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12 Worst Christmas Songs: No. 8

'Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town'
--Bruce Springsteen (1981)

Even though he's darn near as sainted as St. Nick himself, Bruce is capable of laying the occasional lump of coal. We've got no beef with rollicking through this sloppy number live, but do radio stations really have to play it 5,000 times every December? And, yeah, we get it ... Clarence wants a new sax.

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jenn loma

YOU PEOPLE ARE FREAKING TONE DEAF!!! Bruce sounds like he is sitting on the toilet and he is waiting for someone to give him a really goodl laxitive! You people wouldn't know good music if it bit you in the butt!

December 14 2010 at 10:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
shaggycc

it is my fav. cover of any christmas song ever, this song is a classic.

November 25 2009 at 12:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kristen

dude! this is one of the best christmas songs!! I love it! and Bruce is a rock god!!

March 07 2009 at 10:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SendBackSpam

I nominate ANY Christmas songs by the Carpenter's. As a one time fan of the duo (in my childhood), I cringe when I hear any of their Christmas songs.

February 05 2009 at 7:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
werunamuk

Enough is enough. Heard it once now I never have to hear it again. Next time it play's I'll go clean the litter box. It realy is a good song, It just sounds bad.

January 26 2009 at 3:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rockmonstna

no matter what comes out of bruces mouth,it goes straight into my body and turns me ON!!!

January 10 2009 at 11:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David

I completely disagree on this one. It's a great tune although the Boss did kind of borrow it from the Jackson 5. To tell you the truth the J5 version of this song is just not as good as this. The Springsteen version totally rocks and I've used this song when I've played a few Holiday parties and it totally rocked the house.

Sometimes you need to look at a song for what it was intended to be and not what you think it's supposed to be. This song wasn't intended to be the new 'Silent Night'. It was meant to be a fun, loose rocker that would get people singing along.

So, yeah, lighten up on this one.

December 26 2008 at 4:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
miszdena

i like this song lol

December 26 2008 at 12:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
leoganz

This clown could only scream and that's all he does with this song. PATHETIC

December 25 2008 at 11:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
guitarlenski

This record is A PIECE OF CRAP!!! So glad you agree. That awful vibrato where he thinks he's doing a good Ronnie Spector is too much to bear...and I would HATE hearing this LIVE as well!!!

December 25 2008 at 11:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply