“When Christmas Comes” is an original Christmas song included on Mariah's 2010 album, Merry Christmas II You. “The song is written with James Poyser of The Roots. He's an incredible musician.” Mariah explained. “We got together and I wanted everything in this album to feel classic, to feel festive and timeless. It has a 1970s soul.”
A new version of the song featuring singer John Legend was released on November 21, 2011. “The duet that I did with John Legend was so much fun, we had the best time,” Mariah told VEVO in 2011. “To hear his voice and the choices that he made, I feel that he really took it up several notches. I just love what he gave to the song, I feel like he gave so much of himself to the song.”
| Song | Remix | Run time |
|---|---|---|
| When Christmas Comes | Duet with John Legend
|
4:45 |
| When Christmas Comes | Duet with John Legend — Radio Edit
|
4:16 |
| When Christmas Comes | Magical Christmas Mix
Produced by Mariah Carey. |
2:27 |
The music video for the duet version of “When Christmas Comes,” directed by Sanaa Hamri and filmed in Los Angeles, premiered on December 3, 2011. “It's nice to be able to have the holidays where you're just in a festive environment and you take it all in,” Mariah said. “That's what Christmas time always reminds me of, and I think there's little bit of the essence of that in the video.”
The whole world
Feels a little bit more love
When Christmas comes
When Christmas comes
And everywhere that you go
There's people singing “Let It Snow”
And hanging up
That mistletoe
And me, and you gonna have ourselves
A holiday
And we don't need nobody else
To celebrate
And we're gon' kiss our worries
And our cares away
I can't wait
Because this Christmas time
Get together
It's gonna be so nice
Better than ever
And baby, you're the one
Special treasure
I can't wait to unwrap your love
Until Christmas comes
So many souls hurt
So many don't have enough
When Christmas comes
When Christmas comes
But baby, if you spread love
Someday it might be enough
To heal each other
One by one
And we gon' get together
And rejoice and pray
And we gon' help the world
Become a better place
And we gon' sing and shout
Because the Savior reigns
So don't dismay
Because this Christmas time
Get together
It's gonna be so nice
Better than ever
Because this gift of love
Lasts forever
The Lord makes our hearts open up
Soon as Christmas comes
It's gon' be alright
When Christmas comes
Oh, jingle all the way
Oh what fun
And we gon' reminisce about
The good old days
And we gon' laugh together
As the children play
And through the years it's always
Gonna be this way
Come what may
Because this Christmas time
Get together
It's gonna be so nice
Better than ever
And baby, you're the one
That I treasure
I can't wait to unwrap your love
When Christmas comes
Written by Mariah Carey and James Poyser.
Produced by Mariah Carey and James Poyser.
