Which Eagles holiday single was a cover of a Charles Brown song?

“Please Come Home for Christmas” was the Eagles holiday single that covered a Charles Brown song.

Brown co-wrote and first released the Christmas blues standard with Gene Redd in 1960. His original recording became a seasonal favorite, blending a pleading holiday lyric with R&B piano, a churchlike bell sound, and a lonely, blues-based mood. The Eagles later brought the song into their rock format.

The Eagles released their version as a holiday single in 1978. Don Henley sang lead, Glenn Frey played piano, Joe Walsh played guitar, Don Felder played lead guitar, and Timothy B. Schmit played bass. It reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the first Christmas song to reach that chart’s Top 20 since Roy Orbison’s “Pretty Paper” in 1963.

Listeners sometimes assume the Eagles wrote the song because their version is especially familiar. It is a cover, and one lyrical detail differs: the Eagles sing about “sad, sad news,” while Brown’s original refers to “glad, glad news.”