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Butterfly / 12-Tone Music / Warner (digital single) (2020 / 2021)
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a single by Dolly Parton and Jimmy Fallon. It was released to Country radio on October 2, 2020, by Butterfly Records and 12-Tone Music as the fourth single from Dolly's forty-seventh solo studio album, A Holly Dolly Christmas. The song was written by Mariah Carey and Walter N. Afanasieff. Carey originally recorded the song for her 1994 album, Merry Christmas.  Her version peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2019. Dolly's version was produced by Kent Wells and peaked at number four on the Billboard Holiday Digital Song Sales chart. It was re-released to Adult Contemporary radio on October 27, 2021, by Butterfly Records and Warner Records.

Track listing

Digital downlaod
  • ​All I Want for Christmas Is You (with Jimmy Fallon) (Mariah Carey, Walter N. Afanasieff) 4:05

2020 radio release
  • ​All I Want for Christmas Is You (with Jimmy Fallon) (2020 Radio Edit) (Mariah Carey, Walter N. Afanasieff) 3:12

2021 radio release
  • All I Want for Christmas Is You (with Jimmy Fallon) (2021 Radio Edit) (Mariah Carey, Walter N. Afanasieff) 3:29

Note: The 2020 Radio Edit omits the spoken intro and a few lines toward the end of the song. The 2021 Radio Edit only omits the spoken intro.

Recording

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" was recorded at Sound Stage Studios in Nashville, Tennessee; Dark Horse Recording in Franklin, Tennessee; Kent Wells Productions in Franklin; and Monk Music Studios in East Hampton, New York.

Music video

An animated music video directed by Alex Popkin was released on December 3, 2020.

Commercial performance

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" peaked at number four on the Billboard Holiday Digital Song Sales chart dated October 17, 2020, its only week on the chart.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the A Holly Dolly Christmas liner notes.
Performance
  • Michael Davis – keys, B3
  • Richard Dennison – background vocals
  • Jimmy Fallon – lead vocals
  • Lloyd Green – steel guitar
  • Vicki Hampton – background vocals
  • Paul Hollowell – piano
  • Gary Lunn – bass
  • Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle
  • Jennifer O'Brien – background vocals
  • Tom Rutledge – acoustic guitar
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • Steve Turner – drums, percussion
  • Kent Wells - electric guitar, banjo
Production
  • Cynthia Daniels – engineer
  • Jim DeMain – mastering
  • Kyle Dickinson – editing
  • Kat Elfman – production assistant
  • Chris Latham– vocal editing
  • Parker Lyons– assistant engineer
  • Joel McKenney – assistant engineer
  • Patrick Murphy – tracking engineer
  • Mark Needham – mixing
  • Tyler Spratt – editing
  • Kent Wells – producer
  • Kevin Willis – engineer, editing