Jesus to a Child
1996 single by George Michael / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Jesus to a Child" is a song by English singer and songwriter George Michael. Written as a melancholic tribute to his late lover Anselmo Feleppa, it was released in January 1996 as the first single from his third studio album, Older (1996). The song peaked at number one in Australia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom; it was Michael's sixth UK number one and his third as a solo performer. It also reached the top three on several other European charts and peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100. The accompanying music video was directed by Howard Greenhalgh.
"Jesus to a Child" | ||||
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Single by George Michael | ||||
from the album Older | ||||
B-side | "One More Try" (live gospel version) | |||
Released | 8 January 1996 (1996-01-08) | |||
Recorded | October–November 1994[1] | |||
Genre | Bossa nova | |||
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Label | Virgin | |||
Songwriter(s) | George Michael | |||
Producer(s) | George Michael | |||
George Michael singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Jesus to a Child" on YouTube | ||||
After Michael's death in 2016, Dame Esther Rantzen, founder of the charity ChildLine, revealed that Michael had secretly donated all of the single's royalties to the charity. She said "George helped us to reach out to hundreds of thousands of children through his generosity. I met him a couple of times, he approached us, rather than us going cap in hand to him, but it was an intensely personal gift. He didn’t want it to be known or to be part of his image."[2] She told BBC News that "he really wanted to keep his help secret, it was an intensely personal gift. It meant we could answer more children."[3]