Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You

All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey, Music Video, Lyrics and Review

“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).

Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You Lyrics

I don’t want a lot for Christmas
There’s just one thing I need
I don’t care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is…
You

I don’t want a lot for Christmas
There’s just one thing I need
I don’t care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don’t need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
Santa Claus won’t make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you
You baby

I won’t ask for much this Christmas
I don’t even wish for snow
I’m just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
I won’t make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
I won’t even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeers click
‘Cause I just want you here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do
Baby all I want for Christmas is you
Ooh baby
All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children’s
Laughter fills the air
And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won’t you bring me the one I really need
Won’t you please bring my baby to me…

Oh I don’t want a lot for Christmas
This is all I’m asking for
I just want to see my baby
Standing right outside my door
Oh I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby all I want for Christmas is…
You

All I want for Christmas is you… baby (repeat and fade)

Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You Song Info and Review

Released 1994
Genre Pop, Christmas
Length 4:01
Label Sony
Writer Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff
Producer Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff

According to The New Yorker, it is “one of the few worthy modern additions to the holiday canon”.
Despite the common misconception that Carey covered this song, the fact is that this track is the original. It has been covered by singers such as Shania Twain and Samantha Mumba, bands such as My Chemical Romance, and girl group The Cheetah Girls. 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.
In the end of 2007 the song has huge popularity worldwide.

There are three (technically four) music videos for “All I Want for Christmas Is You”. The first and most commonly seen is a home video that shows Carey celebrating Christmas with snow, presents, and loved ones. (The video that I’ve posted here)
Because of Billboard magazine rules at the time, the song did not chart on the U.S. Hot 100 during its original release because a commercial single was not issued. It was popular on U.S. radio and peaked at #12 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, and was also a big hit elsewhere. It reached number two in the United Kingdom for three weeks and was certified Platinum in 2007, for selling over 600,000 copies there, losing out to East 17’s “Stay Another Day” for that year’s Christmas number-one single.
Up to December 7, 2007, the song have been sold for 704,470 copies. The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart on December 9, 2007 at #8.

source wikipedia.org