"All I Want for Christmas Is You", “Take Me Home Country Roads” Added To National Recording Registry

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The National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress has announced its annual list of 25 recordings that will be added to its list. One notable addition to the list this year? Mariah Carey’s holiday hit "All I Want for Christmas Is You."

The holiday classic was released in 1994 and has since become an inescapable part of the holiday season. The Library of Congress has decided the song should be preserved for all time now, along with other hits like “Like A Virgin” by Madonna, “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver, “Ode To Billy Joe” by Bobbi Gentry, and…the “Super Mario Bros.” theme from Nintendo (composer Koji Kondo, really).

Check out all the songs added to the registry this year below:

1. “The Very First Mariachi Recordings” — Cuarteto Coculense (1908-1909)
2. “St. Louis Blues” — Handy’s Memphis Blues Band (1922)
3. “Sugar Foot Stomp” — Fletcher Henderson (1926)
4. Dorothy Thompson: Commentary and Analysis of the European Situation for NBC Radio (Aug. 23-Sept. 6, 1939)
5. “Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around” — The Fairfield Four (1947)
6. “Sherry” — The Four Seasons (1962)
7. “What the World Needs Now is Love” — Jackie DeShannon (1965)
8. “Wang Dang Doodle” — Koko Taylor (1966)
9. “Ode to Billie Joe” — Bobbie Gentry (1967)
10. “Déjà Vu” — Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (1970) 
11. “Imagine” — John Lennon (1971)
12. “Stairway to Heaven” — Led Zeppelin (1971)
13. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” — John Denver (1971)
14. “Margaritaville” — Jimmy Buffett (1977)
15. “Flashdance…What a Feeling” — Irene Cara (1983)
16. “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” — Eurythmics (1983)
17. “Synchronicity” — The Police (1983)
18. “Like a Virgin” — Madonna (1984)
19. “Black Codes (From the Underground)” — Wynton Marsalis (1985)
20. "Super Mario Bros." theme — Koji Kondo, composer (1986)
21. “All Hail the Queen” — Queen Latifah (1989)
22. “All I Want for Christmas is You” — Mariah Carey (1994)
23. “Pale Blue Dot” — Carl Sagan (1994)
24. “Gasolina” — Daddy Yankee (2004)
25. “Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra” — Northwest Chamber Orchestra, Ellen, Taaffe Zwilich (2012)

Source: Variety