Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)

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"Wonderful Dream (Holidays are Coming)"
Single by Melanie Thornton
from the album Ready to Fly
Released	November 26, 2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	R&B Christmas Pop Gospel Christmas
Length	4:00
Label	X-Cell
Songwriter(s)	Melanie Thornton Mitchell Lennox Julien Nairolf Ben Naftali Terry Coffey Jon Nettlesbey Rich Airis Scott Temper
Producer(s)	Julien Nairolf Mitchell Lennox
Melanie Thornton singles chronology
"Makin' Oooh Oooh (Talking About Love)"" (2001) "Wonderful Dream (Holidays are Coming)" (2001) "In Your Life" (2002)

"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.

The song was posthumously released as a single two days after singer Melanie Thornton died in the Crossair Flight 3597 plane crash.[1]

Track listings

European CD maxi single

1. "Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming) (Radio Version)" – 3:50
2. "Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming) (Art-Of-Soul Tight Mix)" – 3:34
3. "Memories" – 4:22

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2001–2023)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2]	5
Germany (GfK)[3]	3
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[4]	50
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100)[5]	71
Slovenia (SloTop50)[6]	21
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8]	37
Germany (Official German Charts)[9]	44
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10]	31

2024 year-end chart performance for "Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)"

Chart (2024)	Position
Germany (GfK)[11]	97

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[12]	2× Platinum	80,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[13]	2× Platinum	1,000,000^‡
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Joe McElderry version

"Wonderful Dream (Holidays are Coming)"
Single by Joe McElderry
Released	November 17, 2013
Recorded	2013
Genre	Pop, Christmas
Length	3:48
Label	Touchstone Media
Songwriter(s)	Melanie Thornton Mitchell Lennox Julien Nairolf Ben Naftali Terry Coffey Jon Nettlesbey Rich Airis Scott Temper
Producer(s)	Martin Jay
Joe McElderry singles chronology
"One World One Song" (2013) "Wonderful Dream (Holidays are Coming)" (2013) "Gloria" (2017)

On November 17, 2013, British singer Joe McElderry released a cover of the song as a single.

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
UK Indie (OCC)[14]	37

Margaret version

Polish singer Margaret recorded Polish-language version of the song titled "Coraz bliżej święta", which featured the finalists of the sixth season of The Voice of Poland. It was used in Polish Coca-Cola Christmas commercial,[15] and was released for digital download on 3 November 2015.[16] The song reached number 32 in Poland the year it was released, and has re-entered the Polish charts each holiday season since, peaking at number 28 in 2023.[17]

References

1. "Pop Singer Melanie Thornton Dies in Crash". The Washington Post. November 26, 2001. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
2. "Melanie Thornton – Wonderful Dream" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
3. "Melanie Thornton – Wonderful Dream" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
4. "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
5. "OLiS – oficjalna lista sprzedaży – single w streamie" (Select week 22.12.2023–28.12.2023.) (in Polish). OLiS. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
6. "SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart". slotop50.si. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
7. "Melanie Thornton – Wonderful Dream". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
8. "Jahreshitparade Singles 2002". austriancharts.at. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
9. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
10. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2002". hitparade.ch. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
11. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
12. "Austrian single certifications – Melanie Thornton – Wonderful Dream" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
13. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Melanie Thornton; 'Wonderful Dream')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
14. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
15. ""Coraz bliżej Święta" – Margaret z finalistami "Voice of Poland" i youtuberami w bożonarodzeniowej kampanii Coca-Coli" (in Polish). Wirtualne Media. November 4, 2015. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
16. "Coraz bliżej święta (feat. the Voice of Poland 2015 Finalists) – Single by Margaret". iTunes Store (PL). Archived from the original on November 12, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
17. Chart positions for "Coraz bliżej święta" in Poland:
    • 2015: "AirPlay Top: 19.12. – 25.12.2015" (in Polish). ZPAV. Archived from the original on 2015-12-28. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
    • 2016: "AirPlay Top: 10.12. – 16.12.2016" (in Polish). ZPAV. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
    • 2017: "AirPlay Top: 09.12. – 15.12.2017" (in Polish). ZPAV. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
    • 2018: "AirPlay Top: 08.12. – 14.12.2018" (in Polish). ZPAV. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
    • 2019: "AirPlay Top: 07.12. – 13.12.2019" (in Polish). ZPAV. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
    • 2020: "AirPlay Top: 12.12. – 18.12.2020" (in Polish). ZPAV. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
    • 2021: "AirPlay Top: 18.12. – 24.12.2021" (in Polish). ZPAV. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
    • 2022: "AirPlay Top: 17.12. – 23.12.2022" (in Polish). ZPAV. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
    • 2023: "OLiS – oficjalna lista airplay: Tydzień 51 (16.12. – 22.12.2023)" (in Polish). ZPAV. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023., "OLiS – single w streamie: Tydzień 52 (22.12. – 28.12.2023)" (in Polish). ZPAV. Archived from the original on 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

External links

• "Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)" live in Leipzig, Germany, on November 24th, 2001 - Last Concert on YouTube