Talk:All I Want for Christmas Is You/Archive 1

I believe this page should have a legacy section
I believe this page should have a legacy section., Ive seen Vision of Love and Fantasy has but not this one!? Arguably this is Mariahs MOST popular/intfluential song rivaling Hero. 110.55.151.81 (talk) 17:13, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * It really should have one. Care to start your work soon?-- CallMe Nathan  &bull;  Talk2Me   21:20, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Legacy SECTION must be constructed
What do you think ? Fidel 22:09, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I think it's a great idea! When are you gonna get started?-- CallMe Nathan  &bull;  Talk2Me   20:12, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

sure thing! am ready NOW! tell me with what I should start ? I mean in what way? Fidel 20:12, 13 December 2012 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fidelove (talk • contribs)

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Why remove the MANY Billboard charts on which this song has appeared over the years?
I noticed that someone has been removing some of the Billboard charts on which All I Want For Christmas Is You appears. Please put them back for more accurate depiction of the phenomenal impact this song has on our times. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.138.105.50 (talk) 14:43, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

I think what happened is someone removed the Billboard charts' peaks of AIWFCIY for EACH year (i.e. if the song has had a higher peak in 2005 than 2006 on the same chart, the reference to the 2006 chart peak was omitted altogether), which is unfair given that this is a Christmas song that has the potential to reappear on the charts during Christmas time. For this reason, yearly peaks, instead of general ones, should be mentioned. Anyhow, here are some of the charts' peaks that have been removed: In 2006, U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Recurrents (1), U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay Recurrents (3), U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Recurrents (10), U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs (7), U.S. Billboard Hot Ringtones	(15). In 2007, U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Recurrents (1), U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay	(6), U.S. Billboard Hot Holiday Songs (2), U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs (10), U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks (10),

U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents (7) and U.S. Billboard Hot Holiday Songs (2) are the only charts left for 2007 and 2006 respectively (clearly diminishing the strong presence of AIWFCIY on the charts in these years) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.138.105.50 (talk) 20:03, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Excuse me for repeating this, but it is absolutely justified to include YEARLY peaks for a CHRISTMAS song. Who is removing those and re-altering the charts section?! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.138.105.50 (talk) 16:45, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

ATTENTION: don't you think the fact that the song entered the UK chart at #8 in 2007 (a yearly peak) deserves to be mentioned in the charts section?! Indeed, the song has peaked at #2 in 1994, but for the sake of absolute clarity we shouldn't omit the fact that the song has re-entered the charts, after 13 years of its release, at a relatively high number. Please DO undo that mistake/omission -which is made in other charts as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.138.105.50 (talk) 16:50, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Can someone please pay attention to the matter I've been shedding light on for the last week? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.138.105.50 (talk) 19:28, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

1.2 million sales as a ringtone
Someone should add that AIWFCIY is now certified platinum with sales of 1.2 million :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.138.105.50 (talk) 16:37, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Three/Four videos
What's this thing about there being "three (technically four) videos" for AIWFCIY? The article doesn't exactly make explicit what the alleged fourth one is supposed to be. --Jayunderscorezero (talk) 18:20, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

If the 'Ronettes' homage video is the same as either the article is wrong or those dancers are stunning transvestites. --Teledyn (talk) 03:17, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Home Video
I was tempted to put quotes around "home video" here. That is the look we are supposed to get, but it is clear that studio cameras were used. I decided because I don't think anyone would read this and think that Mariah got to party with St. Nick.Autkm (talk) 07:13, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

