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  1. Dec 18, 2019 · That seems to hold true for Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff, the mother and father of “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which is arguably the most popular holiday song in the...

  2. Walter Afanasieff (born Vladimir Nikitich Afanasyev; February 10, 1958), formerly nicknamed Baby Love in the 1980s, is an American record producer and songwriter. He was a collaborator with Mariah Carey on her first six studio albums.

  3. Dec 24, 2022 · Longtime collaborator Walter Afanasieff played Grinch to the pop diva's claim that she basically wrote the song as a little girl. The man who co-wrote “ All I Want For Christmas Is You ” with Mariah Carey says the pop diva’s story about the song’s origin is as false as flying reindeer.

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  4. Dec 23, 2022 · Carey collaborator Walter Afanasieff, speaking to the Hot Takes & Deep Dives with Jess Rothschild podcast, claims that Carey has invented an “alternate story” on the song’s origin. Afanasieff...

  5. Mariah gave a wonderful interview to the Questlove Supreme podcast over her Christmas and New Year break. Parts 1 and 2 came to over three hours in length - ...

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  6. May 21, 2021 · “There were no expectations.” While working on Daydream in the summer of 1995, Carey and her longtime producer, Walter Afanasieff, explored the notion of making punk music for fun. According...

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  8. Dec 16, 2022 · When you hear the Mariah Carey holiday staple, “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” do you wonder how that sleigh bell jangling, epic pop magic was made?