Wonderful Christmas Time:
Paul McCartney – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, bass, drums, percussion, jingle bells, production
Released in November of 1979 following Wings' final album Back to the Egg earlier that year. It was McCartney's first solo single since "Eat at Home" in 1971.
This classic Christmas song “Wonderful Christmastime” has charted in the Top 10 in countries like the United Kingdom (where it peaked at No. 6), Austria, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, and the Netherlands.
And in the Top 20 in Canada, Slovakia, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Originally, it was recorded during the sessions for the legendary artist’s second solo album, McCartney II, which he released in 1980.
The tune, which was later added to the 1993 CD reissue of Back to the Egg and on later deluxe album editions (including a longer, unedited version on the 2011 Deluxe Edition reissue of McCartney II), is composed largely with synthesizer sound effects and McCartney repeating the chorus frequently.
“Wonderful Christmastime” was written in B-major and recorded entirely by McCartney whilst working on McCartney II, his second solo LP. And though the members of Wings are not on the recording, they do appear in the accompanying music video.
The video was filmed at the Fountain Inn in Ashurst, West Sussex, and also features footage filmed at the Hippodrome Theater in Eastbourne, where the former Mop Top rehearsed his 1979 U.K. tour. Wings would go on to perform “Wonderful Christmastime” during their 1979 tour of the region.
Following its release as a stand-alone single in the United Kingdom, "Wonderful Christmastime" peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart on the week ending January 5, 1980. In the United States, the single peaked at number 83 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart (week ending January 12, 1980) and at number 94 on the Record World Singles Chart (week ending December 29, 1979), but it did not initially make the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
"Wonderful Christmastime" first appeared on a Billboard magazine music chart in December 1984, when it peaked at number 10 for two straight weeks on the magazine's special Christmas Singles chart. Its next appearance on a Billboard music came on the week ending January 6, 1996, when the song both debuted and peaked at number 29 on the magazine's weekly Hot Adult Contemporary chart. "Wonderful Christmastime" finally debuted on the main Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 2018, at position number 47. It peaked at number 28 on the week ending January 2, 2021, following its 2020 chart re-entry two weeks earlier.
"Wonderful Christmastime" continues to receive substantial annual festive airplay.
Including royalties from cover versions, it was estimated in 2010 that Paul makes $400,000 a year from this song, which puts its cumulative earnings at over $15 million and now, likely over $20 million for Paul.
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