Day 3 George Michael – December Song

December Song is likely to be George Michael’s attempt to write a Christmas song he was proud of (he publicly shunned much of Wham’s material once he went solo, including ‘Last Christmas’). Not that releasing this was a necessity. ‘Last Christmas’ is a perfect Christmas track and one which is loved by many. But in 2008, this appeared as a free download on George’s website before he finally released it in 2009. Interestingly, this was apparently originally written with the Spice Girls in mind, followed by Michael Buble although George ended up keeping it for himself.

There’s no denying it’s not the most upbeat of Christmas songs, its melancholic tone and lack of instrumentation definitely ranks as perhaps one of the saddest Christmas songs ever but it’s a gorgeous song. The chords, the harmonies, the lyrics and the slight jazz tone to it makes it one of my firm favourites. The use of the sample from the Frank Sinatra track at the beginning is also genius. Christmas is a happy time but negative emotions/bad days don’t just willingly disappear over the Christmas period so we need songs like this in addition to the pop cheese blasted from the radios! The music video is a beautiful work of art too.

I just wish this had reached a top 5 position.

Underrated song by far.