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Screenshot from the music video.

Screenshot from the music video.

"Wonderful Christmastime" is a 1979 Christmas song by Paul McCartney. It enjoys significant Christmas time popularity around the world. The notable synthesiser riff was played on a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5. The song was later added as a bonus track on the CD reissue of Wings' Back to the Egg. Although the song did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, it reached #6 in the United Kingdom Singles Chart. The video was filmed at the Fountain Inn in Ashurst, West Sussex.

McCartney recorded the song entirely on his own during the sessions for his solo project McCartney II. Although the members of Wings are not on the recording, they do appear in the video.

Fellow ex-Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison had already released festive singles, and Ringo Starr made a Christmas album in 1999. Of all of the former Beatle seasonal offerings, Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" and McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" have become two of a canon of Christmas songs played year after year. Wings performed the song during their 1979 tour of the UK, and McCartney included the song as an encore during his Good Evening Europe tour.

Though McCartney has since gone on to state that he is now embarrassed about this record, it continues to receive substantial airplay every year. Including royalties from cover versions, it is estimated that Paul McCartney makes $400,000 per year from this song, which puts its cumulative earnings for this song at near $15 million.

Lyrics[]

The mood is right
The spirit's up
We're here tonight
And that's enough

[Chorus; (2x)]
Simply having a wonderful Christmastime

The party's on
The feeling's here
That only comes
This time of year

[Chorus; (2x)]

[Bridge]
The choir of children sing their song
Ding dong, ding dong
Ding dong, ding
Ooh, ooh
Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo doo-doo

[Chorus; (2x), but add "We're" when sung the first time]

The word is out
About the town
To lift a glass
Ahh, and don't look down

[Chorus]

[Bridge, but with the new line "They practiced all year long", followed by "Ding dong, ding ding" four times, overlapping.]

[First verse, followed by Chorus; (2x), but add "We're" when sung the second time. First verse (adding the "Ohh" in the last line), followed by Chorus; (4x), but add "We're" when sung the first time]

Ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh
Ohh-ohh-ohh
Christmastime

Appearances in Christmas media[]

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