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Oct 11, 2024 · Jam to the best modern Christmas songs in 2024, including new songs from artists like Ariana Grande, John Legend, Mariah Carey and more.
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- Weezer – We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- The Smashing Pumpkins – Christmastime
- No Doubt – Oi to The World
- Def Leppard – We All Need Christmas
- Chris Cornell with Eleven – Ave Maria
- Eels – Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
- Amy Winehouse – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- The Killers – Don’T Shoot Me Santa
- Queen – A Winter’s Tale
- David Bowie and Bing Crosby – Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy
A short, sharp and faithful pop-punk take on the popular festive staple from the 2008 Christmas With WeezerEP. The record’s six tracks were originally recorded for Apple’s iOS video game of the same name.
Recorded during the sessions for the band’s fourth album, Adore, but released on one of A&M’s star-studded charity compilations, A Very Special Christmas 3 – the third in a series of releases home to many cool Christmas songs.
Infectious, skinhead-style ska salute to Christmas. Originally the B-side to “Happy Now?” from the diamond-selling Tragic Kingdom.
Resilient hard rock legends Def Leppardhave always been able to boast of an across-the-board appeal. Indeed, discerning punks and alt.rockers alike have embraced Joe Elliott and co, so they’ll surely raise a glass to the band’s 2018 Christmas song: one of the Yorkshire stalwarts’ finest acoustic ballads, complete with a grandstanding final coda tha...
One of rock’s greatest losses during 2017 was Chris Cornell, so it’s fitting that this list of cool Christmas songs includes his haunting rendition of Schubert’s “Ave Maria,” originally featured on A Very Special Christmas 3.
Another gem tucked away on a B-side. In this case, the flip to “Cancer For The Cure” from Eels’ acclaimed sophomore album, Electro-Shock Blues.
Amy Winehouse’s earthy, bossa nova-style version of Jimmy Boyd’s 1952 Billboard chart-topper was recorded live for a BBC Radio 2 Christmas Day special, The Gospel According To Christmas.
Collecting The Killers’ annual Xmas singles from 2006 to 2011, the digitally-released (Red) Christmas EP– featuring this track – was a charity record with the proceeds going to the anti-AIDS Product Red campaign headed by Bono and US activist Bobby Shriver.
A dreamy, psychedelic beauty of a song recorded at the very end of Queen’s career with Freddie Mercury. It appears on the posthumous 1995 album, Made In Heaven.
Described by The Washington Post as “one of the most successful duets in Christmas music history,” Bowie and Bing’s transcendent version of this stellar Christmas song is actually a cover of a track first recorded by The Sound Of Music-inspiring Trapp Family Singers in 1951.
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Dec 1, 2020 · Updated 21 December 2021. Most classic Christmas songs can be recited off by heart, they’re such cherished staples. But save space on your festive playlist, because some of 6 Music’s...
- Ramones: Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight) Buy Christmas vinyl and more at the Dig! store. Pretenders. best ofs. Christmas. Lists. Pop. Rock. The Darkness.
- The Kinks: Father Christmas (1977) Known for his wry social commentary, frontman Ray Davies cuts right to the chase on The Kinks’ 1977 single Father Christmas, which is about a cynical man who dresses up as Santa Claus but gets mugged by feral youths (“Father Christmas, give us some money/Don’t mess around with those silly toys”).
- The Waitresses: Christmas Wrapping (1981) A Christmas song that starts with “Bah humbug!” was always bound to go down in history. Bringing out the Scrooge in all of us, new wave upstarts The Waitresses scored a notable hit in 1981 with Christmas Wrapping, a brass-backed favourite for singletons who are forced to tolerate holiday celebrations they’d rather avoid.
- Pretenders: 2000 Miles (1983) Emerging from the late-70s punk scene, Chrissie Hynde and her new wave outfit, Pretenders, surprised fans with the heartbreaking 2000 Miles, released as a festive single in December 1983.
From Taylor Swift and Mariah Carey to Ariana Grande, these are the best Christmas pop songs to add to your holiday playlist this year.
Sep 24, 2024 · We found the best Christmas songs of all time to add to your holiday party playlist this year. From classic music to popular tunes, we've got it all.
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Dec 24, 2023 · Forget Mariah, our guide to the best alternative Christmas songs features alternative classics from Eels, Ryuichi Sakamoto and more.
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