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All I Want for Christmas Is You "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a Christmas song performed by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. She wrote and produced the song alongside Walter Afanasieff. Columbia Records released it on November 1, 1994, as the lead single from her fourth studio album and first holiday album, "Merry Christmas" (1994). The track is an uptempo love song that includes bell chimes, heavy back-up vocals, and synthesizers. It is also considered the best-selling modern day Christmas song. Two music videos were commissioned for the song: the song's primary music video features grainy
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All I Want for Christmas Is You "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a Christmas song performed by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. She wrote and produced the song alongside Walter Afanasieff. Columbia Records released it on November 1, 1994, as the lead single from her fourth studio album and first holiday album, "Merry Christmas" (1994). The track is an uptempo love song that includes bell chimes, heavy back-up vocals, and synthesizers. It is also considered the best-selling modern day Christmas song. Two music videos were commissioned for the song: the song's primary music video features grainy
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chart on the "Billboard" Hot 100 (peaking at No. 83 in January 2000). The song topped the "Billboard" Hot Digital Songs chart in December 2005, but it was unable to attain a new peak on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart because it was considered a recurrent single and was thus ineligible for chart re-entry.<ref name=billboardall> All I Want for Christmas Is You "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a Christmas song performed by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. She wrote and produced the song alongside Walter Afanasieff. Columbia Records released it on November 1, 1994, as the
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Finally It's Christmas Finally It's Christmas is the second Christmas album by American pop rock group Hanson. The band wrote and produced the album with Mark Hudson, who also collaborated on the band's first Christmas release, "Snowed In" (1997). Several of the band's children also make appearances in some songs. The album was released on October 27, 2017. Taylor Hanson on why it took so long to do another Christmas album: The album features a mix of classic Christmas covers from Elvis Presley's "Blue Christmas" to Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (renamed "All I Want for
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take care of Jack, then she can have a dog of her very own. A soundtrack for this album was released alongside the release of the movie, featuring old christmas classics by Carey as well as a brand new song called "Lil Snowman". All I Want for Christmas Is You (film) All I Want For Christmas Is You (also known as Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You) is a 2017 direct-to-video computer-animated Christmas film based on the song by Mariah Carey and the book by Carey herself and Colleen Madden. The film stars the voices of Mariah
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All I Want for Christmas Is You (film) All I Want For Christmas Is You (also known as Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You) is a 2017 direct-to-video computer-animated Christmas film based on the song by Mariah Carey and the book by Carey herself and Colleen Madden. The film stars the voices of Mariah Carey, Breanna Yde, and Henry Winkler. Young Mariah (Breanna Yde) desperately wants a puppy for Christmas, but her parents are not convinced that she should have one. They agree to let Mariah dog-sit the puppy Jack (Dee Bradley Baker) and if she can
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the same meaning: not change much between all the phrase 'All I want for Christmas is you baby "and" My only wish for Christmas is you'. In summary, it appears that much of Jessica suffers a lack of inspiration ... MTV said, we know that Mariah Carey has returned to the yuletide jam with her Merry Christmas II You. And now we get some Christmas spirit from Jessica Simpson, with the jaunty, playful "My Only Wish." Not unlike Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You", Simpson's track covers up some heartache with a buoyant and peppy track, complete
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All I Want for Christmas Is You: A Night of Joy and Festivity All I Want for Christmas Is You, a Night of Joy and Festivity is the first concert residency by American singer Mariah Carey. Performed annually at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan, New York, the residency began on December 15, 2014, and concluded on December 17, 2018, after completing six legs and thirty-four shows. "Billboard" revealed that the six dates had sold out with a total of 16,196 tickets while grossing $1.5 million during the first leg of the residency. The main set list for the show encompassed
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Christmas Special in December 2010, and at her annual Beacon Theatre residency called All I Want for Christmas Is You, A Night of Joy and Festivity every December 2014. Legend joined Carey on stage to perform the track at one of the December 2016 concerts. When Christmas Comes "When Christmas Comes" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her second Christmas album/thirteenth studio album, "Merry Christmas II You" (2010). Carey wrote and produced the song in collaboration with James Poyser. A soul song with an influence of R&B, the lyrics are about giving the gift of
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be surprised to see Mariah Carey's sublime All I Want For Christmas Is You bounding up the charts after being named the nation's top festive song." In his review for Carey's "Merry Christmas II You", Thomas Connor from the "Chicago Sun-Times" called the song "a simple, well-crafted chestnut and one of the last great additions to the Christmas pop canon". In a 2006 retrospective look at Carey's career, Sasha Frere-Jones of "The New Yorker" said, the "charming" song was one of Carey's biggest accomplishments, calling it "one of the few worthy modern additions to the holiday canon". Dan Hancox, editor
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Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album) Merry Christmas is the first Christmas album, and the fourth studio album, by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. Released by Columbia Records on November 1, 1994, the album features cover versions of popular Christmas tunes and original material. Carey worked with Walter Afanasieff, with whom she wrote all of the original tracks, as well as producing Carey's interpretations of the covered material. The album contains a contemporary holiday theme, and featured "authentic, gospel flavored background vocals". Three singles were released from the album, of which "All I Want for Christmas Is You" went on
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begins with a cover of the holiday standard "Do You Hear What I Hear?", the recording of which was inspired by American singer Whitney Houston's rendition. The fifth song is a cover of "All I Want for Christmas is You", which was originally recorded and made famous by American singer Mariah Carey. Menzel opted to record the track using an arrangement that producer Walter Afanasieff, who co-wrote and produced Carey's version, had never been able to use before. The seventh track "December Prayer" is the only original song featured on the album, which has been described by Randy Lewis of
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Robert Ross. In the chorus, Stefani and Shelton sing: "Sleigh bells singing 'Hallelujah' / Stars are shining on us too / I want to thank you, baby / You make it feel like Christmas". Ryan Reed of "Rolling Stone" said the Christmas song recalled "the chug of The Supremes' 1966 hit 'You Can't Hurry Love'" while the staff at "Entertainment Weekly" called the song infectious. Mike Nied from Idolator suggested that Stefani and Shelton's track "may have something that will live up to Mariah Carey’s defining classic 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'". "Stereogum"s Tom Breihan called the track
