The Greatest "Christmas" Song of All-Time Bracket
FINAL FOUR
All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey
Released in 1994 when Mariah was 25 years old. She later went on to date Derek Jeter.
The song has been remixed twice, sampled 7 times, and covered 85 times
She co-wrote the song in 15 minutes and the whole thing was recorded in under 2 hours
It has sold over 16 MILLION copies.
A British farmer revealed in 2010 that his goats actually produced the most milk when listening to “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
Mariah makes $500K annually from the song and it first hit #1 on the charts in 2019.
It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year by Andy Williams
Written by Edward Pola & George Wyle and released in 1963. Wyle also wrote the Gilligan’s Island Theme Song.
It currently sits at #6 on the Hot 100 Holiday Chart.
It’s been sampled twice and covered 22 different times.
Williams hosted The Andy Williams Show from ‘62 - ‘71
He’s recorded 43 albums and sold over 100 million records worldwide.
Santa Claus Is Comin To Town by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie
This was the biggest hit of their successful careers. It was originally written in the height of the depression for a radio show to encourage listeners to help the less fortunate at Christmas
Since 1934, versions of this song have been recorded by OVER 200 DIFFERENT ARTISTS!!! Including Bing Crosby, Mariah Carey, The Jackson 5, The Four Seasons, Andy Williams, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band,
All together, the song has been streamed or sold over 1 Billion Times… that’s insane.
The song was made into a movie by Rankin and Bass in 1970.
Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt
Santa Baby was released in 1953 and its steamy vocals led to pushback from conservatives. It was even banned across all southern states in the U.S. Naturally, that meant it became the #1 holiday song that year.
It has been sampled in 5 songs and covered 49 times. Most notably by Ariana Grande, Madonna, Taylor Swift, Kylie Minogue, and Gwen Stefani. However, Michael Buble’s version has been named multiple times over as the worst Christmas song of all time.
Known to be a favorite during SantaCon.