If you are looking for a holiday song that will make you want to get up and dance, Dan + Shay have you covered with their new tune "Long Live Christmas" that was released on November 7. The happy, positive, up-tempo track was penned by Dan Smyers of the duo. According to the credits on Spotify, he also produced it alongside Scott Hendricks. He also was a solo writer on "Happy New Year", "Break Up On Christmas", and "Blame It On Santa" from the duos 2024 It's Officially Christmas: The Double Album. I cannot get over his talents in producing, harmonizing, and songwriting.
The song, which gives me folk band Mumford & Sons "I Will Wait For You" vibes, is about having annual Christmas traditions that will last a lifetime. These include listening to Dan + Shay's Christmas music, building a snowman, sitting in front of the fireplace, putting up a Christmas tree and stringing colorful lights on it, and drinking a cinnamon latte. Smyers even gives both of their respective wives a special shout-out in the last chorus of the song. Shay Mooney sings the song with his crisp, cheery vocals backed by Smyers' beautiful harmonies.
Before the two members of the duo met, The Dan + Shay lead vocalist was signed to rap, hip hop, and R&B artist T-Pain's Nappy Boy Entertainment record label. Stay tuned for some throwback posts when I review the solo songs he put out as well as one for a song called "Let You Go" by T-Pain that Mooney was featured on.
Since Dan + Shay debuted on the country music scene in 2013, we had not heard the front man use his rapping skills in the genre until last Friday. The entire second verse of "Long Live Christmas" features Mooney rapping the lyrics backed by the upbeat instrumentation. On my first listen, I only caught a handful of the word he was rapping. I have paused it multiple times and now I think I have most of them down. I am super impressed by his rapping skills, but not surprised because the Natural Dam, Arkansas native can sing anything and make it sound amazing.
From my first listen to the new tune at midnight on November 7 to my most recent listen tonight, I can tell that Smyers put his whole heart into all of the lyrics as well as the production, and that Mooney put his whole heart into telling the story with his beautiful vocals. This song feels like a big warm hug to me. 🩷I am so grateful for all of the special traditions my family and I have around the holidays and I will treasure them forever. The newest one as of last Christmas is listening to Dan + Shay's double holiday album on repeat! 😃🎄🎵
Below is the "Long Live Christmas" (Visualizer) video courtesy of Dan + Shay's YouTube channel for you to enjoy! Put your cowgirl or cowboy boots on, dance around your house, turn it up loud, and sing this song at the top of your lungs! 👢💃🕺🎵
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