Christmas Mariah Carey – Oh Santa! What a fun and joyful Christmas song that you can really groove to! This song has it all – the beat, the moves, and a cheerful and fun chorus.
Christmas Mariah Carey – Oh Santa! – Song Overview
“Oh Santa!” is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her second Christmas Mariah Carey album and thirteenth studio album, Merry Christmas II You (2010).
Carey wrote and produced the song in collaboration with Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox. It was released as the lead single from the album on October 1, 2010 by Island Def Jam Records. It is an up-tempo R&B song about Carey making a plea for Santa Claus to bring back her partner in time for the Christmas holidays. It received a positive response from music critics, with many praising its composition and style.
The track set a record on the United States Billboard Adult Contemporary songs chart, debuting at number twelve and peaking at number one the following week for four weeks. It became the first song to reach the summit in two weeks. It further became Carey’s seventh number-one song on the chart. Carey filmed a 1960s-style music video to accompany the song’s release as a single, and performed it on various programs in the lead up to Christmas, including her own TV special called Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to You.
It was later adapted to be the finale of A Christmas Melody, a 2015 Hallmark Channel Christmas movie, with its lyrics tweaked to be relevant for Broadway child performer Fina Strazza’s character singing about her single mother finding love. On December 4, 2020, a new version was released featuring singers Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson, as a single from the soundtrack to Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special for Apple TV+.
Christmas Mariah Carey – Oh Santa – More about the Song
“Oh Santa!” was written and produced by Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox for Carey’s second Christmas/thirteenth studio album, Merry Christmas II You (2010); Rye Songs administered by Songs of Universal (BMI)/Shaniah Cymone Music|EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP)/WBM Music Corp Inc./Pamela & Lorrence’s Publishing LLC (SESAC).
Her vocals were recorded by Brian Garten, Marcus Johnson and Thomas Kanarek, Martin Cooke, Nicholas Essif and Peter Mack, and the music by John Horesco at Guardian Angel Studios, Westlake Recording Studios, Henson Studios and Capitol Recording Studios. It was mixed by Phil Tan and Damien Lewis at The Ninja Beat Club. Dupri played the drums and Randy Jackson performed bass. Cox plated the keyboard and percussion. The background vocals were sung by Angie Fisher, Melonie Daniels, Maryann Tatum, Sharlotte Gibson and Toni Scruggs.
“Oh Santa!” was one of four original compositions by Carey to be included on the album. It premiered on October 1, 2010, in the United States. An EP consisting of six remixes by Jump Smokers and Low Sunday were released on December 7, while a mix of “Oh Santa! and one of Carey’s previous Christmas songs “All I Want for Christmas Is You”, titled “Oh Santa! All I Want for Christmas Is You (Holiday Mashup)”, was released on December 17.
“Oh Santa!” is an up-tempo and festive R&B song, which lasts for a duration of three minutes, thirty-one seconds. It has a 1960s girl-group swing feel. The song, in the key of C♯ major, has a tempo of 80 beats per minute.
Carey’s voice spans more than three octaves, from B♭2 to the high note of F♯6. Instrumentation consists of sleigh bells, jingle bells, hand claps and a piano melody, backed by a “school-yard chant beat”. Lyrically, Carey makes a plea to Santa Claus asking him to bring back her “baby” in time for Christmas, singing “Santa’s gonna’ come and make him mine this Christmas.”
Christmas Mariah Carey – Oh Santa Lyrics
Oh Santa’s gonna come and make him mine this Christmas
Santa’s gonna come and make him mine, mine (oh Santa)
Santa’s gonna come and make him mine this Christmas
Santa’s gonna come and make him mine, mine
Santa
If you get this letter
Won’t you help me out
I know you’re kinda busy with your elves right now
And I don’t know how
You do the things you do while I sleep on Christmas Eve
But it’s amazing
And I bet that you could bring me back my baby
Because every time I see Christmas lights
I feel this burn inside
And I just can’t take it
I saw them shopping last week
And his new girl was so bleak
And then I swore to myself
Santa’s gonna come and make him mine this Christmas night
Oh, oh, oh
Santa’s gonna come and make you mine this Christmas
Santa’s gonna come and make you mine, oh, oh, oh
Santa’s gonna come and make you mine this Christmas night
Oh, Santa
I heard that it’s really gonna snow this year
So I hope Rudolph and them all the eight reindeer
Get you safely here
So you can scoop him up
And scoop him right down my chimney
I’ve been really, really, really good this year
So put on that red suit and make him appear
Make this Christmas cheer
Just ain’t the same without my baby
Come on oh Kris Kringle send me help
They say it’s unrealistic
But I believe in you Saint Nick
So grant this wish for me right quick
Santa won’t you come and make him mine this Christmas night
Oh, oh, oh
Santa’s gonna come and make you mine this Christmas
Santa’s gonna come and make you mine, oh, oh, oh
Santa’s gonna come and make you mine this Christmas night
Oh, Santa, oh, Santa, oh, Santa
Santa’s gonna come and make you mine this Christmas
Santa’s gonna come and make you mine, oh, oh, oh
Santa’s gonna come and make you mine this Christmas
Santa’s gonna come and make you mine, oh, oh, oh
Oh, Santa Claus
If you get this letter
Please don’t make me wait
‘Cause all December I’ll be counting down the days
So hop on your sleigh
I promise that I won’t forget the milk and cookies
The trees all sparkly and gold
But inside I feel so cold
So soon as you leave the North Pole
Santa won’t you come and make him mine this Christmas
Santa’s gonna come and make you mine, oh, oh, oh
