Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)

"Wonderful Dream (Holidays are Coming)" is a song by American 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. It was posthumously released as a single two days after her death in the crash of Crossair Flight 3597.

"Wonderful Dream" redirects here. For the song by Anne-Marie David, see Tu te reconnaîtras.
"Wonderful Dream (Holidays are Coming)"
Single by Melanie Thornton
from the album Ready to Fly
ReleasedNovember 26, 2001
Recorded2001
Genre
Length4:00
LabelX-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)

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 (2001-2020) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[1] 5
Germany (Official German Charts)[2] 3
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[3] 50
Slovenia (SloTop50)[4] 21
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 3

Year-end charts
Chart (2002) Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 37
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 44
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 31

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[9] 2× Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Joe McElderry version
"Wonderful Dream (Holidays are Coming)"
Single by Joe McElderry
ReleasedNovember 17, 2013
Recorded2013
GenrePop, Christmas
Length3:48
LabelTouchstone 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)[10] 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,[11] and was released for digital download on 3 November 2015.[12] 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 29 in 2021.[13]

References
  1. "Melanie Thornton – Wonderful Dream" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  2. "Melanie Thornton – Wonderful Dream" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  3. "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  4. "SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart". slotop50.si. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  5. "Melanie Thornton – Wonderful Dream". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  6. "Jahreshitparade Singles 2002". austriancharts.at. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  7. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  8. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2002". hitparade.ch. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  9. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Melanie Thornton; 'Wonderful Dream')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  10. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  11. ""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.
  12. "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.
  13. Chart positions for "Coraz bliżej święta" in Poland:
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