Santa Baby (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme)

"Santa Baby (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme)"
Single by Willa Ford
from the album MTV: TRL Christmas
Released October 30, 2001[1]
Recorded 2001
Genre Pop
Length 3:43 (album version)
3:12 (radio Edit)
Label Lava/Atlantic
Writer(s) Eve Nelson
Willa Ford
Producer(s) Eve Nelson
Willa Ford singles chronology
"Did Ya' Understand That"
(2001)
"Santa Baby (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme)"
(2001)
"A Toast to Men"
(2003)

"Santa Baby (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme)" was the lead single from MTV: TRL Christmas album. For this song Willa Ford worked with Eve Nelson, who she had worked with before on her debut album Willa Was Here. In the song Ford goes through her long expensive Christmas list. (…A diamond ring… A BenzieGucciTiffany).

Music video

The video was directed by Tryan George. Throughout the video Ford receives many gifts, such as a star and a man-robot. Ray J, Jive Jones, and Horatio Sanz all make an appearance in the video.

Critical response

In general, response to this song was extremely negative. In a characteristic review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine calls the song "an utterly revolting paean to crass commercialism and tarted-up teen sexuality topped off with a violence-inducing chorus."

References

  1. "Mtv TRL Christmas: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
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