yankovic sang you're a mean one mr. grinch and the iconic 1966 animated tv short.
yankovic sang you're a mean one mr. grinch and the iconic 1966 animated tv short.
who sang you're a mean one mr. grinch and the iconic 1966 animated tv short?
yankovic
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"you're a mean one, mr. grinch" is a christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special "dr. seuss' how the grinch stole christmas!"









































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the lyrics were written by theodor "dr. seuss" geisel, the music was composed by albert hague, and the song was performed by thurl ravenscroft. the song's lyrics describe the grinch as being foul-smelling, bad-mannered and sinister, using increasingly creative put-downs, metaphors, similes and off-hand comments by the singer, beginning with the opening line "you're a mean one, mr. grinch".
you're a mean one, mr. grinch
"a very glee christmas" features cover versions of seven christmas songs: "the most wonderful day of the year" from "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer", performed by new directions; "we need a little christmas" from "mame", with amber riley on lead vocals; frank loesser's "baby, it's cold outside", sung by criss and colfer; "merry christmas darling" by the carpenters, sung by michele, "last christmas" by wham!, sung by michele and monteith; and "welcome christmas" from "how the grinch stole christmas!", also by new directions. another song from "how the grinch stole christmas!" is heard in the episode—an arrangement of "you're a mean one, mr. grinch", soundtracked by k.d. lang, and with the lyric "mister grinch" modified to "sue the grinch". "last christmas" had been released previously as a charity single in late 2009, and is included on "". "welcome christmas" was released as a single, available for digital download, separately from the album, which otherwise includes all remaining tracks and six additional songs not heard in the episode; a different version of "you're a mean one, mr. grinch" was recorded for the album, which featured morrison along with lang and used the original "mister grinch" lyric.
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