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Do You Want to Build a Snowman? "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" is a song from the 2013 Disney animated feature film "Frozen", with music and lyrics composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. As of November 25, 2016, the total sales of the digital track stands at 1,600,000 downloads according to Nielsen SoundScan, placing it second on the list of all-time best-selling Christmas/holiday digital singles in SoundScan history (behind Mariah Carey's 1994 hit single, "All I Want for Christmas Is You"). After Elsa accidentally harms Anna with her ice powers, she locks herself in her bedroom. The
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of the same name. Carey also developed an animated Christmas film, titled "Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You", for which soundtrack she recorded an original song called "Lil' Snowman." The film was released direct-to-video on November 14, 2017. In the same month, the singer resumed her All I Want for Christmas Is You, a Night of Joy and Festivity concert series, which for the first time visited other countries including England and France. On December 31, 2017, the singer returned to perform on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" after the technical difficulties that hindered her previous
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and dance-pop style. "My Only Wish" is a love song, a good rhythm Christmas, featuring pop music and traditional rhythms, drum notes, and hard knocks and grooves. Background vocals are present throughout the chorus. "My Only Wish" received mixed reviews from music critics. It has been compared to "All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey. Grace Cicciotti of iphone.funweek, commented, the two items in question, in fact, closely resemble, perhaps too much. "My only wish", written by "The-Dream" has the same melody of "All I Want for Christmas is You ', the same high note and even
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"I Need You for Christmas" series. Radio station only broadcasts Christmas songs exclusively from December 5 to January 5 starting 2008. They name themselves "Santa Claus' Radio Station". Starting in 2010, a special Airplay Chart started being shown yearly - Holiday Airplay Chart. Moreover, as a result to season's conjunction, Mariah Carey scored four entries the same week in December 2010 on the Romanian Top 100 with "Silent Night", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and "Oh Santa!" all charted simultaneously (the record was previously held by Michael Jackson after his death in
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"strong vocals are needed to offset the snazzy production and chorus." In his review, Idolator's Carl Williott wrote that the song "sounds instantly familiar—sleigh bells, laments about a lonely Christmas day, a sax solo—but with a tightly coiled hook and Clarkson’s transcendent voice, the whole thing is kind of invigorating." Sarah Rodman of "The Boston Globe" called it as bouncy, cooing number tailor-made to soundtrack sleigh rides, and named it as the best track on the album. Critics also approvingly compared it to Mariah Carey's modern Christmas classic "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (1994), a track that RCA
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collaborating with Bieber on the album.<ref name="Other Collaborations/Name Release"></ref> On September 30, 2011, Bieber released the official album cover and album name on Facebook. On October 4, 2011, Mariah Carey revealed that she and Bieber recorded her song "All I Want for Christmas Is You" as a duet for the new album. Justin's version of the song "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" from the motion picture Arthur Christmas, as samples the song "I Want You Back" by the "Jackson 5". The album's first single "Mistletoe", was written and produced with The Messengers, and it was released on October 17,
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on August 1, 2012. The episode itself has the same name as an original song on that album, "Extraordinary Merry Christmas", which was written for "Glee" by the show's executive music producer Adam Anders, song producer Peer Åström, and Shelly Peiken, and is sung on the second Christmas soundtrack album by Michele and Criss, who also perform it in the episode. The episode also includes covers of eight songs, seven of which are from the soundtrack album: Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" performed by Riley, Elvis Presley's "Blue Christmas" sung by McGinty, Joni Mitchell's "River" performed
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Snow Blankets the Night Snow Blankets the Night is an EP by the American singer-songwriter Teddy Geiger. Following the success of her debut album "Underage Thinking", Geiger released a six song Christmas EP on December 12, 2006 only through the U.S. iTunes. The EP includes an original Christmas song written by Geiger herself entitled "I Found an Angel" and two other new original songs, "Listen" and "Our Eyes" as well. A cover of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is also featured on the EP, also containing live versions of her singles "These Walls" and "For You
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The song's accompanying music video features Carey and Legend at a hosting a Christmas house party. It has been performed by Carey at her ABC 2010 Christmas special and during her 2014 Beacon Theatre residency All I Want for Christmas Is You, A Night of Joy and Festivity in December 2014. "When Christmas Comes" was written and produced by Mariah Carey and James Poyser for the former's second Christmas album/thirteenth studio album, "Merry Christmas II You" (2010). Her vocals were recorded by Brian Garten at Guardian Angel Studios in Bel Air, Westlake Recording Studios and Hensons Studios, both located in
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with Salvation Army Christmas bells and fireside pianos. GAWKER commented, "Is Jessica Simpson's New Christmas Song a Complete Mariah Carey Rip Off?". Jessica Simpson debuted the first single from her upcoming Christmas album, called, "My Only Wish (For Christmas Is You)." One problem: it's a total rip off of Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You." My Only Wish (song) "My Only Wish" is a holiday song written by Jessica Simpson, Aaron Pearce and Christopher Stewart, recorded by American singer-songwriter Jessica Simpson. It was released by Primary Wave Records on November 22, 2010 as the lead single from
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ornament was released on November 16 via Amazon.com for $60.31. The following day, Carey appeared on "Lopez Tonight". On November 19, Carey taped a performance of "Oh Santa!" at the "NBC Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting" which aired later in the month. On December 3, 2010, Carey performed "Oh Santa!" as well as "All I Want For Christmas Is You" at the Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade special, which featured Carey surrounded by dancers, including ballerinas and cheerleaders, and ended with fireworks at the end of the performance. A pre-recorded ABC television special called "Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to
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All I Want for Christmas Is You (Vince Vance & The Valiants song) "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a Christmas song recorded by American novelty act Vince Vance & the Valiants. Initially released as a single in 1989, Vince Vance's version of the song has charted several times on the "Billboard" country singles charts. It is Vince Vance & the Valiants' only chart entry. "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a mid-tempo in triple meter, featuring lead vocals from Lisa Burgess Stewart, who now records under the name Lisa Layne. In it, the female narrator
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"All I Want for Christmas Is You" and "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again". Idolator writer Sam Lanksy wrote that she performed with "maestro vocals", but felt that her vocals on the latter rendition "eclipsed" that of the former. The song was included on the set-list of her Beacon Theatre residency called All I Want For Christmas Is You, A Night of Joy & Festivity in December 2014. "The New York Times" critic Jon Caramanica felt as though Carey was "completely undersinging". Carey released a lyric video for "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" on December 17, 2012.
