"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" is a Christmas song performed by David Bowie and American singer Bing Crosby. Recorded on 11 September 1977 at ATV Elstree Studios In London for Crosby's television special ''Merrie Olde Christmas'', the song features Crosby singing the 1941 standard "The Little Drummer Boy" while Bowie sings the counterpoint tune "Peace on Earth", written by the special's musical supervisors Ian Fraser and Larry Grossman, and scriptwriter Buz Kohan, specifically for the collaboration.Unavailable for many years. It was eventually released as a single in November 1982 and was a commercial success, peaking at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart. It became one of the best-selling singles of Bowie's career, with total estimated sales over 400,000 in the UK alone. The song has since become a Christmas classic in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom and has been referred to by The Washington Post as "one of the most successful duets in Christmas music history"
