Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits (1998) The Definitive Vince Guaraldi (2009) Peanuts Portraits (2010) The Very Best of Vince Guaraldi (2012) Peanuts Greatest Hits (2015) Guaraldi included variations of his signature tune in most subsequent Peanuts television specials he worked on after A Charlie Brown Christmas through You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown in 1975. Some of these alternate renditions have been made available on the following releases: Oh Good Grief! (1968) – harpsichord-driven version A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Selections from the Film Soundtrack (1970) – minor key, flute-driven versions The Charlie Brown Suite & Other Favorites (2003) – band version from A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and live version recorded at Mr. D's in San Francisco, California on May 18, 1969 Vince Guaraldi and the Lost Cues from the Charlie Brown Television Specials, Volume 2 (2008) – chimes-driven version from You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown (1972) Live on the Air (2008) – live version recorded in 1974 An Afternoon with the Vince Guaraldi Quartet (2011) – live version recorded in 1967 A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) – minor key, flute-driven versions It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Music from the Soundtrack (2018) – flute-driven version Legacy "Linus and Lucy" receives considerable airplay on radio stations in the United States and Canada that flip to Christmas music for the holiday season due to its inclusion on the soundtrack album of A Charlie Brown Christmas. The first 24 bars of the song's sheet music were adopted as startup sound while a subsequent 8 bars were adopted as shutdown sound in the desktop theme Peanuts from Microsoft Plus! 98. The song has been used as background music for The Weather Channel's local forecasts during the holiday season since 1999. On May 10, 2019, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the single gold for sales. Charts See also List of cover versions of Vince Guaraldi songs List of jazz standards Christmas music References Peanuts music Jazz songs Compositions by Vince Guaraldi 1960s jazz standards Animated series theme songs 1960s instrumentals 1964 songs American Christmas songs Jazz compositions in A-flat major Children's television theme songs Compositions for piano Fantasy Records singles