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song for her second holiday album, "Merry Christmas II You", titled "All I Want for Christmas Is You (Extra Festive)". Carey also re-recorded the song as a duet with Canadian singer Justin Bieber for his 2011 album "Under the Mistletoe", titled "All I Want for Christmas for You (SuperFestive!)". The song has also been covered by many artists over the years. In the years since its original release, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has been critically acclaimed; it was once called "one of the few worthy modern additions to the holiday canon" in "The New Yorker". It has
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Home), Christmas Ain't Christmas (Without The One You Love), Run Rudolph Run and All I Want For Christmas Is You<br> Track 9 is a medley of What Christmas Means to Me, This Christmas, Who Took the Merry Out Of Christmas, Last Christmas<br> Tracks 8, 9, 11, 15 and 16 are omitted from the vinyl version. The RocKwiz Christmas Album RocKwiz Christmas Album is a compitation album of songs recorded for Rockwiz Christmas specials at the Palais Theatre in 2007 and 2009. It was released on vinyl and cd. Sally Browne of the Sunday Mail wrote "With loads more cool Yule
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towards the end of a musician's waning career. Afanasieff recalled his sentiments during initial discussions for a holiday record: "Back then, you didn't have a lot of artists with Christmas albums. It wasn't a known science at all back then, and there was nobody who did new, big Christmas songs. So we were going to release it as kind of an everyday, 'Hey, you know, we're putting out a Christmas album. No big deal.'" Ultimately, with Mottola's persistence, Carey and Afanasieff began writing songs for its parent album "Merry Christmas" during the summer of 1994. "All I Want for Christmas
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100 Airplay charts), and has re-appeared on the Hot Country Recurrents chart every Christmas since late 2000-early 2001. Sammy Kershaw covered the song on his 1994 album "Christmas Time's A-Comin". Santa's Doo Wop Helpers (Joel Katz, Johnny Maestro, Bobby Jay and Larry Chance) recorded the song in 1996 for various compilation Christmas CDs. LeAnn Rimes covered the song for her 2004 Christmas album "What a Wonderful World". All I Want for Christmas Is You (Vince Vance & The Valiants song) "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a Christmas song recorded by American novelty act Vince Vance & the
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locked in a Brill Building safe." In a piece on the song in "Vogue", a writer felt the song's lyrics helped solidify its status over two decades later: "those lyrics could have been sung by Frank Sinatra—well, maybe not Frank, but another singer back then. I think that's what gives it that timeless, classic quality." "All I Want for Christmas Is You" received critical acclaim from music critics. Parisien called the song "a year-long banger", complimenting its instrumentation and melody. Steve Morse, editor of "The Boston Globe", wrote that Carey sang with a lot of soul. According to Barry Schwartz
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(Layne), explains that she does not want Christmas decorations or gifts from Santa Claus. Instead, all she wants for Christmas is her lover. The melody used in the song is based on Bobby Vinton's number 9 pop hit single from early 1964, "My Heart Belongs to Only You," with a few minor alterations. In his review of the album "All I Want for Christmas Is You", Allmusic reviewer Jason Birchmeier referred to the song as a "holiday favorite within the country community during the '90s" but noted that the rest of the album was not "remotely worth bothering with." Having
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it is reassuringly predictable." While he continued to label it as an "incredibly adventureless album," he also wrote that it is a "remarkably comforting listen". He felt that "Merry Christmas II You" was not a sequel, or a remake, but rather an attempt at rewinding time on Carey's part. Rich Juzwiak of "The Village Voice" was critical of "Merry Christmas II You". He described "One Child" as a "needless retelling", "Oh Santa!" as trying too hard and too difficult to sing along to and "All I Want for Christmas Is You (Extra Festive)" as a desperate attempt at Carey canonising
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to the album, we had to have a nice balance between standard Christian hymns and fun songs. It was definitely a priority for me to write at least a few new songs, but for the most part people really want to hear the standards at Christmas time, no matter how good a new song is." "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is an uptempo song, composed with pop, soul, R&B, gospel, dance-pop and rhythmic adult contemporary influences and stylings. By early August, Carey already had two original songs written alongside Afanasieff: the "sad and ballad-y" "Miss You Most (At
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All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" is a novelty Christmas song written in 1944 by Donald Yetter Gardner while teaching music at public schools in Smithtown, New York. He asked his second grade class what they wanted for Christmas, and noticed that almost all of the students had at least one front tooth missing as they answered in a lisp. Gardner wrote the song in 30 minutes. In a 1995 interview, Gardner said, "I was amazed at the way that silly little song was picked up
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well as reentering many times throughout the years. In the US, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is one of the few songs in recent years to be considered a classic and is the only holiday song and ringtone to reach multi-Platinum status in the US. "Merry Christmas" has sold 15 million copies worldwide, and is the best-selling Christmas album of all time. On March 21, 2017, Carey announced via her Twitter account that a film based on "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is being developed. A musical film based on "Merry Christmas", the plot revolves around
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nucleus of the song, the melody primary music, and then some of the words were there as we finished writing it. I started playing some rock 'n' roll piano and started boogie woogie-ing my left hand, and that inspired Mariah to come up with the melodic [Sings.] 'I don't want a lot for Christmas.' And then we started singing and playing around with this rock 'n' roll boogie song, which immediately came out to be the nucleus of what would end up being 'All I Want For Christmas Is You.' That one went very quickly: It was an easier song
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Ross's "Endless Love". Carey's album "Merry Christmas" was released on November 1, 1994, on the same day that the album's first single, "All I Want for Christmas Is You", was released. The album eventually became the best-selling Christmas album of all time, with global sales reaching over 15 million copies. Upon its release, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was critically praised, and is considered "one of the few worthy modern additions to the holiday canon." "Rolling Stone" described it as a "holiday standard and ranked it fourth on its Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas Songs list. Commercially, it
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with my fans during the Christmas season, my most treasured time of the year, I can't wait!" Jim Farber of the "New York Daily News" stated that while Carey "seemed nervous and out-of-breath," the show had "a strange allure." Steven J. Horowitz from "Billboard" praised the singer's first performance at the venue, writing: "Carey accomplished what she came to do: spread Christmas cheer." Jon Caramanica from "The New York Times" who also reviewed the first show wrote the singer felt "utterly at ease" and commended her engagement with the audience. Following the announcement of the residency in October 2014, tickets
