Drummer Boy Explained

Drummer Boy or Little Drummer Boy may refer to:

Military

• Drummer boy (military), children recruited for use as military drummers on the battlefield
• The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga, John Clem
• The Drummer boy of Tacuarí, Pedro Ríos

Literature and the arts

Music

• "The Little Drummer Boy", a popular Christmas song written in 1941
  • "Drummer Boy" (Justin Bieber song), a rendition of "The Little Drummer Boy" with added rap verses by Justin Bieber and Busta Rhymes from the album Under the Mistletoe
  • Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy, a version performed by Bing Crosby and David Bowie
• "Drummer Boy" (Alesha Dixon song), a song by English singer-songwriter Alesha Dixon released in 2010
• "Drummer Boy" (Debi Nova song), a single by Costa Rican singer-songwriter Debi Nova released in 2010
• "Drummer Boy", a 2007 song by Sean Kingston from his self-titled album
• "Drummer Boy Dub, a track on the 1996 album Dub Take the Voodoo Out of Reggae by Mad Professor with Lee "Scratch" Perry

• A Drummer Boy Christmas, a 2020 album by For King & Country
  • A Drummer Boy Christmas Tour, tour in support of the album
• Little Drummer Boy Live, a 2006 album by Mark Kozelek
• Drummer Boy (EP), a 1995 EP by Christian folk group Jars of Clay
• Drumma Boy, American record producer and hip hop artist

Film, television, theater, and literature

• The Little Drummer Boy (TV special), a stop-motion animated television special released in 1968
• Drummer Boy (Part 1) and (part 2), episodes of the American TV sitcom 8 Simple Rules
• The Drummer Boy, an episode of the American TV sitcom The Brady Bunch
• "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh", short story by Ray Bradbury

Other

Little Drummer Boy Challenge, a mind game

See also

The Little Drummer Girl, a 1983 John le Carré novel