Wonderful Christmas Time

A classic Christmas song by legend McCartney, recorded during the sessions for his solo project McCartney II, these sessions took place at his farm where he would stay there to make music. In the music video, members of ‘Wings’ appear with McCartney although they didn’t feature on the song. In an interview with NME McCartney said: “We went out to some pub somewhere, and so that was a laugh… we just run out of the pub occasionally, filmed a bit, and then went back into the pub. So that was quite a nice evening!” McCartney still receives royalties from cover versions for his song that reach 400.000 US Dollars annually.

Release Date: November 16, 1979

Songwriter/s: Paul McCartney

Label: Parlophone – Columbia

Chart Rankings:
The song entered the UK Official Charts Company at number 6 in 1980. In the US, the single didn’t enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 83 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart and reached number 94 on the Record World Singles Charts. In 1984 the song entered the Billboard Christmas singles chart at number 10, and in 1996 it reached number 29 on the Billboard weekly Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.

Artist’s age on Release Date: Sir James Paul McCartney was 37 years old when he released this song.

Cover Versions: Kylie Minogue – Martin Sheen, John Spencer, Stockard Channing – Barenaked Ladies – Jump5 – Earthsuit – Hilary Duff – Tom Mcrae – Jars of Clay – Demi Lovato – Family Force 5 – Amy Grant – Rahsaan Patterson – Helix – The Venture Bros, Jackson Publick, Doc Hammer – Kelly Rowland – Chicago featured Dolly Parton – Eli Young Band – The Shins – Eleventyseven – Straight No Chaser & Paul McCartney – Cowtown – Steve Oliver – Jimmy Buffett – Jimmy Fallon & The Roots & Paul McCartney – Amateur artists covered this song on Youtube.