Vince Vance & The Valiants – All I Want for Christmas Is You

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All I Want for Christmas Is You (Vince Vance & the Valiants song)

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“All I Want for Christmas Is You”

Vince Vance & the Valiants All I Want for Christmas Is You.jpg
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Single by Vince Vance & the Valiants
from the album All I Want for Christmas Is You
B-side“Exceptional Man”
Released1989
StudioMasterphonics Studio 6; Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountryChristmas
Length3:47
LabelValiant 92689
Songwriter(s)Troy Powers Andy Stone
Producer(s)Ed Loftus James Stroud
Vince Vance & the Valiants singles chronology
Bomb Iran
(1980)”All I Want for Christmas Is You
(1989)”All I Want for Christmas Is You (re-issue)”
(1993)

All I Want for Christmas Is You” is a Christmas song recorded by American novelty act Vince Vance & the Valiants. Initially released as a single in 1989, Vince Vance’s version of the song has charted several times on the Billboard country singles charts. It is one of two records to chart for Vince Vance & the Valiants, the other being “Bomb Iran“.

Bomb Iran

Content

“All I Want for Christmas Is You” is a mid-tempo in compound duple meter, featuring lead vocals from Lisa Burgess Stewart, who now records under the name Lisa Layne. In it, the singer explains that she does not want Christmas decorations nor gifts from Santa Claus. Instead, all she wants for Christmas is her lover. The melody used in the song is based on Bobby Vinton‘s number 9 pop hit single from early 1964, “My Heart Belongs to Only You“, with a few minor alterations.

"My Heart Belongs to Only You" Bobby Vinton

Reception

In his review of the album All I Want for Christmas Is YouAllMusic reviewer Jason Birchmeier referred to the song as a “holiday favorite within the country community during the ’90s” but noted that the rest of the album was not “remotely worth bothering with.”

Having received frequent rotation on country radio and adult contemporary radio during the Christmas season since its 1993 re-release, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is also the most-played country music Christmas song.

The song was also made into a music video directed by Steve Dunning for Aries Productions, located in Arlington, Texas.

Vince Vance & The Valiants – All I Want for Christmas Is You

Lawsuit

On June 3, 2022, Andy Stone, who portrayed Vince Vance, filed a copyright lawsuit against Mariah Carey, alleging that she “exploited” and made “undeserved profits” off his song with her “All I Want for Christmas Is You“, which was published five years after his. On November 2, of the same year, the lawsuit was dropped without prejudice; Stone re-filed the lawsuit in November 2023.

Chart performance

The song first charted in early 1994 based on airplay from the 1993 Christmas season, peaking at number 55 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts on the chart week of January 8, 1994. It re-entered in December 1994, reaching a new peak of number 52 on the chart week of January 7, 1995. The song re-entered the country charts again every January afterward, each time peaking higher than the last; it did not appear in the 1998-1999 holiday season but again charted for the final time in January 2000, reaching its peak on that chart of 31. Although it never charted on the country charts again, it peaked at number 23 on the Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay chart in 2002 (despite having never entered or bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100 or Hot 100 Airplay charts), and has re-appeared on the Hot Country Recurrents chart every Christmas since late 2000/early 2001.

Lisa Layne All I Want For Christmas is you
Chart (1994–2002)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks31
US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay23

Kelly Clarkson version

“All I Want for Christmas Is You”

All I Want for Christmas Is You.jpg
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Single by Kelly Clarkson
ReleasedNovember 14, 2020
GenreChristmaspop
Length3:46
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Andy StoneTroy Powers
Producer(s)Jesse Shatkin
Kelly Clarkson singles chronology
Under the Mistletoe
(2020)”All I Want for Christmas Is You
(2020)”Christmas Isn’t Canceled (Just You)
(2021)

In 2020, Kelly Clarkson released a version of the song as a standalone single. She also later included it on her 2021 album, When Christmas Comes Around…

Kelly Clarkson – All I Want For Christmas Is You [Official Lyric Video]

Charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
Canada AC (Billboard)30

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef
VariousNovember 14, 2020Digital downloadstreamingAtlantic

All I Want For Christmas Is You Covers

  • Natalie Nicole Green – All I Want for Christmas is You – Natalie Nicole Green
All I Want for Christmas is You – Natalie Nicole Green (Vince Vance Cover)
  • LeAnn Rimes – All I want For Christmas is You
All I Want For Christmas Is You
  • Rachel Horter – All I Want For Christmas Is You
All I Want For Christmas Is You – Vince Vance & The Valiants (Cover by Rachel Horter)
  • Dean Heckel – All I Want for Christmas is You
Dean Heckel covering "All I Want for Christmas is You" by Vince Vance & the Valiants
  • Isabella Marseline – All I Want For Christmas Is You
All I Want For Christmas Is You

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