"Text Me Merry Christmas" is a song performed by Straight No Chaser and

Kristen Bell Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. List of Kristen Bell performances, Her work includes both film and television, and List of awards and nominations received by Kristen Bell, h ...

. It was written by

Adam Schlesinger Adam Lyons Schlesinger (October 31, 1967 – April 1, 2020) was an American musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He was a founding member of the bands Fountains of Wayne, Ivy, and Tinted Windows, and was also a member of the ban ...

and

David Javerbaum David Adam Javerbaum (born 1971) is an American comedy writer and lyricist. Javerbaum has won 13 Emmy Awards in his career, 11 of them for his work on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''. He runs the popular Twitter account @TheTweetOfGod, whi ...

. The song was released on November 17, 2014.

Lyrics

Written to convey "how informal communication has become", the group picked Bell immediately upon deciding the song should be a duet. Bell found it "a blast" to perform in the

a cappella Music performed a cappella ( , , ; ), less commonly spelled acapella in English, is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Rena ...

style. Bell's male counterpart is Michael Luginbill. The song touches on a common theme for Christmas music, that of being apart.

Reception

Upon release, ''Billboard'' called the tune both "catchy" and "goofy". Within three days of its release, the official YouTube video had garnered 1.7 million views. The song reached number 56 on the ''Billboard'' Holiday 100 on December 19, 2014.

Charts

References

{{reflist American Christmas songs Songs written by Adam Schlesinger 2014 songs Kristen Bell songs