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Christmas", included on "", in 2012. In the 2007 book "Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide", a section on Cheap Trick featured reviews on the top 20 stand-out tracks from the band. One track included was "I Want You to Want Me", where author John M. Borack wrote "the "In Color" version lacked anything resembling balls, but that was remedied on the hit version from the groundbreaking "Cheap Trick at Budokan" disc. A piece of history and a darned cool tune, to boot." I Want You to Want Me "I Want You to Want Me" is a song
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record a single, which are available on iTunes or on the show's season two compilation EP. The Next Star returns with a third season. Host Adamo Ruggiero, Judges Suzie McNeil, Steve Cranwell, and Christopher Ward. This contains the first Christmas themed episode. The song was "All I Want For Christmas Is You". The top six were called back to Toronto once again around December to perform a top 6 group music video of the Christmas song "All I Want For Christmas is You". The fourth season of The Next Star premiered on July 18, 2011. All three judges and host
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chief executive Peter Edge described as the song's inspiration. Williot added that "Underneath the Tree" is strong enough that it could enter the pantheon of modern Christmas staples like Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and 'N Sync's "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays". Jenna Hally Rubenstein of MTV News remarked, "if we may be so bold, it is definitely on par with other impeccable Christmas originals—namely Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You"." Sal Cinquemani of "Slant Magazine" noted the similar themes of two songs, and that "Underneath the Tree" is likely to become Clarkson's very own contemporary
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Dirty Bastard, of the Wu-Tang Clan, for the 1995 hit "Fantasy (Remix)", it was a surprise, and a smash." Aside from her pop culture and musical influence, Carey is credited for releasing a classic Christmas song called "All I Want for Christmas Is You." In a retrospective look at Carey's career, Sasha Frere-Jones of "The New Yorker" said, the "charming" song was one of Carey's biggest accomplishments, calling it "one of the few worthy modern additions to the holiday canon." "Rolling Stone" ranked "All I Want for Christmas Is You" fourth on its Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas Songs list,
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received frequent rotation on country radio and adult contemporary radio during the Christmas season since its 1993 re-release, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is also the most-played country music Christmas song. The song was also made into a music video directed by Steve Dunning. The song first charted in early 1994 based on airplay from the 1993 Christmas season, peaking at #55 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts on the chart week of January 8, 1994. It re-entered in December 1994, reaching a new peak of #52 on the chart week
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listed below with the addition of "Against All Odds" (2000), a duet with Westlife. The Japanese version contains "Against All Odds", "Open Arms" (1996), the non-single album track "Music Box" from the album "Music Box" (1993), and the "Merry Christmas" album version of "All I Want for Christmas Is You"; it is also the only album to include the "Never Too Far/Hero Medley" (2001) single. Unlike most non-U.S. versions of the "Greatest Hits" album, the So So Def Remix of "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was not included on the original UK edition but on the album's 2005
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Donald Yetter Gardner Donald Yetter Gardner (20 August 1913 – 15 September 2004) was an American songwriter who is best known for writing the classic Christmas song, "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth". Gardner wrote the song in 1944 while teaching music at public schools in Smithtown, New York. He asked the class what they wanted for Christmas, and noticed that almost all of them had at least one front tooth missing as they answered in a lisp. Gardner wrote the song in 30 minutes. In a 1995 interview, Gardner said, "I was amazed at the
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the song merrily bouncing along." Lyrically, the song describes the yearning desire to be with a loved one for Christmas, regardless of whether they have to forgo the usual commercial aspect of the holiday season such as ornamental lights, trees, snow and presents. The song incorporates various instruments, including piano, drums, violin, oboe, flute, bell chimes, bass effect, and cowbells. The song layers background vocals throughout the chorus and sections of the bridge. "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is played at an original tempo of 150.162 beats per minute. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by
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December 7, while a mix of "Oh Santa! and one of Carey's previous Christmas songs "All I Want for Christmas Is You", titled "Oh Santa! All I Want for Christmas Is You (Holiday Mashup)", was released on December 17. "Oh Santa!" is an up-tempo and festive R&B song, which lasts for a duration of three minutes, thirty-one seconds. It has a 1960s girl-group swing feel. The song, in the key of C♯ major, has a tempo of 80 beats per minute. Carey's voice spans more than three octaves, from B to the high note of F. Instrumentation consists of sleigh
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due to the song's popularity in Europe, it was included in the album's international edition. "All I Want for Christmas Is You", the lead single from Carey's holiday album "Merry Christmas" also made the international track listing. The song became one of the best-selling singles by a non–Asian female, and the best-selling Japanese single of 1994, selling 1.1 million copies. Additionally, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was called "one of the essential musical hallmarks of the holiday season", and is the only holiday song and ringtone to reach multi-platinum status in the US. Occupying three of the thirteen
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half-century worthy of inclusion in the Great American Songbook." "The A.V. Club"s Annie Zaleski attributes the song's enduring appeal to its ambiguity in being able to pin it down as belonging to a specific era. Critics also noted the song a tad reminiscent of the works of Judy Garland and Nat King Cole, while also describing it as hearkening back to "'60s and '70s Motown covers of prewar Christmas classics, such as The Jackson 5's [and] Stevie Wonder". "Slate"s Ragusea conceded that "All I Want For Christmas Is You" "sounds like it could have been written in the '40s and
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Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song is set in common time and in the key of G major. Carey's vocal range in the song spans from the note of G to the high note of A. Carey wrote the song's lyrics and melody, while Afanasieff arranged and produced the piece with synthetically created computerized equipment. "Slate"s Ragusea counts "at least 13 distinct chords at work, resulting in a sumptuously chromatic melody. The song also includes what I consider the most Christmassy chord of all—a minor subdominant, or 'iv,' chord with an added 6, under the words 'underneath the Christmas tree,' among
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All I Want Is You (Damien Leith song) "All I Want Is You" is a song written by Damien Leith for his debut studio album "Where We Land", and is the second single from the album. The song was created when Leith was in a time of stress, after two months of trying to write up an original song, "I was so frustrated, I couldn't write anything". Leith wrote the song while he was in the attic at his home in Sydney. "All I Want Is You" is an upbeat love song, written especially for his wife Eileen. Damien Leith
