Justin Bieber Forgets the Lyrics to Santa Clause is Coming to Town During Today Show Performance

Saturday, November 26th 2011 | Leave a Comment

Justin Bieber accidentally flubbed the lyrics to the popular Christmas tune Santa Clause is Coming to Town while performing on the Today show this week.

The young Pop star, joined by his mentor Usher, made an appearance on NBCs Today Wednesday morning (Nov 23) and performed a few songs from his newly released Christmas album.

During his performance of Santa Clause is Coming to Town, the 17-year-old entertainer blanked out midway through and forgot the lyrics to the song, simply simply repeating the lines Hes making a list and He sees you when youre sleeping to fill in the gaps.

Instead of singing He sees you when youre sleeping, the Biebz accidentally sang Hes making a list. Then, when he was supposed to say You better watch out, once again, he said Hes making a list.

At one point, Bieber, dressed in a festive red and cream snow flake-patterned sweater worth $1,650 and jeans that sagged below his waistline, just let the backing track guide him through some of the song, leaving a few moments of awkward silence. (Hey at least we know hes wasnt lip-synching!)

Even though he messed up a few lines during the performance, the star refused to let the mistake stop the show and continued on with his performance unfazed. Honestly, if youre not really paying attention, you wont even notice the few blips.

The song, among a few others he performed, like Mistletoe and The Christmas Song: Chestnuts Roasti! ng on an Open Fire (featuring Usher), appear on Biebers first Christmas album Under the Mistletoe, which the Today show noted is the first album from a male recording artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Watch Justin Biebers full Today Show appearance below:

Setlist:Never Say Never (Video #1 01:40)The Christmas Song: Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire F/ Usher (Video #1 10:00)Under the Mistletoe (Video #2 Beginning)Santa Clause is Coming to Town (Video #2 04:40)