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24 days, 24 songs, 24 stories

Welcome to our musical Christmas calendar! Every day in December we open a new door with an iconic song, a surprising fun fact and a little story from System Audio.

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On this page we daily update we the latest song.

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December 1: “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen (1975)

A song without a chorus, but with opera, rock, and ballad all in one. Freddie Mercury wrote it as a mini-opera, and the production required over 180 overdubs – so many that the tapes became almost transparent.

EMI thought it was too long for radio, but Queen insisted.

The result? A global hit, an iconic music video, and a song that changed pop culture.
Fun fact: The final piano chord lasts over 40 seconds.

December 2: “Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson (1982)

Quincy Jones and Jackson spent days perfecting the drum sound. The iconic bassline was recorded with a drum machine and analog synths – and became the foundation of the Thriller sound.
Fun fact: Jackson performed the moonwalk for the first time to this song.

December 3: “Take Five” – Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959)

A jazz classic in 5/4 time – highly unusual back then. Produced by Teo Macero, who also worked with Miles Davis. It became one of the best-selling jazz singles ever.
Fun fact: It was written as an exercise in odd time signatures.

December 4: “Clair de Lune” – Claude Debussy (1905)

A classical gem that has inspired everything from film to electronic music.
Fun fact: The name means “Moonlight.”

December 5: “God Only Knows” – The Beach Boys (1966)

Brian Wilson used harp, French horn, and complex harmonies – creating one of pop history’s most beautiful productions.

Fun fact: Paul McCartney called it “the best pop production ever.”

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December 6: “Hyperballad” – Björk (1995)

Björk recorded parts of the vocals outdoors to capture the atmosphere.
Electronic music meets Icelandic poetry. Björk and Mark Bell from LFO created a sound that feels both futuristic and organic.

December 7: “A Day in the Life” – The Beatles (1967)

Two songs merged with an orchestral crescendo and a piano chord that lasts 40 seconds.
The orchestra was told to “play as loud as possible.”
This is our musical Christmas calendar with 24 songs and 24 stories about sound that have formed our lives.

December 8: “Around the World” – Daft Punk (1997)

One phrase repeated 144 times – but hypnotic and with just the right beat.
The music video visualizes each instrument as a dancer. The song was written by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter while working on their debut album, Homework, in their home studio in Paris.
They took a minimalist approach and wanted to create a track with a simple, hypnotic groove inspired by disco and funk.

The most characteristic thing about the song is that the only vocal lyric is the words “around the world,” which are repeated a total of 144 times in the album version. The duo themselves described the process as “making a Chic record with a talkbox and just playing the bass on the synthesizer.”