https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7GepflO6PQ
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As a huge Thatter, every Christmas I hunt for festive Take That-related material. I thought it’d be great to put all of my discoveries in one place for all Thatters to look through. This is by no means definitive but there’s a good range of festive Take That content here! If you have any videos or images you think I have missed then feel free to let me know so I can add them here 🙂 Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
Take That live on Live and Kicking back in December 1993 singing ‘Babe’.
‘Pray’, performed on Top of the Pops at Christmas time.
Whilst usually beginning live performances of ‘Pray’ with the middle eight, on this particular occasion it was replaced with a gorgeous version of ‘Silent Night’ before launching into their first ever UK number one. Awesome!
Another festive clip from the Beautiful World tour in which Take That sing Jingle Bells whilst Howard plays the trumpet.
The brilliant M&S Christmas advert from a few years back!
Greatest Day performed on Top of the Pops Christmas special.
Take That’s festive message from 2010. Howard looks extremely happy 😉
‘These Days’ performed on the 2014 Top of the Pops Christmas special.
Take That turning on the Regent Street Christmas lights in 2014.
This song was a runner up entry into the BBC’s Pebble Mill at One Christmas song competition and is one of the oldest clips of Captain Barlow in existence. Boy, has Gary come a long way from this!
This is Gary Barlow performing a cover of John Lennon’s ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’ on a TV show in the late nineties.
An absolutely adorable clip of Gary appearing on CBeebies during Christmas 2010. He reads an Elmer story.
Gary Barlow joins Coldplay onstage (admittedly rather briefly!) to sing the beautiful ‘Christmas Lights.’
Gary singing ‘Home’ and ‘Rule The World’ with Michael Buble on Michael Buble’s 2011 Christmas special on ITV.
A pretty comical clip of Gary being joined by the legendary Dawn French, the awesome Nicole Scherzinger and the… well, Tulisa. Great version of ‘Fairytale of New York’.
I’ve always found this song rather wintry anyway and this was reinforced when Gary performed this on Text Santa.
Comical sketch involving the Captain and some of the Loose Women!
Gary Barlow co-wrote this with Peter Kay himself. It was released in 2008 and reached Number Five on the UK Singles chart. All proceeds went to NSPCC.
Co-written by Gary along with long term collaborator Eliot Kennedy.
Mark Owen performs his hit single ‘Child’ on Top of the Pops Christmas back in the late nineties.
Mark Owen performed this still unreleased original track at a Charity event a few Christmas’ ago.
Pretty self explanatory!
Robbie Williams’ tongue in cheek version of a Christmas song.
An amazing version of a Frank and Nancy Sinatra classic, Robbie reached Christmas Number 1 in 2001 with a little help from Nicole Kidman with their version of ‘Somethin’ Stupid’.
Robbie Williams singing John Lennon’s ‘Happy Xmas (War is over)’ – The Take That lads sure love this one!
Taken from last year’s performance for Radio 2, here’s Robbie singing the Slade classic ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’ and ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ by Shakin’ Stevens.
Not really Christmas but Robbie performed ‘Candy’ on the TOTP Christmas special last year.
Robbie performs the brilliant ‘Different’ on a New Years Eve Top of the Pops special.
This isn’t strictly a Christmas track although christmas is mentioned so I think I can be forgiven!
Robbie refers to this as his Christmas song so I thought it worthy to be included in this post.
This is Robbie’s interpretation of a classic, released at Christmas time with a festive video.
1) Shura – Touch
Slick and smooth, this is an effortlessly cool R&B jam by Shura.
2) Tame Impala – Yes I’m Changing
Melancholic and moody but a brilliant track which mirrors lots of ’80’s pop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhlPXa6g4C8
3) The 1975 – Ugh!
The 1975 dropped another incredible track this week. This is reminiscent of some of Prince’s funkiest material and it’s bloody awesome.
4) Girls Aloud – The Loving Kind
Completely forgot about this track until it appeared as a suggested video on YouTube the other day. Written by The Pet Shop Boys, this is one of their best.
5) Donny Hathaway – This Christmas
Smooth and soulful, this is old-school Christmas music at its best. Absolutely brilliant track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSBvJG2yLJQ
6) Snakehips ft Tinashe & Chance the rapper – All my friends
Love the chilled out nature of this and the chorus is very anthemic.
7) Roxette – It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)
Before this track came to prominence, it was actually a Christmas song. Not a lot had to be removed to turn it into a generic track and both versions are lovely. One of the best and most emotive power ballads from the ’80’s.
8) James Bay – Hold Back The River
This is still an incredible, rousing and uplifting track. James performing it on the BBC Music Awards reinforced that for me.
9) Cliff Richard – Young Love
Anything by Cliff is a guilty pleasure. I have no idea how I came across this but it’s a nice little song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXc7REiJwMc
10) The Pretenders – 2000 Miles
An often forgotten about Christmas song. It’s not the most cheery of festive songs but it’s a brilliant song and Chrissie Hynde’s vocals are still some of the best out there.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM_H4CAAYxc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HF8FVxetlI
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1) CHRISTMAS CRACKER: Bing Crosby – White Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvfhoWIPoVw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OsgqpnuizY
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1) CHRISTMAS CRACKER: Donny Hathaway – This Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSBvJG2yLJQ
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1) CHRISTMAS CRACKER: Elton John – Step Into Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mg7ok8dmDU
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