“I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” | ||
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Promotional single by LeAnn Rimes from the album One Christmas: Chapter 1 | ||
Released | September 30, 2014 | |
Format | Digital download | |
Genre | Country | |
Length | 4:16 | |
Label | Iconic Entertainment Group | |
Writer(s) | John Rox | |
Producer | Darrell Brown LeAnn Rimes |
"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" is a promotional single for the extended play, One Christmas: Chapter 1. It was released by Iconic Entertainment Group on September 30, 2014 via digital download. It is a cover of the song by Gayla Peevey. It was written by John Rox and is considered a novelty song. Rimes' rendition peaked at number twenty-five on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[1]
Lyrics[]
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoys
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door
That's the easy thing to do
I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh, what joy and what surprise
When I open up my eyes
To see my hippo hero standing there
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
And hippopotamuses like me too
Mom says the hippo would eat me up
But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
La-la, la, la, la
There's lots of room for him in our two car garage
I'd feed him there and wash him there
And give him his massage
I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
What joy and what surprise
When I open up my eyes
And see a hippo hero standing there
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
And hippopotamuses like me too, yeah
Want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I want a hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus
A little louder now!
Come on!
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus!
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus!
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus!
Mommy I want a hippo
[Wa-wahs like the adults in Charlie Brown]
No, I don't want a rhinoceros, I want a hippo
[Wa-wahs like the adults in Charlie Brown]
I don't want a baby tiger
[Wa-wahs like the adults in Charlie Brown]
I told you I want a hippo
[Wa-wahs like the adults in Charlie Brown]
A house in Malibu with a Porsche, and a hippopotamus
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Whoo!
Whoo!
Whoo!
Whoo...
Whoo!
Whoo!
Whoo!
Whoo...
[Music fades out]
Track listing[]
- Digital download[2]
- "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" - 4:16
Charts[]
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[1] | 25 |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "LeAnn Rimes (Awards)". Allmusic. All Media Network, LLC. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/leann-rimes-mn0000118791/awards. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ↑ "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - Single by LeAnn Rimes". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141029160620/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-want-hippopotamus-for-christmas/id920880677. Retrieved October 19, 2014.