She Came Home for Christmas is the second single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 by Danish alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 band Mew

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. The song was released after "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (For You)". The song originally appeared on the band's debut album A Triumph for Man

A Triumph for Man

A Triumph for Man is the first album by Danish band Mew, released in April 1997 by the Danish record label Exlibris Musik.Only 2,000 copies of the album were printed initially and prices for an original copy have reached upwards of US$200 on auction site eBay.On 18 September 2006 A Triumph for Man...

in 1997, and was later included on Frengers

Frengers

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, a compilation album

Compilation album

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 of sorts, in 2003. The song was released as a single in both Denmark and the United Kingdom multiple times between 1997 and 2003.

Drowned in Sound

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's Gareth Dobson complained that the song had "bugger all relation to Christmas" while reviewing the 2003 release.

Danish CD Single (1997)[EXLCDM 008]

1. "She Came Home for Christmas (new version)"
2. "Snowflake (Gloria Hirsh remix)"
3. "Wheels over Me (Alleder Und Fa remix)"
4. "She Came Home for Christmas (Toneklang mix)"

UK DVD Single (2003)

1. "She Came Home for Christmas" (Video)
2. "Mew Documentary"
3. "That Time on the Ledge" (Audio)
4. "Frengers Game" (Interactive)

Japanese CD EP (2003)

1. "She Came Home for Christmas"
2. "King Christian" (New Version)
3. "Mica" (New Version)
4. "Watch This Space"
5. "She Came Home for Christmas" (Acoustic)
6. "She Came Home for Christmas" (Video)