"their BBC Radio 1 Christmas mashup. In 2016, Kylie Minogue covered the song for her album """". In 2017, Keane singer Tom Chaplin covered this song for his second solo album ""Twelve Tales of Christmas"". Stay Another Day ""Stay Another Day"" is a 1994 pop song recorded by British boy band East 17. It was released in late 1994 and became their only number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the Christmas number one of 1994, and also topped the charts in Sweden, Ireland and Denmark. It remains their biggest hit. The song was used in the pilot episode"
"the band recording and performing the song in a studio. The other video features the band in a black background. The group are seen wearing white furry parkas and black leather jackets. A woman wearing a dress and veil also appears whilst it snows. The latter video is shown usually around Christmas, while the first version is shown outside Christmas. In November 1994, ""Stay Another Day"" entered at number seven on the UK Singles Chart. The following week it climbed to its peak of number one on the chart, where it remained for 5 weeks, thus becoming the 1994 Christmas"
"November 1994 saw the release of ""Carry on up the Charts"", a ""best of"" compilation consisting of the singles to date plus new track ""One Last Love Song"". Released at a time when the group's album sales had been waning, the album was a huge commercial success. It secured the Christmas number one spot on the charts and became the second-best selling album of the year. In 1995, the band was one of the support acts for R.E.M. on the British leg of their world tour. On this tour the band played an extra night when Oasis pulled out of"
"Stay (Shakespears Sister song) ""Stay"" is a song by UK-based pop act Shakespears Sister, released by London Records in January 1992 as the second single from their album ""Hormonally Yours"". Upon release, the single became a global smash hit becoming the duo's first and only No. 1 single in numerous territories, including the UK, where it topped the UK Singles Chart for eight consecutive weeks; the longest UK No. 1 reign for any all-female band, and was the fourth biggest selling single of 1992. The single also held the No. 1 position in band member Siobhan Fahey's birthplace, Ireland, for"
"do tend to develop an association with Christmas or the holiday season, such an association tends to be much shorter lived than the more traditionally themed Christmas songs such as ""I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"", ""Mistletoe and Wine"" and ""Merry Christmas Everyone"", and the songs may have nothing to do with Christmas or even winter. Some notable and longer-lasting examples include Band Aid's ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" (No. 1, 1984, the second biggest selling single in UK Chart history; two re-recordings also hit No. 1 in 1989 and 2004), Slade's ""Merry Xmas Everybody"" (No. 1, 1973) and"
"on the UK Albums Chart. It featured a string of Top 20 singles, including ""House of Love"" and ""Deep"". ""It's Alright"" became a major success in Australia, reaching No. 1 in early 1994 for seven consecutive weeks, and No. 3 in the UK in 1993. The lyrics to some of their songs, such as ""Let It Rain"", had political undertones, talking about war, peace, equality, love, and other political issues. In 1994, upon the release of their second album ""Steam"", they scored their only UK number-one single with ""Stay Another Day"". It remained at the top for five weeks and"
"went to number one on 29 December 1990, becoming that year's Christmas number one and replacing the previous week's UK number one, ""Ice Ice Baby"" by Vanilla Ice. A week later ""Saviour's Day"" dropped back down to number three, and spent only one more week in the top 40 at number twenty. The final charted spot in the top 100 was on 19 January 1991, when ""Saviour's Day"" was at number 53. The song was Richard's second solo Christmas number one in the UK, after ""Mistletoe and Wine"" in 1988. In 2005, ""Saviour's Day"" was one of two songs by"
"Lonely This Christmas ""Lonely This Christmas"" is a popular Christmas song by the English glam rock band Mud, that topped the UK Singles Chart in 1974, selling over 750,000 copies and reaching Christmas number one. Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, ""Lonely This Christmas"" was Mud's second number one single in the UK, spending four weeks at the top in December 1974 and January 1975. It was the third number one single that year for the ChinniChap writing and production team, and was performed in the style of Elvis Presley's slower songs from his later career. The"
