If you pay a little attention to the sounds around you in December, you will notice that the same playlist is playing everywhere.
And that list, especially Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You, gets you in the Christmas spirit right away. We have listed for you those who are curious about this song, which has become an indispensable part of New Year's celebrations since 1994.
A hit made in 15 minutes!
Mariah Carey says that she wrote the lyrics of this song that took the whole world under her influence in 15 minutes, and that's the secret. Stating that songwriter Walter Afanasieff also helped her, the singer said in an interview, "It's definitely not Swan Lake, we know. But that's exactly why it's so popular. Because it is so simple and delicious!”
International success
The year All I Want For Christmas Is You was published, it achieved great success in many countries. It was at the top of the list for a long time in Hungary, while it reached number 2 in Australia, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom. In many other countries, it managed to stay in the top ten for a long time. New Year's spirit knows no bounds!
Indispensable for lists
The success of the song is not limited to 1994. All I Want For Christmas Is You manages to climb the Billboard Hot 100 chart every year, but reached #1 on the 25th anniversary of its release in 2019. It also appeared at #1 in Billboard's "100 Greatest Holiday 100 Songs of All Time" retrospective in 2021.
Carey didn't want to do the song
What if we told you that Mariah Carey wasn't too keen on voice acting after she wrote the lyrics for the song? The reason was that the award-winning singer, who had only two albums on her resume before this song, thought that it was too early for her career to making this type of song that we can call holiday music. However, she later said in a Bobby Bones Show interview that she decided to give the song a chance because of her love for Christmas.
There is an animated movie inspired by the song
If you're looking for a Christmas movie you can watch with hot chocolate under a blanket, you can watch this movie starring Mariah Carey as a young girl with a healthy Christmas wish for a puppy, and of course, All I Want For Christmas Is You. The movie has the same name as the song.