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"Wrap Me Up"
Single by Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor
ReleasedNovember 17, 2023 (2023-11-17)
Genre
Length2:28
LabelRepublic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Gian Stone
Jimmy Fallon singles chronology
"Almost Too Early for Christmas"
(2022) 		"Wrap Me Up"
(2023)
Meghan Trainor singles chronology
"Hands on Me"
(2023) 		"Wrap Me Up"
(2023) 		"Been Like This"
(2024)
Music video
"Wrap Me Up" on YouTube

"Wrap Me Up" is a song by American comedian Jimmy Fallon and singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor. Fallon and Trainor wrote it with songwriter Sean Douglas and its producer, Gian Stone. Republic Records released it as a single on November 17, 2023. A doo-wop, hip hop, and Christmas song, "Wrap Me Up" is written as a duet on which two narrators exchange flirtatious lyrics in a call-and-response format. One of them expresses curiosity about their Christmas gift and the other one withholds the answer before offering themself as the gift.

Music critics were positive about "Wrap Me Up" and directed praise towards its production, which they found catchy. The song peaked at number 92 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart and number four on the Bubbling Under Hot 100. It also reached number two on the Adult Contemporary and Holiday Digital Song Sales charts. The accompanying music video was premiered on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and Fallon and Trainor performed "Wrap Me Up" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

Background

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Jimmy Fallon in a suit and tie with a neutral expression
Meghan Trainor, a woman, smiling
"Wrap Me Up" is a Christmas duet between Jimmy Fallon (left) and Meghan Trainor (right).

Jimmy Fallon had frequently performed Christmas songs on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He also officially released the holiday song "It Was a... (Masked Christmas)", featuring Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion, in 2021, and "Almost Too Early for Christmas" with Dolly Parton the following year. Meghan Trainor released the album A Very Trainor Christmas in 2020 and began collaborating with songwriter Sean Douglas and producer Gian Stone on the album Takin' It Back the following year.[1][2] In March 2023, Fallon announced that he expected a Christmas album he had been working on for several years to be released later in the year; it was a fusion of comedy and traditional songs along with some duets.[3]

Considering her a great performer and songwriter and admiring how she handled a 2016 incident where she fell while performing her song "Me Too" on his show, Fallon had always wanted to work with Trainor.[4][5][1] He sent her a recording of an idea called "Wrap It Up", which was about wrapping presents, but did not immediately receive a response.[4][5] Trainor eventually agreed to the collaboration but changed its lyrics, renaming it to "Wrap Me Up" because she thought Fallon's concept "sound[ed] like condoms". Fallon, Trainor, Douglas, and Stone completed the song over a FaceTime call, during which Trainor described being "so nervous [her] heart was in [her] ass".[6][7]

Fallon claimed that he really liked the holidays while announcing "Wrap Me Up".[8] Playing a snippet of the song on his show, he stated: "This song is a bop. The song is a banger. This song eats. This song slaps."[9] Republic Records released it as a single on November 17, 2023.[10] The music video for "Wrap Me Up", in which Fallon and Trainor sing in red-and-green outfits, aired on Fallon's show on December 13, 2023.[11]

Composition

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"Wrap Me Up" is two minutes and 28 seconds long.[10] Stone produced the song; Stone and Trainor handled vocal production, and they also served as the recording engineers alongside John Arbuckle and Mike Wozniak. Ben Rice played the guitar, and Kurt Thum performed the programming. Stone, Fallon, Trainor and her brother Justin provided the background vocals. Serban Ghenea mixed the song, with assistance from Bryce Bordone, and Randy Merrill mastered it.[6]

Billboard's Lars Brandle described "Wrap Me Up" as "a throwback doo-wop-meets-hip-hop Crimbo number", and People's Jack Irvin called it a Christmas duet.[1][5] The song's flirtatious lyrics are written as a call-and-response duet, with Fallon voicing the narrator who is curious about his Christmas gift and Trainor the one who playfully withholds the answer and later presents herself as the gift. In the lyrics, Fallon asks Trainor what present she is giving him for Christmas, speculating that it could be a number of things like a drone, a razor, a Maserati, or a Bugatti.[5][12] Trainor replies that the present is her: "Is it Boujee? / Like Gucci? / Man, I thought I had it / No, baby, you're lookin' at it."[9] In the song's chorus, they sing together about wanting someone to wrap their arms around them during Christmastime and describe themselves as "the whole damn package".[4]

Reception

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Critical reception for "Wrap Me Up" was positive, with praise directed towards its production, which reviewers found catchy. iHeartRadio's Rebekah Gonzalez thought that like everything associated with Trainor—it was incredibly catchy.[13] Sydni Ellis of SheKnows described "Wrap Me Up" as a "banger",[14] and Jackie Manno of NBC wrote that it completely met the expectations of it being a Christmas hit.[15] Writing for American Songwriter, Matthew Wilson believed the song was alluring, thrifty, and, above all, it was catchy, and he described the chorus as charmingly playful.[4]

