By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! From late-November onwards, Christmas songs become inescapable. This list has both in droves, including an absolute cracker from drag icon RuPaul, so put on your Santa hat and get fully into the Christmas spirit. Owing to Justin Hawkins and the boys of the Darkness' kitchen sink approach to festive songwriting, this surprise Number 2 hit song has somehow stood the test of time. It is, as they say, as camp as Christmas. Originally released as a fanclub-only single in , Tennant and Lowe's Christmas offering is a sweetly sardonic dance banger which name-checks Bing Crosby and ' this year's festive number one'. It captures the mix of ambivalence and warmth that Christmas can somehow conjure up pretty perfectly. Who cares about the provenance, however, when the beats are this big?
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Welcome to the time of year where every public space suddenly transforms into a celebration of the holiday spirit. For some, this might be the best month of all—when radio stations, hotel lobbies, department stores, elevators dentist offices, veterinary clinics, police precincts, movie theaters etc. For others, it's a hell of manufactured cheer and commoditized holiday emotion. But, we can't escape any of it.
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Thu 5 Dec Tiring of the fact that no one wanted to buy albums of experimental American primitive guitar music, but they bought White Christmas every year, John Fahey recorded an album of Christmas instrumentals. It was, by a margin, his bestselling record. Atypical of his work, but beautiful. What happened when they stayed up late to try to catch a glimpse of Santa? Rawls made a ton of Christmas albums, but his first from is the best. How would Christmas sound reimagined by Black Sabbath? Almost exactly as you would imagine, to be honest. The most oddly foreboding of all the big Christmas songs suits the grinding and roaring.
It's the most wonderful time of the year. As Christmas approaches, we pick the classic songs you need on your festive playlist. Merry Christmas, one and all, it's time to break out the mince pies as if you haven't already , pour the prosecco and put on some festive music. Christmas songs don't always have to be merry — among the most beloved festive tunes are "2, Miles" by The Pretenders , which is curiously bleak, and the heartbreak of Wham! Here are some of our favourites, from Forties classics to more recent pop hits, to get your Christmas celebrations into full swing. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. Want to discuss real-world problems, be involved in the most engaging discussions and hear from the journalists? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium.
