It's very retro, kind of '60s." With more economy of expression and undoubtedly catchier lyrics, 'Want' is a sort of Hegelian dialectic of Christmastime desire, taking the conflicting notions of abundance and specificity and packaging them into an earworm for the generations. We would write the nucleus of the song, the melody primary music, and then some of the words were there as we finished writing it. In 2010, Carey re-recorded the song for her thirteenth studio and second holiday album, Carey has performed the song during concerts as well as live televised performances.There are four music videos for "All I Want for Christmas Is You". '"At first, Afanasieff admitted that he was puzzled and "blanched" as to where Carey wanted to take the melody and vocal scales, though she was "adamant" in her direction for the song.It was always the same sort of system with us. 3 Hot 100 peak on the chart dated December 14, 2019.It has become the first holiday ringtone to be certified double-"All I Want for Christmas Is You" became Carey's best-selling single in Japan. In 2010, Carey re-recorded the song for her second holiday album, Following the success of the singer's 1993 career best-selling album Afanasieff recalled his sentiments during initial discussions for a holiday record: "Back then, you didn't have a lot of artists with Christmas albums.

Parisien called the song "a year-long banger", complimenting its instrumentation and melody.In the United States, in the first week of January 1995, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" peaked at No.

The first, primary video was shot in the style of a home movie using Super-8mm film; it was directed and filmed by Carey during the Christmas season of 1993.In 2019, along with the release of the deluxe 25th-anniversary edition of her album Carey released a children's book based on "All I Want for Christmas Is You" on November 10, 2015,On March 21, 2017, Carey announced via her Twitter account that a film based on "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was in development. No big deal.

The primary video features grainy 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. The mix laid the original 1994 vocals over new electronic instrumentation. So we were going to release it as kind of an everyday, 'Hey, you know, we're putting out a Christmas album. I started playing some Then for the next week or two Mariah would call me and say, 'What do you think about this bit?' She co-wrote and co-produced it with Walter Afanasieff for her fourth studio album and first holiday album, Merry Christmas (1994). Carey's then-husband Carey has performed "All I Want for Christmas Is You" during numerous live television appearances and tours throughout her career. "Carey's masterpiece is an incredible feat of philosophical subterfuge. We would talk a little bit until she got the lyrics all nicely coordinated and done. The track is an uptempo love song that includes bell chimes, heavy back-up vocals, and synthesizers. It wasn't a known science at all back then, and there was nobody who did new, big Christmas songs. Combined with Carey's voice, the sample illustrates the song's hearkening and inspiration drawn from previous decades as well as what music critics attribute its success to. I've sung Christmas songs since I was a little girl. And that's when we first hear her at the microphone singing, and the rest is history.Afanasieff flew back to California, where he finished the song's 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, pointing out, "I'm a very festive person and I love the holidays. For other uses, see A sample of the song's chorus and various computerized programming, instruments and background vocals. The song incorporates various instruments, including "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is played at an original tempo of 150.162 Critics have noted the song's 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s influences which, in conjunction with Carey's voice and its simple melody, heralded its recipe for success.Critics also noted the song a tad reminiscent of the works of "All I Want for Christmas Is You" received critical acclaim. And then we just waited until the sessions began, which were in the summer of '94 where we got together in New York and started recording. I used to go Christmas In an interview in 1994, Carey described the song as "fun", and continued: "It's very traditional, old-fashioned Christmas. Afanasieff went further in breaking down the song's musical elements: "A lush bed of 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. Upon release, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has been critically acclaimed, with Two music videos were originally commissioned for the song. It was used as the theme song to the popular drama On December 25, 2018, the song set the single-day record for the most When the song was first released as a single in 1994, no In 2009, a remix produced by Carey and Low Sunday, called "Mariah's New Dance Mix", was released. "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a Christmas song recorded by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. It rejects the idea of love in general in favor of love in particular, simultaneously defying and defining pop-music conventions. The remix garnered a positive response. Christmas is a time of material and affection-based excess, yet the song is narrowly focused on just one thing: getting to be with a specific person; you.