All I Want For Christmas Is You

1994

Mariah Carey

In 1994, a very very lovely lady with a very very lovely voice recorded a little Christmas tune that was to become the most popular new Christmas song to be released since 1963.

That Lovely young lady, of course, was the legendary Mariah Carey, and that little tune was 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'.

'All I Want For Christmas Is You' was the lead single on her 1994 Christmas album 'Merry Christmas'. Like 'Last Christmas', hard as it is to be believed, 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' wasn't released as a single when the album came out. It was actually used to drive sales of the album, and received tremendous airplay, to the point of becoming the 12^th most played song of the year (Not just Christmas songs...songs in general) that first year. When it finally was released as a single, in 2000, it cracked the top 100 by a mere 17 spots, but don't let that fool ya. By then it had cleaned up the charts across The Pond a couple of times over, and over here, it had become so well loved that it was a hit everywhere but the scoreboard.

When the song was released it got rave reviews from just about everyone. All facets of it...musically, lyrically, and Mariah Carey's performance of it...deservedly so. When the song starts up it sort of fools you with that slow, mellow tempo and those soft soothing vocals, then about fifty seconds in, Mariah and company kick in the afterburners and reveal the songs true personality...it rocks your Yuletide world in a really good way. It's a dance tune, and that's exactly what you want to do when you hear it. At a desk or in your car? Fingers will be snapped, toes tapped, and steering wheels finger-tapped to the beat. Try listening to this song and not moving something to the beat. I dare ya ;)

All I Want For Christmas is You is another one that has been covered by everyone, with heavy emphasis n the younger performers. It'll be around forever, and that's a really good thing.

So Enjoy! Mariah Carey's little Christmas tune that became an overnight classic! All I Want For Christmas Is You!

In the video. Mariah Carey used actual home movie Christmas footage from a couple of years earlier...I love the way the scene used during the transition form slow to dance music is her coming down hill...fast...on a toboggan.

Country Pop group Lady Antebellum released their cover of 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' in 2010...they went down-tempo just a bit on their version, and gave it their signature sound for a very lovely version that's, very deservedly, seen it's own share of radio airplay.

To prove the guys can do it as well as the gals, Michael Buble' also covered 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' with his own arrangement, and signature sound.

The cast of 'Glee' rocked out Mariah Carey's Christmas Classic, and released it with their album of Christmas music. They nailed it Bigtime'...the 'Glee' cast has shown how talented they are many times over since the show premiered.

Lovely Disney Starlet Caroline Sunshine (And yes, that is her real name) covered 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' in 2012, and nailed it to the wall. This version really surprised me to be honest...Caroline has some serious pipes!