“It’s Christmas Time Again” is a Christmas song by the American vocal group Backstreet Boys. The song was written by Backstreet Boys members Nick Carter and Howie Dorough along with Mika Guillory and Morgan Taylor Reid in early October 2012. It is the first song by the Backstreet Boys to feature Kevin Richardson’s vocals in six years. Richardson left the group in 2006 and rejoined in 2012. It is also the first song released under the group’s own label, K-BAHN. It’s also their second seasonal song following their original Christmas song “Christmas Time,” which was released 16 years after it. A sneak preview of “It’s Christmas Time Again” was posted on the group’s official website on November 1, 2012, and AOL Music premiered the whole song on November 5, 2012. “It’s Christmas Time Again” was released digitally on November 6, 2012.The Backstreet Boys performed the song publicly for the first time on November 4, 2012, at the taping of Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade at Disneyland. On November 14, 2012, the group debuted the song on national TV on The Talk, and on December 19, 2012, they performed the song on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. In December 2013, the Backstreet Boys performed this song in the annual “Christmas in Washington” TV special, which was also attended by the President of the United States Barack Obama and his family. After ten years, it appears on the group’s first-holiday album, A Very Backstreet Christmas. The Backstreet Boys had been working on their eighth studio album since mid-2012.
Songs with Banjo from Harold Hagler
