Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a Christmas song by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band.
The song is a protest about the Vietnam War in 1969. It has become a Christmas standard and has appeared on several Christmas albums.

Notable cover versions
 Céline Dion covered the song on her 1998 album These Are Special Times.
 The Corrs included a live version as a bonus track on the Live in London DVD (2001).
 Sarah McLachlan led off her 2006 Christmas album Wintersong with a cover of this song.
 Maroon 5 recorded a cover version in 2007.
 Drake Bell sang it live in Times Square, NYC to welcome in the new year, 2007.
 *NSYNC recorded a cover version for one of their albums.
 Sarah Brightman recorded her own version as a bonus track for her album A Winter Symphony.
 Thrice, an experimental rock band, has recorded their own version of the song.
 The melody was used during the early 1990s as a musical commercial to promote tourism to Jamaica.

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