BASIC INFORMATION:
There was released in 2017 a limited edition Joey Ramone 7' vinyl single that has in both sides song Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight). This is 7' red vinyl and only 500 copies are being pressed.

The A-side is Joey Ramone's alternate arrangement of Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight). The B-side is the previously unheard, unreleased original demo of the song. This is the recording the Ramones listened to the first time they heard the song - made in Joey's apartment on a 4-track cassette recorder. Joey's brother Mickey Leigh tells he is recorded it.
100 % of proceeds were donated to the Red Cross of America. Red Cross are the first and main responders to people in need of food and medical attention resulting from catastrophes occurring around the world.

CDEP RELEASE IN 2001:
First time Joey's solo version of Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) was released together with I Couldn't Sleep At All song on December 18th, 2001. That was CDep release. Read more here.

Mickey Leigh told following in 2001:
- Joey and I started recording Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) after we made the demo of the one used by the Ramones. Often, I helped Joey put his songs on tape as demos, so that he could then play them for the band. We put down the fast version of Merry Christmas... and then we tried a slower, steamier variation and Joey sang this beautiful, really romantic vocal. It's a little different than most Ramones songs, but it's Joey and it is a Christmas song, so we thought it's OK to be a bit sentimental. Completed about two weeks ago (end of August, 2001), I played guitar and bass, and some our old friends: Steve Jordan (from the David Letterman and Blues Brothers band) played drums and Tommy Mandell (Bryan Adams band) on keybords, mention Mickey.