Kelly Clarkson gifts us a cover of "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

[Jordan Miller]

Kelly Clarkson covered "All I Want For Christmas is You," but it's not the version you're thinking of.

She covered Vince Vance & the Valiants' version.

It's actually super smart of her to release this. She's essentially giving herself a huge fighting chance at getting tons of extra streams when people inevitably start searching for Mariah's iconic Christmas classic (which shares an identical title). 

Think of it this way... you came into this thread with near-certainty it was Kelly singing a Mariah cover. That's kind of what I expect to happen when people stumble upon Kelly's version in search of Mariah's. Marketing queen!

But for good measure, Kelly says it's something she has been singing since forever. AKA, no mention of the SEO tactics (lol). 

“I have been singing Vince Vance & the Valiants’ song ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ since I was a little kid,” she explains. “I always loved that it’s a ballad but the woman always sounded so rock n’ roll with her raspy tone on the big notes. It has an old school vibe and is a little pop, country, and rock n’ roll.”

Enjoy!
 

[Midnight]

Amazing cover she sounds incredible.

 

 

[Brat]

I was looking forward to her belting out the Mariah version 

Her version of Favorite Things is one of my favorites from her 

[Brat]

Just now, Brat said:

I was looking forward to her belting out the Mariah version 

Her version of Favorite Things is one of MY "favorites" from her 

 

[jukaperci]

Her Xmas song "underneath the tree" is one of the best Xmas song.

[Gayseus911]

Kelly Clarkson is probably one of the only women who will never get black listed from Mariahs memory, she adores her. 

Btw I can't post emotes, completely buggy 

[Stefani]

She's the gift that keeps on giving. 

 

[Rod Distasi]

3 hours ago, jukaperci said:

Her Xmas song "underneath the tree" is one of the best Xmas song.

 

[Rod Distasi]

I love it too! Also her song wrapped in red 😉

[PokemonSpears]

All I want for Christmas is Lou

[Britney'sBish]

30 minutes ago, PokemonSpears said:

All I want for Christmas is Lou

to get sued and put in jail.

[Groundbreaking]

What a nice cover! I love her. Also, big respect for money move.