"release. In 1994 the same recording was released as a charity single in Europe, but this time instead of being credited as a solo recording by Jon Bon Jovi it was released under the band name Bon Jovi. The 1994 single release made the top ten in both the UK and Ireland. Please Come Home for Christmas ""Please Come Home for Christmas"" is a Christmas song, released in 1960, by the American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. Hitting ""Billboard""’s Hot 100 chart in December 1961, the tune Brown co-wrote with Gene Redd peaked at position #76. It appeared on"
"Cliff Richard to be included in a list of the top Christmas songs by music channel VH1. In 2009, it placed ninth in a list of the most annoying Christmas songs compiled by the company Lactofree. In 2017, ShortList's Dave Fawbert listed the song as containing ""one of the greatest key changes in music history"". Saviour's Day (song) ""Saviour's Day"" is a song by Cliff Richard. It was the United Kingdom Christmas number one single in 1990, the second occasion Richard had a solo Christmas number one. The video for the song was filmed in Dorset. It has subsequently been"
"One More Day (Stay with Me) ""One More Day (Stay with Me)"" is a 2014 song by British recording artist Example. It was released by Epic Records on 22 June 2014 as the third single from his fifth studio album, ""Live Life Living"" (2014). The song was written and produced by Example, Alex Smith, Sam Preston and Alf Bamford. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number four, making it Example's first top 5 single since 2012's ""Say Nothing"". ""One More Day (Stay with Me)"" was written by Example, Alex Smith, Preston and Technikal. It was originally going to"
"up the staircase to the light, presumably being the stairway to Heaven. Stay (Shakespears Sister song) ""Stay"" is a song by UK-based pop act Shakespears Sister, released by London Records in January 1992 as the second single from their album ""Hormonally Yours"". Upon release, the single became a global smash hit becoming the duo's first and only No. 1 single in numerous territories, including the UK, where it topped the UK Singles Chart for eight consecutive weeks; the longest UK No. 1 reign for any all-female band, and was the fourth biggest selling single of 1992. The single also held"
"tend to be the Mud or James Memphis King versions. Lonely This Christmas ""Lonely This Christmas"" is a popular Christmas song by the English glam rock band Mud, that topped the UK Singles Chart in 1974, selling over 750,000 copies and reaching Christmas number one. Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, ""Lonely This Christmas"" was Mud's second number one single in the UK, spending four weeks at the top in December 1974 and January 1975. It was the third number one single that year for the ChinniChap writing and production team, and was performed in the style"
"which Suede mimed on a stage ringed by flaming torches. The second as a tribute to Derek Jarman, who passed away 21 February. To promote the single the band embarked on a three-date mini-tour of Worthing, Blackpool and Edinburgh. Although Anderson considers the song as being “pompous and bombastic,” he considers the song as a rare moment in the band's career where hype dictated its success. ""Stay Together"" was released in the UK 14 February 1994 on double gatefold vinyl, MC and CD. The CD included both extended and radio edit versions of ""Stay Together"". The 12"" had just the"
"Stay (Eternal song) ""Stay"" is the debut single by British girl group Eternal. It released on 20 September 1993 as the lead single from their debut album ""Always & Forever"" (1993). The single entered at number 16 on 26 September 1993 on the UK Singles Chart, eventually peaking at number four on 17 October 1993. The single was also a hit on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, peaking at number 19 on 12 March 1994 and selling over 220,000 copies in the US. An earlier version of the song, which was written by Bob Khozouri and Mark Stevens, was recorded"
"five weeks, becoming the Christmas number one of 1984. The record became the fastest selling single in UK chart history, selling a million copies in the first week alone and passing 3 million on the last day of 1984, on the way to displacing Wings's ""Mull of Kintyre"" as the biggest-selling single of all time in the UK. It held this title until 1997 when it was overtaken by Elton John's ""Candle in the Wind 1997"", released in tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales following her death. The original version of ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" has sold 3.8 million"
"charts. Of these, six reached Number One: ""Someone Else's Star"" (1995), ""Rebecca Lynn"" (1996), ""So Much for Pretending"" (1996), and ""Sittin' on Go"" (1997). ""So Much for Pretending"" is the longest-lasting of these four, with a two-week stay at Number One. Two additional Top Ten hits, 1996's ""I'm Not Supposed to Love You Anymore"" ""From This Moment On"" with Shania Twain, and 1997's ""Love Is the Right Place"", peaked at #4 on the same chart. White has also charted a Christmas single, 1999's ""Holiday Inn"", as well as two guest singles. The first of these was a multi-artist charity single"
