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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.
Tracklist
| 1 | Pointer Sisters | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | 3:21 |
| 2 | Eurythmics | Winter Wonderland | 3:34 |
| 3 | Whitney Houston | Do You Hear What I Hear? | 3:31 |
| 4 | Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band | Merry Christmas Baby | 4:51 |
| 5 | The Pretenders | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | 4:40 |
| 6 | John Cougar Mellencamp | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | 2:38 |
| 7 | Sting | Gabriel's Message | 2:10 |
| 8 | Run-DMC | Christmas In Hollis | 2:59 |
| 9 | U2 | Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) | 2:19 |
| 10 | Madonna | Santa Baby | 2:34 |
| 11 | Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | The Little Drummer Boy | 3:29 |
| 12 | Bryan Adams | Run Rudolph Run | 2:42 |
| 13 | Bon Jovi | I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas | 4:26 |
| 14 | Alison Moyet | The Coventry Carol | 3:24 |
| 15 | Stevie Nicks | Silent Night | 4:36 |