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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.
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Christopher Butler (born May 22, 1949) is an American musician, writer, and artist who is best known for leading the 1980s new wave band The Waitresses.His notable songs include "I Know What Boys Like", "No Guilt", "Christmas Wrapping" [1] and the theme song for the TV sitcom Square Pegs.
And he thought, 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree.' And there it was." The song wasn't an immediate hit, but Lee went on to become the most successful female star of the 1960s, scoring two No. 1 ...
Billboard ' s Lars Brandle described "Wrap Me Up" as "a throwback doo-wop-meets-hip-hop Crimbo number", and People ' s Jack Irvin called it a Christmas duet. [1] [5] The song's flirtatious lyrics are written as a call-and-response duet, with Fallon voicing the narrator who is curious about his Christmas gift and Trainor the one who playfully ...