{"id":9324,"date":"2024-12-15T17:32:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T17:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/?p=9324"},"modified":"2025-11-10T15:54:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:54:47","slug":"our-most-excellent-christmas-tunes-lovesails-festive-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/our-most-excellent-christmas-tunes-lovesails-festive-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Most Excellent Christmas Tunes \u2013 Lovesail&#8217;s Festive Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Christmas! (to coin a Sladetastic Christmas song).\u00a0 Well pop pickers, here is our take on the best top ten Christmas tunes for your festive listening.\u00a0 A few from the 80&#8217;s (my teenage years) but also some golden oldies.\u00a0 Enjoy!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>First in at\u00a0<strong>Number 10<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0<strong>Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas<\/strong> (1943), written by Hugh Martin and Lyrics by Ralph Blane.\u00a0 This song was written for the film Meet Me in St Louis with Judy Garland. Garland objected to the lyrics she would have to sing, so they were re-written to be more upbeat.\u00a0 Our version is by Ella Fitzgerald.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/5SbKB8o5OdVrnK1gxLiHbE?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 9<\/strong> on our Christmas tunes list is <strong>All I Want for Christmas is You<\/strong> written and performed by Mariah Carey.\u00a0 This song was written in 1994 by Mariah herself and Walter Afanasieff.\u00a0 The song has, to date, sold 16 million copies making it one of the best singles of all time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0bYg9bo50gSsH3LtXe2SQn?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 8<\/strong> is the Irish folk-style ballad by the Pogues <strong>Fairytale of New York.<\/strong>\u00a0 Written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan (1985), the song is a duet with Shane and the late singer Kirsty MacColl in the form of a call and response.\u00a0 It is always a firm favourite in the UK and tops many a Christmas music list.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3VTNVsTTu05dmTsVFrmGpK?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stepping in at <strong>Number 7<\/strong> is the fabulous Elton John with <strong>Step into Christmas<\/strong>. Written in 1973 by the prolific songwriting partnership of Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Step into Christmas was mixed to sound like a Phil Spector production with his trademark wall of sound technique.\u00a0 It is a homage to all the Christmas songs from groups in the Phil Spector stable.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/6sBWmE23q6xQHlnEZ8jYPT?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 6<\/strong> sees Nat King Cole and <strong>The Christmas Song<\/strong> (1945).\u00a0 Robert Wells and Mel Torm\u00e9 wrote the song.\u00a0 Torm\u00e9 has said the song was written during the exceptionally hot summer of 1945.\u00a0 He was trying to stay cool by thinking of cool things like Jack Frost nipping and Yuletide carols.\u00a0 The rest is history.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/4PS1e8f2LvuTFgUs1Cn3ON?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Back into the 21st century now<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">,\u00a0<strong>Number<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a06<\/strong> is <strong>Christmas Lights<\/strong> by Coldplay (2010).\u00a0 This has all the hallmarks of a good Christmas tune, written in a major key with an upbeat tempo, the song talks of love lost and Christmas nostalgia; all it&#8217;s missing is a few sleigh bells.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/4fzyvSu73BhGvi96p2zwjL?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One from 1980 now.\u00a0 At <strong>Number 4<\/strong> we have <strong>Stop the Cavalry<\/strong> by Jona Lewis.\u00a0 A favourite song for me played at many a Christmas party in my youth.\u00a0 The song was meant as an anti-war song but when the record company picked up on the line &#8220;wish I was at home for Christmas&#8221; some tubular bells were added and it reached number 3 in the charts that December.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/5oDaBSCB9Go4URXiMI9jBl?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Still in the 80&#8217;s and pulling into the <strong>Number 3<\/strong> spot is the happy, jaunty <strong>Driving Home for Christmas<\/strong> (1986) by Chris Rea.\u00a0 Chris wrote the song&#8217;s lyrics whilst driving home from the iconic Abbey Road Studios to his home in Middlesborough at Christmas.\u00a0 His wife had come to drive him home because it was cheaper than catching the train.\u00a0 As he sat in heavy traffic, he composed the lyrics.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3Z3QhZAZpqwZa1phsbQ3JZ?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 2<\/strong> on the list and my favourite is <strong>I Believe in Father Christmas<\/strong> by Greg Lake (1974).\u00a0 It was never Lake&#8217;s intention for the song to become a Christmas song.\u00a0 In fact, it was written as an attack on the commercialisation of Christmas.\u00a0 It reached number 2 in the UK charts in 1977, after being beaten to the top spot by Queen&#8217;s Bohemian Rhapsody.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3S912b5gdxMeZyGeNEgS0H?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Who is our <strong>Number 1<\/strong> choice?\u00a0 Well it has to go to that 1980&#8217;s classic <strong>Last Christmas<\/strong> by Wham! (1984).\u00a0 George Michael wrote, recorded and produced the song in the August of 1984 and was convinced it would be the Christmas number 1 that year.\u00a0 Then, in November of that same year, Michael was asked to sing on the Band-Aid single, Do They Know It&#8217;s Christmas.\u00a0 Michael knew then he would not get that number 1 spot.\u00a0 Last Christmas was held at number 2, with Band-Aid taking the top spot and raising \u00a38 million for the Ethiopian famine relief fund.\u00a0 Michael then decided to give the royalties (\u00a3250,000) from Last Christmas to the fund.\u00a0 Today, all the royalties from Last Christmas, thought to be around \u00a3300,000 a year, are given to charitable organisations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/2FRnf9qhLbvw8fu4IBXx78?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For more facts about Last Christmas there is a great documentary on BBC iPlayer at the moment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m00263v9\">Wham! 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