A Mary Christmas 2013

Streisand / Discography

A Mary Christmas (2013)

Front cover of A Mary J. Blige Christmas CD
Back cover of Mary J. Blige Christmas
Catalog Number: 
Verve B0018910-02


ABOUT THE ALBUM:

  • Released October 15, 2013
  • Produced & Arranged by David Foster
  • Co-Producer & Mixed by Jochem Van Der Saag
  • Executive Producer: Kenu Isaacs
  • Mary J. Blige's thank yous: “Thank you Barbra Streisand for gracing this album with your presence. It's truly a dream come true. Chris Botti thank you for your amazing talent and trumpet playing on this album.”

In December 2013, Mary J. Blige told Metro.co.uk that the duet with Barbra Streisand came about because: “My producer David Foster has a relationship with her and he asked me if I wanted to do a song with her, When You Wish Upon A Star, and I said absolutely, yes. Imagine if you’d said: ‘Nah, not into it.’ You’re not going to say no to Barbra Streisand! I remember being a fan of hers when she did her first r’n’b album with The Bee Gees, Guilty. I love her as an actress, too. She’s everything you want to be. When I met her, she was just so wonderful.”

Blige also told covermg.com: “Barbra is one of my idols growing up but the sad thing was, we didn’t work together again in the studio on our song, because our schedules just don’t permit these things. The production used their magic to put our vocals together and it still came out great.”

“When You Wish Upon A Star”


  • Arranged by David Foster
  • Orchestra Arranged by David Foster & William Ross
  • Piano: David Foster
  • Bass: Chuck Berghofer
  • Drums: Vinnie Colaiuta
  • Trumpet: Chris Botti
  • Synths, Programming & Sound Design by: Jochem Van Der Saag
  • Barbra Streisand appears courtesy of Columbia Records
  • Barbra Streisand vocals recorded by David Reitzas


This song was recorded early in the process of putting together Barbra Streisand's album of duets, Partners, which was eventually released in 2014.



When Billboard wrote a story about the song appearing on Blige's Christmas album, they stated “Their pairing marks the first time Streisand has allowed a duet to be released first on the other artist's project.”


Eventually, however, Streisand's album of duets changed course and became an album of duets with men.


So “When You Wish Upon A Star” remained exclusively on Mary J. Blige's album.

End / A Mary J. Blige Christmas
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