A Very Special Christmas #1

A Very Special Christmas is the first in the A Very Special Christmas series of Christmas-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released on October 12, 1987, and production was overseen by Jimmy Iovine for A&M Records. A Very Special Christmas has raised millions of dollars for the Special Olympics. The cover artwork was designed by Keith Haring.

On January 16, 1998, the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of four million copies in the United States.

As of November 2014, A Very Special Christmas is the 19th best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States during the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,520,000 copies according to SoundScan.

01 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - The Pointer Sisters 3:22
02 Winter Wonderland - Eurythmics 3:36
03 Do You Hear What I Hear? - Whitney Houston 3:33
04 Merry Christmas Baby - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 4:53
05 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - The Pretenders 4:42
06 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - John Cougar Mellencamp 2:39
07 Gabriel's Message - Sting 2:14
08 Christmas in Hollis - Run-D.M.C. 3:00
09 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2 2:21
10 Santa Baby - Madonna 2:35
11 The Little Drummer Boy - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 3:32
12 Run Rudolph Run - Bryan Adams 2:43
13 Back Door Santa - Bon Jovi 3:54
14 The Coventry Carol - Alison Moyet 3:25
15 Silent Night - Stevie Nicks 4:37