New Dance Mixes!
Saw these mentioned on here, the other day, so I went looking for them, and found them on Amazon! ;) I've included the link, below, and added the tracklistings to the page!  :)

http://www.amazon.com/Want-Christmas-Mariahs-Dance-Mixes/dp/B002WXUB16 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.22.13.29 (talk) 15:14, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Charts
This article has 2 "Chart performance" sections. Shouldn't those be combined? Also, the end of the first chart performance section says its chart position "so far". That should be updated to whatever peak position it achieved last winter.
 * Do we have to have chart performance for every single year? You realize songs only have one peak, don't you? --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 19:19, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes it is necessary. This is an unusual case. Most songs don't re-chart every year. This song, being a holiday classic, peaks every year, so yes its important.-- CallMe Nathan  &bull;  Talk2Me   23:31, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * There may be a better way of formatting for this case - considering this may happen year after year. The 'belgium back catalog' should not be included here. It's not the official singles chart and would be like listing Billboard's recurrent chart. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 18:39, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Check out the "by year" table format. It really consolidates the info and places emphasis on its annual performance on various charts without losing the sources. Modify if necessary, revert if disliked - but I think it presents the info better than a full list for each year. However, single chart runs over December and January should not be considered separate. For example, a song that peaks at #3 in the last week of December and falls to #10 in the first week of January, it doesn't mean it has two peak positions. Separate peaks should be distinct chart appearances. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 20:46, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Maybe I could get some additional opinions on this. Here's how I had it for anyone interested. The "traditional format" is for songs that typically have one chart run and one peak per chart. This encapsulates its chart runs year by year, more like an artist's discography page. The chart section as is will just became a mess if it's anticipated to chart in multiple countries in 2011 and 2012 and so on. It looks bad enough as it is. This is a better summary. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 21:32, 23 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I oppose this change. The current one is more organized. Also, if that problem arises, I think we can worry about in 2011 or 2012-- CallMe Nathan  •  Talk2Me   01:20, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The chart section looks even worse now than it did 3 years ago. The thing is nearly a kilometer long and will only get longer. -- Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 01:56, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Genre Designation
Though I haven't recently edited this most excellent article, I couldn't help but notice quite a bit of back-and-forth over the last year or so regarding the designation of the track's genre (as specified within the infobox for the single). It appears some wikipedia editors want to designate the track as contemporary R&B, while others do not. What gives here? I'm hoping this debate can be discussed (and eventually resolved) within this forum, rather than the seemingly endless continuation of the constant back-and-forth editing that's been going on. --Sliv812 (talk) 23:38, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

New live recording
Too early to include, but likely this will go viral and be very popular. May be worth keeping an eye on. - Wikidemon (talk) 16:12, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Yep, there are already a bunch of media outlets discussing the performance.-- CallMe Nathan  &bull;  Talk2Me   23:14, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Superscripts next to chart peaks
Some of the chart peak numbers have superscript numbers next to them, but I don't see any indication of what those numbers mean. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.210.190.194 (talk) 06:21, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Isn't "Carla Thomas - All I Want For Christmas Is You" song of any interest to this article?
I'm sure the original song should be of any relation to the new one, but Mariah Carey's song is obviously a redesign & modern version of the old song that dates back to 1966 when Carla Thomas was only 24 years old and which for the lyrics are very different but the subject and context are still exactly the same. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noptuno (talk • contribs) 07:03, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Cover versions is a mess.
Shouldn't we make the "Cover versions" section of the article into a bulleted list, rather than leaving it as a rambling hogwash of a paragraph? Clearly it's a popular holiday record to cover, but if we keep adding artists every time some tries it, it'll be even harder to make out who and when the song was performed. — DelandSIV (talk) 06:07, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

Chris Nickson bok source
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v7E72BESn3gC&pg=PT154&lpg=PT154&dq=I'm+a+very+festive+person+and+I+love+the+holidays.+I've+sung+Christmas+songs+since+I+was+a+little+girl.&source=bl&ots=HzvxI5qHjG&sig=UEMgOIDhYj4jJtgHYfrhTF4PfVQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAmoVChMI647qmPqMyAIVBqvbCh0Zvw_R#v=onepage&q=I'm%20a%20very%20festive%20person%20and%20I%20love%20the%20holidays.%20I've%20sung%20Christmas%20songs%20since%20I%20was%20a%20little%20girl.&f=false — Calvin999  10:34, 23 September 2015 (UTC)