- Mariah Carey's signature holiday anthem "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, continuing its long track record of dominating the charts every winter season.
- In 1994 when Mariah Carey released the single, there hadn't been a new festive standard in a decade; and 25 years later, there hasn't been another classic holiday song since.
- That makes "All I Want" one of the last songs to break into the American Christmas canon.
- Besides Mariah's legendary five-octave range, what makes "All I Want for Christmas" the only modern holiday classic?
- We take a deep dive into the song's structure to explain its lasting appeal, showing how it draws upon timeless holiday music traditions ranging from
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