crosby, who scored a top ten hit with the song. Originally written to honor soldiers serving overseas in World War II who longed to be home at Christmas time, "I'll Be Home for Christmas" has since gone on to become a Christmas standard.

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