Christmas Song ID: 12 Days of Christmas

December 24, 2018 6:56 AM

What is this kind of cool version of "12 Days of Christmas" I heard while shopping?

The other day I was shopping at PetSmart and a version of "12 Days of Christmas" was playing on the overheard. It was really different and I liked it. I'm not a musical person, so whatever musical terms/keywords that would coax this song version out of Google are failing me. I'm hoping the below makes sense to someone as I'd really like to listen to the song again.

The singer was female with a high voice. The verses of the song kept changing in key... and tempo? Or rhythm maybe? It seemed to shift into minor key at times, but not in a "let's make this happy song sound creepy" way. The overall tempo was fast like the normal version.

Any idea?

posted by Serene Empress Dork to Grab Bag (5 answers total)

Was it just the one vocalist or was it a group? Was it a cappella or were there instruments? If there were instruments, would you classify it as more like a rock song? Or an r&b song? or something jazzier / swingier?
posted by Jacob G at 8:03 AM on December 24, 2018

Response by poster: Pretty sure it was just one vocalist. It did have instruments I believe, but I couldn't say what kind. It was jazzier/swinger, I think. Like, I don't know if I'd have called it "jazz" exactly but it had that kind of playfulness. Definitely not rock, pop or r&b.
posted by Serene Empress Dork at 9:18 AM on December 24, 2018

Best answer: This version by The Bird and the Bee has lots of key changes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0MCvK39s1s
posted by jonathanhughes at 10:05 AM on December 24, 2018 [2 favorites]

My first thought was this one but that might be too jazzy / swingy based on your description.
posted by Jacob G at 10:09 AM on December 24, 2018

Response by poster: Yes! jonathanhughes has it. Thank you so much!
posted by Serene Empress Dork at 10:18 AM on December 24, 2018 [1 favorite]