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Single cover. Butterfly / 12-Tone Music (digital single) (2020)
"Christmas on the Square" is a single by Dolly Parton. It was released on September 29, 2020, by Butterfly Records and 12-Tone Music as the third single from her forty-seventh solo studio album, A Holly Dolly Christmas. It was written by Dolly and produced by Kent Wells. The song was featured in the 2020 Netflix film of the same name which Dolly starred in alongside Christine Baranski. The single peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Holiday Digital Song Sales chart.

Track listing

  • Christmas on the Square (Dolly Parton) 3:15

Recording

"Christmas on the Square" was recorded at Sound Stage Studios in Nashville, Tennessee; Kent Wells Productions in Nashville; Dark Horse Recording in Franklin; and Adventure Studios in Nashville.

Audio

Commercial performance

The single debuted and peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Holiday Digital Song Sales chart dated October 10, 2020.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the A Holly Dolly Christmas liner notes.
Performance
  • Dennis Crouch – upright bass
  • Richard Dennison – background vocals
  • Michael Davis – keys, B3
  • Lloyd Green – steel guitar
  • Vicki Hampton – background vocals
  • Paul Hollowell – piano
  • Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle
  • Jennifer O'Brien – background vocals
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • Tom Rutledge – acoustic guitar
  • Steve Turner – drums, percussion
  • Darrin Vincent – background vocals
  • Rhonda Vincent – background vocals, mandolin
  • Kent Wells – electric guitar
Production
  • Joey Crawford – engineer
  • Jim DeMain – mastering
  • Kat Elfman – production assistant
  • Chris Latham – vocal editing
  • Kam Luchterhand – assistant engineer
  • Patrick Murphy – tracking engineer
  • Mark Needham – mixing
  • Tyler Spratt – editing
  • Kent Wells – producer
  • Kevin Willis – engineer, editing