I’m not sure but I get the feeling people have lost interest in the race for the Christmas No 1 single. We don’t have the novelty Christmas records like Cliff Richards hit Mistletoe and Wine or Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody leaving the field open to Simon Cowell and X Factor unless the people revolt but this year on that front it’s been real quiet.
There is money to be made for a good cheesy Christmas song and shed loads if you write the song. The aforementioned Cliff Richard tune earns nearly £100,000 every year. That means the song has pocketed over £2.5m since the release of Mistletoe and Wine while lead singer of Slade Noddy Holder calls his hit, his pension.
The bookies have the X Factor contestant Louisa Johnson has favourite to take the Christmas number one single, and at the time of this post the song is yet to be revealed. That is if she wins X Factor. The competition is said to be coming from the NHS Choir who are hoping to reach number one with their Christmas charity single, A Bridge Over You, which is a mash-up cover of Coldplay's Fix You and Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water and will hit the top spot.
Others in the race are the Star Wars theme, Christmas In the Air (Tonight) Scouting For Girls and Kylie has a couple of chances with Every Day’s Like Christmas and a duet with James Corden singing a Yazoo hit Only You but they could have been released to early.
I have a favourite and I would be proud to see it at No1 Christmas Day. The Four Sopranos are putting out a track, titled Her Majesty The Queen (A Tribute) and sampling the Queen’s 1957 Christmas message with 50% of sales set to go to Haig Housing Trust’s Coming Home campaign, in aid of injured ex-servicemen.
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