Track Listing for "Christmas in Our Hearts"

Christmas in Our Hearts, the best-selling Christmas album in the history of Philippine music, also contains songs that are also popular during the season. Here is a track listing of the album:

1. A Wish On Christmas Night
Lyrics by: Jose Mari Chan, Pinky Valdez
Music by: Jose Mari Chan

2. Do You Hear What I Hear ?
Lyrics by: N. Regney, G. Shayne

3. Mary's Boy Child
Lyrics and music by: Jester Hairston

4. Christmas In Our Hearts
Performed by: Jose Mari Chan and Liza Chan
Lyrics by: Jose Mari Chan, Rina Cañiza,
Music by Jose Mari Chan

5. A Christmas Carol
Lyrics and music by: Leslie Bricusse

6. A Perfect Christmas
Lyrics and music by: Jose Mari Chan

7. Give Me Your Heart For Christmas

8. This Beautiful Day
Performed by: Jaymie Magtoto
Lyrics and music by: Leslie Bricusse

9. The Sound of Life
Lyrics by: Pinky Valdez
Music by: Jose Mari Chan

10. Christmas Children
Lyrics and music by: Jose Mari Chan

11. Little Christmas Tree

12. When A Child Is Born
Lyrics by: Zacar-Jay

13. It is The Lord!
Lyrics and music by: Jose Mari Chan

14. The Lord's Prayer

15. Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)

16. May The Good Lord Bless and Keep You
Lyrics and music by: Meredith Willson

Christmas Countdown: "Christmas in Our Hearts"

It's four days to go before Christmas. As I thought of something to post I heard on the radio a song that is said to usher the season in the Philippines. The four-word title, Christmas in Our Hearts, is the carrier single of the best-selling Christmas album in the history of Philippine music.

Comprising of tracks created by renowned singer-songwriter Jose Mari Chan, the album was released twelve years ago. A few weeks after its November 1990 release, the album reached "triple platinum record" status. As of 2010, it has achieved the "double diamond record" milestone, or sales of 800,000 copies. With this, Chan surpassed his own achievement for the 1989 love song compilation Constant Change.
 

Front cover of the album (SOURCE: CD Universe)

STORY BEHIND THE SONG
Jose Mari Chan said in a 2003 interview with The Philippine Star that the original title of the carrier single of the album was Ang Tubig Ay Buhay ("Water Is Life"), based on a poem by Chari Cruz-Zarate. Chan added music to the words with the intention of composing a jubilee song for Assumption High School Class ‘63.

Chan during the launch of his 2012 album Going Home to Christmas (SOURCE: ABS-CBNNews)