"All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day" is a song by British musical duo Hurts. In the first week of its release, the song was made as a free download on iTunes in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and was "Single of the Week".[1] The single charted at number 67 in Austria.
| "All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day" | ||||
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| Single by Hurts | ||||
| from the album Happiness (Deluxe Edition) | ||||
| Released | 13 December 2010 | |||
| Length | 4:34 | |||
| Label | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | Hurts | |||
| Producer(s) | Hurts | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Hurts - All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day" on YouTube | ||||
Background
editRegarding the release of the song, Hurts declared in an interview that, "[i]t's about the worst Christmas of our lives, which we're releasing on the best Christmas of our lives. Also, we used previous cast members for the video, so it's like a Hurts Christmas party... in a cemetery."[2]
Critical reception
editFraser McAlpine wrote for BBC's Chart Blog that the song was "mournful" and "dignified", complimenting the "amazing" chorus and "the tubular bells, the sleighbells, the twinkling piano and the booming drums, and all of that mournful huffing, and it sounds both magical and deep."[3] Digital Spy reviewer Robert Copsey rated "[t]he Christmas tearjerker" five stars, maintaining that it "blossoms into an uplifting anthem".[4]
Music video
editThe music video takes place in a graveyard, where the band members and other people (characters from the music videos for "Better Than Love", "Wonderful Life" and "Stay") gather around a grave, out of which a Christmas tree emerges.
Track listing
edit- Digital download
- "All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day" – 4:34
Charts
edit| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] | 67 |
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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| Germany (GfK)[6] | 76 |
References
edit- ^ "All I Want For Christmas is New Year's Day iTunes Single Of The Week". Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ "Aiden could do Hurts songs". The X Factor official website. itv.com. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ^ McAlpine, Fraser (9 December 2010). "Hurts - 'All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day'". Chart Blog. BBC Online. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ Copsey, Robert (20 December 2010). "Hurts: 'All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ "Hurts – All I Want for Christmas Is New Years Day" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
- ^ "Hurts – All I Want for Christmas Is New Years Day" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 29 December 2017.