Who knew?
'"All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a song written and produced by American singer Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff, and recorded for Carey's fifth album Merry Christmas (1994).
Its protagonist declares that she doesn't care about Christmas presents or lights; all she wants for Christmas is to be with her lover.
It is unrelated to the 1989 Christmas hit single by novelty act Vince Vance and the Valiants. It was released as the album's first single in December 1994 (see 1994 in music) and reached the top ten in several non-U.S. countries, and it is one of the most commercially successful Christmas singles of the modern era.
According to The New Yorker, it is "one of the few worthy modern additions to the holiday canon". Because the song has achieved such success and acclaim in a relatively short time period, many are unaware that it is an original song written by Carey.
It has been covered by singers such as Shania Twain and Samantha Mumba, and bands such as My Chemical Romance. It was performed by Olivia Olson in the film Love Actually (2003). By late 2006, it had become the best-selling holiday ring tone of all time in the U.S.'
My Chemical Romance's Cover
Its protagonist declares that she doesn't care about Christmas presents or lights; all she wants for Christmas is to be with her lover.
It is unrelated to the 1989 Christmas hit single by novelty act Vince Vance and the Valiants. It was released as the album's first single in December 1994 (see 1994 in music) and reached the top ten in several non-U.S. countries, and it is one of the most commercially successful Christmas singles of the modern era.
According to The New Yorker, it is "one of the few worthy modern additions to the holiday canon". Because the song has achieved such success and acclaim in a relatively short time period, many are unaware that it is an original song written by Carey.
It has been covered by singers such as Shania Twain and Samantha Mumba, and bands such as My Chemical Romance. It was performed by Olivia Olson in the film Love Actually (2003). By late 2006, it had become the best-selling holiday ring tone of all time in the U.S.'
My Chemical Romance's Cover
posted by Big Daddy at
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Denver
1 Comments:
i think this is a great christmas song, and i always knew it was Mariah who actually wrote (or co-wrote) it. even people i know who are Mariah-haters like the song.
When you hear it on the malls and on the "lite-rock-turned-all-Chrismas-Music-for-the-hoildays" stations, you know you've made it.
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