What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas

"What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas" is a song recorded by R&B group the Emotions, released in 1973 by Stax Records.[1] The single peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Recurrents chart in 2006.[2]

"What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas"
Single by The Emotions
B-side	"What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas (Instrumental Version)"
Released	1973
Genre	Soul R&B
Length	3:24
Label	Stax
Songwriter(s)	Carl Hampton Homer Banks
Producer(s)	Al Bell
The Emotions singles chronology
"Peace Be Still" (1973) "What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas" (1973) "Put a Little Love Away" (1973)

Overview

"What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas" was produced by Al Bell. The song was composed by Carl Hampton and Homer Banks. The single's B-side was an instrumental version of "What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas".[1]

"What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas" also appeared on the Emotions 2004 compilation album Songs of Innocence and Experience.[3]

Critical reception

Allen Thayer of Wax Poetics called What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas "a killer soul song that happens to be set at Christmas time and includes some subtle yet tasteful aural accents to give it that wintery, cold, and lonely feel."[4]

Covers

What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas has been covered by Patti LaBelle on her 2007 album Miss Patti's Christmas and Anthony Hamilton on his 2014 album Home for the Holidays.[5]

References

1. The Emotions: What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas. Stax Records. 1973.
2. "The Emotions: Show Me How (R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Recurrents)". billboard.com. Billboard.
3. The Emotions: Songs of Innocence and Experience at AllMusic. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
4. Thayer, Allen (January 4, 2016). "National Lampoon Players "Kung Fu Christmas" & The Emotions "What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas"". waxpoetics.com. Wax Poetics.
5. "What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas by The Emotions". secondhandsongs.com.