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Olivia Rodrigo’s first Christmas single is out on Friday

today3rd November 2026

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Olivia Rodrigo is releasing her first ever Christmas single this Friday. take me home (4 christmas) is out on Friday 6 November, with a music video starring Cynthia Nixon.

🎄 Olivia Rodrigo: take me home (4 christmas)
📅 Out Friday 6 November
✍️ Written with Dan Nigro and Amy Allen, produced by Nigro
🎬 Video features Cynthia Nixon and Ben Marshall
💿 7-inch vinyl and cassette available to pre-order

When is Olivia Rodrigo’s Christmas song out?

take me home (4 christmas) is released on Interscope on Friday 6 November, along with its music video. Rodrigo co-wrote it with her long-time producer Dan Nigro and songwriter Amy Allen. A limited 7-inch vinyl and a cassette are on pre-order from her official store, and HMV will stock the vinyl from Friday.

Could it be the Christmas Number 1?

It is too early to say, but Rodrigo has a strong track record. Her third album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, went to Number 1 in the UK in June, her third chart-topping album in a row. drop dead became her fourth UK Number 1 single earlier this year, after drivers license, good 4 u and vampire.

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When is the Christmas Number 1 2026 announced?

Sales and streams for the Christmas chart are counted from Friday 18 December until 11.59pm on Thursday 24 December. This year the Christmas Number 1 will be revealed on Christmas Day, Friday 25 December, on BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart with Jack Saunders. It will be the first time the result has been announced on Christmas Day since 2020, when LadBaby won with Don’t Stop Me Eatin’.

Sources: Official Charts, Official Charts. Photo: Sulamith Sallmann / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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