Merry Christmas II You

~ Release by Mariah Carey (see all versions of this release, 13 available)

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (intro)
recording engineer and mixer:
John Richards (engineer)
additional assistant engineer:
Steve Genewick
additional engineer:
Brett “Snacky” Pierce (engineer)
producer:
Mariah Carey and Marc Shaiman (American score composer and lyricist)
instruments arranger and orchestrator:
Brad Dechter and Marc Shaiman (American score composer and lyricist)
concertmaster:
Ralph Morrison
cover recording of:
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1932)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1932)
publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Haven Gillespie Music Publishing, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Leo Feist Ltd, Leo Feist, Inc., SBK United Partnership and The Songwriters Guild
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
Mariah Carey30:23
2Oh Santa!
assistant recording engineer:
Martin Cooke (engineer), Marcus Johnson (jazz keyboardist, composer and producer), Thomas Kanarek, Peter Mack and Nicholas Essig
recording engineer:
Brian Garten (lead vocals [vocal]), Kevin Guarnieri, John Horesco and Sam Thomas (producer / engineer)
producer:
Mariah Carey, Bryan‐Michael Cox (US R&B/hip‐hop producer/songwriter) and Jermaine Dupri (American rapper, record producer, actor & DJ)
assistant mixer:
Damien Lewis
mixer:
Phil Tan (Malaysian-American audio engineer)
bass:
Randy Jackson (brother of Michael and Janet)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Jermaine Dupri (American rapper, record producer, actor & DJ)
keyboard [keyboards] and percussion:
Bryan‐Michael Cox (US R&B/hip‐hop producer/songwriter)
background vocals:
Melonie Daniels, Angie Fisher, Sharlotte Gibson, Maryann Tatum and Toni Scruggs
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Guardian Angel Studios in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, United States, Henson Recording Studios (former A&M Studios) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Westlake Recording Studios (founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s) in West Hollywood, California, United States
mixed at:
Ninja Beat Club (Phil Tan's studio) in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Oh Santa!
writer:
Mariah Carey, Bryan‐Michael Cox (US R&B/hip‐hop producer/songwriter) and Jermaine Dupri (American rapper, record producer, actor & DJ)
Mariah Carey43:31
3O Little Town of Bethlehem / Little Drummer Boy (medley)
producer:
Mariah Carey and James “Big Jim” Wright (US producer, musician, singer and songwriter aka Big Jim)
orchestrator:
Brad Dechter and Marc Shaiman (American score composer and lyricist)
medley including a cover recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
medley including a cover recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
Mariah Carey43:32
4Christmas Time Is in the Air Again
recording of:
Christmas Time Is in the Air Again
Mariah Carey43:02
5The First Noel/Born Is the King (interlude)
Mariah Carey54:33
6When Christmas Comes
recording of:
When Christmas Comes
writer:
Mariah Carey and James Poyser (soul, r&b, hip-hop producer and songwriter)
Mariah Carey54:46
7Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)/Housetop Celebration
cover recording of:
Here Comes Santa Claus (arr. Ployhar)
writer:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”) and Oakley Haldeman (songwriter)
arranger:
James Ployhar
arrangement of:
Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
Mariah Carey2.53:28
8Charlie Brown Christmas
recording of:
Charlie Brown Christmas
Mariah Carey42:49
9O Come All Ye Faithful/Hallelujah Chorus
Mariah Carey feat. Patricia Carey53:38
10O Holy Night
live recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Mariah Carey55:00
11One Child
recording of:
One Child
Mariah Carey54:26
12All I Want for Christmas Is You
additional programming:
Dan Shea
programming:
Walter Afanasieff
synthesizer programming:
Gary Cirimelli
producer:
Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey
bass synthesizer, drums (drum set) and keyboard:
Walter Afanasieff
guitar family:
Dann Huff
background vocals:
Melonie Daniels, Kelly Price and Shanrae Price
arranger:
Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1994) and Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2024)
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-13 (number: 1), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-20 (number: 1), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-27 (number: 1), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-03 (number: 1), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-06 (number: 5), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-29 (number: 8), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-22 (number: 11), Offizielle deutsche Charts – Single-Jahrescharts 2025 (number: 28), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-15 (number: 31), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2024 (number: 54), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2023 (number: 55), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2025 (number: 59), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2022 (number: 65), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2020 (number: 67), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2021 (number: 78) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 97)
recording of:
All I Want for Christmas Is You
writer:
Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey
publisher:
Kobalt Music Copyrights SARL, Rye Songs, Sony ATV Music Publishing (1995–2020), Sony Songs Inc., Sony Tunes Inc., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Tamal Vista Music, UMPG Publishing, Universal Tunes, Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd, Wallyworld Music and Warner Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
Mariah Carey44:02
13Auld Lang Syne (The New Year’s Anthem)
recording of:
Auld Lang Syne (The New Year’s Anthem)
writer:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist), Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson (former bassist with Journey and American Idol judge) and RedOne
Mariah Carey43:48