NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – It’s been 25 years since Mariah Carey released her wildly successful holiday hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” but the pop star has put a fresh spin on the classic song with a brand new music video released Thursday.
The video features a winter wonderland filled with skating Santas, dancing nutcrackers, giant candy canes and Carey with cloud-white angel wings.
“We wanted to make a modern classic,” Carey said on a YouTube livestream Thursday. “It's kind of the opposite of the original video. This is more of a production.”
Earlier this week, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 25 years after its release.
Billboard announced that the song topped this week’s chart, giving Carey her 19th No. 1 of her career. She is only behind the Beatles, who have had 20 songs top the Hot 100 chart.
Each holiday season Carey’s "All I Want for Christmas Is You" begins to climb the Billboard charts as its popularity resurfaces. Last year the song hit a peak at No. 3 and set a new one-day streaming record on Spotify.
The song is from Carey’s 1994 album, “Merry Christmas,” which is currently No. 1 on the Billboard R&B albums chart. Carey wrapped her All I Want for Christmas Is You Tour on Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden.