"You Know It's Christmas," Young Goulets (Hipjoint)

This 2006 single comes from Hipjoint Productions, the Canadian production/promotion house that works with such folks as Katie Melua, Shiloh, Kelly Rowland, Daniel Powter and others. There's no artist credits for this thing, other than a press release that states the performance is "led by our own Mike James and the Hipjoint staff." A Nettwerk page for Troy Samson gives the song as one of his compositions, and that's pretty much all I can find out. Nevertheless, it's a strong acoustic/electric pop-rocker, with guitar figures reminiscent of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)." Lyrically, it's all about those signposts that tell you it's the holiday season. UPDATE: In an odd twist, this record has been reissued for 2011 with the artist changed to The Young Goulets and the record label from Nettwerk to Hipjoint. To my ears it's the same record, remixed, after a/b'ing the sample on Amazon against my original copy. Click the cover art to download the current version from Amazon.