Lyrics: All I Want For Christmas is You

Get the words to ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’, plus song meaning and insights on this classic festive tune by Carey.

 

All I Want For Christmas Is You

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

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
Santa Claus won’t make me happy with a toy on Christmas Day

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
You, baby

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
I won’t even stay awake to hear those magic reindeer click

 

‘Cause I just want you here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do?
Oh, baby, all I want for Christmas is you
You, baby

Oh-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
Santa, won’t you bring me the one I really need? (Yeah, oh)
Won’t you please bring my baby to me?

 

Oh, I don’t want a lot for Christmas
This is all I’m asking for
I just wanna see my baby standing right outside my door

Oh, I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Oh, baby, all I want for Christmas is you
You, baby

All I want for Christmas is you, baby
All I want for Christmas is you, baby
All I want for Christmas is you, baby
All I want for Christmas (all I really want) is you, baby
All I want (I want) for Christmas (all I really want) is you, baby

Performed by: Mariah Carey

Written by: Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff

Produced by: Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff

 

Curiosities

• Back in 1994, when recording a Christmas album was suggested to Mariah she stated she wasn’t ready to do it because “nobody was really doing it back then and I was at the peak of my career”

• Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff have mentioned they took a total of 15 minutes to finish the song

• At the time of release, AIWFCIY was ineligible to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 because it wasn’t released as a physical single. Since then, with changes in the Billboard Hot 100 rules, it’s been number one every year since 2019.