MARIAH CAREY. If her Christmas queen crown has been called into question, Mariah Carey has risen to the top again with her timeless song “All I Want for Christmas.”
[Updated Dec 24, 2022 7:30 a.m.] No matter what people say, Mariah Carey is still the queen of Christmas. Almost three decades after the release of her hit All I want for Christmas is you, the diva has once again risen to the top of music listening: the first week of December 2022, the song was the most listened to in the world on Spotify, as evidenced by the ranking established by the streaming listening platform.
It must be said that it has become difficult (impossible?) to miss the song All I want for Christmas is you during this holiday season. However, her title of Christmas queen has been harshly questioned this year. Last August, Mariah Carey had tried to file this nickname as an official mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which had been refused.
Needless to say that for the singer, the tube released in 1994 represents an immense financial windfall: according to The Economist, All I Want for Christmas brings in the American diva 2.5 million dollars each year during the holiday season. Over a billion views on YouTube, 1.3 billion on Spotify… The numbers for the song are staggering. Do we need additional proof that Mariah Carey is, and will remain for a while, the undisputed queen of Christmas. But without officially having this nickname.
For the hit All I Want for Christmas, it all started in 1994. On November 1, that year, Mariah Carrey, who had already broken into music, unveiled this song, taken from the album Merry Christmas. The singer herself wrote and produced this song with American composer Walter Afanasieff. A recognizable bell-ringing intro, sticky chorus, and lyrics dripping with love and good feelings are the ingredients of the title, released alongside two related music videos. Originally, the text of the song was intended for Tommy Mottola, the companion of Mariah Carey with whom she was married from 1993 to 1997. If the success is progressive, All I Want For Christmas becomes in a few years the Christmas song the most popular.
In the song All I Want For Christmas, written for her husband Tommy Mottola, Mariah Carey explains that she does not want Christmas presents, but simply to be with him.
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 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 is just one thing I need / I don’t care about 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
All I wish for Christmas is you / I don’t want much for Christmas / There’s only one thing I need / I don’t care about presents / Under the Christmas tree / I just want you for me all alone / More than you could think / Make my wish come true / All I wish for Christmas… It’s you.
I don’t want many things for Christmas / There’s only one thing I need / I don’t care about presents / Under the Christmas tree / I don’t need to hang my socks / There on the fireplace / Santa Claus won’t make me happy / For Christmas with a toy / I just want you all to myself / More than you could think / Make my wish come true / I only want you for Christmas / Only you. ..
