https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czhZbqpyBm8
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Check back everyday this month for more festive hits!
1) Sam Smith – Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas
A beautiful song in its own right, this is only made even more magical by the incredible Sam Smith. That acapella introduction is just stunning.
2) Coldplay – Miracles
Great new track from Coldplay.
3) Chris Rea – Driving home for Christmas
One of my favourite Christmas songs of all time. Jazzy, laid back, meaningful, it’s a fantastic song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czhZbqpyBm8
4) Greg Lake – I believe in Father Christmas
A song that I love more and more every time I hear it. One of the most underrated Christmas songs around.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXCEdrnaFlY
5) Take That – Believe
This keeps growing on me and I really love it! Sounds like something that would have appeared on Mark’s 2013 solo album ‘The Art of Doing Nothing’ but with Take That’s gorgeous harmonies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ailavvxwlS4
6) Sam Smith – Restart
This was one of my songs of the summer. Catchy and utterly irresistible.
7) The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick
The harmonies on this track are just amazing. One of the best Christmas songs around.
8) Robbie Williams – Walk This Sleigh
An unconventional Christmas song, performed in a way only possible by Mr Robbie Williams!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LadSwbujAZg
9) Take That – Freeze
Emotive, with a 1980’s pop sound. Love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IkRFAh7LGo
10) Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
Catchy, fun and everything pop music should be about.
1) John Mayer – Dreaming with a broken heart
Beautiful ballad from John’s 2005 ‘Continuum’ album. Great lyrics and I love the fact it’s piano based which makes it stand out from John’s usual guitar sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1dOE-oeLG0
2) Cage The Elephant – Lotus
Heard this when out the other day and really enjoyed it! Reminds me a bit of the Red Hot Chillipeppers.
3) London Grammar – Metal & Dust
I love London Grammar but only got round to checking out their album in its entirety this week. This is one of the stand-outs for me. Love that drum rhythm.
4) London Grammar – Interlude (Live)
Another beautiful song from London Grammar’s début album.
5) One Direction – Stockholm Syndrome
Yes, I know this was in one of the playlists a couple of weeks back and I tend to avoid including songs more than once but I had to include it again. I cannot get enough of this intense, incredibly catchy song. The lyrics are well-written, the drum rhythm is catchy as hell and I love that melody. One of the stand-outs from ‘Four’.
6) Robbie Williams – Deceptacon
A stunning song from ‘Reality Killed The Video Star’. Soft, dreamy and pretty spaced out, I just love the feel of this song. One of Robbie’s most underrated songs.
7) Taylor Swift- Blank Space
Taylor Swift is dominating the charts at the moment and rightly so. She’s delivered an incredible album full of killer songs. Great song.
8) Labrinth – Jealous
Dismissed by many as ‘boring’, I just think this is really quite beautiful. It may not be the best song I’ve heard but credit where it’s due. There’s some gorgeous chords in this, the lyrics are beautiful and Labrinth’s voice is fantastic.
9) Bing Crosby & David Bowie – Little Drummer Boy
When considering my favourite Christmas songs, I always manage to forget about this classic. Their voices just melt together and it’s a beautiful version of a gorgeous song. Perhaps one of the greatest duets in history.
10) Lawson – Driving Home For Christmas
‘Driving Home For Christmas’ is one of my top 3 favourite Christmas songs of all time. Lawson are one of my favourite bands. Put them both together and you get this level of perfection! Such an awesome version.
Day 14 Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas
I’ve been saving some of my more loved Christmas songs ’till closer to Christmas so I figure today is a good day to feature one, especially as today is the day I go home for Christmas! This is a song that ranks in one of my all time top 3 favourite Christmas songs.
I remember first hearing it when out for a meal at Christmas time around eight years ago. Part of its appeal was it wasn’t on any of the Christmas album compilations we owned as a family and I instantly loved it, although this version must have been the original 1988 version as the one we all know today was a new version released in 2007. The original 1988 version doesn’t differ significantly but it’s a little more edgy whereas the 2007 version is a more chilled out affair.
It’s just such a great song, it’s really relaxed, a little jazzy and effortlessly Christmassy. It also happens to be one of my Mum’s favourite Christmas songs 🙂
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