Don't Waste Your Wishes

Don't Waste Your Wishes is a Christmas compilation album by American rock band The Killers, featuring their yearly Christmas singles released from 2006 to 2016. One hundred percent of proceeds from sales of the album were donated to the Product Red campaign, headed by Bobby Shriver and U2 lead singer Bono.[1] The album was released exclusively on the iTunes Store on November 18, 2016, and a limited-edition CD was released on December 9, 2016.[2][3]

Don't Waste Your Wishes
Compilation album by The Killers
Released	November 18, 2016
Recorded	2006–2016
Genre	Christmas
Length	49:17
Label	Island
The Killers chronology
Direct Hits (2013) Don't Waste Your Wishes (2016) Wonderful Wonderful (2017)

Background

The Killers have become recognized for their work with the Product Red campaign, headed by Bono and Bobby Shriver. Every year since 2006, the band has released a Christmas song in support of the campaign.[2][4] Every single is released around December 1, coinciding with World AIDS Day. By the time of the album's release, the band had released eleven Christmas-themed songs and music videos.[5]

Music videos have been released for each of the first ten tracks and a website has been set up specifically for the project.[6]

The album debuted at number 41 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart on December 10, 2016.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release year	Length
1.	"A Great Big Sled" (featuring Toni Halliday)	The Killers	2006	4:18
2.	"Don't Shoot Me Santa" (featuring Ryan Pardey)	The Killers	2007	4:03
3.	"Joseph, Better You Than Me" (featuring Elton John and Neil Tennant)	Brandon Flowers John Tennant	2008	4:51
4.	"¡Happy Birthday Guadalupe!" (featuring Wild Light and Mariachi El Bronx)	The Killers Wild Light Mariachi El Bronx	2009	4:33
5.	"Boots" (featuring dialogue from It's a Wonderful Life)	The Killers	2010	5:27
6.	"The Cowboys' Christmas Ball" (lyrics taken from the 1890 poem of the same name)	Michael Martin Murphey William Lawrence Chittenden	2011	3:30
7.	"I Feel It in My Bones" (featuring Ryan Pardey)	The Killers	2012	3:35
8.	"Christmas in L.A." (featuring Dawes)	Flowers Mark Stoermer Taylor Goldsmith Irving Berlin	2013	4:27
9.	"Joel the Lump of Coal" (featuring Jimmy Kimmel)	The Killers Jimmy Kimmel Jonathan Bines	2014	3:58
10.	"Dirt Sledding" (featuring Ryan Pardey and Richard Dreyfuss)	The Killers	2015	4:27
11.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas" (featuring Ned Humphrey Hansen)	Kim Gannon Walter Kent Buck Ram	2016	5:58

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[7]	75
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[8]	41

References

1. "The Killers to Release New Christmas Charity Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
2. "The Killers Celebrate A Decade Of (RED) Holiday Singles With Release Of New Christmas Album, "Don't Waste Your Wishes," On iTunes" (Press release). Red. November 21, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2016 – via PR Newswire.
3. "The Killers Release New Christmas Single". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
4. "Killers Drop 'Don't Waste Your Wishes' Xmas Compilation With New Single, 'I'll Be Home For Christmas'". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
5. "The Killers announce Christmas album and unveil new single 'I'll Be Home For Christmas'". NME. November 18, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
6. "The Killers". Islandrecords.umg-wp3-dev.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
7. "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
8. "The Killers Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2020.