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bells, jingle bells, hand claps and a piano melody, backed by a "school-yard chant beat". Lyrically, Carey makes a plea to Santa Claus asking him to bring back her "baby" in time for Christmas, singing "Santa's gon' come and make him mine this Christmas." Mike Diver of the BBC wrote that "Oh Santa!" is a "boisterous" song which "makes perfect sense" as a lead single. He continued to write that although it fell substandard to "All I Want for Christmas Is You", it would still "warrant revisiting 12 months down the line". "Rolling Stone" writer Caryn Ganz commented on the
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I Want You to Need Me "I Want You to Need Me" is the last single from Celine Dion's greatest hits album, "All the Way... A Decade of Song", released on 15 July 2000. It was written by Diane Warren, who also wrote Dion's hit "Because You Loved Me" among others. Several club remixes were created by Thunderpuss. "I Want You to Need Me"'s second music video was directed by Liz Friedlander and released on 1 May 2000. It was included on Dion's "All the Way... A Decade of Song & Video" DVD. The first video, directed by Paul Hunter
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up, which "muddled" the message. The reviewers generally praised the music in the episode. Votta wrote that "musically this episode was one of the season's overall strongest", though Flandez made reference to the "humdrum holiday songs". Sullivan pointed out that it was "about the songs and only the songs", and Kubicek felt it was a "blatant" attempt to sell Christmas albums. Chaney noted that the opening number, "All I Want for Christmas Is You", "sounded much more vibrant and fresh with Mercedes" on lead, Futterman called it "utterly joyful", and it was the favorite song of the episode for Martin
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In his version, the singer lists "a litany of plastic surgery requests" that he would like to receive for the holiday. In 1986, the song title was parodied in "All I Want for Christmas Is a Dukla Prague Away Kit" by the band Half Man Half Biscuit on "The Trumpton Riots EP". Country music parodist Cledus T. Judd parodied the song on his 2002 Christmas album "Cledus Navidad". Titled "All I Want for Christmas Is Two Gold Front Teef", Judd's parody is performed in rap. All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth "All I Want for Christmas
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the dance mixes can be a bit loud and a bit strident for those not into this sort of thing." European CD single European CD maxi single Japanese CD maxi single Japanese CD maxi single #2 US CD maxi single I Want You to Need Me "I Want You to Need Me" is the last single from Celine Dion's greatest hits album, "All the Way... A Decade of Song", released on 15 July 2000. It was written by Diane Warren, who also wrote Dion's hit "Because You Loved Me" among others. Several club remixes were created by Thunderpuss. "I Want
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"[the band] wrote most of the melody first and that was just inspired because I bought a ukulele and that was the first song I wrote on it really". According to Dougie Poynter, the song was partly inspired by the film "Love Actually", saying "that moment in 'Love Actually' when one of the porn couple says 'all I want for Christmas is you', that moment there was our inspiration". The song also incorporates a quote from the 1946 film "It's a Wonderful Life". This is the first McFly single that hasn't been released as a CD single. "Love Is Easy"
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of "The National", quoted and agreed with Jones' statement, calling the song "perfection". In the United States, in the first week of January 1995, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" peaked at number six on the "Billboard" Hot Adult Contemporary and at No. 12 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. The song placed on these two charts again in December 1995 and in December 1996. The song was ineligible for inclusion on the "Billboard" Hot 100 during its original release, because it was not released commercially as a single. This rule lapsed in 1998, however, allowing the song to
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home-movie-style footage of Carey, her dogs and family during the holiday season, as well as Carey dressed in a Santa suit frolicking on a snowy mountainside. Carey's then-husband Tommy Mottola makes a cameo appearance as Santa Claus, bringing Carey a gift and leaving on a red sleigh. The second video was filmed in black and white, and features Carey dressed in 1960s style in homage to The Ronettes, alongside back up singers and female dancers. Carey has performed "All I Want for Christmas Is You" during numerous live television appearances and tours throughout her career. In 2010, Carey re-recorded the
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the Most Wonderful Time of the Year": "George Wyle, who's a vocal director, who wrote all of the choir stuff and all of the duets and trios and things that I did with all the guests, he wrote a song just for the show -- I think the second Christmas show we did -- called "Most Wonderful Time of the Year". So I did that, you know, every Christmas, and then other people started doing it. And then suddenly it's become—not suddenly but over 30 years—it's become a big standard. I think it's one of the top 10 Christmas songs
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for shows on December 15, 16, 18 and 20 went on pre-sale on November 3 for Citigroup cardholders, while general release followed a week later on November 10. Additional dates for December 21 and 22 were later released. "Billboard" later announced that the six dates generated a 100% attendance, with Carey playing to a total of 16,196 people and the shows grossing $1,563,173 in total. In October 2015, a new string of dates were announced once again at the Beacon Theatre with tickets available on October 17 via Ticketmaster. All I Want for Christmas Is You: A Night of Joy
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time period." and concluded "Learning to appreciate what you have and to share what you get are two lessons that never go out of style." and "Library Media Connection" called it "a memorable book." "BookList", "Publishers Weekly" and "Kirkus Reviews" gave starred reviews and commended Pinkey's illustrations. "The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll" has also been reviewed by "The Horn Book Magazine", and "The New York Times". The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll is a 2007 picture book by Patricia McKissack and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. It is about a girl, Nella, living during the Great Depression who amazingly receives
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lost you tonight. And we were all very worried about you. But now you're here . . . and we're all together for Christmas . . . " He finishes by singing a line from the earlier-performed song, "True Blue Miracle:" " . . . and if that isn't a true blue miracle, I don't know what one is." At that moment, Oscar stops by, "I hear the turkey's back." Susan invites him to come in, and Oscar tells Big Bird, "Hey, listen, you big canary, I'm glad you're back...'cause I want to ask you a question..."how do you think
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child. He sang "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" and "I'm Forever Blowing Bubble Gum," during the recording of which Jones addressed him as "George". Rock also performed on several other recordings by Spike Jones and the City Slickers including "I'm the Captain of the Space Ship", "You Wanna Buy a Bunny?", "I'm the Angel in the Christmas Play", and "Happy New Year" (the flip side of "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth"). Rock also played trumpet on "The Spike Jones Show" on television in the late 1950s, including the 1958 NBC
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The Oak Ridge Boys (and originally by Eddy Raven), while "Pretty Paper" was originally recorded by Willie Nelson. Chesney's rendition of "Silent Night" features his mother and her twin sister, who are credited as the Grigsby Twins. All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan is the first Christmas album by country music singer Kenny Chesney, released on October 7, 2003. The album was certified gold in the U.S. and has sold 922,900 copies in the United States as of December 2016. In addition to original tracks and
