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      • Carey and Afanasieff wrote it in the summer of 1994, with him coming up with musical ideas on a piano while she developed the melody and lyrics. They set out to write an uptempo Christmas track in the style of Phil Spector's girl group productions of the '60s (Darlene Love's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" comes to mind).
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      All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey - Songfacts

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    Dec 8, 2022 · Mariah Carey did write "All I Want For Christmas Is You," alongside her songwriting partner at the time, Walter Afanasieff. The pair worked together on some of her biggest hits, such as...

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    " All I Want for Christmas Is You " is a song by American singer Mariah Carey from her fourth studio album and first holiday album, Merry Christmas (1994). Written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, the song was released as the lead single from the album on October 29, 1994, by Columbia Records.

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    Dec 18, 2019 · To Afanasieff’s chagrin, in interviews Carey has given about “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Carey has seemed to claim sole authorship of the modern holiday standard, suggesting that she...

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    By Jody Rosen. Dec. 14, 2020 7 AM PT. Initially, at least, Queen of Christmas was not in the plan. Mariah Carey was already a global superstar when she released her first holiday album,...

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    Dec 3, 2020 · That’s the list. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” came out in 1994 and sounds several eons older than that, in the best way. On impact—the very first time you heard Mariah belt out that ...

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  9. www.songfacts.com › facts › mariah-careyAll I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey - Songfacts

    She didn’t write all I want for Christmas as it was done 6years earlier by Vince Vance and the Valiants sung by Lisa Layne and does it better; Justin Truth from New Orlrans The song All I want was Christmas is You was written and recorded by Vince Vance about 1989. I heard them play it at Christmas time festivals many times before M Carey ...

  10. apnews.com › article › christmas-mariah-carey-queenWhy Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas is You' became ...

    Dec 11, 2023 · 1 of 3 | . FILE - Mariah Carey performs at the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, Dec. 31, 2017, in New York. Billboard has posted a list of top seasonal hits since 2010, and Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” has been No. 1 for 57 of the 62 weeks it has run, said Gary Trust, chart director.