I'll Be Home for Christmas - Amy Grant - MP3 instrumental karaoke

In the world of pop music, delivering a well-crafted Christmas album has always been considered a rite of passage for many burgeoning artists. Such is the case of singer Amy Grant, who made the leap from contemporary Christian music into mainstream pop in the early 1980s. After breaking into the Top 5 of Billboard's Holiday chart with A Christmas Album in 1983, she surpassed all expectations with Home for Christmas, a juggernaut of a holiday album that topped both the Holiday and Christian charts in the United States upon its release in 1992, performing even better than her 1991 blockbuster LP Heart in Motion. The centerpiece of the album, the heartbreaking "I'll Be Home for Christmas" was written by lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent, and popularized by Bing Crosby. It tells the story of a soldier stationed abroad during World War II, who writes a letter to his family, reassuring them he'll be home for the holidays. Since its inception in 1943, the track has also been covered by other artists such as Kelly Clarkson, Josh Groban, and Michael Bublé.