Talk:Wonderful Christmastime

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Wings or McCartney?[edit]

The image says McCartney, the article says Wings.

If it was Wings, what's the source? Was this the last Wings single, or was it "Getting Closer" or something else? --kingboyk 16:13, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that it's on the CD of Back to the Egg, but that article says it was a McCartney solo single originally (as does the sleeve). I've updated this article accordingly. --kingboyk 16:01, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This picture http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000LZDKZQ/103-0666897-1373445?SubscriptionId=0R5G0QFF0TCA4WD8ZCR2 of the Jukebox 45 seems to indicate it wss Paul McCartney for "Wonderful Christmastime", with a B-Side of "Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reggae" by Wings. Making the original 45 - 'Paul McCartney & Wings'. But I'm pretty sure I can't REF an Amazon picture ;) 72.221.106.140 (talk) 06:26, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NM, that red one is a 1994 reissue. Original 1979 Parlophone ebay just says Paul McCartney on both sides... Wonder why they did that... Fun Facts at http://www.jpgr.co.uk/r6029.html 72.221.106.140 (talk) 06:55, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've noticed that soome Christmas stations most notably, the Sirius XM ones along with a few terrestrial radio stations like to credit this as Paul McCartney and Wings yet here it's listed as a Paul McCartney solo song. Is it because the song was included on Wing's final album as a bonus track? Or is there more to this? Jakob9999 (talk) 15:30, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia[edit]

I deleted the following, it can't be real.

"Trivia

In Japan, there have been numerous attempts to ban the "Wonderful Christmastime" due to the song being directly attributed to 143 separate cases of suicide. In 1987, one Osaka radio station reportedly played the track back-to-back for three days straight, in the lead up to Christmas. Tokyo Police Department reported 57 fatalities during the 1986-87 period alone. A Japanese government spokesman was popularly quoted as saying that "the syncopated synthesizer appears to send people scrambling for the fish knife."" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.72.182.248 (talk) 07:27, 5 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

we should look into citing that tid bit.. its not beyond the realm of belief... I lived in japan for a couple of years, and they thrashed that song mercilessly, unbelievable rotation.. [honto harry]]

I can believe this story. That song is the worst christmas song of all time. Simply horrendous.204.191.232.209 03:34, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Seriously, this is, in fact^{[citation needed]}, the worst Christmas song ever. I think it may be have contributed more to my hatred of commercialized Christmas than anything else. --nathanbeach 17:52, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If this was true, it would probably be more widely known. Googling for variations on "mccartney christmas suicide japan" doesn't turn up anything related except for people citing this article. ‣tregoweth (talk) 03:42, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Must have been a wind up. "the syncopated synthesizer appears to send people scrambling for the fish knife" sounds implausible as a government statement to me, more of a clever dig... --kingboyk 15:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What Christmas single did George Harrison ever do? 75.178.3.217 (talk) 04:03, 29 December 2008 (UTC)Gregory J. Orme[reply]

For years I have thought that this had to have been a contractual obligation, it's so bad. It reminds me of Monty Python's "I Like Traffic Lights" song. Horribly, the local high school acapella group performed it for their holiday concert. No amount of be-bopping, beat-boxing, or eight-part harmony could save this testament to bad taste and mediocrity. 05:54, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Personnel[edit]

Do we know who the personnel were on this single? Or was it one of McCartney's one-man-band efforts? --kingboyk 15:44, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was under the impression that Ringo played drums for this track though that might have been for a live performance or something.(82.3.41.190 (talk) 17:01, 19 June 2009 (UTC))[reply]