The holiday season brings joy, magic, beautiful decorations and a soundtrack of carols and standards that we revisit year after year. Sure, these tracks may get us in a festive mood, but for retail workers listening to them on what can feel like a truly endless loop they could also lead to madness.
So what is the least favorite Christmas song retail workers are forced to listen to the most?
New research from customer feedback company HappyOrNot reveals that not all holiday hits are created equal for store associates.
The company shortlisted the 10 most-streamed songs from Billboard and asked 215,000 members of the Retail Worker Confessions Facebook community to share which songs they love (and hate) to hear while they’re working.
Mariah Carey’s ubiquitous All I Want for Christmas Is You ranked as associates’ most-hated song.
“After numerous listens in the mall, gym, pizzeria and just about every other aspect of contemporary life where the song has barged in during the holidays, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is soulless, un-warm and about as exciting as listening to an overloaded washing machine spin away on Christmas Eve,” remarked Chris Jordan at USA Today.
The top 10 songs, in order of number of streams are:
1. All I Want for Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey
2. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee
3. Jingle Bell Rock, Bobby Helms
4. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You), Nat King Cole
5. A Holly Jolly Christmas, Burl Ives
6. Feliz Navidad, Jose Feliciano
7. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Andy Williams
8. Last Christmas, Wham!
9. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Dean Martin
10. White Christmas, Bing Crosby
When American retail staff were asked to name their favorite festive hit to hear in the background when working, Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms and Feliz Navidad shared the top spot, with 20% of associates voting for them.
Next, associates ranked The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) by Nat King Cole (with 15% of votes) and White Christmas by Bing Crosby, which both garnered 10% of the votes.
When American retail staff were asked to name their least favorite festive music to hear in the background, Mariah Carey’s 1994 hit All I Want for Christmas is You ranked number one with 30% of the votes.
Following Mariah on the list of most-hated Christmas earworms was Dean Martin’s 1959 version of Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, which tallied 15% of the votes.
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My favorite is “Rudolph the red nose Reindeer!” 🦌
Merry Christmas and God Bless you Jack & Dodie! Have a fantastic Happy New Year!🤠
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I am with you on all of the above songs. My favorite is the soundtrack for Charlie Brown Christmas with the wonderful Vince Guaraldi Trio, it gets my foot to tapping and puts me in the right mood. Mariah Carey…ugh. Although, HEB plays some good ones and mixes in the 60s classics. Sometimes I sit in the coffee shop and listen while Momo bankrupts us.
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Speaking of bankrupt 😃, what’s the price of coffee nowadays? Hard to believe. That HEB music is designed to be uplifting to stir the pace up a few notches if the store is very busy. Slower pace during less busy times to keep you in the store longer.
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Ha..the trick is exposed. Per your info, we now shop on Tuesdays and get better deals.
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BEAUTIFUL 🌟🌟🌟🌟
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I could tell y’all some stories about me, my family, and Christmas music. Perhaps another time. 🙂 My favorite is probably just about any version of O Come, O Come Emmanuel. Another is the Gaither Vocal Band’s Glorious Impossible.
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Beautiful music.
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“All I Want For Christmas Is You,” yuck, instant headache. I personally like the Alvin and the Chipmunks’ song, which gives my sister an instant headache. You should see her cringe when I sing it, so fun, but I have to stop, because it’s so cruel. So I just belted it out here by myself.
Interesting the way the stores use the music to manipulate. Hobby Lobby has entirely different music, don’t they?
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I haven’t been in a Hobby Lobby in a while to remember, but Dodie was in one yesterday, while I slept in car. Ha! (We’ve had flu)
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