Neil Freiman

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Good morning, Brew Daily Show.

I'm Neil Freiman.

And I'm Toby Howell.

Today, the hottest new corporate job is storyteller.

I am a great parallel parker, actually.

I learned in the mean streets of South Philadelphia where everyone is watching you.

I didn't even have a backup camera at that time.

So I just want to clear the air there.

I am a good parallel parker.

But I don't want to talk about that.

What I do want to talk about to start the show is...

Mariah Carey.

The queen of Christmas has made music history after her ubiquitous holiday bop, All I Want for Christmas is You, notched 20 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the longest reign of any song in the chart's 67-year history.

What's also remarkable is that this song didn't hit number one for the first time until 2019, 25 years after it was released in 1994.

Toby, I think

It is extremely well-deserved.

All I Want has got infectious energy, classic Christmas flourishes, an impeccable vocal, and enough complexity to keep you listening again and again.

Musicologists have identified 13 different chords in the song, far more than the average pop track.

Neil, I got to talk to you about something.