"Wonderful Dream (Holidays are Coming)" | ||||
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Single by Melanie Thornton | ||||
from the album Ready to Fly | ||||
Released | November 26, 2001 | |||
Recorded | 2001 | |||
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Length | 4:00 | |||
Label | X-Cell | |||
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Melanie Thornton singles chronology | ||||
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"Wonderful Dream (Holidays are Coming)" is a song by American-German recording artist Melanie Thornton. It was written by Thornton, Mitchell Lennox, Julien Nairolf, Ben Naftali, Terry Coffey, Jon Nettlesbey, Rich Airis, and Scott Temper and produced by Lennox and Nairolf. The song was also featured in a Coca-Cola Christmas promotional campaign, which makes use of altered lyrics.
Chart (2001–2023) | Peak position |
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Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [1] | 5 |
Germany (Official German Charts) [2] | 3 |
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [3] | 50 |
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100) [4] | 71 |
Slovenia (SloTop50) [5] | 21 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [6] | 3 |
Chart (2002) | Position |
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Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [7] | 37 |
Germany (Official German Charts) [8] | 44 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] | 31 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Austria (IFPI Austria) [10] | 2× Platinum | 80,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [11] | 2× Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
"Wonderful Dream (Holidays are Coming)" | ||||
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Single by Joe McElderry | ||||
Released | November 17, 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2013 | |||
Genre | Pop, Christmas | |||
Length | 3:48 | |||
Label | Touchstone Media | |||
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Producer(s) | Martin Jay | |||
Joe McElderry singles chronology | ||||
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On November 17, 2013, British singer Joe McElderry released a cover of the song as a single.
Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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UK Indie (OCC) [12] | 37 |
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