Salah satu lagu Natal yang populer dan abadi sampai saat ini adalah All I Want for Christmas is You yang dinyanyikan Mariah Carey, berikut ini lirik lagu tersebut. Tembang ikonik itu masih sering diputar hingga saat ini, atau hampir tiga dekade setelah pertama kali dirilis.
Lagu klasik Natal 1994 yang sangat populer itu, menjadi sumber pendapatan yang menggiurkan bagi Carey setiap tahun, sebagian besar karena royalti yang dia terima. Sebuah laporan dari New York Post memperkirakan bahwa dia menghasilkan sekitar US$3 juta setiap tahun dari lagu tersebut.
Pada tahun 2021 diklaim bahwa Carey telah meraup lebih dari US$60 juta dari All I Want For Christmas is Youdan dia terus mendapat untung dari lagu tersebut. Dia juga menikmati sejumlah ikatan sponsor berkat lagunya. Pada tahun 2021, untuk menandai peringatan 25 tahun album Natalnya, Carey membintangi iklan pesta keripik Walkers.
Berikut ini lirik lagu All I Want for Christmas is You yang dinyanyikan Mariah Carey seperti dikutip dari Bisnis.com pada Minggu (25/12/2022):
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
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