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from "Wrapped in Red", "Underneath the Tree", was released to radio airplay on November 5, 2013. Praised in its initial release, music critics approvingly compared the song to "All I Want for Christmas is You" and blazoned it as a future Christmas standard. Reviewing for "Slant Magazine", Sal Cinquemani wrote that the track would likely become Clarkson's very own contemporary standard, while "The Independent"s Hugh Montgomery applauded it as "a winner on all fronts." After debuting on the "Billboard" Holiday 100 chart at number 34, it became a holiday top ten hit by peaking at number eight on the chart.
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The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll is a 2007 picture book by Patricia McKissack and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. It is about a girl, Nella, living during the Great Depression who amazingly receives a doll for Christmas, initially doesn't share with her sisters but then relents after discovering that it's not fun to play by herself. "School Library Journal", in a review of "The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll", wrote "McKissack's knack for combining historical detail with true-to-life family drama and language is shown to good effect, showcased beautifully by Pinkney's evocative watercolors, which give a real flavor of the
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"I'll Be There For You", "I Want You to Want Me", "I Wanna Love You" and "To Love Once Again" preceded by their self-titled debut album release "Solid Harmonie". The album includes all their hits except "Got 2 have ya", which only appears on a special edition of the album and the Christmas song "Give Love on Christmas Day", which can be found exclusively on a Christmas sampler. Mariama Goodman left once again and then joined R&B girl group Honeyz. Graham also left and pursued a solo career. After the departures of Goodman and Graham, Onslow and Cariera decided to
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You". It was released as a promotional single in December 2012. An accompanying lyric video was released, and Carey has performed "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" live on NBC's "Christmas in Rockefeller Centre" event and during her December 2014 Beacon Theatre residency called All I Want For Christmas Is You, A Night of Joy & Festivity. "Christmas Time is in the Air Again" is an original composition written and produced by Carey with Broadway composer Marc Shaiman for Carey's second Christmas album/thirteenth studio album "Merry Christmas II You" (2010). It was recorded by Brian Garten at multiple recording
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into his recording of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year": "George Wyle, who is a vocal director, who wrote all of the choir stuff and all of the duets and trios and things that I did with all the guests, he wrote a song just for the show – I think the second Christmas show we did – called 'Most Wonderful Time of the Year'. So I did that, you know, every Christmas, and then other people started doing it. And then suddenly it's become – not suddenly but over 30 years – it's become a big standard.
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never had to ask for a gig until he left Glen Dale. He later recalled that "Pretty soon, I was performing at every Christmas party and Mother's Day event. The neat thing about a small town is that when you want to be an artist, by golly, they'll make you one." At age 13, he wrote his first song, "Born on Christmas Day", which later appeared on his album "Brad Paisley Christmas". He had been taking lessons with local guitarist Clarence "Hank" Goddard. By 13, Goddard and Paisley formed a band called "Brad Paisley and the C-Notes", with the addition
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and chimes. "The Village Voice" writer Rich Juzwiak felt that "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" was the only song on "Merry Christmas II You" that matched "the magic" of "All I Want for Christmas Is You", describing it as "exquisite". Track five is an interlude which is another medley titled "The First Noel" / "Born Is the King". "The First Noel" section is a soulful down-tempo song which consists of Carey delivering a piano-and-voice epilogue backed by an 808 drum machine, while "Born Is the King" is a piece of "pure baby-making magic", according to Juzwiak. "When Christmas
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I want you to sing it this way." Although Ralph Blane is credited with writing the music for many of Martin's songs, Martin claimed in his autobiography that he wrote both music and lyrics to all of the songs in "Meet Me in St. Louis" and that "all of the so-called Martin and Blane songs, (except for Best Foot Forward), were written entirely by me (solo) without help from Ralph or anybody else." His explanation for allowing Blane equal credit for the songs was: "I was reasonably content to let him receive equal screen credit, sheet music credit, ASCAP royalties,
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similarities in "poignant bass notes" that help create a sense of the holiday season. As a whole, "You Make It Feel Like Christmas" contains various songs alluding to Stefani's relationship with boyfriend Blake Shelton. Rachel McRady from "Entertainment Tonight" suggested that even when considering their previously released duet ("You Make It Feel Like Christmas"), "My Gift Is You" may be the "most telling tune" on the parent album. Stefani sings: "I can't wait to give all my lovin' to my best friend / All I want is you to take my love and give it back again". While crooning, she
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in 2010, "A Kylie Christmas" and "A Christmas Gift". Speaking with Idolator's Mike Wass, Minogue stated "I always thought I would do a Christmas album, it was just a case of when... I mentioned it to a couple of people on my team and they were saying, 'What do you want to do for the rest of the year? What do you want to do next?' I said, 'I'm thinking about a Christmas album, actually.' Some of that stems from last Christmas." Minogue said that she had Christmas in Los Angeles, California in 2014, and her friend suggested recording a
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and holiday tunes she had previously recorded, except for "Winter Wonderland", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "Hard Candy Christmas", "Jingle Bell Rock", "The Christmas Song", and "All I Want for Christmas Is You". Some of the featured artists performed with Clarkson in her numbers, such as Esten (who was featured on "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"), McBride (featured on "The Christmas Song"). In addition to performing their own versions of holiday tunes: Dunn, Reba, and Yearwood, whom Clarkson had featured in "Wrapped in Red", also performed with her in their respective songs on the album. While Aben Eubanks,
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Alone but by Every Word of God" and "Oh, Give Thanks Unto the Lord." He died at age 91 from complications after falling at his home in Needham, Massachusetts, outside of Boston. Donald Yetter Gardner Donald Yetter Gardner (20 August 1913 – 15 September 2004) was an American songwriter who is best known for writing the classic Christmas song, "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth". Gardner wrote the song in 1944 while teaching music at public schools in Smithtown, New York. He asked the class what they wanted for Christmas, and noticed that almost all of
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YouTube page on 30 August 2012. UK blogger, Scandipop, compared the tune with her previous hit "Release Me" saying that "those who wanted something similar to that era will be pleased to learn "All I Want Is You" is a respectful nod back to that sound. Dancepop, with a heavy emphasis on the strings." However he admitted that the sound of the single evolved the appropriate way for the last four years, and he paided homage to producer Jonas Quant, who wrote the song along with Ana Diaz and Agnes herself, for this. JonAli described the song as "an emotional
