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All I Want for

Christmas Is You
Mariah Carey

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“All I Want For Christmas Is You” is a holiday classic, and an uptempo

love song. Its narrator…
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All I Want for Christmas Is You Lyrics Translations

[Intro]
I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the 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, yeah

[Verse 1]
I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need (And I)
Don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don't need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace (Ah)
Santa Claus won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas Day

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[Chorus]
I just want you for my own (Ooh)
More than you could ever know (Ooh)
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you
You, baby

[Verse 2]
Oh, I won't ask for much this Christmas
I won't even wish for snow (And I)
I'm just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick (Ah)
I won't even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeer click

[Chorus]
'Cause I just want you here tonight (Ooh)
Holding on to me so tight (Ooh)
What more can I do?
Oh baby, all I want for Christmas is you
You, baby

[Bridge]
Oh, all the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere (So brightly, baby)
And the sound of children's
Laughter fills the air (Oh, oh yeah)
And everyone is singing (Oh yeah)
I hear those sleigh bells ringing (Oh)
Santa, won't you bring me the one I really need?
(Yeah, oh, oh)
Won't you please bring my baby to me?

[Verse 3]
Oh, I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for (Ah)
I just wanna see my baby
Standing right outside my door

[Chorus]
Oh, I just want you for my own (Ooh)
More than you could ever know (Ooh)
Make my wish come true
Oh baby, all I want for Christmas is you

[Outro]
You, baby
All I want for Christmas is you, baby (You)
All I want for Christmas is you, baby (Ah, oh, ah,
oh)
All I want for Christmas is you, baby (You)
All I want for Christmas is you, baby (All I really
want, baby, ooh)
All I want for Christmas is you, baby (All I want,
all I really want is you)

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“All I Want For Christmas Is You” is a holiday classic,

and an uptempo love song. Its narrator declares she
doesn’t care about Christmas presents or lights; the
best holiday present she can have is to be with the
one she loves.

Released in 1994 as the lead single from Mariah

Carey’s first holiday album and fourth studio album,
Merry Christmas, the song has since become the
Christmas standard. It has sold more than 14 million

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What have the artists said about the song?

Genius Answer 3 contributors

“ When I wrote ‘All I Want For Christmas Is

You’ it was my dream for it to become a
classic Christmas song. I am so proud of
the song’s impact as it continues to create
memories for fans each year. I am thrilled
to be able to bring the story of the song
to new generations of families with the
picture book.

- Mariah Carey in the “All I Want For

Christmas is You” book

How did this song perform on the Billboard

charts?

Genius Answer 3 contributors

The song officially peaked at #1 on the

Billboard Hot 100 during the week ending
December 21, 2019, topping the chart 25
years after its original release. The song
reached #1 for the second year in a row
December of 2020. The song is Carey’s 19th
#1 single on the Hot 100.

It hit the top ten for the first time in 2017, 23

years after its release. When it was originally
released, it wasn’t allowed to chart as a
holiday song, but the rules were changed
later and the song began re-charting on the
Hot 100.

In 2017, Carey reacted to the song’s first top

ten visit to Billboard:

“ This is such an amazing Christmas gift! As

a songwriter, I feel so honored to have
this song reach Billboard’s [Hot 100] top
10 for the first time. I honestly never
thought we’d be talking about this
happening, but I’m so thankful to
everyone who embraces this song as part
of their holiday tradition. It truly warms
my heart, and I am proud of this song that
I wrote basically as a kid on my little Casio
keyboard."

Do any other versions of the music video

exist?

Genius Answer 1 contributor

Yes, a version which features unreleased

footage not found in the original music
video, was released on November 1st, 2019:

Mariah Carey - All I Wa…

A completely new music video was released

on December 20, 2019 as well:

Mariah Carey - All I Wa…

The new video will be added as the main

page video until after Christmas.

Is there a live performance video of this

song?

Did this song receive any certifications?

Who produced “All I Want for Christmas Is

You” by Mariah Carey?

When did Mariah Carey release “All I Want

for Christmas Is You”?

Who wrote “All I Want for Christmas Is You”

by Mariah Carey?

Merry Christmas (1994)

Mariah Carey

1. Silent Night 7. Jesus Born on This Day

2. All I Want for Christmas Is 8. Santa Claus Is Comin’ to

You Town

3. O Holy Night 9. Hark! The Herald Angels

Sing / Gloria (In Excelsis
4. Christmas (Baby Please Deo)
Come Home)
10. Jesus Oh What a
5. Miss You Most (At Wonderful Child
Christmas Time)
11. God Rest Ye Merry
6. Joy to the World Gentlemen

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Credits
Produced By Written By
Walter Afanasieff & Mariah Mariah Carey & Walter
Carey Afanasieff

Second Engineer Licensing

Mike Scott (Engineer), Gus LatinAutor, UBEM, ASCAP,
Garces, David Gleeson & Kobalt Music, AMRA, CMRRA,
Andy Smith SOLAR Music Rights
Management, Universal Music
Group, Columbia Records &
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