"during the bridge, before returning to the main chord progression of the song, which repeats for a two-and-a-half-minute outro in which, one by one, each instrument cuts out until only the strings are playing. Finally, the song ends with an extended, recorded applause track. The Christmas single was released on 18 December 1994 as a stand-alone single, bridging the gap between Oasis' debut album, ""Definitely Maybe"", and their second album, ""(What's the Story) Morning Glory?"". ""Whatever"" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 3, their first single to enter the top 5, something every Oasis single released since has also"
"Another Day"""""" (Tamla T 54240F), an entirely new symphonic sound for The Miracles, which confused many Disc Jockeys at the time, and failed to reach the Billboard Hot 100 (#111 Pop, 47 R&B). However, it has since found new life as a much sampled song by Hip-Hop artists such as Young Jeezy, Schoolboy Q , Marco Polo, Wade Waters, Christina Milian, Rick Ross, and others). The only other single released was the UK-only “Where Are You Going to My Love” (Tamla Motown TMG 940). originally recorded by British group Brotherhood of Man (not released as a single in the U.S.)"
"""I Stay Away"" the two impulses fused to create what on balance was the band's most uplifting song, sonically if not always lyrically."" ""I Stay Away"" was featured on Guitar World and Guitar Player's ""Top 30 12-string guitar songs of all time"" list in 2016 at No. 26. The music video for ""I Stay Away"" was released in May 1994 and was directed by Nick Donkin, also known for his animated short film ""The Junky's Christmas"". The video was created entirely using stop-motion animation, and includes the band members in puppet form. The band travels to a circus aboard a"
"UK charts for three weeks and everyone expected him to make the Christmas number one, however in Christmas week, the position he strongly desired to maintain was stolen from him by new phenomenon boyband, Westlife. Their covers of ABBA's #2 hit from 1979, ""I Have A Dream"" and Terry Jacks' #1 hit from 1974 ""Seasons In The Sun"", saw them steal the Christmas #1 spot and have their longest stay at the top of the charts – a four-week stay. 1999 was notable for the number of number one hits that had already charted on import. The Vengaboys ""We're Going"
"single (including a collectors picture disc) and on several Christmas Compilation albums that were released from 1984–1998. The single sold well, peaking at No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart, and was Glitter's most successful song since 1975. Though he was still touring regularly when the song came out, Glitter credited ""Another Rock and Roll Christmas"" as a song that gave him a resurgence in popularity. The song was covered by former heavy metal band Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di'Anno for the album ""Rockin' Good Xmas"". Another Rock and Roll Christmas ""Another Rock and Roll Christmas"" is a 1984 Christmas"
"Xmas 93 ""Xmas 93"" is a Christmas-themed single by English alternative dance band Saint Etienne. It was released in the United Kingdom on 6 December 1993 by Heavenly Recordings. The lead track ""I Was Born on Christmas Day"" features guest vocals from The Charlatans singer Tim Burgess, and peaked at number 37 on the UK Singles Chart. The song's title is a nod to band member Bob Stanley who was born on 25 December 1964. The music video for the single was filmed in the vicinity of Kensington and Chelsea Register Office in London. The main B-side, ""My Christmas Prayer"","
"music history"". In the United Kingdom, ""Earth Song"" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, where it remained for six weeks throughout December 1995 — beating the U2/Brian Eno project Passengers in competition to win the Christmas number one spot — and into early-1996. During its stay at number one, ""Earth Song"" kept the first single released by The Beatles in 25 years, ""Free as a Bird"", off the number one position. In early December, bookmakers correctly predicted that Jackson would keep The Beatles off the top position and go on to attain the Christmas number-one single. It"
"Another Rock and Roll Christmas ""Another Rock and Roll Christmas"" is a 1984 Christmas song by English glam rock singer Gary Glitter, written by Glitter with Mike Leander and Eddie (Edward John) Seago and produced by Leander. It was one of the most played Christmas hits on UK radio from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, but is now very rarely heard publicly following Glitter's convictions for child pornography and child abuse in 1999. Initially released in 1984, the song was later included on Glitter's fifth studio album, ""Boys Will Be Boys"" (1984) and was reissued many times, both as a"
