A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 3

Track Listings

1. I Saw Three Ships - Sting

2. Christmastime - The Smashing Pumpkins

3. Children Go Where I Send Thee - Natalie Merchant

4. Santa Baby - Mase, Keith Murray, Onyx, P. Diddy, P. Diddy, , Reverend Run & The Christmas All Stars, Salt-N-Pepa, Snoop Dogg

5. Oi to the World - No Doubt

6. Blue Christmas - Sheryl Crow

7. Christmas - Blues Traveler

8. Oíche Chiún (Silent Night) - Enya

9. Christmas Song - Hootie & the Blowfish

10. Ave Maria - Chris Cornell, Eleven

11. Christmas in the City - Mary J. Blige, Angie Martinez

12. Santa Claus Is Back in Town - Jonny Lang

13. Christmas Song - Dave Matthews, Tim Reynolds

14. Christmas Is Now Drawing Near at Hand - Steve Winwood

15. O Holy Night - Tracy Chapman

16. We Three Kings - Patti Smith

Editorial Reviews
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Part three of a series of records that benefits the Special Olympics, A Very Special Christmas 3 from 1997 is as excitingly eclectic as its predecessors. Though it features the likes of R&B chart toppers and hip-hoppers Mase, Puff Daddy, and Snoop Doggy Dogg and alt-rockers No Doubt, Smashing Pumpkins, , Blues Traveler, and others, the real standout performances belong to Jonny Lang, with his bawdy, barroom version of "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" and Sting, who delivers a proper reading of that old English carol "I Saw Three Ships." The showstopper, though, is Natalie Merchant's "Children, Go Where I Send Thee" in an arrangement so rich and compelling it may top even the many five-star versions of this African-American hymn that have come before it. --Martin Keller

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