Step into Christmas is a Christmas song written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin, and performed by Elton John. It was released as a stand-alone single in November 1973 with the song Ho, Ho, Ho (Whod Be a Turkey at Christmas) as the B-side. It peaked at No. 24 on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, the single reached No. 56 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Christmas Singles chart. According to liner notes about the song by Elton John and Bernie Taupin (in Rare Masters and Elton Johns Christmas Party), the track and its B-side, both produced by Gus Dudgeon, were recorded during a quickie session at Morgan Studios in London, owned by drummer Barry Morgan, who had played on several of Eltons early albums. Step into Christmas was mixed to sound like one of producer Phil Spectors 1960s recordings, using plenty of compression and imitating his trademark wall of sound technique. This was intentional according to both John and Taupin, and an homage of sorts to Christmas songs by Spector-produced groups such as The Ronettes.
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