"Alone on Christmas Day" is a song written by Mike Love and Ron Altbach for American rock band the Beach Boys.
In November 2015, Mike Love rerecorded the song as "(You'll Never Be) Alone on Christmas Day" and released it as a single.
[2] The next month, a version by French rock band Phoenix featuring Bill Murray was released.
[3][4] The song was written by the Beach Boys' co-founder Mike Love in collaboration with classical pianist Ron Altbach for a potential Christmas album.
Besides Murray, their recording features Jason Schwartzman, Paul Shaffer, and New York Dolls' David Johansen (as Buster Poindexter).