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"My Only Wish"
Song

"My Only Wish (This Year)" is a teen pop Christmas song by American recording artist Britney Spears. The song was written by Brian Kierulf and Josh Schwartz and released originally in the Christmas compilation album Platinum Christmas. In the song's lyrics, Spears asks Santa Claus to find her a lover during the holidays. The track received generally mixed reviews by critics. In December 2008, the song charted at number thirty-four in Denmark due to digital downloads.

Background

"My Only Wish (This Year)" was written by Brian Kierulf and Josh Schwartz and produced by Kierulf.[1] Spears recorded the song in October 2000, in the midst of her Oops!... I Did It Again World Tour.[2] "My Only Wish (This Year)" is a teen pop song,[3] and according to the sheet music published in musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, is composed in the key of C major. It runs in a fast shuffle rhythm, a rhythm pattern used mainly in jazz-influenced music. Spears's vocal range spans from the high-tone of G4 to the low-tone of A5.[4] In the song, Spears laments her loneliness during the holidays and asks Santa Claus to bring her a lover.[5] Since its release, the song has been included in more than eight Christmas music compilations, including Now That's What I Call Christmas! (2001), Super Christmas Hits (2006) and Christmas Top 100 (2009).[5][6]

Reception

Michael Roberts of the Dallas Observer named the song "an unobjectionable but generic retro bounce-fest".[7] Lori Reese of Entertainment Weekly called it "festive".[3] In her review of Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Melissa Ruggieri of the Richmond Times-Dispatch commented, "Thankfully, only a small portion of disc two is devoted to tween magnets including Britney Spears ('My Only Wish [This Year]') and 'N Sync ('You Don't Have to Be Alone [On Christmas]')".[5] While reviewing classic Christmas songs, Richard Jinman of The Sydney Morning Herald said that the track, along with Mariah Carey's 1994 single "All I Want for Christmas Is You", were "[two] ho-ho-horrible singles".[8] On December 26, 2008 the song charted in the Danish Singles Chart due to digital downloads, debuting at number thirty-four.[9] "My Only Wish (This Year)" has sold 156,000 digital paid downloads in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[10]

Credits and personnel

Source: [11]

References

  1. ^ Platinum Christmas liner notes. Jive Records (2000)
  2. ^ Schiffman, Betsy (2000-10-13). "Forbes Faces: Britney Spears". Forbes.com. Forbes. Retrieved 2010-03-09. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  3. ^ a b Reese, Lori (2000-10-13). "Very Warm Suit". Entertainment Weekly. Time Warner. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  4. ^ "Digital Sheet Music Britney Spears - My Only Wish (This Year)". musicnotes.com. Universal Music Publishing Group. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. ^ a b c Ruggieri, Melissa (2001-12-13). "Do you hear what I hear? ; give a listen to these holiday sounds". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Thomas A. Silvestri. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  6. ^ "Britney Spears - My Only Wish (This Year)". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-03-10. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  7. ^ Roberts, Michael (2000-12-21). "Holidaze". Dallas Observer. Stuart Folb. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  8. ^ Jinman, Richard (2003-12-22). "Seasons gratings". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  9. ^ "danishcharts.com - Britney Spears - My Only Wish (This Year)". Tracklisten. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-11-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  10. ^ Grein, Paul (2010-10-28). "Place your beats". Yahoo!. Yahoo. Retrieved 2010-10-28. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  11. ^ Platinum Christmas (Media notes). Jive Records. 2000. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |publisherid= (help); Unknown parameter |artist= ignored (|others= suggested) (help)

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