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Snoopy vs the red baron lyrics christmas Continue Snoopy's ChristmasSingle by The Royal Guardsmen from Snoopy and His FriendsA-sideSnoopy's ChristmasB ties Kinda Looks Like ChristmasPublowed1967GenreRocknoveltyChristmasLength3:10 (single version)6:16 (album version)LabelLaurie (LR 3416)Songwriter (s)George David WeissHugo & Luigi Royal Guards Singles Chronology Wednesday (1967) Snoopy's Christmas (1967) I Say Love (1968) Snoopy's Christmas is a song by The Royal Guardsmen, released on Snoopy and His Friends (1967). An overview of their previous Snoopy vs. The Red Baron song is about how Snoopy was supposed to go and fight the Red Baron on Christmas Eve. The baron has Snoopy at his mercy after a long dog fight, but instead of shooting him down, he forces Snoopy to land and offers Snoopy a holiday speech. Later, Snoopy and the Red Baron fly in different directions, each knowing they'd meet some other day. [1] Publication begins with an unknown chorus [quote required] by singing O Tannenbaum (O Christmas tree). The middle part of the song is bridged with bells that play the phrase Hark the Herald Angels Sing. The album version of the song features a simulated radio news report on failed efforts in Christmas peace, leading to Snoopy being sent hunting down his sworn enemy. The song refers to the 1914 Christmas Truce of 1914, which was initiated not by German and British commanders, but by the soldiers themselves. [2] The length of the fire was varied by locality and was reported to be as short as Christmas Day or as long as the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. Fighters tied to trenches exchanged small gifts over rows, with Germans giving beer to Britons who sent cigarettes and meat packs in return. No man's land was cleared of corpses, trenches were repaired and emptied, and troops from both sides shared photos of their families and used No Man's Land in places for friendly football games. [3] The song even has the right initiator, as german soldiers usually invited the British and began a truce, and in the song the Red Baron – a German hero of The Second World War – extends the hand of Christmas friendship to Snoopy. Reception Snoopy's Christmas reached Number 1 on the New Zealand and Australian[4] singles charts in 1967, and remains a popular Christmas song in these countries. Originally released, the song was the best-selling single in the world and is estimated to be the best-selling foreign single sold in New Zealand in the 20th century. [5] Song reenters new zealand singles chart, charting in December 1987, 1988, 1989 and 2013. [6] New Zealand Herald readers also voted Snoopy's Christmas the worst Christmas song ever. 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Retrieved Snoopy vs. the Red BaronSingle by The Royal Guardsmen from Snoopy and His FriendsB-sidei Needed You (non-LP song)ReleasedNovember 1966RecordedCharles Fuller Productions studio, Tampa, FloridaGenreRock, noveltyLabelLaurieLR 3366Songwriter(s)Phil Gernhard and Dick HollerProducer(s)Phil Gernhard and John Brumage Snoopy vs. the Red Baron is a novelty song written by Phil Gernhard and Dick Holler, recorded by Florida pop band The Royal Guardsmen in 1966. The song was recorded at Charles Fuller Productions' studio in Tampa, Florida, and released as a single by Laurie Records. The bow #122 in a bubbly hot 100 on The 10th. On December 17, 1966, #30 rose again to the #7 on December 24, 1966 [2] and reached its peak in #2 hot 100 clouding on December 31, 1966 (behind monkees' I'm a Believer). made no. 6 in the Record Retailer (UK) chart in February 1967; [3] and was number one in Australia for five weeks since February 1967. In the Hot 100, Believer #1 prevented Snoopy #2 from attending the Hot 100 summit from December 31, 1966 to January 21, 1967, after which Snoopy fell while Believer remained on top for another three weeks. The Royal Guards recorded several other Snoopy-themed songs, including two follow-ups Snoopy vs. the Red Baron – The Return of the Red Baron and Snoopy's Christmas – along with other songs such as Snoopy for President. [4] In 2006, they released Snoopy vs Osama. [5] Background Snoopy vs. the Red Baron was inspired by Charles Schulz's cartoon Peanuts, which featured a recurring story about Snoopy imagining himself as a World War II airman fighting