
Peak
5
Weeks
33
Score
5,582
Chart Year
2014
The official video was released on December 12, 2014. It was directed by Alfredo Flores and Jones Crow.[3] The video features Grande with her friends dancing, laughing and giving gifts around her house along with a two-minute outtake section at the end.[28] It surpassed 100 million views on November 26, 2016, making it Grande's fourteenth Vevo-certified music video after "Let Me Love You"
This self-penned holiday single finds Ariana Grande singing of feeling let down by Santa as he didn't grant her Christmas wish. She said during a live stream Q&A with Arianators the song is, "sort of about being fed up with Santa because he doesn't necessarily pull through all the time." This was Ariana's second holiday release following her 2013 Christmas Kisses EP. That record contained two original songs: "Love Is Everything" and "Snow In California" as well as a couple of covers. Ariana performed the song for the first time on November 18, 2014 at the A Very Grammy Christmas concert in the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Seven years after releasing the song, Grande joined Kelly Clarkson to deliver a holiday tune with a similar theme. "Santa, Can't You Hear Me" finds the two singers telling Santa to forget all the Christmas festivities. What they want from Saint Nick is to make their dreams come true and send them a lover.
Santa, tell me if you're really there Don't make me fall in love again If he won't be here next year Santa, tell me if he really cares 'Cause I can't give it all away If he won't be here next year Feeling Christmas all around And I'm trying to play it cool But it's hard to focus when I see him walkin' 'cross the room "Let it Snow" is blasting out But I won't get in the mood I'm avoiding every mistletoe until I know It's true love that he thinks of So next Christmas I'm not all alone, boy Santa, tell me if you're really there Don't make me fall in love again If he won't be here next year Santa, tell me if he really cares 'Cause I can't give it all away If he won't be here next year I've been down this road before Fell in love on Christmas night (ooh, babe) But on New Year's Day, I woke up and he wasn't by my side Now I need someone to hold Be my fire in the cold (yeah, yeah) But it's hard to tell if this is just a fling Or if it's true love that he thinks of (of) So next Christmas I'm not all alone, babe Santa, tell me if you're really there Don't make me fall in love again If he won't be here next year Santa, tell me if he really cares 'Cause I can't give it all away If he won't be here next year Oh, I wanna have him beside me like oh-oh-oh On the 25th by the fire place, oh-oh-oh But I don't want a new broken heart This year I've got to be smart Ooh, baby (Santa, tell me, Santa, tell me) If he will be, if he will be (Santa, tell me, Santa, tell me) Oh-oh-oh Santa, tell me if you're really there (Santa, tell me, 'cause I really care) Don't make me fall in love again If he won't be here next year Santa, tell me if he really cares (tell me, tell me, boy) 'Cause I can't give it all away If he won't be here next year Santa, tell me if you're really there (tell me, tell me, baby) Don't make me fall in love again If he won't be here next year (if he won't be, if he won't be here) Santa, tell me if he really cares (tell me, do you care?) 'Cause I can't give it all away If he won't be here next year
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 22, 2014 | 30 | 96 |
| 2 | Nov 29, 2014 | 19 | 107 |
| 3 | Dec 6, 2014 | 13 | 113 |
| 4 | Dec 13, 2014 | 8 | 118 |
| 5 | Dec 20, 2014 | 5 | 121 |
| 6 | Dec 27, 2014 | 5 | 121 |
| 7 | Jan 3, 2015 | 5 | 121 |
| 8 | Jan 3, 2026 | 5 | 121 |
| 1 | Dec 13, 2014 | 65 | 61 |
| 2 | Dec 20, 2014 | 92 | 34 |
| 3 | Dec 27, 2014 | 64 | 62 |
| 4 | Jan 3, 2015 | 42 | 84 |
| 5 | Jan 10, 2015 | 50 | 76 |
| 1 | Dec 13, 2014 | 48 | 78 |
| 2 | Dec 20, 2014 | 18 | 108 |
| 3 | Dec 27, 2014 | 17 | 109 |
| 4 | Jan 3, 2015 | 14 | 112 |
| 5 | Jan 10, 2015 | 12 | 114 |
| 6 | Jan 17, 2015 | 11 | 115 |
| 7 | Jan 4, 2025 | 5 | 121 |