"If You Were Born Today/Last Christmas," Jimmy Eat World (Interscope)

A peculiar couplet kicks off this dirge-like 2004 holiday tune: "If you were born today/They'd kill you by age eight." UPDATE: Bob Bailey points out this is a cover of the Low tune. This five-minute number mixes Christmas sentiments and suggestions of atonement. Following this is what sounds like a fresh attempt at their previous cover of Wham's "Last Christmas," a poppy acoustic romp through the tune. This single is called Christmas EP at iTunes, the only place that seems to have it. "Last Christmas" also appeared on The OC Mix 3 Have a Very Merry Chrismukkah, and was on a single of its own before this EP came out. These guys apparently seem to like doing Christmas tunes, as we've noted before.