with the Red Baron. The song was released about a year after the first comic featuring Snoopy fighting the Red Baron came out on Sunday, October 10, 1965. Schulz and United Features Syndicate sued royal guards over use of Snoopy name permission or advertising license. (The Guards, on the other hand, hedged their bets by recording an alternative version of the song called Squeaky vs. the Black Knight; some copies of this version were released by Laurie Records in Canada. [6]) The UFS won the action, and the penalty was that all the publishing revenue from the song would go to them. Schulz allowed the group to write more Snoopy songs. The song begins with a background commentary in faux German: Achtung! Jetzt wir sings zusammen die Geschichte über den Schweinköpfigen Hund und den lieben Red Baron, which is a deliberate translation of English: Attention! Now, together, we tell the story of that pig-haired dog [Snoopy] and the beloved Red Baron[7], and it features the voice of a German sergeant who adds up (eins, zwei, drei, vier, after the first verse) and the American sergeant's descending four (after the second verse); fighter aircraft; machine guns; and the level at the tail end (at the end of the last verse). From 1:46 p.m. to 1:54 p.m., the song borrows a variation of instrumental-toded McCoys' version of Hang On Sloopy. Snoopy's original recording at this point sung the words Hang on Snoopy, Snoopy hang on. This tactic led to initial speculation that the guards were McCoys under a different name. Before publication, these lyrics were removed to prevent copyright issues. The chorus of the song refers to the bloody Red Baron. Since blood is considered mild expletive in Australia and some other English-speaking countries, the word was censored (by being bleeped out) for radio broadcasting in Australia in the 1960s. Other releases and cover versions of charles fuller productions' ad branch rare ad record (only 1,000 printed, labeled Omnimedia) included deleted lyrics Hang on Snoopy. It's a two-sided 7 that plays at 33-1/3 RPM. The song was featured as a cover version on the cover of the Peter Pan Pop Band & Singers' children's album of the same name in the early 1970s. [8] In 1976, the band The Irish Rovers covered this song with their studio album The Children of the Unicorn K-Tel International. It was the 12th day of the Irish folk music group. In 1973, a group called The Hotshots! reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart with a cover version of the song that was performed ska-style. In 1967, Italian singer Giorgio Gaber recorded an Italian version of this song Snoopy contro il Barone Rosso. He also recorded the Spanish version of Snoopy contra el Barón Rojo, whose lyrics were very similar to those in his Italian version. Also in 1967, the Spanish band Los Mustang recorded a different version in Spanish, also called Snoopy contra el Barón Rojo, with a different lyric than Gaber's version. Also in 1967, Brazilian singer Ronnie Von recorded a version of Soneca Contra o Barão Vermelho, then known in Brazil as either Xereta (snoopy in Portuguese) or Soneca (snooze) in the local editions of the Schulz comic. In 1977, the contra band recorded a version called Ressu and Red Barooni in Finnish. It was released as a B-side with their debut single Drive Quiet Daddy (Love Records LRS 2185). [10] In 2003, a band called The Staggers released a hard rock cover of the song. The song inspired Kim Newman's novel The Bloody Red Baron (1995). The book features both the Red Baron and Snoopy, although the latter is deliberately unnamed to avoid copyright issues. The song is briefly featured in Quentin Tarantino's 2019 film Once Upon a Time... Hollywood. References ^ Hot 100 Chart. Billboard. ^ Hot 100 chart. Billboard. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 473. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. ^ Pore-Lee-Dunn Productions. Royal guards. Classicbands.com. Referenced 2016-10-01. ^'Snoopy vs. Osama', written by the Royal Guards of Ocala. Tampa Bay Times. May 2, 2011. ^ joeknapp (2009-12-16). MusicMaster Oldies: Squeaky vs The Black Knight ???. Musicmasteroldies.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2012-04-13. ^Ocala's royal guards head to Las Vegas for a summer party. Ocala.com. Referenced 2012-04-13. ^Peter Pan Pop Band Singers - Snoopy Vs The Red Baron. Discogs.com.