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"Christmas Wrapping" is a Christmas song by the American new wave band the Waitresses. First released on ZE Records ' 1981 compilation album A Christmas Record , it later appeared on the band's 1982 EP I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts and numerous other holiday compilation albums. [ 1 ]
The Waitresses were formed by Butler (formerly of the Numbers Band) in 1978 as a side project while he was still a member of Tin Huey.He wrote and recorded "I Know What Boys Like" that year, with guest vocals by friend Donahue (as "Patty Darling") and saxophone from Tin Huey member Ralph Carney, although the song remained unreleased at the time. [4]
It includes the singles "Christmas Wrapping" (1981) and "Square Pegs" (1982); the latter was the theme song of the television series of the same name. "I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts" is a live cover (recorded from a Westwood One radio broadcast) of a song by Tin Huey, the prior band of Waitresses founder Chris Butler.
Akron songwriter Chris Butler recalls origin of The Waitresses' unlikely holiday classic from 1981. ‘Christmas Wrapping,’ an unlikely hit for The Waitresses, spreads cheer 40 years later Skip ...
"Christmas Wrapping" -- The Waitresses. This last Ohio-born Christmas gem is truly an earworm that will rattle around your egg noggin long after the holidays. The new wave band The Waitresses from ...
The rest of the top 10 are "Christmas Wrapping" by the Waitresses (34.1 million downloads), "The Christmas Shoes" by NewSong (12.7 million), "Walking in the Air" by Peter Auty (12.8 million ...
Patricia Jean Donahue (March 29, 1956 – December 9, 1996) was the lead singer of the American new wave group The Waitresses, most active in the 1980s. She is best known for the band's singles "I Know What Boys Like" and "Christmas Wrapping".
"Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses. New wave band The Waitresses put this song out in 1981. It's about a woman who wants to skip Christmas this year, but has a change of heart.