Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)

"Wonderful Dream" redirects here. For the song by Anne-Marie David, see Tu te reconnaîtras.

"Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)" is a song by American-German 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 is Thornton's best selling single to date and is played every Christmas season in Germany.^{[citation needed]}

"Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)"
Single by Melanie Thornton
from the album Ready to Fly
Released	26 November 2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	R&B Christmas Pop Gospel Holiday
Length	4:00
Label	X-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)

The song charted at #3 in both Germany and Switzerland, #5 in Austria, #21 in Slovenia, and #50 in Poland. The single eventually certified Double Platinum in both Germany and Austria. ^{[citation needed]}

The song was posthumously released on 26 November 2001, two days after Thornton died in the Crossair Flight 3597 plane crash.^[1] The song was also featured on the reissue of Thornton's "Ready to Fly" album that was released the same day.^{[citation needed]}

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 (2001–2024)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2]	5
Germany (GfK)[3]	3
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[4]	50
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100)[5]	61
Slovenia (SloTop50)[6]	21
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8]	37
Germany (Official German Charts)[9]	44
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10]	31

2024 year-end chart performance for "Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)"

Chart (2024)	Position
Germany (GfK)[11]	97

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[12]	2× Platinum	80,000*
Germany (BVMI)[13]	2× Platinum	1,000,000‡
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Joe McElderry version

"Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)"
Single by Joe McElderry
Released	17 November 2013
Recorded	2013
Genre	Pop, Christmas
Length	3:48
Label	Touchstone 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 17 November 2013, English singer Joe McElderry released a cover of the song as a single and it charted at #37 on the UK Indie charts.

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
UK Indie (OCC)[14]	37

Margaret version

Polish singer Margaret recorded a 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,^[15] and was released for digital download on 3 November 2015.^[16] The song reached #32 in Poland the year it was released, and has re-entered the Polish charts each holiday season since, peaking at #28 in 2023.^[17]