In the United States, "Wrap Me Up" peaked at number four on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart issued for December 30, 2023.[16] The song reached high positions on other charts in the country, peaking at number two on the Adult Contemporary airplay chart and Holiday Digital Song Sales.[17][18] Additionally, it peaked at number 33 on Adult Pop Airplay, number 38 on Pop Airplay, and number 100 on the Holiday 100.[19][20][21] "Wrap Me Up" debuted at number 92 on the Canadian Hot 100 issued for January 6, 2024.[22]

Live performance

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Fallon and Trainor performed "Wrap Me Up" live for the first time at Jimmy Kimmel Live! on November 27, 2023. Trainor dressed up as a red-colored Christmas tree, with her dress bearing pictures of her husband and sons, and Fallon was clad in a red velvet tuxedo, accompanied by four festively-dressed backup dancers and vocalists. It was followed by Fallon going onto a street and distributing presents to passers-by, which he uploaded as a social media post while stating his excitement about the song and for people to hear it.[1][9][5]

Credits and personnel

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Credits are adapted from Qobuz.[6]

  • Gian Stone – producer, songwriter, vocal producer, recording engineer, programming, background vocals
  • Jimmy Fallon – songwriter, background vocals
  • Meghan Trainor – songwriter, vocal producer, recording engineer
  • Sean Douglas – songwriter
  • Ben Rice – guitar
  • Justin Trainor – background vocals
  • John Arbuckle – recording engineer
  • Mike Wozniak – recording engineer
  • Kurt Thum – programming
  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Bryce Bordone – mixing assistance

Charts

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Chart performance for "Wrap Me Up"
Chart (2023–2024) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[22] 92
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[16] 4
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[17] 2
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[19] 33
US Holiday 100 (Billboard)[21] 100
US Holiday Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[18] 2
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[20] 38

Release history

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Release date and formats for "Wrap Me Up"
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various November 17, 2023
Republic [10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Brandle, Lars (November 28, 2023). "Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor Bring the Christmas Spirit with 'Wrap Me Up'". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  2. ^ Epic Records (2022). Takin' It Back (Media notes). Meghan Trainor.
  3. ^ Aniftos, Rania (March 7, 2023). "Jimmy Fallon Says He's Working on a Holiday Album". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 17, 2023. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d Wilson, Matthew (November 17, 2023). "Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor Just Released a Holiday Themed Song, 'Wrap Me Up'". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e Irvin, Jack (November 28, 2023). "Meghan Trainor and Jimmy Fallon Perform Holiday Duet 'Wrap Me Up' for First Time on Jimmy Kimmel Live". People. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "'Wrap Me Up', Jimmy Fallon". Qobuz. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  7. ^ Trainor, Meghan (November 23, 2023). Workin' on Thanksgiving. Event occurs at 13:12. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ Moss, Kyle (November 28, 2023). "Jimmy Fallon Performs His New Christmas Song With Meghan Trainor on... Jimmy Kimmel Live!?". Yahoo! Entertainment. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  9. ^ a b c Rizzo, Carita (November 28, 2023). "Watch Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor Perform Christmas Single 'Wrap Me Up' on Kimmel". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  10. ^ a b c "'Wrap Me Up' - Single - Album by Jimmy Fallon & Meghan Trainor". Apple Music (US). Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  11. ^ Aniftos, Rania (December 13, 2023). "Jimmy Fallon & Meghan Trainor Dance Through a Winter Wonderland in Festive 'Wrap Me Up' Music Video". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
  12. ^ Benitez-Eves, Tina (January 26, 2024). "7 Songs You Didn't Know Jimmy Fallon Wrote". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on February 26, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
  13. ^ Gonzalez, Rebekah (November 28, 2023). "Meghan Trainor & Jimmy Fallon's Song 'Wrap Me Up' Is a 'Christmas Banger'". iHeartRadio. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  14. ^ Ellis, Sydni (November 17, 2023). "Meghan Trainor's Son Riley Is the Cutest Little Christmas Present in New Video". SheKnows. Yahoo! Life. Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  15. ^ Manno, Jackie (November 14, 2023). "Jimmy Fallon & Meghan Trainor's Christmas Song, 'Wrap Me Up': What to Know". NBC. Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  16. ^ a b "Jimmy Fallon Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  17. ^ a b "Jimmy Fallon Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  18. ^ a b "Jimmy Fallon Chart History (Holiday Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 20, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  19. ^ a b "Jimmy Fallon Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  20. ^ a b "Jimmy Fallon Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  21. ^ a b "Jimmy Fallon Chart History (Holiday 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  22. ^ a b "Jimmy Fallon Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
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