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In the "Los Angeles Times", Chris Willman wrote that Carey "attempts her share of girl-group pop amid the quasi-gospel melisma, though still not evidencing as much personality as talent in either style". "New York Times" journalist Jon Pareles was more critical in his review. "Regardless of backup, Ms. Carey oversings, glutting songs with her vocal tics—like sliding down from the note above the melody note—and turning expressions of devotion into narcissistic displays." Chris Dickinson from the "Chicago Tribune" called the singer a "trilling songbird" and "over-the-top irritant" throughout the album, particularly on "All I Want for Christmas Is You", where
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Mr Pooley, who attended the University of East Anglia, hit the headlines after contracting the virus earlier this year. After making a full recovery, Pooley decided to return to Sierra Leone to continue his work there as a nurse. He used the broadcast to appeal for support, saying: "I don't want to make you feel guilty, but I would like you to think just for a few minutes about what you could do to help. What a wonderful Christmas present that would be." For 2017, five children who survived the Grenfell Tower fire were announced to deliver the alternative Christmas
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with his longtime co-writer Alan Chang and producer Bob Rock. The album's track listing was unveiled by Bublé on September 27, 2011. Bublé filmed several music videos in order to promote the album, including videos for the tracks "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", the lead single "All I Want for Christmas Is You", "Holly Jolly Christmas", "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", and "Jingle Bells". Bublé also appeared to perform during the final of the eighth series of "The X Factor" in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2011. Bublé's recording of "All I
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Top 50 Hits in the US. Another hit from this album was "Baby, Come Over (This Is Our Night)", a remixed version of "Baby, Come on Over" and features on the US edition of the album, which was then nominated for a Grammy for Best Remixed (Non-Classical) Recording. In 2001, Mumba contributed to the track "You Raise Me Up" by The Celtic Tenors. An EP titled "Samantha Sings Christmas" was released at Christmas 2001, which featured covers of "White Christmas" and "All I Want For Christmas Is You". "Samantha Sings Christmas" also serves as a bonus disc on rare special
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You" aired on December 13. The show included performances of "Oh Santa!" and "O Come All Ye Faithful" accompanied by her mother Patricia, and "All I Want for Christmas Is You". It was filmed at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on November 6, and executively produced by Carey and Joel Gallen. Accompanied by a gospel choir, Carey performed "One Child" and "O Come All Ye Faithful" at the "Christmas in Washington" event at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.. The performance aired on December 17, 2010, on TNT. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100
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Chanteuse Show in October and November later that year, whereby she performed concerts throughout East Asia, South East Asia and Australasia. During the Australasian leg, Carey announced that she would take up residency at the Beacon Theatre in the New York City borough of Manhattan to be performed annually in December, as a twentieth anniversary celebration of the release of her first Christmas album, "Merry Christmas", in 1994, as well as her second Christmas album, "Merry Christmas II You" (2010). Carey said in an announcement "I can't imagine being anywhere more special than live on stage, in my hometown, celebrating
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uniquely related to the Rosary and its history. He took the name Brother Thomas. In 1973, Rev. Zabelka attended a three-day workshop given by his Diocese for the priests of his Diocese on Gospel Nonviolence directed by a layman, Emmanuel Charles McCarthy. In the following two years, he attended the same workshop on two other occasions in different locations. Then, in his 1975 Christmas letter to his friends, he wrote this: ”“I do not want to lose any of you as my friends and I certainly do not want to offend any of you, but I must do an about
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All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day "All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day" is a song by British synthpop duo Hurts. In the first week of its release, the song was made as a free download on iTunes in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and was "Single of the Week". The single charted at number 67 in Austria. Regarding the release of the song, Hurts declared in an interview that, "[i]t's about the worst Christmas of our lives, which we're releasing on the best Christmas of our lives. Also, we used previous cast members for
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as Marc Shaiman. The release date for the album, titled "Merry Christmas II You", was November 2, 2010; the track list included six new songs as well as a remix of "All I Want for Christmas Is You". "Merry Christmas II You" debuted at number four on the "Billboard" 200 with sales of 56,000 copies, becoming Carey's 16th top ten album in the United States. The album debuted at number one on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, making it only the second Christmas album to top this chart. In May 2010, Carey dropped out of her planned appearance in "For Colored
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I Don't Want to Walk Without You "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" is a popular song. The music was written by Jule Styne with the lyrics by Frank Loesser. Composer Irving Berlin was a huge admirer of the song. Berlin reportedly said that of all the songs by other composers he had heard, he would have been most proud to have written "I Don't Want to Walk Without You". Writing of Berlin's praise for the song, Loesser wrote in his diary, "Irving Berlin came in today and spent a solid hour telling me that 'Walk' is the best
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All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan is the first Christmas album by country music singer Kenny Chesney, released on October 7, 2003. The album was certified gold in the U.S. and has sold 922,900 copies in the United States as of December 2016. In addition to original tracks and renditions of traditional Christmas music, the album features three covers. "Christmas in Dixie" was originally recorded by Alabama and features Alabama's lead singer, Randy Owen, as a duet partner. "Thank God for Kids" was previously recorded by
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Life" and "Stay") gather around a grave, out of which a Christmas tree emerges. All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day "All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day" is a song by British synthpop duo Hurts. In the first week of its release, the song was made as a free download on iTunes in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and was "Single of the Week". The single charted at number 67 in Austria. Regarding the release of the song, Hurts declared in an interview that, "[i]t's about the worst Christmas of our lives, which we're releasing
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and "Charlie Brown Christmas" sound "stiff", the album as a complete body of work is "cheerful and engaging" and is a worthy successor to Carey's previous Christmas album. BBC Music's Mike Diver thought that although the album is not necessarily "clever", it is "expectedly big", and that while "Oh Santa!" is not in the "same league" as "All I Want for Christmas Is You", it's a perfect stocking filler. "Rolling Stone" writer Caryn Ganz disliked the two original ballads, "Christmas Time Is In the Air Again" and "One Child", describing them "both thick with gooey orchestration", but praised "Oh Santa!"
