Single:
Merry Xmas Everybody entered the Australian singles chart* on 12 December 1973 and peaked at #55.
Songwriters:
Noddy Holder, Jim Lea
Producer:
Chas Chandler
Record label of Australian release:
Polydor
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Ultimate Classic Rock:
Slade released Merry Xmas Everybody on 7 December 1973.
It is an exuberant song that starts off with fantastical visions of a corker of a holiday (“It’s the time when every Santa has a ball / Does he ride a red-nosed reindeer? / Does a turn upon his sleigh? / Do the fairies keep him sober for a day?”) and leads into families having a blast and pondering all the festive fun they’ll have.
Read more: ultimateclassicrock.com/slade-merry-xmas-everybody-history
Lyrics:
Are you hanging up your stocking on your wall?
It’s the time that every santa has a ball
Does he ride a red-nosed reindeer
Does a ton-up on his sleigh?
Do the fairies keep him sober for a day?
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