by Melissa Etheridge, a 1995 Brazilian version by Simone, the 2002 version by South African band Toxic Shame, the 2002 Maybe This Christmas version from Sense Field. American pop rock band Maroon 5 released a cover in 2005, in support of Amnesty International's Make Some Noise campaign.Australian Singer Delta Goodrem recorded this song as a b-side on her 5th single Predictable. A 2009 version by mash-up band Beatallica on the album Winter Plunderband. On 13 December 2012, Sean Lennon performed the song with gospel singer Mavis Staples, Jeff Tweedy of the band Wilco, and the Harlem Gospel Choir on the Comedy Central program The Colbert Report. This version was made available for purchase on the music download site iTunes, and proceeds were donated to Hurricane Sandy disaster relief. During John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert Sheryl Crow, Aloe Blacc, and Peter Frampton performed the song with a children's chorus from The Stuttering Association for the Youth. On 14 December 2018, Miley Cyrus and Mark Ronson recorded a version of the song featuring Lennon's son, Sean Ono Lennon. The three of them performed their cover on the 15 December 2018 episode of Saturday Night Live, where Ronson and Cyrus were booked as the episode's musical guests. In November 2019 John Legend released a new version of the song, including string arrangements by Matt Jones which featured an improvised solo by violinist Scott Tixier. It reached number nine in the UK Singles Chart.The song was also covered in late 2019 by two VTubers Hime Tanaka and Hina Suzuki. A French version was recorded by René Simard and his little sister Nathalie entitled "Noël Des Enfants" from René's album 18 ans déjà. Personnel John Lennon – vocals, guitar, producer Yoko Ono – vocals, producer The Harlem Community Choir – backing vocals, Children's Choir May Pang – backing vocals Nicky Hopkins – piano, chimes, glockenspiel Teddy Irwin – guitar Jim Keltner – drums, sleigh bells Hugh McCracken – guitar Chris Osbourne – guitar Stuart Scharf – guitar Roy Cicala – recording engineer Phil Spector – producer Chart performance Original version Céline Dion version Maroon 5 version Miley Cyrus and Mark Ronson feat. Sean Ono Lennon version John Legend version Certifications See also List of anti-war songs "The War Is Over", 1968 Phil Ochs song Notes References Sources External links 1971 singles 1972 singles 1971 songs Anti-war songs Apple Records singles British Christmas songs Irish Singles