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Song of the Day: All I Want For Christmas Is You (Veck Remix) – Mariah Carey

Song of the Day: All I Want For Christmas Is You (Veck Remix) – Mariah Carey

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It’s tough to take on one of the most classic Christmas songs and remix it while maintaining the song’s heart, but that’s exactly what Veck managed to do with his remix of “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey.

He does an incredible job of layering the bass groove synth with the lead synth while also still allowing Mariah’s classic vocals to shine through, which is tough to do when you remix a song this way.

Unfortunately, this is only the second best Christmas remix to come out recently. That top honor goes to DMX’s rendition of Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer.

If you’re a fan of this, check out Veck’s remix of Ed Sheeran’s “Shape Of You” that we featured a few months back.

You can follow Veck on Soundcloud here.

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Song of the Day: Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer – DMX

Song of the Day: Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer – DMX

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Guys. It’s finally here. The track that will be known forever as the most classic Christmas song of all time. “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah? Move out of the way. “Blue Christmas” by Elvis? Step aside. “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” by the Jackson Five? Good, but not as good as the new best Christmas song of all time (I’m not exaggerating).

DMX’s rendition of “Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer” is the new top dog.

After free-styling Rudolph back in this viral 2012 video, DMX has finally recorded a full track with an instrumental backing. It’s glorious. It’s not a particularly long take on the song, but it’s packed with DMX’s trademark enthusiastic call-outs like “C’mon!”, “What!”, and that low growl we all know and love.

No, DMX, you will go down in history.

So throw it on at your next Christmas party. Or maybe on the beach in July. No one will complain and if they do, they’re wrong.

P.S. I’m exaggerating a bit, but seriously tell me this isn’t awesome. Also, if you haven’t seen the jaw-dropping Reading Rainbow theme song/DMX mashup, well, here ya go.