Wrap Me Up (Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor song)

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"Wrap Me Up"
Single by Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor
ReleasedNovember 17, 2023 (2023-11-17)
Length2:28
LabelRepublic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Gian Stone
Jimmy Fallon singles chronology
"Almost Too Early for Christmas"
(2022) 		"Wrap Me Up"
(2023)
Meghan Trainor singles chronology
"Hands on Me"
(2023) 		"Wrap Me Up"
(2023) 		"Been Like This"
(2024)
Music video
"Wrap Me Up" on YouTube

"Wrap Me Up" is a song by American comedian Jimmy Fallon and singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor. Fallon and Trainor wrote it with songwriter Sean Douglas and its producer, Gian Stone. Republic Records released it as a single on November 17, 2023.

Background[edit]

Jimmy Fallon has frequently performed Christmas songs on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He also officially released the holiday song "It Was a... (Masked Christmas)", featuring Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion, in 2021, and "Almost Too Early for Christmas" with Dolly Parton the following year. Meghan Trainor released the album A Very Trainor Christmas in 2020.[1] She began working with songwriter Sean Douglas and producer Gian Stone on her fifth major-label studio album, Takin' It Back (2022).[2]

Fallon, Trainor, Douglas, and Stone wrote the song "Wrap Me Up" over FaceTime, during which Trainor described being "so nervous [her] heart was in [her] ass".[3][4] Fallon claimed that he really liked the holidays while announcing the song. His idea was to write a song about wrapping gifts, which he sent to Trainor, someone he has "always wanted to do something with". Trainor agreed to the collaboration and changed its lyrics, renaming it from "Wrap It Up" to "Wrap Me Up" because it "sounds like condoms".[4][5] Playing a snippet of it on his show, Fallon stated: "This song is a bop. The song is a banger. This song eats. This song slaps."[6]

Composition[edit]

"Wrap Me Up" is two minutes and 28 seconds long.[7] Stone produced the song; Stone and Trainor handled vocal production, and they also served as the recording engineers alongside John Arbuckle and Mike Wozniak. Ben Rice played the guitar, and Kurt Thum performed the programming. Stone, Fallon, Trainor and her brother Justin provided the background vocals. Serban Ghenea mixed the song, with assistance from Bryce Bordone, and Randy Merrill mastered it.[3]

Billboard's Lars Brandle described "Wrap Me Up" as "a throwback doo-wop-meets-hip-hop Crimbo number".[1] In the song's lyrics, Fallon asks Trainor what present she is giving him for Christmas: "It's Christmas time, my dear / And we said no gifts this year / I got one question, if you'd let me / What did you get me?" Trainor replies that the present is her: "Is it Boujee? / Like Gucci? / Man, I thought I had it / No, baby, you're lookin' at it."[6]

Critical reception[edit]

iHeartRadio's Rebekah Gonzalez thought that "as anything to do with Trainor is— it's super catchy!"[8] Sydni Ellis of SheKnows described "Wrap Me Up" as "a banger",[9] and Jackie Manno of NBC wrote that "it totally lives up to its 'Christmas banger' expectations".[10] Writing for American Songwriter, Matthew Wilson believed the song is "seductive, money-pinching, and most of all, it's catchy" and described the chorus as "delightfully playful".[11]

Live performances[edit]

Fallon and Trainor performed "Wrap Me Up" live for the first time at Jimmy Kimmel Live! on November 27, 2023. Trainor dressed up as a red-colored Christmas tree and Fallon wore a tuxedo, accompanied by four backup dancers and vocalists. It was followed by Fallon going onto a street and distributing presents to passers-by, which he uploaded as a social media post while stating: "I was so excited for this song to come out that I wanted to spread some holiday cheer and surprise folks on the streets of New York City with some presents. Hope you all love this song as much as I do."[1][6]

Credits and personnel[edit]

Credits are adapted from Qobuz.[3]

  • Gian Stone – producer, songwriter, vocal producer, recording engineer, programming, background vocals
  • Jimmy Fallon – songwriter, background vocals
  • Meghan Trainor – songwriter, vocal producer, recording engineer
  • Sean Douglas – songwriter
  • Ben Rice – guitar
  • Justin Trainor – background vocals
  • John Arbuckle – recording engineer
  • Mike Wozniak – recording engineer
  • Kurt Thum – programming
  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Bryce Bordone – mixing assistance

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for "Wrap Me Up"
Chart (2023–2024) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12] 92
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[13] 4
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[14] 2
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[15] 33
US Holiday 100 (Billboard)[16] 100
US Holiday Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[17] 2
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[18] 38

Release history[edit]

Release dates and format(s) for "Wrap Me Up"
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various November 17, 2023
Republic [7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Brandle, Lars (November 28, 2023). "Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor Bring the Christmas Spirit with 'Wrap Me Up'". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  2. ^ Epic Records (2022). Takin' It Back (Media notes). Meghan Trainor.
  3. ^ a b c "'Wrap Me Up', Jimmy Fallon". Qobuz. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Trainor, Meghan (November 23, 2023). Workin' on Thanksgiving. Event occurs at 13:12. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ Moss, Kyle (November 28, 2023). "Jimmy Fallon Performs His New Christmas Song With Meghan Trainor on... Jimmy Kimmel Live!?". Yahoo! Entertainment. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c Rizzo, Carita (November 28, 2023). "Watch Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor Perform Christmas Single 'Wrap Me Up' on Kimmel". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  7. ^ a b "'Wrap Me Up' - Single - Album by Jimmy Fallon & Meghan Trainor". Apple Music (US). Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  8. ^ Gonzalez, Rebekah (November 28, 2023). "Meghan Trainor & Jimmy Fallon's Song 'Wrap Me Up' Is a 'Christmas Banger'". iHeartRadio. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  9. ^ Ellis, Sydni (November 17, 2023). "Meghan Trainor's Son Riley Is the Cutest Little Christmas Present in New Video". SheKnows. Yahoo! Life. Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  10. ^ Manno, Jackie (November 14, 2023). "Jimmy Fallon & Meghan Trainor's Christmas Song, 'Wrap Me Up': What to Know". NBC. Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  11. ^ Wilson, Matthew (November 17, 2023). "Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor Just Released a Holiday Themed Song, 'Wrap Me Up'". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  12. ^ "Jimmy Fallon Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  13. ^ "Jimmy Fallon Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  14. ^ "Jimmy Fallon Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  15. ^ "Jimmy Fallon Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  16. ^ "Jimmy Fallon Chart History (Holiday 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  17. ^ "Jimmy Fallon Chart History (Holiday Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  18. ^ "Jimmy Fallon Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
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