Alone On Christmas Day

Album: Single release only (2015)
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Songfacts®:

  • Phoenix recorded this song for Netflix's Bill Murray-starring A Very Murray Christmas. The hour-long homage to classic variety shows was directed by Sophia Coppola, who is married to Phoenix's Thomas Mars.
  • The song is a cover of an unreleased Beach Boys outtake from 1977.
  • Phoenix performed the song with Bill Murray, actor Jason Schwartzman, former Letterman musical director Paul Shaffer, and New York Dolls' David Johansen under his Buster Poindexter alias.

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