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track opens with Hilton saying: "Babe I love you so much so I wrote you this song. I need you." Hilton talks about love by singing that she will "never lose sight of the reasons that I love you". Lyrics include puns related to holidays: "I wanna be the bunny in your Easter. She describes the safety felt in her relationship singing: "You make me want to be the woman I've always wanted to be." Other lines include: "I wanna put the happy in your Birthday / And I wanna be the merry in your Christmas / I’m always giving
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the fewest public votes, Misha B, was automatically eliminated. After her elimination, Misha B reprised her week 6 final showdown performance of "Who You Are" as her exit song. The final was held at Wembley Arena and lasted for over four hours, split over Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 December 2011. 10 December If Amelia Lily had made the final two, her favourite performance would have been, "The Show Must Go On" from week six, and would have sung "All I Want For Christmas Is You" for her Christmas song, as well as performing "Cannonball". 11 December It was announced
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tempo of 50 beats per minute; Carey's voice spans just short of two octaves from F♯ to E. On November 26, 2012, Carey announced via her Twitter account that "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" would be released as a promotional single. "The Village Voice" writer Rich Juzwiak felt that "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" was the only song on "Merry Christmas II You" that matched "the magic" of her 1994 single "All I Want for Christmas Is You", describing it as "exquisite". He continued to write that it is "a sweeping big-band ballad that you'd swear
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Is You" was recorded that August and took 15 minutes to compose. Often referencing herself a festive person and demonstrating a usual penchant for her love of all things Christmas, Carey began decorating the home she shared with Mottola in upstate New York (which also came equipped with a personal recording studio) with Christmas ornaments and other holiday-inspired trinkets. In doing so, Carey felt she could capture the essence and spirit of what she was singing and make her vocal performance and delivery more emotive and authentic. The songwriting pair carved out the chords, structure and melody for the song
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effects, drums and triangle. While Carey continued writing material in her rented home in The Hamptons, Afanasieff completed the song's programming and awaited to rendezvous with her a final time in order to layer and harmonize the background vocals. In touching on several aspects of what excited her to record and release her Christmas album, Carey went into detail on what writing and recording the song and album meant for her: "I'm a very festive person and I love the holidays. I've sung Christmas songs since I was a little girl. I used to go Christmas caroling. When it came
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on a celebrity Christmas special of Channel 4's "Come Dine with Me", where she performed "All I Want for Christmas Is You". She was a guest of Bianca Gascoigne, who is a family friend and who also auditioned for "The X Factor" in 2012. The episode was filmed before Henderson's "X Factor" appearance. In 2012, Henderson auditioned for series 9 of "The X Factor" with the original song called "Missed", which was later included on her debut studio album. She reached the live shows and was mentored by Tulisa. Henderson and James Arthur were controversially in the bottom two in
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the background. All I Really Want for Christmas All I Really Want for Christmas is the third Christmas album by Steven Curtis Chapman, released on September 27, 2005. The album includes traditional holiday favorites such as "Go Tell It on the Mountain" and "Silver Bells", as well as some of Chapman's own Christmas songs, some of which had appeared on his previous Christmas albums. Chapman's adopted daughter, Shaohannah, appears with her father on the album cover. On the first track, she reads the passage of the Nativity of Jesus (Luke 2:7-14) with the music of "The Night Before Christmas" (track
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All I Really Want for Christmas All I Really Want for Christmas is the third Christmas album by Steven Curtis Chapman, released on September 27, 2005. The album includes traditional holiday favorites such as "Go Tell It on the Mountain" and "Silver Bells", as well as some of Chapman's own Christmas songs, some of which had appeared on his previous Christmas albums. Chapman's adopted daughter, Shaohannah, appears with her father on the album cover. On the first track, she reads the passage of the Nativity of Jesus (Luke 2:7-14) with the music of "The Night Before Christmas" (track 13) in
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and "When Christmas Comes" for their uptempo melodies. However, she was confused by the re-recording of "All I Want for Christmas Is You", saying that "It's hard to figure out what's 'extra festive, and quipped that it is "far easier to determine what's wrong with 'Auld Lang Syne' (an awkward dance beat)". Ganz concluded with "the LP's warm heart is in the right place." Eric Henderson of "Slant Magazine" gave the album two and a half stars out of five, writing "Everything about Carey’s sequel to 1994’s buoyant, if, in retrospect, safe, Merry Christmas is as desperate and habitual as
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