"Santa Baby" was the lead single from MTV: TRL Christmas

MTV: TRL Christmas

MTV: TRL Christmas is a Christmas compilation album. It was released 30 October 2001 on Atlantic Records. The album charted on #169 of the billboard 200 at week of December 15, 2001 .-Track listing:#"Santa Baby " by Willa Ford...

 album. For this song Willa Ford

Willa Ford

Amanda Lee Modano , known professionally as Willa Ford and often as Mandy Modano, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, model, television personality and film actress. She released her debut album, Willa Was Here, in 2001...

 worked with Eve Nelson, who she had worked with before on her debut album Willa Was Here

Willa Was Here

Willa Was Here is the debut album by American pop singer Willa Ford, released on July 17, 2001 in the United States on the former Atlantic imprint Lava Records. The album debuted and peaked at number fifty-six on the Billboard 200 chart...

. In the song Willa goes through her long expensive Christmas list. (…A diamond ring… A Benzie… Gucci… Tiffany).

Video

The video was directed by Tryan George. Throughout the video Willa receives many gifts, such as a star and a man-robot. Ray J

Ray J

William Ray Norwood Jr. , better known by his stage name Ray J, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.-Early life:...

, Jive Jones

Jive Jones

Jive Jones, JIVEjones, or simply JIVE is a singer, songwriter, producer, model, & actor born & raised in Miami, Florida. He released his debut solo album Me, Myself, & I on Jive Records. Singles released from the album include the title track & "I Belong", a guitar driven love song.Jive is...

, and Horatio Sanz

Horatio Sanz

Horatio Sanz is a Chilean-born American actor and comedian best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998-2006. Sanz most recently starred alongside his former SNL castmate Chris Parnell in the Comedy Central series Big Lake.-Early life:Sanz, the youngest of three sons, was born in...

 all make an appearance in the video.

Critical response

In general, response to this song was extremely negative. In a characteristic review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine is a senior editor for Allmusic. He is the author of many artist biographies and record reviews for Allmusic, as well as a freelance writer, occasionally contributing liner notes. He is also frontman and guitarist for the Ann Arbor-based band Who Dat?Erlewine is the nephew...

calls the song "an utterly revolting paean to crass commercialism and tarted-up teen sexuality topped off with a violence-inducing chorus."