Lonely This Christmas
| "Lonely This Christmas" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Mud | |
| B-side | "I Can't Stand It" |
| Released | December 1974 |
| Format | 7" |
| Recorded | 1974 |
| Genre | Christmas music |
| Length | 3:35 |
| Label | RAK |
| Writer(s) | Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn |
| Producer(s) | Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn |
"Lonely This Christmas" is a popular Christmas song by the English glam rock band Mud, that topped the UK Singles Chart in 1974,[1] selling over 750,000 copies and reached Christmas number one.
Song
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.[1][2] 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.
Performances
The song is noted for a performance on Top of the Pops in which guitarist Rob Davis was covered in tinsel and wore Christmas baubles as earrings, while vocalist Les Gray sang to a ventriloquist's dummy.
Versions
The song has been covered by Lucky Soul, Blue, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine (fan club limited edition Xmas 7 inch), Little Man Tate, KT Tunstall and Los Campesinos!. The song has been used as background music in North American Buick Lacrosse commercials.
References
- 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 308–9. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ "Radio 2's Great British Songbook: Lonely This Christmas". BBC. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
| Preceded by "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" by Barry White |
UK number one single 21 December 1974 for four week |
Succeeded by "Down Down" by Status Quo |
| Preceded by Slade |
UK Christmas Number One single
"Lonely This Christmas" 1974 |
Succeeded by Queen |