"Stay Together (Suede song) ""Stay Together"" is a non-album single by Suede, released on 14 February 1994 on Nude Records. It is the last single released while guitarist Bernard Butler was in the band, though subsequent singles from ""Dog Man Star"" feature his music. It is tied with ""Trash"" as the highest charting single the band has released, reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart. The song also charted in Ireland, peaking at no. 18. The single was released in the US on 26 April as a six song EP, and was the first release by the band as"
"of the group's hits, including ""Cruel Summer"", ""Robert De Niro's Waiting..."", ""I Heard a Rumour"", and ""Love in the First Degree"". In 1988, frustrated with the direction she felt Bananarama was heading, Fahey left the group and formed Shakespears Sister. Initially, Fahey effectively was Shakespears Sister, though American singer/songwriter Marcella Detroit later became an official member, making the outfit a duo. Their 1992 single ""Stay"" spent eight weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart and won the 1993 Brit Award for Best British Video. At the 1993 Ivor Novello Awards, Fahey, Detroit and Dave Stewart received the award"
"13-year-old record held by Band Aid's ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" It has been certified as the best-selling single of all time in the UK, and has sold 4.94 million copies in the UK as of September 2017. The chart success in the United States was similar. Released on 22 September 1997, ""Candle in the Wind 1997"" debuted at number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, with first week sales at 3.5 million copies. The album/single stayed at the top of the charts for 14 consecutive weeks, a record for a male solo artist. It has the biggest sales for"
"song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart and was the third fastest-selling single of 2014 (behind Band Aid 30's ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" and Ben Haenow's ""Something I Need""), and the highest-selling January single since ""Spaceman"" by Babylon Zoo in 1996. It stayed there for four weeks, the longest UK number one for three years. The song spent four weeks at number one and was the second best-selling song of 2014 in the UK, selling over 1.13 million copies by the end of the year. On the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, the song peaked at number"
"Alone on Christmas Day ""Alone on Christmas Day"" is a song written by Mike Love and Ron Altbach for American rock band the Beach Boys. Intended for a potential Christmas album, their 1977 recording was left unreleased. In November 2015, Love rerecorded the song as ""(You'll Never Be) Alone on Christmas Day"" and released it as a single. The next month, a version by French rock band Phoenix featuring Bill Murray was released. The song was written by the Beach Boys' co-founder Mike Love in collaboration with classical pianist Ron Altbach for a potential Christmas album. In 1977, a rough"
"Jepsen performed the song live at the annual NBC television special Christmas in Rockefeller Center, which aired on 2 December 2015. She also performed the song on the episode of ""The Late Late Show with James Corden"" airing on 16 December 2015. Last Christmas ""Last Christmas"" is a song by English pop duo Wham!, released on Epic Records in December 1984, on a double A-side with ""Everything She Wants"". It was written and produced by George Michael, and has been covered by many artists since its original release. The song reached number one in Denmark, Slovenia and Sweden and number"
"relatively popular in the UK and Ireland, it remains largely overshadowed by a collection of chart hits recorded in a bid to be crowned the UK Christmas number one single during the 1970s and 1980s. Band Aid's 1984 song ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" is the second best selling single in UK Chart history. The 1987 single ""Fairytale of New York"" by The Pogues, a rock band from London, is regularly voted the British public's favourite ever Christmas song, and it is also the most-played Christmas song of the 21st century in the UK. British glam rock bands had major"
"Last Christmas ""Last Christmas"" is a song by English pop duo Wham!, released on Epic Records in December 1984, on a double A-side with ""Everything She Wants"". It was written and produced by George Michael, and has been covered by many artists since its original release. The song reached number one in Denmark, Slovenia and Sweden and number two in seven countries; Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway and United Kingdom. Wham! donated all of their royalties to the Ethiopian famine. ""Last Christmas"" had its beginnings in 1984, while George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley were visiting Michael’s parents. Michael played"